❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks detailed information on the Regional Investment Fund, including successful and unsuccessful applicants, project descriptions, allocated amounts, and remaining funds. The answer provides some details on specific projects and allocations.
AnsweredQoN 2010Legislative Council
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Can the Minister please provide the following information relating to the Regional Investment Fund initiated in June 2001 -
(1) Each successful applicant, a description of the project and the amount allocated under the Regional Infrastructure Funding Program (RIFP)?
(2) Each successful applicant, a description of the project and the amount allocated under the Regional Development Scheme (RDS) administered by the nine Regional Development Commissions?
(3) Each successful applicant, a description of the project and the amount allocated under the WA Regional Initiatives Fund?
(4) For those applicants who were not successful, a list of each applicant, a description of the project and the amount requested through the -
(a) Regional Infrastructure Funding Program (RIFP);
(b) Regional Development Scheme (RDS); and
(c) WA Regional Initiatives Fund (WARIS)?
(5) A list of allocations that were not the subject of an ‘expression of interest’ or ‘application’ to the Regional Investment Fund?
(6) The total amount to date allocated under the three schemes from the original $75 million?
(7) The total amount remaining for allocation from the original $75 million?
(8) Will the remaining funds be made available through the three schemes during the 2004/05 financial year?
(1) Each successful applicant, a description of the project and the amount allocated under the Regional Infrastructure Funding Program (RIFP)?
(2) Each successful applicant, a description of the project and the amount allocated under the Regional Development Scheme (RDS) administered by the nine Regional Development Commissions?
(3) Each successful applicant, a description of the project and the amount allocated under the WA Regional Initiatives Fund?
(4) For those applicants who were not successful, a list of each applicant, a description of the project and the amount requested through the -
(a) Regional Infrastructure Funding Program (RIFP);
(b) Regional Development Scheme (RDS); and
(c) WA Regional Initiatives Fund (WARIS)?
(5) A list of allocations that were not the subject of an ‘expression of interest’ or ‘application’ to the Regional Investment Fund?
(6) The total amount to date allocated under the three schemes from the original $75 million?
(7) The total amount remaining for allocation from the original $75 million?
(8) Will the remaining funds be made available through the three schemes during the 2004/05 financial year?
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Answered
19 August 2004
Responded by
Minister for Local Government and Regional Development
Response time
98 days
(b) Regional Development Scheme (RDS); and (c) WA Regional Initiatives Fund (WARIS)?
(c) WA Regional Initiatives Fund (WARIS)?
Round 3 (2003/04) Applicant’s Name RDC Description of Project Amount $ (ex GST) Shire of Carnarvon GDC Assist to develop irrigation infrastructure for the Carnarvon Townscape Enhancement – Stage 1 722,110 Bugarrigurra Nyurdany Aboriginal Corporation KDC Development and construction of the Bugarrigurra Nyurdany Interpretive Centre, as part of the Broome Arts Centre (for 2005-06 funding) 750,000 Total Round 3 1,472,110 TOTAL – Rounds 1, 2 and 3 $14,632,467 Indigenous Arts and Tourism Facilities Funding Program (2003-04) Applicant’s Name Description of Project Amount $ (ex GST) Baiyungu Aboriginal Corporation Tourism Development Proposal - Bruboodjoo 47,376 Laverton Leonora Cross Cultural Association Improved Tourist Access to Laverton Outback Gallery 16,982 Ngaanyatjarra Council Women’s Centre Upgrade - Mantamaru Community 29,800 Paupiyala Tjarutja Aboriginal Corporation Spinifex Signage Project 34,000 Wongutha Birni Aboriginal Corporation Wongutha Birni Aboriginal Cultural Centre 80,430 Canila Pty Ltd T/as Turkey Creek Roadhouse, Warmun Community Caravan Park and Gija Visitor Centre Development 30,314 Kundat Djaru Aboriginal Corporation Yaruman Arts and Culture Centre 80,000 Mamabulanjin Aboriginal Corporation Vehicle for Dampier Peninsula Transport Service 77,400 Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation Developing Glass Workshop Program 22,523 Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation Ngauwudu Guiding Service Accommodation 60,000 Wila Gutharra Community Aboriginal Corporation Regional and Community Arts Enterprise Development Project 98,519 Cheeditha Group Aboriginal Corporation Cultural Enterprise Development 44,670 Ngurawaana Community Ngurawaana Cultural and Tourism Project 16,600 Pilbara Arts Crafts and Designs Aboriginal Corporation The renovations to the Courthouse Art Centre & Gallery / PACDAC 80,129 Western Desert Puntukurnuparna Art and recreation equipment in an established shed at Parnngurr 30,000 TOTAL 748,743 INDIGENOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS PROGRAM (IIPP) APPLICANTS - 2003-04 Applicant’s Name RDC Description of Project Amount $ (ex GST) Kimberley Aboriginal Pastoralists Association (KAPA) KDC Economic Benchmarking and Infrastructure Project 50,000 Ngunulum Aboriginal Corporation KDC Cockatoo Springs Nature Based Park 63,247 Mowanjum Aboriginal Corporation KDC Mowanjum Arts/Tourism Centre 500,000 Midwest Employment and Economic Development Aboriginal Corporation MWDC Hothouse/Nursery Production Enterprise 115,130 Paupiyala Tjarutja Aboriginal Corporation GEDC Cultural Tourism Initiative - Ilkurlka 143,000 RAWA Community School Aboriginal Corporation Pilbara Healthy Lifestyle Training Centre 147,300 Country Housing Authority 8 x Indigenous housing projects each granted $50,000 400,000 TOTAL – Indigenous Infrastructure Projects Program 1,418,677 TOTAL – INDIGENOUS PROJECTS 2,167,420 Strategic Commitments Project Financial year Funding approved ($) WA Tourism Commission – tourism rescue package following the collapse of Ansett Airlines 2001-02 3,000,000 South West Online 2001-02 5,500,000 Forests Assistance – Old Growth Forests Policy 2001-02 16,500,000 Shire of Shark Bay World Heritage Interpretive Centre 2001-02 5,000,000 Pt Samson Fishing Platform 2001-02 500,000 Port Hedland Enhancement Scheme 2004-05 4,500,000 Roebourne Enhancement Scheme 2004-05 2,000,000 Regional Headworks Program 2004-05 1,000,000 Town of Northam - redevelopment of the main street and CBD of Northam 2004-05 250,000 TOTAL 38,250,000 (2) Kimberley Development Commission See attached paper number … Pilbara Development Commission See attached paper number … Gascoyne Development Commission See attached paper number … Goldfields-Esperance Development Commission See attached paper number … Midwest Development Commission See attached paper number … Wheatbelt Development Commission See attached paper number … Great Southern Development Commission See attached paper number … Peel Development Commission See attached paper number … South West Development Commission See attached paper number. Department of Local Government and Regional Development Allocations to date for Regional Development Scheme excess funds. A total of $600,000 is available over 4 years. 2001-02 DLGRD Year of the Outback 140,000 GSDC Great Southern Regional Investment Tour - Travel Costs 10,000 2002-03 DLGRD Economic Perspectives 65,000 Shire of Ravensthorpe Shire of Ravensthorpe planning 10,000 WA Community Foundation WA Community Foundation Business Plan 10,000 RAIA RAIA Postcards 65,000 2003-04 Role Models WA Inc Role Models WA visit of elite sportspeople to remote Indigenous communities in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions 60,000 Shire of Halls Creek Consultancy to deliver municipal services to Indigenous Communities 15,000 2004-05 DLGRD Regional Achievers and Community of the Year Awards 2005 22,000 TOTAL 397,000 (3) SUCCESSFUL WARIS APPLICANTS (Round 1) 2001/2002 Applicant Project Description Amount of Funding (ex GST) 1. Barking Gecko Theatre Company Web Life – an interactive on-line script-writing project for young people in regional WA $9,920.00 2. Broome Aboriginal Media Digital Network (PAKNET) $90,000.00 3. Country Arts WA Boundless - contemporary art from country WA $48,000.00 4. Craftwest Centre for Contemporary Craft Designing Futures - fine wood and timber furniture industry development $90,000.00 5. General Practice Divisions of WA Building Capacity in Regional Communities $120,000.00 6. Great Southern Development Commission Coaching Scheme for Inland Non-farm Businesses – mentoring scheme for non-farm small business $37,500.00 7. Jobs South West Inc Youth Outreach Program – a mentoring project $55,077.00 8. Karratha Youth Theatre Pilbara Loud – skills development program $50,000.00 9. Murdoch University (Environmental Science) Water management in regional indigenous communities $17,120.00 10. Perth International Arts Festival Regional Festival Events Program $75,000.00 11. Royal Life Saving Society Australia – WA Branch Swimming and Water Safety Education Program $37,900.00 12. South West Community Builders Steering Committee Community Builders Program $20,000.00 13. The Artists Foundation of WA To provide development skills to indigenous and mainstream artists $50,000.00 14. The West Australian Symphony Outback 2002 – Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Kimberley $21,411.82 15. University of Western Australia – Centre for Western Australian History Historical Encyclopaedia of Western Australia $90,000.00 16. West Australian Newspapers Ltd Realms of Possibility – annual regional magazine $99,000.00 17. West Australian Ballet 50th Anniversary Outback Tour $90,000.00 TOTAL $1,000,928.82 SUCCESSFUL WARIS APPLICANTS - ROUND 2 (2002/2003) Applicant Project Description Amount of Funding (Ex GST) 1. Anglicare WA Community Foundation – Establishment of legal structure to receive philanthropic donations for income generation towards community development projects. $150,000.00 2. Black Swan Theatre Community participation and training for 2003 theatre productions in Pilbara, Kimberley and Goldfields-Esperance regions $73,650.00 3. Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health Design an online training course for the accreditation of enrolled nurses (EN) Certificate IV to be piloted in the Pilbara and Mid West regions $75,316.00 4. Country Arts “Out There in Focus” – regional youth art promotion and documentation project $21,000.00 5. FTI “Making Movies Roadshow: filmaking workshops and screenings of local films in regional locations $120,000.00 6. Gascoyne Development Commission Outback Resource Atlas (ORA) interrogative database which serves as an investment development guide for WA’s Southern Rangelands (maintenance and promotion) $20,000.00 7. Goolarie Media Enterprises Business Planning for Indo-Pacific Cultural Festival in the NorthWest $20,000.00 8. GSDC Noongar Arts Industry Marketing Strategy $57,578.00 9. Greening Australia Promotion of R&D efforts towards native plant based industry development, including formation of regional industry body $65,000.00 10. GreenSkills Organic/Biodynamic Industry Development Stage 2 $60,100.00 11. Indigenous Festivals of Australia Croc Festivals (2) to be held in Kalgoorlie and Derby in 2003 $40,000.00 12. Mary Moore WA Wildflowers – Artworks $20,000.00 13. Mid West Development Commission Gascoyne Murchison Outback Pathways – construction of interpretive sites on tourism pathways proposed for the Gascoyne Murchison $40,000.00 14. Murdoch University Regional Sustainability Strategy - Pilbara Region Strategy incorporating methodology for application across all regions $100,000.00 15. Shire of Dundas Dundas Woodlands Discovery Trail – marketing and promotion $35,130.00 16. Southern Aboriginal Corporation Noongar Business Startup Centre in Bunbury and Albany $113,300.00 17. Trades and Labour Council of WA Preliminary study of skills needs for Indigenous youth in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions. $23,700.00 18. UWA – Faculty of Architecture Research into built environment and landscape/cultural mix as a precursor to the Regional Landscape and Built Environment Forum in 2004 $13,000.00 19. UWA – Institute for Regional Development Online communities of support for leadership and governance in Aboriginal communities – Kimberley and Goldfields Esperance regions $110,191.50 20. WACOSS Regional Community and Leadership Development Program, including training for community service groups on leadership and governance $110,180.00 21. Wine Industry Assoc of WA Regional Workshops promoting best practice in the Wine Industry $15,330.70 TOTAL $1,283,476.20 SUCCESSFUL WARIS APPLICANTS – ROUND 3 (2003/2004) Applicant Project Description WARIS Funding (ex GST) 1. Broome Aboriginal Media Association Goolarri Family Concert Tour $45,000.00 2. Country Arts Creative Volunteering – Training Workshops $24,000.00 3. CraftWest Designing Futures – Marketing Regional Innovation $65,800.00 4. Edith Cowan University ECU - Institute of Service Professions $30,000.00 5. Freefall Theatre Company Journeys – Arts and Culture skills exchange program for youth $41,246.70 6. Heritage Council of WA Regional Heritage Tourism Strategy $65,026.00 7. Indigenous Community Volunteers - WA Indigenous Community Volunteers - WA $64,300.00 8. Kimberley Development Commission North West Regions Sustainable Communities and Industries Development Project $80,000.00 9. Mid West Development Commission Pacific Flora 2004 $30,000.00 10. Perth International Arts Festival PIAF 2004 Regional Program $75,000.00 11. Perth International Arts Festival PIAF 2005 Regional Activities Program $75,000.00 12. Pilbara Development Commission Invest in the North West Promotion Officer $70,000.00 13. South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council Noongar Corporate Governance Toolkit $37,614.00 14. Terra Australis Baudin Busts in France $9,600.00 15. UWA - IRD IRD Regional Resource Centre, Albany ($250,000 over 2 years) $250,000.00 16. WA Ballet Community, Education and Access Development in Regional WA $90,000.00 17. WA Indigenous Tourism Operators Committee 2004 Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference $25,000.00 18. Department of Housing and Works Workplace Relations and Recruitment Service (allocated for 2005-06 funding) $300,000.00 TOTAL $1,377,586.70 SUCCESSFUL WARIS APPLICANTS (2004/2005) Applicant Description of Project WARIS funding (Exc. GST) 1. Indigenous Festivals of Australia Croc Fests 2004 & 2005 $80,000.00 2. DLGRD Regional Investment Tours (Pilbara and Wheatbelt) $40,000.00 3. Awards Australia Regional Achievers Awards 2004 $20,000.00 4. LGA’s Young Indigenous Scholarships to Local Government $100,000.00 5. Dept of Sport and Recreation/ DLGRD Leaders in Sport Conference $60,000.00 6. Dept of Premier & Cabinet Regional Investment Fund Communications $185,000.00 7. Country Housing Authority Housing Development Incentive Program $1,000,000.00 8. Wildcats North West Challenge $20,000.00 9. Buzz Dance Theatre Buzz Dance North West Tour $11,000.00 10. DLGRD Regional Investment Tours - Staff $65,000.00 $1,581,000.00 TOTAL WARIS $5,242,991.72 (4) I am unwilling to table the information on unsuccessful applicants for RIFP and WARIS. This type of information has not been provided in Parliament before. Applicants who are successful in receiving funding are aware that there are conditions attached to that funding such as information on their application being made available to Parliament. Unsuccessful applicants are not required to meet these conditions. It would be necessary to obtain permission from each applicant to release the information, which has been provided in confidence for assessment purposes. (5) · Strategic commitments · RIFP Shire of Roebourne, Bulgarra Oval Sports Precinct Recreation Facility, applied to the State Government’s Community Sports and Recreation Facilities Fund but was unsuccessful. The application was referred to and subsequently funded under the Regional Infrastructure Funding Program. · WARIS Indigenous Festivals of Australia, Croc Fest DLGRD Awards Australia, Regional Achievers Awards 2004 Department of Sport & Recreation/DLGRD, Leaders in Sport Conference Department of Premier and Cabinet, RIF Communications DLGRD , Regional Investment Tours – Staff DLGRD, Regional Investment Tours (6) The total amount of funding allocated from the Regional Investment Fund to date is $71,489,878.72. This includes two projects allocated for 2005-06 funding – the Bugarrigurra Nyurdany Interpretive Centre - $750,000 out of RIFP, and the Department of Housing and Works’ Workplace Relations and Recruitment Service - $300,000 out of WARIS. (7) The amount remaining for allocation from the original $75 million under the three schemes, totals $960,121, detailed as follows - WARIS $57,008.28 RIFP $27,890 IATFFP $1,257 IIPP $670,966, and Excess RDS $203,000 $3.6 million will also be available to the nine Regional Development Commissions to allocate in their 2004-05 rounds of RDS. (8) These funds will be allocated during 2004-05.
(c) WA Regional Initiatives Fund (WARIS)?
Round 3 (2003/04) Applicant’s Name RDC Description of Project Amount $ (ex GST) Shire of Carnarvon GDC Assist to develop irrigation infrastructure for the Carnarvon Townscape Enhancement – Stage 1 722,110 Bugarrigurra Nyurdany Aboriginal Corporation KDC Development and construction of the Bugarrigurra Nyurdany Interpretive Centre, as part of the Broome Arts Centre (for 2005-06 funding) 750,000 Total Round 3 1,472,110 TOTAL – Rounds 1, 2 and 3 $14,632,467 Indigenous Arts and Tourism Facilities Funding Program (2003-04) Applicant’s Name Description of Project Amount $ (ex GST) Baiyungu Aboriginal Corporation Tourism Development Proposal - Bruboodjoo 47,376 Laverton Leonora Cross Cultural Association Improved Tourist Access to Laverton Outback Gallery 16,982 Ngaanyatjarra Council Women’s Centre Upgrade - Mantamaru Community 29,800 Paupiyala Tjarutja Aboriginal Corporation Spinifex Signage Project 34,000 Wongutha Birni Aboriginal Corporation Wongutha Birni Aboriginal Cultural Centre 80,430 Canila Pty Ltd T/as Turkey Creek Roadhouse, Warmun Community Caravan Park and Gija Visitor Centre Development 30,314 Kundat Djaru Aboriginal Corporation Yaruman Arts and Culture Centre 80,000 Mamabulanjin Aboriginal Corporation Vehicle for Dampier Peninsula Transport Service 77,400 Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation Developing Glass Workshop Program 22,523 Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation Ngauwudu Guiding Service Accommodation 60,000 Wila Gutharra Community Aboriginal Corporation Regional and Community Arts Enterprise Development Project 98,519 Cheeditha Group Aboriginal Corporation Cultural Enterprise Development 44,670 Ngurawaana Community Ngurawaana Cultural and Tourism Project 16,600 Pilbara Arts Crafts and Designs Aboriginal Corporation The renovations to the Courthouse Art Centre & Gallery / PACDAC 80,129 Western Desert Puntukurnuparna Art and recreation equipment in an established shed at Parnngurr 30,000 TOTAL 748,743 INDIGENOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS PROGRAM (IIPP) APPLICANTS - 2003-04 Applicant’s Name RDC Description of Project Amount $ (ex GST) Kimberley Aboriginal Pastoralists Association (KAPA) KDC Economic Benchmarking and Infrastructure Project 50,000 Ngunulum Aboriginal Corporation KDC Cockatoo Springs Nature Based Park 63,247 Mowanjum Aboriginal Corporation KDC Mowanjum Arts/Tourism Centre 500,000 Midwest Employment and Economic Development Aboriginal Corporation MWDC Hothouse/Nursery Production Enterprise 115,130 Paupiyala Tjarutja Aboriginal Corporation GEDC Cultural Tourism Initiative - Ilkurlka 143,000 RAWA Community School Aboriginal Corporation Pilbara Healthy Lifestyle Training Centre 147,300 Country Housing Authority 8 x Indigenous housing projects each granted $50,000 400,000 TOTAL – Indigenous Infrastructure Projects Program 1,418,677 TOTAL – INDIGENOUS PROJECTS 2,167,420 Strategic Commitments Project Financial year Funding approved ($) WA Tourism Commission – tourism rescue package following the collapse of Ansett Airlines 2001-02 3,000,000 South West Online 2001-02 5,500,000 Forests Assistance – Old Growth Forests Policy 2001-02 16,500,000 Shire of Shark Bay World Heritage Interpretive Centre 2001-02 5,000,000 Pt Samson Fishing Platform 2001-02 500,000 Port Hedland Enhancement Scheme 2004-05 4,500,000 Roebourne Enhancement Scheme 2004-05 2,000,000 Regional Headworks Program 2004-05 1,000,000 Town of Northam - redevelopment of the main street and CBD of Northam 2004-05 250,000 TOTAL 38,250,000 (2) Kimberley Development Commission See attached paper number … Pilbara Development Commission See attached paper number … Gascoyne Development Commission See attached paper number … Goldfields-Esperance Development Commission See attached paper number … Midwest Development Commission See attached paper number … Wheatbelt Development Commission See attached paper number … Great Southern Development Commission See attached paper number … Peel Development Commission See attached paper number … South West Development Commission See attached paper number. Department of Local Government and Regional Development Allocations to date for Regional Development Scheme excess funds. A total of $600,000 is available over 4 years. 2001-02 DLGRD Year of the Outback 140,000 GSDC Great Southern Regional Investment Tour - Travel Costs 10,000 2002-03 DLGRD Economic Perspectives 65,000 Shire of Ravensthorpe Shire of Ravensthorpe planning 10,000 WA Community Foundation WA Community Foundation Business Plan 10,000 RAIA RAIA Postcards 65,000 2003-04 Role Models WA Inc Role Models WA visit of elite sportspeople to remote Indigenous communities in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions 60,000 Shire of Halls Creek Consultancy to deliver municipal services to Indigenous Communities 15,000 2004-05 DLGRD Regional Achievers and Community of the Year Awards 2005 22,000 TOTAL 397,000 (3) SUCCESSFUL WARIS APPLICANTS (Round 1) 2001/2002 Applicant Project Description Amount of Funding (ex GST) 1. Barking Gecko Theatre Company Web Life – an interactive on-line script-writing project for young people in regional WA $9,920.00 2. Broome Aboriginal Media Digital Network (PAKNET) $90,000.00 3. Country Arts WA Boundless - contemporary art from country WA $48,000.00 4. Craftwest Centre for Contemporary Craft Designing Futures - fine wood and timber furniture industry development $90,000.00 5. General Practice Divisions of WA Building Capacity in Regional Communities $120,000.00 6. Great Southern Development Commission Coaching Scheme for Inland Non-farm Businesses – mentoring scheme for non-farm small business $37,500.00 7. Jobs South West Inc Youth Outreach Program – a mentoring project $55,077.00 8. Karratha Youth Theatre Pilbara Loud – skills development program $50,000.00 9. Murdoch University (Environmental Science) Water management in regional indigenous communities $17,120.00 10. Perth International Arts Festival Regional Festival Events Program $75,000.00 11. Royal Life Saving Society Australia – WA Branch Swimming and Water Safety Education Program $37,900.00 12. South West Community Builders Steering Committee Community Builders Program $20,000.00 13. The Artists Foundation of WA To provide development skills to indigenous and mainstream artists $50,000.00 14. The West Australian Symphony Outback 2002 – Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Kimberley $21,411.82 15. University of Western Australia – Centre for Western Australian History Historical Encyclopaedia of Western Australia $90,000.00 16. West Australian Newspapers Ltd Realms of Possibility – annual regional magazine $99,000.00 17. West Australian Ballet 50th Anniversary Outback Tour $90,000.00 TOTAL $1,000,928.82 SUCCESSFUL WARIS APPLICANTS - ROUND 2 (2002/2003) Applicant Project Description Amount of Funding (Ex GST) 1. Anglicare WA Community Foundation – Establishment of legal structure to receive philanthropic donations for income generation towards community development projects. $150,000.00 2. Black Swan Theatre Community participation and training for 2003 theatre productions in Pilbara, Kimberley and Goldfields-Esperance regions $73,650.00 3. Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health Design an online training course for the accreditation of enrolled nurses (EN) Certificate IV to be piloted in the Pilbara and Mid West regions $75,316.00 4. Country Arts “Out There in Focus” – regional youth art promotion and documentation project $21,000.00 5. FTI “Making Movies Roadshow: filmaking workshops and screenings of local films in regional locations $120,000.00 6. Gascoyne Development Commission Outback Resource Atlas (ORA) interrogative database which serves as an investment development guide for WA’s Southern Rangelands (maintenance and promotion) $20,000.00 7. Goolarie Media Enterprises Business Planning for Indo-Pacific Cultural Festival in the NorthWest $20,000.00 8. GSDC Noongar Arts Industry Marketing Strategy $57,578.00 9. Greening Australia Promotion of R&D efforts towards native plant based industry development, including formation of regional industry body $65,000.00 10. GreenSkills Organic/Biodynamic Industry Development Stage 2 $60,100.00 11. Indigenous Festivals of Australia Croc Festivals (2) to be held in Kalgoorlie and Derby in 2003 $40,000.00 12. Mary Moore WA Wildflowers – Artworks $20,000.00 13. Mid West Development Commission Gascoyne Murchison Outback Pathways – construction of interpretive sites on tourism pathways proposed for the Gascoyne Murchison $40,000.00 14. Murdoch University Regional Sustainability Strategy - Pilbara Region Strategy incorporating methodology for application across all regions $100,000.00 15. Shire of Dundas Dundas Woodlands Discovery Trail – marketing and promotion $35,130.00 16. Southern Aboriginal Corporation Noongar Business Startup Centre in Bunbury and Albany $113,300.00 17. Trades and Labour Council of WA Preliminary study of skills needs for Indigenous youth in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions. $23,700.00 18. UWA – Faculty of Architecture Research into built environment and landscape/cultural mix as a precursor to the Regional Landscape and Built Environment Forum in 2004 $13,000.00 19. UWA – Institute for Regional Development Online communities of support for leadership and governance in Aboriginal communities – Kimberley and Goldfields Esperance regions $110,191.50 20. WACOSS Regional Community and Leadership Development Program, including training for community service groups on leadership and governance $110,180.00 21. Wine Industry Assoc of WA Regional Workshops promoting best practice in the Wine Industry $15,330.70 TOTAL $1,283,476.20 SUCCESSFUL WARIS APPLICANTS – ROUND 3 (2003/2004) Applicant Project Description WARIS Funding (ex GST) 1. Broome Aboriginal Media Association Goolarri Family Concert Tour $45,000.00 2. Country Arts Creative Volunteering – Training Workshops $24,000.00 3. CraftWest Designing Futures – Marketing Regional Innovation $65,800.00 4. Edith Cowan University ECU - Institute of Service Professions $30,000.00 5. Freefall Theatre Company Journeys – Arts and Culture skills exchange program for youth $41,246.70 6. Heritage Council of WA Regional Heritage Tourism Strategy $65,026.00 7. Indigenous Community Volunteers - WA Indigenous Community Volunteers - WA $64,300.00 8. Kimberley Development Commission North West Regions Sustainable Communities and Industries Development Project $80,000.00 9. Mid West Development Commission Pacific Flora 2004 $30,000.00 10. Perth International Arts Festival PIAF 2004 Regional Program $75,000.00 11. Perth International Arts Festival PIAF 2005 Regional Activities Program $75,000.00 12. Pilbara Development Commission Invest in the North West Promotion Officer $70,000.00 13. South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council Noongar Corporate Governance Toolkit $37,614.00 14. Terra Australis Baudin Busts in France $9,600.00 15. UWA - IRD IRD Regional Resource Centre, Albany ($250,000 over 2 years) $250,000.00 16. WA Ballet Community, Education and Access Development in Regional WA $90,000.00 17. WA Indigenous Tourism Operators Committee 2004 Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference $25,000.00 18. Department of Housing and Works Workplace Relations and Recruitment Service (allocated for 2005-06 funding) $300,000.00 TOTAL $1,377,586.70 SUCCESSFUL WARIS APPLICANTS (2004/2005) Applicant Description of Project WARIS funding (Exc. GST) 1. Indigenous Festivals of Australia Croc Fests 2004 & 2005 $80,000.00 2. DLGRD Regional Investment Tours (Pilbara and Wheatbelt) $40,000.00 3. Awards Australia Regional Achievers Awards 2004 $20,000.00 4. LGA’s Young Indigenous Scholarships to Local Government $100,000.00 5. Dept of Sport and Recreation/ DLGRD Leaders in Sport Conference $60,000.00 6. Dept of Premier & Cabinet Regional Investment Fund Communications $185,000.00 7. Country Housing Authority Housing Development Incentive Program $1,000,000.00 8. Wildcats North West Challenge $20,000.00 9. Buzz Dance Theatre Buzz Dance North West Tour $11,000.00 10. DLGRD Regional Investment Tours - Staff $65,000.00 $1,581,000.00 TOTAL WARIS $5,242,991.72 (4) I am unwilling to table the information on unsuccessful applicants for RIFP and WARIS. This type of information has not been provided in Parliament before. Applicants who are successful in receiving funding are aware that there are conditions attached to that funding such as information on their application being made available to Parliament. Unsuccessful applicants are not required to meet these conditions. It would be necessary to obtain permission from each applicant to release the information, which has been provided in confidence for assessment purposes. (5) · Strategic commitments · RIFP Shire of Roebourne, Bulgarra Oval Sports Precinct Recreation Facility, applied to the State Government’s Community Sports and Recreation Facilities Fund but was unsuccessful. The application was referred to and subsequently funded under the Regional Infrastructure Funding Program. · WARIS Indigenous Festivals of Australia, Croc Fest DLGRD Awards Australia, Regional Achievers Awards 2004 Department of Sport & Recreation/DLGRD, Leaders in Sport Conference Department of Premier and Cabinet, RIF Communications DLGRD , Regional Investment Tours – Staff DLGRD, Regional Investment Tours (6) The total amount of funding allocated from the Regional Investment Fund to date is $71,489,878.72. This includes two projects allocated for 2005-06 funding – the Bugarrigurra Nyurdany Interpretive Centre - $750,000 out of RIFP, and the Department of Housing and Works’ Workplace Relations and Recruitment Service - $300,000 out of WARIS. (7) The amount remaining for allocation from the original $75 million under the three schemes, totals $960,121, detailed as follows - WARIS $57,008.28 RIFP $27,890 IATFFP $1,257 IIPP $670,966, and Excess RDS $203,000 $3.6 million will also be available to the nine Regional Development Commissions to allocate in their 2004-05 rounds of RDS. (8) These funds will be allocated during 2004-05.
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