❓ Hon Lynn MacLaren questions the Minister for Culture and the Arts regarding funding for a screen production precinct. The Minister clarifies the funding request process and outlines ongoing investigations into the industry's infrastructure needs.
AnsweredQoN 426Legislative Council
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SCREEN
PRODUCTION PRECINCT
426. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the
Minister for Culture and the Arts:
(1) Did the
minister receive a request for funding for a screen production precinct to be
included in the 2012–2013 state budget from the Film and Television
Institute of Western Australia?
(2) Does the
minister recognise and support the ongoing success and expansion of the state's
screen production industry?
(3) If yes to
(2), why did the minister not support funding for a screen production precinct
in the state budget?
(4) What action
will the minister take to ensure that the state hosts a screen production
precinct in the future?
PRODUCTION PRECINCT
426. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the
Minister for Culture and the Arts:
(1) Did the
minister receive a request for funding for a screen production precinct to be
included in the 2012–2013 state budget from the Film and Television
Institute of Western Australia?
(2) Does the
minister recognise and support the ongoing success and expansion of the state's
screen production industry?
(3) If yes to
(2), why did the minister not support funding for a screen production precinct
in the state budget?
(4) What action
will the minister take to ensure that the state hosts a screen production
precinct in the future?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1) No.
ScreenWest submitted a proposal as part of the culture and arts portfolio strategic
asset plan, not as part of the 2012–13 budget process.
(2) Yes.
(3) As above in
(1), ScreenWest submitted a proposal seeking funding to examine the future
infrastructure needs of the Western Australian screen industry as part of the
culture and arts portfolio's strategic asset planning processes.
(4) The
commissioning of a report to investigate the future infrastructure needs of the
Western Australian screen industry is currently being discussed internally
within the Department of Culture and the Arts in the context of the culture and
arts' portfolio strategic asset planning processes.
of the question.
(1) No.
ScreenWest submitted a proposal as part of the culture and arts portfolio strategic
asset plan, not as part of the 2012–13 budget process.
(2) Yes.
(3) As above in
(1), ScreenWest submitted a proposal seeking funding to examine the future
infrastructure needs of the Western Australian screen industry as part of the
culture and arts portfolio's strategic asset planning processes.
(4) The
commissioning of a report to investigate the future infrastructure needs of the
Western Australian screen industry is currently being discussed internally
within the Department of Culture and the Arts in the context of the culture and
arts' portfolio strategic asset planning processes.
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