❓ Mr. McGowan questions the Minister for Housing and Works about the allocation of Commonwealth funds for remote Indigenous housing, specifically seeking assurance that administrative costs won't be covered by the non-capital funds. Mr. Buswell responds by outlining the intended use for infrastructure and adherence to Commonwealth parameters.
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NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ON REMOTE INDIGENOUS HOUSING
I have a supplementary question. Will the minister guarantee that not one cent of the spare non-capital $178 million provided by the commonwealth will be used for administration purposes by his government? Mr T.R. BUSWELL
I have a supplementary question. Will the minister guarantee that not one cent of the spare non-capital $178 million provided by the commonwealth will be used for administration purposes by his government? Mr T.R. BUSWELL
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My understanding is that the balance of the funds that are not specifically used for housing will be used to deliver infrastructure in these communities. As the member would be aware and as I am sure former ministers would be aware, there is an enormous gulf in the delivery of essential infrastructure—water, power and sewerage—into these communities; it costs many hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr M. McGowan : Will you guarantee it? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I can guarantee that we will work within all the parameters that the commonwealth has established. I do not foresee any reason for those commonwealth moneys to be used to support the Department of Housing. We have a signed agreement in place with the commonwealth. I am sure that if any money goes to those purposes, it will be with the full blessing of the commonwealth. I am not sure that that has happened, but I can say that the non-housing money in some of these communities is as important, if not more important, than the housing money. This is a significant social challenge that has emerged over many decades of neglect. This is not a Liberal Party issue; this is not a Labor Party issue. This is a broad community issue. I can tell the member that we quite simply will not do what has been done in the past; that is, turn up, dump a house in the community, walk away and return in six months to find the house in a shocking state, which has occurred in many cases. In partnership with the commonwealth, we need to engage from the ground up with these communities to deliver sustainable, long-term reform to housing, and we need to do that in a way that makes sure that the housing needs of these communities are met for the long term. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: My understanding is that the balance of the funds that are not specifically used for housing will be used to deliver infrastructure in these communities. As the member would be aware and as I am sure former ministers would be aware, there is an enormous gulf in the delivery of essential infrastructure—water, power and sewerage—into these communities; it costs many hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr M. McGowan : Will you guarantee it? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I can guarantee that we will work within all the parameters that the commonwealth has established. I do not foresee any reason for those commonwealth moneys to be used to support the Department of Housing. We have a signed agreement in place with the commonwealth. I am sure that if any money goes to those purposes, it will be with the full blessing of the commonwealth. I am not sure that that has happened, but I can say that the non-housing money in some of these communities is as important, if not more important, than the housing money. This is a significant social challenge that has emerged over many decades of neglect. This is not a Liberal Party issue; this is not a Labor Party issue. This is a broad community issue. I can tell the member that we quite simply will not do what has been done in the past; that is, turn up, dump a house in the community, walk away and return in six months to find the house in a shocking state, which has occurred in many cases. In partnership with the commonwealth, we need to engage from the ground up with these communities to deliver sustainable, long-term reform to housing, and we need to do that in a way that makes sure that the housing needs of these communities are met for the long term. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
My understanding is that the balance of the funds that are not specifically used for housing will be used to deliver infrastructure in these communities. As the member would be aware and as I am sure former ministers would be aware, there is an enormous gulf in the delivery of essential infrastructure—water, power and sewerage—into these communities; it costs many hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr M. McGowan : Will you guarantee it? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I can guarantee that we will work within all the parameters that the commonwealth has established. I do not foresee any reason for those commonwealth moneys to be used to support the Department of Housing. We have a signed agreement in place with the commonwealth. I am sure that if any money goes to those purposes, it will be with the full blessing of the commonwealth. I am not sure that that has happened, but I can say that the non-housing money in some of these communities is as important, if not more important, than the housing money. This is a significant social challenge that has emerged over many decades of neglect. This is not a Liberal Party issue; this is not a Labor Party issue. This is a broad community issue. I can tell the member that we quite simply will not do what has been done in the past; that is, turn up, dump a house in the community, walk away and return in six months to find the house in a shocking state, which has occurred in many cases. In partnership with the commonwealth, we need to engage from the ground up with these communities to deliver sustainable, long-term reform to housing, and we need to do that in a way that makes sure that the housing needs of these communities are met for the long term. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
Mr M. McGowan : Will you guarantee it? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I can guarantee that we will work within all the parameters that the commonwealth has established. I do not foresee any reason for those commonwealth moneys to be used to support the Department of Housing. We have a signed agreement in place with the commonwealth. I am sure that if any money goes to those purposes, it will be with the full blessing of the commonwealth. I am not sure that that has happened, but I can say that the non-housing money in some of these communities is as important, if not more important, than the housing money. This is a significant social challenge that has emerged over many decades of neglect. This is not a Liberal Party issue; this is not a Labor Party issue. This is a broad community issue. I can tell the member that we quite simply will not do what has been done in the past; that is, turn up, dump a house in the community, walk away and return in six months to find the house in a shocking state, which has occurred in many cases. In partnership with the commonwealth, we need to engage from the ground up with these communities to deliver sustainable, long-term reform to housing, and we need to do that in a way that makes sure that the housing needs of these communities are met for the long term. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I can guarantee that we will work within all the parameters that the commonwealth has established. I do not foresee any reason for those commonwealth moneys to be used to support the Department of Housing. We have a signed agreement in place with the commonwealth. I am sure that if any money goes to those purposes, it will be with the full blessing of the commonwealth. I am not sure that that has happened, but I can say that the non-housing money in some of these communities is as important, if not more important, than the housing money. This is a significant social challenge that has emerged over many decades of neglect. This is not a Liberal Party issue; this is not a Labor Party issue. This is a broad community issue. I can tell the member that we quite simply will not do what has been done in the past; that is, turn up, dump a house in the community, walk away and return in six months to find the house in a shocking state, which has occurred in many cases. In partnership with the commonwealth, we need to engage from the ground up with these communities to deliver sustainable, long-term reform to housing, and we need to do that in a way that makes sure that the housing needs of these communities are met for the long term. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: My understanding is that the balance of the funds that are not specifically used for housing will be used to deliver infrastructure in these communities. As the member would be aware and as I am sure former ministers would be aware, there is an enormous gulf in the delivery of essential infrastructure—water, power and sewerage—into these communities; it costs many hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr M. McGowan : Will you guarantee it? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I can guarantee that we will work within all the parameters that the commonwealth has established. I do not foresee any reason for those commonwealth moneys to be used to support the Department of Housing. We have a signed agreement in place with the commonwealth. I am sure that if any money goes to those purposes, it will be with the full blessing of the commonwealth. I am not sure that that has happened, but I can say that the non-housing money in some of these communities is as important, if not more important, than the housing money. This is a significant social challenge that has emerged over many decades of neglect. This is not a Liberal Party issue; this is not a Labor Party issue. This is a broad community issue. I can tell the member that we quite simply will not do what has been done in the past; that is, turn up, dump a house in the community, walk away and return in six months to find the house in a shocking state, which has occurred in many cases. In partnership with the commonwealth, we need to engage from the ground up with these communities to deliver sustainable, long-term reform to housing, and we need to do that in a way that makes sure that the housing needs of these communities are met for the long term. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
My understanding is that the balance of the funds that are not specifically used for housing will be used to deliver infrastructure in these communities. As the member would be aware and as I am sure former ministers would be aware, there is an enormous gulf in the delivery of essential infrastructure—water, power and sewerage—into these communities; it costs many hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr M. McGowan : Will you guarantee it? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I can guarantee that we will work within all the parameters that the commonwealth has established. I do not foresee any reason for those commonwealth moneys to be used to support the Department of Housing. We have a signed agreement in place with the commonwealth. I am sure that if any money goes to those purposes, it will be with the full blessing of the commonwealth. I am not sure that that has happened, but I can say that the non-housing money in some of these communities is as important, if not more important, than the housing money. This is a significant social challenge that has emerged over many decades of neglect. This is not a Liberal Party issue; this is not a Labor Party issue. This is a broad community issue. I can tell the member that we quite simply will not do what has been done in the past; that is, turn up, dump a house in the community, walk away and return in six months to find the house in a shocking state, which has occurred in many cases. In partnership with the commonwealth, we need to engage from the ground up with these communities to deliver sustainable, long-term reform to housing, and we need to do that in a way that makes sure that the housing needs of these communities are met for the long term. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
Mr M. McGowan : Will you guarantee it? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I can guarantee that we will work within all the parameters that the commonwealth has established. I do not foresee any reason for those commonwealth moneys to be used to support the Department of Housing. We have a signed agreement in place with the commonwealth. I am sure that if any money goes to those purposes, it will be with the full blessing of the commonwealth. I am not sure that that has happened, but I can say that the non-housing money in some of these communities is as important, if not more important, than the housing money. This is a significant social challenge that has emerged over many decades of neglect. This is not a Liberal Party issue; this is not a Labor Party issue. This is a broad community issue. I can tell the member that we quite simply will not do what has been done in the past; that is, turn up, dump a house in the community, walk away and return in six months to find the house in a shocking state, which has occurred in many cases. In partnership with the commonwealth, we need to engage from the ground up with these communities to deliver sustainable, long-term reform to housing, and we need to do that in a way that makes sure that the housing needs of these communities are met for the long term. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I can guarantee that we will work within all the parameters that the commonwealth has established. I do not foresee any reason for those commonwealth moneys to be used to support the Department of Housing. We have a signed agreement in place with the commonwealth. I am sure that if any money goes to those purposes, it will be with the full blessing of the commonwealth. I am not sure that that has happened, but I can say that the non-housing money in some of these communities is as important, if not more important, than the housing money. This is a significant social challenge that has emerged over many decades of neglect. This is not a Liberal Party issue; this is not a Labor Party issue. This is a broad community issue. I can tell the member that we quite simply will not do what has been done in the past; that is, turn up, dump a house in the community, walk away and return in six months to find the house in a shocking state, which has occurred in many cases. In partnership with the commonwealth, we need to engage from the ground up with these communities to deliver sustainable, long-term reform to housing, and we need to do that in a way that makes sure that the housing needs of these communities are met for the long term. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Yes, there has been some time in getting this project up and running, but we are heavily committed to this program and we are heavily committed to meeting the goals that we have given to the commonwealth.
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