❓ Hon Adele Farina questions the funding source and allocation of the Royalties for Regions Ageing in the Bush program. The response clarifies that the program isn't specifically budgeted but funded through Growing Our South and lists allocated projects.
AnsweredQoN 4043Legislative Council
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I refer to the Royalties for Regions Ageing in the Bush program, and I ask: (a) has a specific budget allocation been made for the Ageing in the Bush program, or is it being funded, either partly or wholly, by the Growing Our South Initiative; (b) how much of the $20.2 million for Ageing in the Bush has been allocated to date; and (c) please list the projects funded to date?
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Answered
21 June 2016
Responded by
Minister for Housing representing the Minister for Regional Development
Response time
77 days
(a) No specific Royalties for Regions budget allocation has been made for an Ageing in the Bush program. There has been some Royalties for Regions investment for aged care related projects under Growing Our South as there has been in other areas of the Royalties for Regions budget.
(b) On 13 July 2015, Cabinet approved $20 176 737 in funding for aged care related projects that addressed shortfalls in residential and respite aged care and shortages in older persons housing. This amount has been fully allocated to seven projects in the Great Southern, Peel, South West and Wheatbelt regions.
(c) [See Tabled Paper No.]
(b) On 13 July 2015, Cabinet approved $20 176 737 in funding for aged care related projects that addressed shortfalls in residential and respite aged care and shortages in older persons housing. This amount has been fully allocated to seven projects in the Great Southern, Peel, South West and Wheatbelt regions.
(c) [See Tabled Paper No.]
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