❓ Hon James Hayward asks about establishing a Community Resource Centre (CRC) in Collie to support the ageing population's IT needs. The Minister for Regional Development clarifies that no formal application has been received and explains the current focus on other regions and collaboration with other ministers.
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COMMUNITY
RESOURCE CENTRE — COLLIE
502. Hon JAMES HAYWARD to the Minister for Regional Development:
I refer to support services for the
ageing in Collie and the community resource centres.
(1) Has the minister received a request
to establish a community resource centre in Collie?
(2) If yes to (1), was the request
approved?
(3) If no to (2), why not?
(4) How many new
community resource centres have been established since April 2017 and where
were they established?
RESOURCE CENTRE — COLLIE
502. Hon JAMES HAYWARD to the Minister for Regional Development:
I refer to support services for the
ageing in Collie and the community resource centres.
(1) Has the minister received a request
to establish a community resource centre in Collie?
(2) If yes to (1), was the request
approved?
(3) If no to (2), why not?
(4) How many new
community resource centres have been established since April 2017 and where
were they established?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
member for the question.
(1)–(4) I
have not received a submission. I am aware that a constituent of Collie
contacted the local member and wrote to a minister about the problems that aged
people are having with information technology in Collie, including interactions
with Telstra. The letter that I have seen certainly was not a request for a community
resource centre. An inquiry was made by a commercial service provider that
tends to use CRCs in the south west as to whether there was one in Collie so it
could use that CRC to deliver the services that it is paid to deliver by the
commonwealth.
But no CRC application is being
considered for Collie. Collie is considerably larger than any other town—aside
from Broome, which has special circumstances—that has a CRC. The only
new application that we are looking at is one in the Mining and Pastoral
Region. The vast majority of CRCs are in the south west, so there is quite a disproportionate arrangement,
but we are not at this point considering that. We are talking to Minister Don Punch, who is the Minister for
Seniors and Ageing; Innovation and ICT about what services or programs
might be available to enhance IT skills for seniors.
member for the question.
(1)–(4) I
have not received a submission. I am aware that a constituent of Collie
contacted the local member and wrote to a minister about the problems that aged
people are having with information technology in Collie, including interactions
with Telstra. The letter that I have seen certainly was not a request for a community
resource centre. An inquiry was made by a commercial service provider that
tends to use CRCs in the south west as to whether there was one in Collie so it
could use that CRC to deliver the services that it is paid to deliver by the
commonwealth.
But no CRC application is being
considered for Collie. Collie is considerably larger than any other town—aside
from Broome, which has special circumstances—that has a CRC. The only
new application that we are looking at is one in the Mining and Pastoral
Region. The vast majority of CRCs are in the south west, so there is quite a disproportionate arrangement,
but we are not at this point considering that. We are talking to Minister Don Punch, who is the Minister for
Seniors and Ageing; Innovation and ICT about what services or programs
might be available to enhance IT skills for seniors.
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