❓ Mr. Catania asks how Royalties for Regions helped Gascoyne Junction recover from the 2010 floods. The Minister details a $9 million tourism precinct project, largely funded by Royalties for Regions, which replaced vital infrastructure and boosted community morale.
AnsweredQoN 429Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
ROYALTIES
FOR REGIONS — GASCOYNE JUNCTION FLOOD RECOVERY
429. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Minister
for Regional Development:
It was my pleasure to welcome the minister to Gascoyne
Junction in my electorate on Saturday. Can the minister please explain to the
house how royalties for regions has helped the town recover from the
catastrophic floods of 2010?
FOR REGIONS — GASCOYNE JUNCTION FLOOD RECOVERY
429. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Minister
for Regional Development:
It was my pleasure to welcome the minister to Gascoyne
Junction in my electorate on Saturday. Can the minister please explain to the
house how royalties for regions has helped the town recover from the
catastrophic floods of 2010?
AnswerView source ↗
The small community of Gascoyne Junction may not, in many
cases, rate as a significant landmark on a map, but for the 90 people who live
in Gascoyne Junction itself and the 250 or so who live in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne,
it is a really important community with infrastructure that supports not only
the handful of people who live there, but also the broader community that sits
around the town. In many ways it is quite isolated, but it is also the entry
point for the Kennedy Ranges and Mt Augustus, and of course, it has tourism
significance as the gateway to that part of Western Australia.
The 2010 floods impacted Carnarvon and a lot of the catchment
of the lower Gascoyne but we saw the floods in Gascoyne Junction wipe out the
service station, the iconic Junction Hotel, the caravan park and other pieces
of tourism infrastructure. We cannot imagine what these floods did to set back
a small community like this. To go there on Saturday and formally open the
tourism precinct that is worth $9 million—with $8 million of that from
royalties for regions—and, driven by the spirit of that community, to
replace a major 24-hour service station, a general store and a little caravan
park facility to cater for people moving through the town to get to some of the
local tourism assets, and to see the looks on people's faces was
outstanding. There were some people living in the shire who had travelled for
two and a half hours to be there for the celebrations that night.
Sometimes we can forget or make light of the fact that these
are small, isolated communities and therefore not important. They are important
to this government and, after the terrible devastation from the 2010 floods, to
now have an outstanding facility that the community is proud of, has driven and
supported, and for this government to provide resources to enable this at a
standard that the community is proud of was fantastic. It was great to have the
member for North West Central and the Minister for Water there as well as Hon Jacqui
Boydell.
Mr P.B. Watson interjected.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I
am sorry member?
Mr P.B. Watson interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Albany!
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The SPEAKER : I
call the member for North West Central to order for the first time.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : On
Saturday night they had celebrations and a local band there, but although I
could not make it, I am sure it would have been an outstanding evening. It is a
very proud community with high spirits and now we have been able to support the
people and their drive to have that facility replaced. I thank the Shire of
Upper Gascoyne, the Gascoyne Development Commission and all those people who
have been proactive in ensuring that this outcome is an outcome to be
remembered.
cases, rate as a significant landmark on a map, but for the 90 people who live
in Gascoyne Junction itself and the 250 or so who live in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne,
it is a really important community with infrastructure that supports not only
the handful of people who live there, but also the broader community that sits
around the town. In many ways it is quite isolated, but it is also the entry
point for the Kennedy Ranges and Mt Augustus, and of course, it has tourism
significance as the gateway to that part of Western Australia.
The 2010 floods impacted Carnarvon and a lot of the catchment
of the lower Gascoyne but we saw the floods in Gascoyne Junction wipe out the
service station, the iconic Junction Hotel, the caravan park and other pieces
of tourism infrastructure. We cannot imagine what these floods did to set back
a small community like this. To go there on Saturday and formally open the
tourism precinct that is worth $9 million—with $8 million of that from
royalties for regions—and, driven by the spirit of that community, to
replace a major 24-hour service station, a general store and a little caravan
park facility to cater for people moving through the town to get to some of the
local tourism assets, and to see the looks on people's faces was
outstanding. There were some people living in the shire who had travelled for
two and a half hours to be there for the celebrations that night.
Sometimes we can forget or make light of the fact that these
are small, isolated communities and therefore not important. They are important
to this government and, after the terrible devastation from the 2010 floods, to
now have an outstanding facility that the community is proud of, has driven and
supported, and for this government to provide resources to enable this at a
standard that the community is proud of was fantastic. It was great to have the
member for North West Central and the Minister for Water there as well as Hon Jacqui
Boydell.
Mr P.B. Watson interjected.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I
am sorry member?
Mr P.B. Watson interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Albany!
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The SPEAKER : I
call the member for North West Central to order for the first time.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : On
Saturday night they had celebrations and a local band there, but although I
could not make it, I am sure it would have been an outstanding evening. It is a
very proud community with high spirits and now we have been able to support the
people and their drive to have that facility replaced. I thank the Shire of
Upper Gascoyne, the Gascoyne Development Commission and all those people who
have been proactive in ensuring that this outcome is an outcome to be
remembered.
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