❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the 2012-13 regional events scheme, specifically acknowledging funding for the Geraldton Greenough Sunshine Festival. The Minister provides an update on the scheme, highlighting its funding sources and supported events.
AnsweredQoN 162Legislative Assembly
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REGIONAL
EVENTS SCHEME
162. Mr I.C. BLAYNEY to the Minister for Tourism:
I note the minister's recent announcement relating to
the regional events scheme. Specifically, it is very pleasing to see that the
Geraldton Greenough Sunshine Festival, to be held from 5 to 13 October, was a
successful applicant for funding. Given that this great local event is being
funded, could the minister please update the house in more detail on the 2012–13
regional events scheme?
EVENTS SCHEME
162. Mr I.C. BLAYNEY to the Minister for Tourism:
I note the minister's recent announcement relating to
the regional events scheme. Specifically, it is very pleasing to see that the
Geraldton Greenough Sunshine Festival, to be held from 5 to 13 October, was a
successful applicant for funding. Given that this great local event is being
funded, could the minister please update the house in more detail on the 2012–13
regional events scheme?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question.
I am very pleased to see that an event in the member's
electorate got funded, but a large numbers of events across the state are being
funded through the regional events scheme funding. The funding is a combination
of the $300 000 that was in our original budget with the significant addition,
as a result of royalties for regions funding, of $10 million a year to support
events across this state. We have sunk a significant proportion of the regional
events scheme funding into more minor events that are generally $20 000, $30 000
or $40 000 each. That funding enables new events to get off the ground or for
existing events to expand their actions.
In this latest round, we are funding
45 events—a mixture of old and new. There are some fantastic functions
that have been around for a long time, such as the Mandurah crab festival in
the member for Mandurah's electorate, Taste Great Southern, the Boyup
Brook Country Music Festival and the Dwellingup 100 MTB Classic, but there is a
whole pile of new ones that have come on as well, and I will indicate some of
those. One such event is the WA PGA golf championship that will be held in
Kalgoorlie–Boulder this year. That should be a fantastic event. Other
events include the Esperance Tennis Pro Tour; Kimberley Writers Festival;
Mingenew Rodeo; Nameless, which is actually the name of the Nameless
Jarndunmunha Festival in Tom Price; and the Bunbury Aqua Spectacular.
Therefore, a range of different events are being funded as part of the program.
As I said, the regional events
scheme funding is a mixture of royalties for regions funding and general
government funding for tourism. In this current climate in which we have strong
growth in the mining sector but other areas of the community sometimes are not
as well able to support progress or funding within their communities, this
funding of tourism events can be a huge fillip for local community areas in
particular, whereby funding an event brings lots of people to that community
and significantly improves the prosperity of local businesses in those regions.
We are very proud to be a government that has expanded funding in this area by
such a large degree.
I am very pleased to see that an event in the member's
electorate got funded, but a large numbers of events across the state are being
funded through the regional events scheme funding. The funding is a combination
of the $300 000 that was in our original budget with the significant addition,
as a result of royalties for regions funding, of $10 million a year to support
events across this state. We have sunk a significant proportion of the regional
events scheme funding into more minor events that are generally $20 000, $30 000
or $40 000 each. That funding enables new events to get off the ground or for
existing events to expand their actions.
In this latest round, we are funding
45 events—a mixture of old and new. There are some fantastic functions
that have been around for a long time, such as the Mandurah crab festival in
the member for Mandurah's electorate, Taste Great Southern, the Boyup
Brook Country Music Festival and the Dwellingup 100 MTB Classic, but there is a
whole pile of new ones that have come on as well, and I will indicate some of
those. One such event is the WA PGA golf championship that will be held in
Kalgoorlie–Boulder this year. That should be a fantastic event. Other
events include the Esperance Tennis Pro Tour; Kimberley Writers Festival;
Mingenew Rodeo; Nameless, which is actually the name of the Nameless
Jarndunmunha Festival in Tom Price; and the Bunbury Aqua Spectacular.
Therefore, a range of different events are being funded as part of the program.
As I said, the regional events
scheme funding is a mixture of royalties for regions funding and general
government funding for tourism. In this current climate in which we have strong
growth in the mining sector but other areas of the community sometimes are not
as well able to support progress or funding within their communities, this
funding of tourism events can be a huge fillip for local community areas in
particular, whereby funding an event brings lots of people to that community
and significantly improves the prosperity of local businesses in those regions.
We are very proud to be a government that has expanded funding in this area by
such a large degree.
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