❓ Question regarding the McGowan government's investment in the creative industries and its impact on job creation in Western Australia, with the Minister outlining various initiatives and projects.
AnsweredQoN 669Legislative Assembly
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CREATIVE ARTS —
GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT
669. Mr S.A. MILLMAN to the Minister for Culture and the Arts:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's massive investment in the creative industry, which has
resulted in a surge in local productions such as the ABC television series The
Heights . Can the minister outline to the house how this government's
investment is creating jobs for Western Australians and supporting those workers
in the creative industries?
GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT
669. Mr S.A. MILLMAN to the Minister for Culture and the Arts:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's massive investment in the creative industry, which has
resulted in a surge in local productions such as the ABC television series The
Heights . Can the minister outline to the house how this government's
investment is creating jobs for Western Australians and supporting those workers
in the creative industries?
AnswerView source ↗
I can, and I thank the member for
Mount Lawley for the question. I was very pleased to be in Mt Lawley with the
members of cabinet only last week and experiencing the wonderful community that
the member represents. I had a meeting there with a number of people involved
in the creative industries who live and work in Mt Lawley, which is tremendous.
As members would be aware, the McGowan government is absolutely committed to
making sure that as part of a diversified economy, creative industries will
continue to grow and play a key part in creating jobs and supporting job
development, innovation and technology. As we know, the creative arts is very
much a part of creative industries that are spread across a range of areas and
is growing in its influence and importance. As the member noted, we have seen a
surge in the screen industry in Western Australia through documentaries and
feature, animation and virtual reality films. They are all very important
components of the creative industries that are now attracting back many workers
in the creative industries who had gone across to the eastern seaboard. One
such drama series is The Heights . I was very pleased to visit the ABC
studios yesterday to see the filming of the second series, which will involve
and include a cast and crew made up of over 85 per cent Western Australians. It
includes outstanding Western Australian talent across performance, technical
and training staff. The Heights is a series that will continue to
promote Perth and Western Australia and is filmed in and around the —
Mr R.R. Whitby : Minister, was
there a cameo for you?
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : I did ask
but I was rejected—a little bit like the member for Carine who was
rejected as shadow Minister for Culture and the Arts and dispatched to
somewhere else, but we will not go into that.
We are investing heavily in the
creative industries. We are building a world-class $400 million new museum for Western
Australia. We are reactivating the rooftop of the Art Gallery of Western Australia,
which was an election commitment. The visual arts is receiving an $8 million
regional exhibitions boost, which will see more of the state collection shared
in regional Western Australia. The McGowan Labor government has committed over
the next four years to a $20 million creative regions program across a range of
areas, including assistance in the activation of Indigenous artists in rural
and remote regions in Western Australia. Our first virtual reality festival,
which is known as XR:WA, premiered in July as part of the Revelation Perth
International Film Festival. That is another example of investing in emerging,
groundbreaking technology with a large number of emerging practitioners in the
VR and immersive industries. Of course, we are providing ongoing support to
Screenwest and the film industry across Western Australia through Lotterywest
and government investment. Later this week the CinefestOZ film Festival starts
in Busselton in the south west where members can see H is for Happiness, which
was filmed in Albany. It is a magnificent film and features young talent from Western
Australia. I urge members and people to see those films and experience that
because —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis interjected.
The SPEAKER : Are you
exhausted yet, minister, because the rest of us are!
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : I am very
concerned about the constipated member for Hillarys over there. He seems to
want to interrupt me. We are investing heavily in the creative industries. We
believe in it as a viable industry for the future. It employs a lot of people,
many of whom are young people. It is an exciting area to be in and Western Australia
is putting itself forward to share its creative talent with the rest of the
world. I am very proud of that and we are committing to it as an industry going
forward.
Mount Lawley for the question. I was very pleased to be in Mt Lawley with the
members of cabinet only last week and experiencing the wonderful community that
the member represents. I had a meeting there with a number of people involved
in the creative industries who live and work in Mt Lawley, which is tremendous.
As members would be aware, the McGowan government is absolutely committed to
making sure that as part of a diversified economy, creative industries will
continue to grow and play a key part in creating jobs and supporting job
development, innovation and technology. As we know, the creative arts is very
much a part of creative industries that are spread across a range of areas and
is growing in its influence and importance. As the member noted, we have seen a
surge in the screen industry in Western Australia through documentaries and
feature, animation and virtual reality films. They are all very important
components of the creative industries that are now attracting back many workers
in the creative industries who had gone across to the eastern seaboard. One
such drama series is The Heights . I was very pleased to visit the ABC
studios yesterday to see the filming of the second series, which will involve
and include a cast and crew made up of over 85 per cent Western Australians. It
includes outstanding Western Australian talent across performance, technical
and training staff. The Heights is a series that will continue to
promote Perth and Western Australia and is filmed in and around the —
Mr R.R. Whitby : Minister, was
there a cameo for you?
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : I did ask
but I was rejected—a little bit like the member for Carine who was
rejected as shadow Minister for Culture and the Arts and dispatched to
somewhere else, but we will not go into that.
We are investing heavily in the
creative industries. We are building a world-class $400 million new museum for Western
Australia. We are reactivating the rooftop of the Art Gallery of Western Australia,
which was an election commitment. The visual arts is receiving an $8 million
regional exhibitions boost, which will see more of the state collection shared
in regional Western Australia. The McGowan Labor government has committed over
the next four years to a $20 million creative regions program across a range of
areas, including assistance in the activation of Indigenous artists in rural
and remote regions in Western Australia. Our first virtual reality festival,
which is known as XR:WA, premiered in July as part of the Revelation Perth
International Film Festival. That is another example of investing in emerging,
groundbreaking technology with a large number of emerging practitioners in the
VR and immersive industries. Of course, we are providing ongoing support to
Screenwest and the film industry across Western Australia through Lotterywest
and government investment. Later this week the CinefestOZ film Festival starts
in Busselton in the south west where members can see H is for Happiness, which
was filmed in Albany. It is a magnificent film and features young talent from Western
Australia. I urge members and people to see those films and experience that
because —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis interjected.
The SPEAKER : Are you
exhausted yet, minister, because the rest of us are!
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : I am very
concerned about the constipated member for Hillarys over there. He seems to
want to interrupt me. We are investing heavily in the creative industries. We
believe in it as a viable industry for the future. It employs a lot of people,
many of whom are young people. It is an exciting area to be in and Western Australia
is putting itself forward to share its creative talent with the rest of the
world. I am very proud of that and we are committing to it as an industry going
forward.
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