Dr. Pettitt questions the Treasurer regarding the $1.25 billion Climate Action Fund, inquiring about committed and expended funds. The Minister provides a list of committed funding by project but defers expenditure details to the upcoming budget.

AnsweredQoN 921Legislative Council
Asked
13 October 2022
Portfolio
minister representing the Treasurer

QuestionView source ↗

CLIMATE ACTION FUND
921. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Treasurer:
I refer to the government's
$1.25 billion climate action fund for Western Australia's low-carbon
future.
(1) How much of the $1.25 billion
has the government already committed to spend?
(2) Could the minister please
provide a list of committed funding broken down into projects?
(3) How much of the committed
funding in (2) has the government actually expended to date?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) This
information has been provided in tabular form. It has a description and the
allocated amount. I seek leave to have this information incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Description
Allocated
Softwood
Plantation Expansion
$350
million
Standalone
Power Systems
$150
million
Clean
Energy in Schools
$35.2
million
Denham
Power Station
$11.8
million
Wind
Turbine Manufacturing
$8
million
Local
Green Steel Industry
$1
million
CoastWA
Grants
$15
million
Carbon
Innovation Grants Program
$10.6
million
Renewable
Hydrogen Initiatives
$50
million
Native
Forest Just Transition Plan
$80
million
Collie
Transition Package
$247.4
million
Future
climate action related initiatives across nine agencies
$31
million
Total
$990
million
(3) Revised expenditure will be
published in the 2023–24 budget papers.

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