❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding school maintenance budgets, specifically addressing concerns of budget cuts and redirection of funds from regional to metropolitan areas. The Minister denies political motivation but confirms a budget reduction in the Midlands district due to changing needs.
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Given the minister’s claim of providing equality and fairness in education, I ask - (1) Can the minister provide an assurance that current school program maintenance works budgets for district education regions are being maintained? (2) Can the minister provide an assurance that reports of up to $400 000 being cut or redirected from the Midlands district regional budget to a metropolitan education district are incorrect? (3) Can the minister give an assurance that school program maintenance works funds from any other district education region in country Western Australia have not been cut or redirected to schools in metropolitan area education districts? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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It would have been nice to get some notice of that question. Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
(1) Can the minister provide an assurance that current school program maintenance works budgets for district education regions are being maintained? (2) Can the minister provide an assurance that reports of up to $400 000 being cut or redirected from the Midlands district regional budget to a metropolitan education district are incorrect? (3) Can the minister give an assurance that school program maintenance works funds from any other district education region in country Western Australia have not been cut or redirected to schools in metropolitan area education districts? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: It would have been nice to get some notice of that question. Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
(2) Can the minister provide an assurance that reports of up to $400 000 being cut or redirected from the Midlands district regional budget to a metropolitan education district are incorrect? (3) Can the minister give an assurance that school program maintenance works funds from any other district education region in country Western Australia have not been cut or redirected to schools in metropolitan area education districts? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: It would have been nice to get some notice of that question. Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
(3) Can the minister give an assurance that school program maintenance works funds from any other district education region in country Western Australia have not been cut or redirected to schools in metropolitan area education districts? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: It would have been nice to get some notice of that question. Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: It would have been nice to get some notice of that question. Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
It would have been nice to get some notice of that question. Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
(1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
(1) Can the minister provide an assurance that current school program maintenance works budgets for district education regions are being maintained? (2) Can the minister provide an assurance that reports of up to $400 000 being cut or redirected from the Midlands district regional budget to a metropolitan education district are incorrect? (3) Can the minister give an assurance that school program maintenance works funds from any other district education region in country Western Australia have not been cut or redirected to schools in metropolitan area education districts? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: It would have been nice to get some notice of that question. Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
(2) Can the minister provide an assurance that reports of up to $400 000 being cut or redirected from the Midlands district regional budget to a metropolitan education district are incorrect? (3) Can the minister give an assurance that school program maintenance works funds from any other district education region in country Western Australia have not been cut or redirected to schools in metropolitan area education districts? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: It would have been nice to get some notice of that question. Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
(3) Can the minister give an assurance that school program maintenance works funds from any other district education region in country Western Australia have not been cut or redirected to schools in metropolitan area education districts? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: It would have been nice to get some notice of that question. Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: It would have been nice to get some notice of that question. Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
It would have been nice to get some notice of that question. Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr T.K. Waldron: I did. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thank the member very much. I know he did. He is one of the most pleasant members in the Chamber, who is prepared to do the right thing and give us some notice of a question. Well done! Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr M.F. Board: This is called “questions without notice”! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that, puff daddy? I would love to stand on my feet and talk about the past in the same way as those opposite sit in their seats and wallow in the past. I could come up with all sorts of little reminders of people’s pasts. (1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
(1)-(3) The short answer to the member’s questions is yes, yes and yes; but he is onto something when he refers to the amount of maintenance that has been provided to that district. The maintenance budget for schools in the education system is divided up into two sections. We have provided a $10 million increase in the maintenance budget over four years, but a huge amount of that is being consumed by unplanned maintenance such as that required as a result of vandalism and the sorts of things which everybody is aware of and all members know are an issue in their electorates. I reassure the member that there is no strategy to take money out of one region and deliver it to the metropolitan districts because of political interest. I do not believe anybody seriously thinks that is the case. The department has provided me with the following information - This matter refers to the $11.4 million which has so far been allocated for routine and restoration maintenance in schools. In the case of the Midlands Education District, the allocation under routine and restoration maintenance for 2002-2003 is $869 000 compared to an allocation of $1.1 million in 2001-2002. In other words, there has been a reduction of just over $200 000. It continues - The reason for the variation is due to the mechanism for allocating these funds. The allocative mechanism for routine and restoration maintenance funding to a district is based on the proportion of identified maintenance needs of the schools in that district, which have been identified by the Building Condition Assessment (BCA) - Mr B.K. Masters: Will he understand that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give him a copy. It continues - in relation to the identified Statewide needs. Therefore, the actual allocation to districts will vary from year to year, and will not be dependent on whether a district is located in the country or the metropolitan area. So there has been a reduction in maintenance for that area, but it has not been due to political motivation. It has simply been a reflection of the growing maintenance needs in other areas compared to those in the member’s area. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is something like $62 million. This is a component; this is routine maintenance. If the member requires any more details I will be more than happy to provide them. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
Within the next couple of weeks we will be making an announcement about some maintenance programs that may be of interest to the member.
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