❓ The WA parliamentary question concerns funding changes to the graffiti task force and their impact on local governments, particularly regarding graffiti removal responsibilities and resource allocation. The government is shifting from direct support to advisory services.
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(1) What changes, if any, have occurred in the funding of the graffiti task force or its associated work? (2) How have those changes impacted, or will those changes impact, on local government authorities in Western Australia? (3) For each of the Cities of Perth, Stirling, Wanneroo, Joondalup, Melville and Fremantle, what was the funding in 1999-2000 and what is proposed for 2000-01 and 2001-02? Hon KIM CHANCE
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(1)-(3) The Western Australian graffiti program has been operating within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet since 1997. The budget allocation for the program over the past three years has been: 1999-2000, $370 000; 2000-01, $401 000; and 2001-02, $393 000. The program was primarily established to assist metropolitan communities at greatest risk to rapidly remove illegal graffiti. The program successfully achieved this primary aim and evolved to coordinate graffiti removal through a cost-recovery arrangement with several key local governments. Partnership arrangements have been established with the following local government authorities: Perth, Vincent, Subiaco, Cambridge, Bayswater, Swan, Fremantle, East Fremantle, Gosnells, Joondalup, Stirling and Wanneroo, and with Western Power. Arrangements with each local government were on the basis that the State Government would provide a community-assisted service and establish local graffiti programs, subject to availability of redeployees. The reduction in visible graffiti over the past four years has been commensurate with the number of available redeployees. However, the progressive reduction of these resources has reduced the capacity of the graffiti program to assist with community graffiti removal campaigns. By January 2002, it is anticipated that the number of redeployees will reduce to four. Due to the reduction in the number of redeployees and the program’s capacity to assist graffiti removal campaigns, it has been decided to formally disengage from directly supporting the graffiti removal programs from 2 January 2002. As from that time, local and State Government departments will be directly responsible for graffiti removal in their own areas and from their own assets. The graffiti program does not provide direct funding to local government. Local governments involved in the program were paying for the use of resources and consumables in the graffiti removal process. The devolution of responsibility to the relevant local governments will require them to redirect those funds to meet the needs of their community. That should have a negligible impact on local government resources. The State Government’s ongoing contribution to graffiti campaigns will be in the provision of technical and advisory services and strategic policy. The support will consist of strategic policy development and advice; one call centre for technical and advisory services; community development that involves assisting communities to develop local graffiti action plans, education and awareness campaigns, and fostering positive relationships between community, police and business in the management of graffiti; a contract management of urban arts grants and paint and chemical supplies on behalf of state and local governments; and a strike force formed with the residual employees to support graffiti removal across the metropolitan area. The strike force will be in place for as long as the redeployee resources are available.
(2) How have those changes impacted, or will those changes impact, on local government authorities in Western Australia? (3) For each of the Cities of Perth, Stirling, Wanneroo, Joondalup, Melville and Fremantle, what was the funding in 1999-2000 and what is proposed for 2000-01 and 2001-02? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1)-(3) The Western Australian graffiti program has been operating within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet since 1997. The budget allocation for the program over the past three years has been: 1999-2000, $370 000; 2000-01, $401 000; and 2001-02, $393 000. The program was primarily established to assist metropolitan communities at greatest risk to rapidly remove illegal graffiti. The program successfully achieved this primary aim and evolved to coordinate graffiti removal through a cost-recovery arrangement with several key local governments. Partnership arrangements have been established with the following local government authorities: Perth, Vincent, Subiaco, Cambridge, Bayswater, Swan, Fremantle, East Fremantle, Gosnells, Joondalup, Stirling and Wanneroo, and with Western Power. Arrangements with each local government were on the basis that the State Government would provide a community-assisted service and establish local graffiti programs, subject to availability of redeployees. The reduction in visible graffiti over the past four years has been commensurate with the number of available redeployees. However, the progressive reduction of these resources has reduced the capacity of the graffiti program to assist with community graffiti removal campaigns. By January 2002, it is anticipated that the number of redeployees will reduce to four. Due to the reduction in the number of redeployees and the program’s capacity to assist graffiti removal campaigns, it has been decided to formally disengage from directly supporting the graffiti removal programs from 2 January 2002. As from that time, local and State Government departments will be directly responsible for graffiti removal in their own areas and from their own assets. The graffiti program does not provide direct funding to local government. Local governments involved in the program were paying for the use of resources and consumables in the graffiti removal process. The devolution of responsibility to the relevant local governments will require them to redirect those funds to meet the needs of their community. That should have a negligible impact on local government resources. The State Government’s ongoing contribution to graffiti campaigns will be in the provision of technical and advisory services and strategic policy. The support will consist of strategic policy development and advice; one call centre for technical and advisory services; community development that involves assisting communities to develop local graffiti action plans, education and awareness campaigns, and fostering positive relationships between community, police and business in the management of graffiti; a contract management of urban arts grants and paint and chemical supplies on behalf of state and local governments; and a strike force formed with the residual employees to support graffiti removal across the metropolitan area. The strike force will be in place for as long as the redeployee resources are available.
(3) For each of the Cities of Perth, Stirling, Wanneroo, Joondalup, Melville and Fremantle, what was the funding in 1999-2000 and what is proposed for 2000-01 and 2001-02? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1)-(3) The Western Australian graffiti program has been operating within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet since 1997. The budget allocation for the program over the past three years has been: 1999-2000, $370 000; 2000-01, $401 000; and 2001-02, $393 000. The program was primarily established to assist metropolitan communities at greatest risk to rapidly remove illegal graffiti. The program successfully achieved this primary aim and evolved to coordinate graffiti removal through a cost-recovery arrangement with several key local governments. Partnership arrangements have been established with the following local government authorities: Perth, Vincent, Subiaco, Cambridge, Bayswater, Swan, Fremantle, East Fremantle, Gosnells, Joondalup, Stirling and Wanneroo, and with Western Power. Arrangements with each local government were on the basis that the State Government would provide a community-assisted service and establish local graffiti programs, subject to availability of redeployees. The reduction in visible graffiti over the past four years has been commensurate with the number of available redeployees. However, the progressive reduction of these resources has reduced the capacity of the graffiti program to assist with community graffiti removal campaigns. By January 2002, it is anticipated that the number of redeployees will reduce to four. Due to the reduction in the number of redeployees and the program’s capacity to assist graffiti removal campaigns, it has been decided to formally disengage from directly supporting the graffiti removal programs from 2 January 2002. As from that time, local and State Government departments will be directly responsible for graffiti removal in their own areas and from their own assets. The graffiti program does not provide direct funding to local government. Local governments involved in the program were paying for the use of resources and consumables in the graffiti removal process. The devolution of responsibility to the relevant local governments will require them to redirect those funds to meet the needs of their community. That should have a negligible impact on local government resources. The State Government’s ongoing contribution to graffiti campaigns will be in the provision of technical and advisory services and strategic policy. The support will consist of strategic policy development and advice; one call centre for technical and advisory services; community development that involves assisting communities to develop local graffiti action plans, education and awareness campaigns, and fostering positive relationships between community, police and business in the management of graffiti; a contract management of urban arts grants and paint and chemical supplies on behalf of state and local governments; and a strike force formed with the residual employees to support graffiti removal across the metropolitan area. The strike force will be in place for as long as the redeployee resources are available.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1)-(3) The Western Australian graffiti program has been operating within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet since 1997. The budget allocation for the program over the past three years has been: 1999-2000, $370 000; 2000-01, $401 000; and 2001-02, $393 000. The program was primarily established to assist metropolitan communities at greatest risk to rapidly remove illegal graffiti. The program successfully achieved this primary aim and evolved to coordinate graffiti removal through a cost-recovery arrangement with several key local governments. Partnership arrangements have been established with the following local government authorities: Perth, Vincent, Subiaco, Cambridge, Bayswater, Swan, Fremantle, East Fremantle, Gosnells, Joondalup, Stirling and Wanneroo, and with Western Power. Arrangements with each local government were on the basis that the State Government would provide a community-assisted service and establish local graffiti programs, subject to availability of redeployees. The reduction in visible graffiti over the past four years has been commensurate with the number of available redeployees. However, the progressive reduction of these resources has reduced the capacity of the graffiti program to assist with community graffiti removal campaigns. By January 2002, it is anticipated that the number of redeployees will reduce to four. Due to the reduction in the number of redeployees and the program’s capacity to assist graffiti removal campaigns, it has been decided to formally disengage from directly supporting the graffiti removal programs from 2 January 2002. As from that time, local and State Government departments will be directly responsible for graffiti removal in their own areas and from their own assets. The graffiti program does not provide direct funding to local government. Local governments involved in the program were paying for the use of resources and consumables in the graffiti removal process. The devolution of responsibility to the relevant local governments will require them to redirect those funds to meet the needs of their community. That should have a negligible impact on local government resources. The State Government’s ongoing contribution to graffiti campaigns will be in the provision of technical and advisory services and strategic policy. The support will consist of strategic policy development and advice; one call centre for technical and advisory services; community development that involves assisting communities to develop local graffiti action plans, education and awareness campaigns, and fostering positive relationships between community, police and business in the management of graffiti; a contract management of urban arts grants and paint and chemical supplies on behalf of state and local governments; and a strike force formed with the residual employees to support graffiti removal across the metropolitan area. The strike force will be in place for as long as the redeployee resources are available.
(1)-(3) The Western Australian graffiti program has been operating within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet since 1997. The budget allocation for the program over the past three years has been: 1999-2000, $370 000; 2000-01, $401 000; and 2001-02, $393 000. The program was primarily established to assist metropolitan communities at greatest risk to rapidly remove illegal graffiti. The program successfully achieved this primary aim and evolved to coordinate graffiti removal through a cost-recovery arrangement with several key local governments. Partnership arrangements have been established with the following local government authorities: Perth, Vincent, Subiaco, Cambridge, Bayswater, Swan, Fremantle, East Fremantle, Gosnells, Joondalup, Stirling and Wanneroo, and with Western Power. Arrangements with each local government were on the basis that the State Government would provide a community-assisted service and establish local graffiti programs, subject to availability of redeployees. The reduction in visible graffiti over the past four years has been commensurate with the number of available redeployees. However, the progressive reduction of these resources has reduced the capacity of the graffiti program to assist with community graffiti removal campaigns. By January 2002, it is anticipated that the number of redeployees will reduce to four. Due to the reduction in the number of redeployees and the program’s capacity to assist graffiti removal campaigns, it has been decided to formally disengage from directly supporting the graffiti removal programs from 2 January 2002. As from that time, local and State Government departments will be directly responsible for graffiti removal in their own areas and from their own assets. The graffiti program does not provide direct funding to local government. Local governments involved in the program were paying for the use of resources and consumables in the graffiti removal process. The devolution of responsibility to the relevant local governments will require them to redirect those funds to meet the needs of their community. That should have a negligible impact on local government resources. The State Government’s ongoing contribution to graffiti campaigns will be in the provision of technical and advisory services and strategic policy. The support will consist of strategic policy development and advice; one call centre for technical and advisory services; community development that involves assisting communities to develop local graffiti action plans, education and awareness campaigns, and fostering positive relationships between community, police and business in the management of graffiti; a contract management of urban arts grants and paint and chemical supplies on behalf of state and local governments; and a strike force formed with the residual employees to support graffiti removal across the metropolitan area. The strike force will be in place for as long as the redeployee resources are available.
The State Government’s ongoing contribution to graffiti campaigns will be in the provision of technical and advisory services and strategic policy. The support will consist of strategic policy development and advice; one call centre for technical and advisory services; community development that involves assisting communities to develop local graffiti action plans, education and awareness campaigns, and fostering positive relationships between community, police and business in the management of graffiti; a contract management of urban arts grants and paint and chemical supplies on behalf of state and local governments; and a strike force formed with the residual employees to support graffiti removal across the metropolitan area. The strike force will be in place for as long as the redeployee resources are available.
(2) How have those changes impacted, or will those changes impact, on local government authorities in Western Australia? (3) For each of the Cities of Perth, Stirling, Wanneroo, Joondalup, Melville and Fremantle, what was the funding in 1999-2000 and what is proposed for 2000-01 and 2001-02? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1)-(3) The Western Australian graffiti program has been operating within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet since 1997. The budget allocation for the program over the past three years has been: 1999-2000, $370 000; 2000-01, $401 000; and 2001-02, $393 000. The program was primarily established to assist metropolitan communities at greatest risk to rapidly remove illegal graffiti. The program successfully achieved this primary aim and evolved to coordinate graffiti removal through a cost-recovery arrangement with several key local governments. Partnership arrangements have been established with the following local government authorities: Perth, Vincent, Subiaco, Cambridge, Bayswater, Swan, Fremantle, East Fremantle, Gosnells, Joondalup, Stirling and Wanneroo, and with Western Power. Arrangements with each local government were on the basis that the State Government would provide a community-assisted service and establish local graffiti programs, subject to availability of redeployees. The reduction in visible graffiti over the past four years has been commensurate with the number of available redeployees. However, the progressive reduction of these resources has reduced the capacity of the graffiti program to assist with community graffiti removal campaigns. By January 2002, it is anticipated that the number of redeployees will reduce to four. Due to the reduction in the number of redeployees and the program’s capacity to assist graffiti removal campaigns, it has been decided to formally disengage from directly supporting the graffiti removal programs from 2 January 2002. As from that time, local and State Government departments will be directly responsible for graffiti removal in their own areas and from their own assets. The graffiti program does not provide direct funding to local government. Local governments involved in the program were paying for the use of resources and consumables in the graffiti removal process. The devolution of responsibility to the relevant local governments will require them to redirect those funds to meet the needs of their community. That should have a negligible impact on local government resources. The State Government’s ongoing contribution to graffiti campaigns will be in the provision of technical and advisory services and strategic policy. The support will consist of strategic policy development and advice; one call centre for technical and advisory services; community development that involves assisting communities to develop local graffiti action plans, education and awareness campaigns, and fostering positive relationships between community, police and business in the management of graffiti; a contract management of urban arts grants and paint and chemical supplies on behalf of state and local governments; and a strike force formed with the residual employees to support graffiti removal across the metropolitan area. The strike force will be in place for as long as the redeployee resources are available.
(3) For each of the Cities of Perth, Stirling, Wanneroo, Joondalup, Melville and Fremantle, what was the funding in 1999-2000 and what is proposed for 2000-01 and 2001-02? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1)-(3) The Western Australian graffiti program has been operating within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet since 1997. The budget allocation for the program over the past three years has been: 1999-2000, $370 000; 2000-01, $401 000; and 2001-02, $393 000. The program was primarily established to assist metropolitan communities at greatest risk to rapidly remove illegal graffiti. The program successfully achieved this primary aim and evolved to coordinate graffiti removal through a cost-recovery arrangement with several key local governments. Partnership arrangements have been established with the following local government authorities: Perth, Vincent, Subiaco, Cambridge, Bayswater, Swan, Fremantle, East Fremantle, Gosnells, Joondalup, Stirling and Wanneroo, and with Western Power. Arrangements with each local government were on the basis that the State Government would provide a community-assisted service and establish local graffiti programs, subject to availability of redeployees. The reduction in visible graffiti over the past four years has been commensurate with the number of available redeployees. However, the progressive reduction of these resources has reduced the capacity of the graffiti program to assist with community graffiti removal campaigns. By January 2002, it is anticipated that the number of redeployees will reduce to four. Due to the reduction in the number of redeployees and the program’s capacity to assist graffiti removal campaigns, it has been decided to formally disengage from directly supporting the graffiti removal programs from 2 January 2002. As from that time, local and State Government departments will be directly responsible for graffiti removal in their own areas and from their own assets. The graffiti program does not provide direct funding to local government. Local governments involved in the program were paying for the use of resources and consumables in the graffiti removal process. The devolution of responsibility to the relevant local governments will require them to redirect those funds to meet the needs of their community. That should have a negligible impact on local government resources. The State Government’s ongoing contribution to graffiti campaigns will be in the provision of technical and advisory services and strategic policy. The support will consist of strategic policy development and advice; one call centre for technical and advisory services; community development that involves assisting communities to develop local graffiti action plans, education and awareness campaigns, and fostering positive relationships between community, police and business in the management of graffiti; a contract management of urban arts grants and paint and chemical supplies on behalf of state and local governments; and a strike force formed with the residual employees to support graffiti removal across the metropolitan area. The strike force will be in place for as long as the redeployee resources are available.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1)-(3) The Western Australian graffiti program has been operating within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet since 1997. The budget allocation for the program over the past three years has been: 1999-2000, $370 000; 2000-01, $401 000; and 2001-02, $393 000. The program was primarily established to assist metropolitan communities at greatest risk to rapidly remove illegal graffiti. The program successfully achieved this primary aim and evolved to coordinate graffiti removal through a cost-recovery arrangement with several key local governments. Partnership arrangements have been established with the following local government authorities: Perth, Vincent, Subiaco, Cambridge, Bayswater, Swan, Fremantle, East Fremantle, Gosnells, Joondalup, Stirling and Wanneroo, and with Western Power. Arrangements with each local government were on the basis that the State Government would provide a community-assisted service and establish local graffiti programs, subject to availability of redeployees. The reduction in visible graffiti over the past four years has been commensurate with the number of available redeployees. However, the progressive reduction of these resources has reduced the capacity of the graffiti program to assist with community graffiti removal campaigns. By January 2002, it is anticipated that the number of redeployees will reduce to four. Due to the reduction in the number of redeployees and the program’s capacity to assist graffiti removal campaigns, it has been decided to formally disengage from directly supporting the graffiti removal programs from 2 January 2002. As from that time, local and State Government departments will be directly responsible for graffiti removal in their own areas and from their own assets. The graffiti program does not provide direct funding to local government. Local governments involved in the program were paying for the use of resources and consumables in the graffiti removal process. The devolution of responsibility to the relevant local governments will require them to redirect those funds to meet the needs of their community. That should have a negligible impact on local government resources. The State Government’s ongoing contribution to graffiti campaigns will be in the provision of technical and advisory services and strategic policy. The support will consist of strategic policy development and advice; one call centre for technical and advisory services; community development that involves assisting communities to develop local graffiti action plans, education and awareness campaigns, and fostering positive relationships between community, police and business in the management of graffiti; a contract management of urban arts grants and paint and chemical supplies on behalf of state and local governments; and a strike force formed with the residual employees to support graffiti removal across the metropolitan area. The strike force will be in place for as long as the redeployee resources are available.
(1)-(3) The Western Australian graffiti program has been operating within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet since 1997. The budget allocation for the program over the past three years has been: 1999-2000, $370 000; 2000-01, $401 000; and 2001-02, $393 000. The program was primarily established to assist metropolitan communities at greatest risk to rapidly remove illegal graffiti. The program successfully achieved this primary aim and evolved to coordinate graffiti removal through a cost-recovery arrangement with several key local governments. Partnership arrangements have been established with the following local government authorities: Perth, Vincent, Subiaco, Cambridge, Bayswater, Swan, Fremantle, East Fremantle, Gosnells, Joondalup, Stirling and Wanneroo, and with Western Power. Arrangements with each local government were on the basis that the State Government would provide a community-assisted service and establish local graffiti programs, subject to availability of redeployees. The reduction in visible graffiti over the past four years has been commensurate with the number of available redeployees. However, the progressive reduction of these resources has reduced the capacity of the graffiti program to assist with community graffiti removal campaigns. By January 2002, it is anticipated that the number of redeployees will reduce to four. Due to the reduction in the number of redeployees and the program’s capacity to assist graffiti removal campaigns, it has been decided to formally disengage from directly supporting the graffiti removal programs from 2 January 2002. As from that time, local and State Government departments will be directly responsible for graffiti removal in their own areas and from their own assets. The graffiti program does not provide direct funding to local government. Local governments involved in the program were paying for the use of resources and consumables in the graffiti removal process. The devolution of responsibility to the relevant local governments will require them to redirect those funds to meet the needs of their community. That should have a negligible impact on local government resources. The State Government’s ongoing contribution to graffiti campaigns will be in the provision of technical and advisory services and strategic policy. The support will consist of strategic policy development and advice; one call centre for technical and advisory services; community development that involves assisting communities to develop local graffiti action plans, education and awareness campaigns, and fostering positive relationships between community, police and business in the management of graffiti; a contract management of urban arts grants and paint and chemical supplies on behalf of state and local governments; and a strike force formed with the residual employees to support graffiti removal across the metropolitan area. The strike force will be in place for as long as the redeployee resources are available.
The State Government’s ongoing contribution to graffiti campaigns will be in the provision of technical and advisory services and strategic policy. The support will consist of strategic policy development and advice; one call centre for technical and advisory services; community development that involves assisting communities to develop local graffiti action plans, education and awareness campaigns, and fostering positive relationships between community, police and business in the management of graffiti; a contract management of urban arts grants and paint and chemical supplies on behalf of state and local governments; and a strike force formed with the residual employees to support graffiti removal across the metropolitan area. The strike force will be in place for as long as the redeployee resources are available.
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