Hon. Murray Criddle asks about the refusal of funding applications for farmers in the northern agricultural region due to drought. Hon. Kim Chance responds, acknowledging some rejections based on location and exceeding net worth limits, offering to provide more accurate information.

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4 April 2007
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Agriculture and Food

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD - FUNDING FOR NORTHERN AGRICULTURAL REGION
Will the minister confirm whether an application for additional funding by the Department of Agriculture and Food to assist farmers in the northern agricultural region as a result of an exceptionally dry year has been refused; and, if so, why? Hon KIM CHANCE

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From recollection, I think that two or three applications have been refused. In one case, the application came from a person outside the zoned area. I am answering purely from what I recall from reading a document a month or so ago. The other two, I think, were ruled outside the guidelines established for the scheme. Probably their net worth exceeded the scheme’s upper limit. I can get more accurate information. I know that it was only a very small number.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: From recollection, I think that two or three applications have been refused. In one case, the application came from a person outside the zoned area. I am answering purely from what I recall from reading a document a month or so ago. The other two, I think, were ruled outside the guidelines established for the scheme. Probably their net worth exceeded the scheme’s upper limit. I can get more accurate information. I know that it was only a very small number.
From recollection, I think that two or three applications have been refused. In one case, the application came from a person outside the zoned area. I am answering purely from what I recall from reading a document a month or so ago. The other two, I think, were ruled outside the guidelines established for the scheme. Probably their net worth exceeded the scheme’s upper limit. I can get more accurate information. I know that it was only a very small number.

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