❓ WA secured some funding from the Commonwealth's research facilities program, but the Premier expresses disappointment at the low percentage received compared to the state's population share, highlighting the need for better representation in national funding decisions.
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I refer to the announcement made yesterday by the federal Minister for Industry, Science and Resources regarding the allocation of $155 million under the Commonwealth Government’s major national research facilities program. How successful was Western Australia in receiving grants under that program? Dr GALLOP
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One of the first decisions of the new State Government was to commit up to $6 million of state funds to successful applicants for the $155 million major national research facilities program. The Government backed up the applications that went in from the research efforts here in Western Australia, organised primarily through the universities. The Department of Industry and Technology also provided support for the 12 Western Australian applications. Unfortunately, the process was difficult, because the applicants were given only eight weeks by the federal Government to submit their applications, including their budget estimates. I am pleased to announce that the proposal for the National Networked Tele-Test Facility for Integrated Systems, to be headquartered at Edith Cowan University, was successful. The centre will operate as a virtual centre, spanning Australia, and will provide vital equipment to take Australia to the frontier of critically important and expanding fields in micro-electronics research. The Commonwealth will contribute $4.75 million to the $11.4 million facility, and the State Government will contribute approximately $1.5 million to the project. I congratulate Professor Kamran Eshraghian and all those involved at Edith Cowan University, for being successful in gaining commonwealth funding. Western Australia is also to be home for two other research facilities - the Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation and the Australian Computational Earth Systems Simulator. I am pleased to announce that success. It is important that Western Australia play its role in the development of new research capacity in Australia, but I am disappointed in the total level of funding that has come to Western Australia. On the Government’s estimate, it appears that only approximately $7 million of the total of $155 million will come to Western Australia, and that is less than five per cent of the total program, and compares to Western Australia’s 10 per cent of the total population of Australia. This is one of the issues the Government must address in the area of science policy in Western Australia, and that is to make sure that the interests of our scientists and researchers in Western Australia are properly represented when the Commonwealth makes decisions about the allocation of funds. It has been a long-standing problem in Western Australia, and the Government, as it has done on this occasion, will give financial support to their bids. The Government also needs to do more to make sure that Western Australia’s excellent story of scientific research and development success is given a higher profile on the national stage.
Dr GALLOP replied: One of the first decisions of the new State Government was to commit up to $6 million of state funds to successful applicants for the $155 million major national research facilities program. The Government backed up the applications that went in from the research efforts here in Western Australia, organised primarily through the universities. The Department of Industry and Technology also provided support for the 12 Western Australian applications. Unfortunately, the process was difficult, because the applicants were given only eight weeks by the federal Government to submit their applications, including their budget estimates. I am pleased to announce that the proposal for the National Networked Tele-Test Facility for Integrated Systems, to be headquartered at Edith Cowan University, was successful. The centre will operate as a virtual centre, spanning Australia, and will provide vital equipment to take Australia to the frontier of critically important and expanding fields in micro-electronics research. The Commonwealth will contribute $4.75 million to the $11.4 million facility, and the State Government will contribute approximately $1.5 million to the project. I congratulate Professor Kamran Eshraghian and all those involved at Edith Cowan University, for being successful in gaining commonwealth funding. Western Australia is also to be home for two other research facilities - the Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation and the Australian Computational Earth Systems Simulator. I am pleased to announce that success. It is important that Western Australia play its role in the development of new research capacity in Australia, but I am disappointed in the total level of funding that has come to Western Australia. On the Government’s estimate, it appears that only approximately $7 million of the total of $155 million will come to Western Australia, and that is less than five per cent of the total program, and compares to Western Australia’s 10 per cent of the total population of Australia. This is one of the issues the Government must address in the area of science policy in Western Australia, and that is to make sure that the interests of our scientists and researchers in Western Australia are properly represented when the Commonwealth makes decisions about the allocation of funds. It has been a long-standing problem in Western Australia, and the Government, as it has done on this occasion, will give financial support to their bids. The Government also needs to do more to make sure that Western Australia’s excellent story of scientific research and development success is given a higher profile on the national stage.
One of the first decisions of the new State Government was to commit up to $6 million of state funds to successful applicants for the $155 million major national research facilities program. The Government backed up the applications that went in from the research efforts here in Western Australia, organised primarily through the universities. The Department of Industry and Technology also provided support for the 12 Western Australian applications. Unfortunately, the process was difficult, because the applicants were given only eight weeks by the federal Government to submit their applications, including their budget estimates. I am pleased to announce that the proposal for the National Networked Tele-Test Facility for Integrated Systems, to be headquartered at Edith Cowan University, was successful. The centre will operate as a virtual centre, spanning Australia, and will provide vital equipment to take Australia to the frontier of critically important and expanding fields in micro-electronics research. The Commonwealth will contribute $4.75 million to the $11.4 million facility, and the State Government will contribute approximately $1.5 million to the project. I congratulate Professor Kamran Eshraghian and all those involved at Edith Cowan University, for being successful in gaining commonwealth funding. Western Australia is also to be home for two other research facilities - the Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation and the Australian Computational Earth Systems Simulator. I am pleased to announce that success. It is important that Western Australia play its role in the development of new research capacity in Australia, but I am disappointed in the total level of funding that has come to Western Australia. On the Government’s estimate, it appears that only approximately $7 million of the total of $155 million will come to Western Australia, and that is less than five per cent of the total program, and compares to Western Australia’s 10 per cent of the total population of Australia. This is one of the issues the Government must address in the area of science policy in Western Australia, and that is to make sure that the interests of our scientists and researchers in Western Australia are properly represented when the Commonwealth makes decisions about the allocation of funds. It has been a long-standing problem in Western Australia, and the Government, as it has done on this occasion, will give financial support to their bids. The Government also needs to do more to make sure that Western Australia’s excellent story of scientific research and development success is given a higher profile on the national stage.
I am pleased to announce that the proposal for the National Networked Tele-Test Facility for Integrated Systems, to be headquartered at Edith Cowan University, was successful. The centre will operate as a virtual centre, spanning Australia, and will provide vital equipment to take Australia to the frontier of critically important and expanding fields in micro-electronics research. The Commonwealth will contribute $4.75 million to the $11.4 million facility, and the State Government will contribute approximately $1.5 million to the project. I congratulate Professor Kamran Eshraghian and all those involved at Edith Cowan University, for being successful in gaining commonwealth funding. Western Australia is also to be home for two other research facilities - the Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation and the Australian Computational Earth Systems Simulator. I am pleased to announce that success. It is important that Western Australia play its role in the development of new research capacity in Australia, but I am disappointed in the total level of funding that has come to Western Australia. On the Government’s estimate, it appears that only approximately $7 million of the total of $155 million will come to Western Australia, and that is less than five per cent of the total program, and compares to Western Australia’s 10 per cent of the total population of Australia. This is one of the issues the Government must address in the area of science policy in Western Australia, and that is to make sure that the interests of our scientists and researchers in Western Australia are properly represented when the Commonwealth makes decisions about the allocation of funds. It has been a long-standing problem in Western Australia, and the Government, as it has done on this occasion, will give financial support to their bids. The Government also needs to do more to make sure that Western Australia’s excellent story of scientific research and development success is given a higher profile on the national stage.
I am pleased to announce that success. It is important that Western Australia play its role in the development of new research capacity in Australia, but I am disappointed in the total level of funding that has come to Western Australia. On the Government’s estimate, it appears that only approximately $7 million of the total of $155 million will come to Western Australia, and that is less than five per cent of the total program, and compares to Western Australia’s 10 per cent of the total population of Australia. This is one of the issues the Government must address in the area of science policy in Western Australia, and that is to make sure that the interests of our scientists and researchers in Western Australia are properly represented when the Commonwealth makes decisions about the allocation of funds. It has been a long-standing problem in Western Australia, and the Government, as it has done on this occasion, will give financial support to their bids. The Government also needs to do more to make sure that Western Australia’s excellent story of scientific research and development success is given a higher profile on the national stage.
Dr GALLOP replied: One of the first decisions of the new State Government was to commit up to $6 million of state funds to successful applicants for the $155 million major national research facilities program. The Government backed up the applications that went in from the research efforts here in Western Australia, organised primarily through the universities. The Department of Industry and Technology also provided support for the 12 Western Australian applications. Unfortunately, the process was difficult, because the applicants were given only eight weeks by the federal Government to submit their applications, including their budget estimates. I am pleased to announce that the proposal for the National Networked Tele-Test Facility for Integrated Systems, to be headquartered at Edith Cowan University, was successful. The centre will operate as a virtual centre, spanning Australia, and will provide vital equipment to take Australia to the frontier of critically important and expanding fields in micro-electronics research. The Commonwealth will contribute $4.75 million to the $11.4 million facility, and the State Government will contribute approximately $1.5 million to the project. I congratulate Professor Kamran Eshraghian and all those involved at Edith Cowan University, for being successful in gaining commonwealth funding. Western Australia is also to be home for two other research facilities - the Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation and the Australian Computational Earth Systems Simulator. I am pleased to announce that success. It is important that Western Australia play its role in the development of new research capacity in Australia, but I am disappointed in the total level of funding that has come to Western Australia. On the Government’s estimate, it appears that only approximately $7 million of the total of $155 million will come to Western Australia, and that is less than five per cent of the total program, and compares to Western Australia’s 10 per cent of the total population of Australia. This is one of the issues the Government must address in the area of science policy in Western Australia, and that is to make sure that the interests of our scientists and researchers in Western Australia are properly represented when the Commonwealth makes decisions about the allocation of funds. It has been a long-standing problem in Western Australia, and the Government, as it has done on this occasion, will give financial support to their bids. The Government also needs to do more to make sure that Western Australia’s excellent story of scientific research and development success is given a higher profile on the national stage.
One of the first decisions of the new State Government was to commit up to $6 million of state funds to successful applicants for the $155 million major national research facilities program. The Government backed up the applications that went in from the research efforts here in Western Australia, organised primarily through the universities. The Department of Industry and Technology also provided support for the 12 Western Australian applications. Unfortunately, the process was difficult, because the applicants were given only eight weeks by the federal Government to submit their applications, including their budget estimates. I am pleased to announce that the proposal for the National Networked Tele-Test Facility for Integrated Systems, to be headquartered at Edith Cowan University, was successful. The centre will operate as a virtual centre, spanning Australia, and will provide vital equipment to take Australia to the frontier of critically important and expanding fields in micro-electronics research. The Commonwealth will contribute $4.75 million to the $11.4 million facility, and the State Government will contribute approximately $1.5 million to the project. I congratulate Professor Kamran Eshraghian and all those involved at Edith Cowan University, for being successful in gaining commonwealth funding. Western Australia is also to be home for two other research facilities - the Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation and the Australian Computational Earth Systems Simulator. I am pleased to announce that success. It is important that Western Australia play its role in the development of new research capacity in Australia, but I am disappointed in the total level of funding that has come to Western Australia. On the Government’s estimate, it appears that only approximately $7 million of the total of $155 million will come to Western Australia, and that is less than five per cent of the total program, and compares to Western Australia’s 10 per cent of the total population of Australia. This is one of the issues the Government must address in the area of science policy in Western Australia, and that is to make sure that the interests of our scientists and researchers in Western Australia are properly represented when the Commonwealth makes decisions about the allocation of funds. It has been a long-standing problem in Western Australia, and the Government, as it has done on this occasion, will give financial support to their bids. The Government also needs to do more to make sure that Western Australia’s excellent story of scientific research and development success is given a higher profile on the national stage.
I am pleased to announce that the proposal for the National Networked Tele-Test Facility for Integrated Systems, to be headquartered at Edith Cowan University, was successful. The centre will operate as a virtual centre, spanning Australia, and will provide vital equipment to take Australia to the frontier of critically important and expanding fields in micro-electronics research. The Commonwealth will contribute $4.75 million to the $11.4 million facility, and the State Government will contribute approximately $1.5 million to the project. I congratulate Professor Kamran Eshraghian and all those involved at Edith Cowan University, for being successful in gaining commonwealth funding. Western Australia is also to be home for two other research facilities - the Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation and the Australian Computational Earth Systems Simulator. I am pleased to announce that success. It is important that Western Australia play its role in the development of new research capacity in Australia, but I am disappointed in the total level of funding that has come to Western Australia. On the Government’s estimate, it appears that only approximately $7 million of the total of $155 million will come to Western Australia, and that is less than five per cent of the total program, and compares to Western Australia’s 10 per cent of the total population of Australia. This is one of the issues the Government must address in the area of science policy in Western Australia, and that is to make sure that the interests of our scientists and researchers in Western Australia are properly represented when the Commonwealth makes decisions about the allocation of funds. It has been a long-standing problem in Western Australia, and the Government, as it has done on this occasion, will give financial support to their bids. The Government also needs to do more to make sure that Western Australia’s excellent story of scientific research and development success is given a higher profile on the national stage.
I am pleased to announce that success. It is important that Western Australia play its role in the development of new research capacity in Australia, but I am disappointed in the total level of funding that has come to Western Australia. On the Government’s estimate, it appears that only approximately $7 million of the total of $155 million will come to Western Australia, and that is less than five per cent of the total program, and compares to Western Australia’s 10 per cent of the total population of Australia. This is one of the issues the Government must address in the area of science policy in Western Australia, and that is to make sure that the interests of our scientists and researchers in Western Australia are properly represented when the Commonwealth makes decisions about the allocation of funds. It has been a long-standing problem in Western Australia, and the Government, as it has done on this occasion, will give financial support to their bids. The Government also needs to do more to make sure that Western Australia’s excellent story of scientific research and development success is given a higher profile on the national stage.
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