❓ Question regarding criteria for tendering under the Department of Contract and Management Services’ Aboriginal economic development preference policy. The Minister provides a lengthy explanation of the broader 'buy local' policy and defers a direct answer to the next day.
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I refer to the Department of Contract and Management Services’ buy local policy, of which the minister is no doubt aware. What criteria are required to be met by those who wish to tender for projects that are the subject of CAMS’ Aboriginal economic development preference policy? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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As a prelude to the answer, I provide the member with information about the regional content preference policy, which is the Government’s buy local policy. The policy provides price preferences under certain circumstances to local Western Australian businesses competing for state government work in regional Western Australia. The Department of Contract and Management Services applies price preferencing when appropriate, in accordance with the Government’s buy local policy. The preferences apply to either goods and services contracts or work contracts. Detailed information on the Government’s buy local policy, including the availability of price preferences, is contained in the buy local policy publication produced by the State Supply Commission. There has been some interest in the current preference rate for materials and services and the question of whether that is exclusive of the goods and services tax. Hon George Cash: That is the question I asked yesterday. Hon TOM STEPHENS: That is why I am providing this information as part of my prelude to the question the member has asked today. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: As a prelude to the answer, I provide the member with information about the regional content preference policy, which is the Government’s buy local policy. The policy provides price preferences under certain circumstances to local Western Australian businesses competing for state government work in regional Western Australia. The Department of Contract and Management Services applies price preferencing when appropriate, in accordance with the Government’s buy local policy. The preferences apply to either goods and services contracts or work contracts. Detailed information on the Government’s buy local policy, including the availability of price preferences, is contained in the buy local policy publication produced by the State Supply Commission. There has been some interest in the current preference rate for materials and services and the question of whether that is exclusive of the goods and services tax. Hon George Cash: That is the question I asked yesterday. Hon TOM STEPHENS: That is why I am providing this information as part of my prelude to the question the member has asked today. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
As a prelude to the answer, I provide the member with information about the regional content preference policy, which is the Government’s buy local policy. The policy provides price preferences under certain circumstances to local Western Australian businesses competing for state government work in regional Western Australia. The Department of Contract and Management Services applies price preferencing when appropriate, in accordance with the Government’s buy local policy. The preferences apply to either goods and services contracts or work contracts. Detailed information on the Government’s buy local policy, including the availability of price preferences, is contained in the buy local policy publication produced by the State Supply Commission. There has been some interest in the current preference rate for materials and services and the question of whether that is exclusive of the goods and services tax. Hon George Cash: That is the question I asked yesterday. Hon TOM STEPHENS: That is why I am providing this information as part of my prelude to the question the member has asked today. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
There has been some interest in the current preference rate for materials and services and the question of whether that is exclusive of the goods and services tax. Hon George Cash: That is the question I asked yesterday. Hon TOM STEPHENS: That is why I am providing this information as part of my prelude to the question the member has asked today. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon George Cash: That is the question I asked yesterday. Hon TOM STEPHENS: That is why I am providing this information as part of my prelude to the question the member has asked today. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: That is why I am providing this information as part of my prelude to the question the member has asked today. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: As a prelude to the answer, I provide the member with information about the regional content preference policy, which is the Government’s buy local policy. The policy provides price preferences under certain circumstances to local Western Australian businesses competing for state government work in regional Western Australia. The Department of Contract and Management Services applies price preferencing when appropriate, in accordance with the Government’s buy local policy. The preferences apply to either goods and services contracts or work contracts. Detailed information on the Government’s buy local policy, including the availability of price preferences, is contained in the buy local policy publication produced by the State Supply Commission. There has been some interest in the current preference rate for materials and services and the question of whether that is exclusive of the goods and services tax. Hon George Cash: That is the question I asked yesterday. Hon TOM STEPHENS: That is why I am providing this information as part of my prelude to the question the member has asked today. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
As a prelude to the answer, I provide the member with information about the regional content preference policy, which is the Government’s buy local policy. The policy provides price preferences under certain circumstances to local Western Australian businesses competing for state government work in regional Western Australia. The Department of Contract and Management Services applies price preferencing when appropriate, in accordance with the Government’s buy local policy. The preferences apply to either goods and services contracts or work contracts. Detailed information on the Government’s buy local policy, including the availability of price preferences, is contained in the buy local policy publication produced by the State Supply Commission. There has been some interest in the current preference rate for materials and services and the question of whether that is exclusive of the goods and services tax. Hon George Cash: That is the question I asked yesterday. Hon TOM STEPHENS: That is why I am providing this information as part of my prelude to the question the member has asked today. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
There has been some interest in the current preference rate for materials and services and the question of whether that is exclusive of the goods and services tax. Hon George Cash: That is the question I asked yesterday. Hon TOM STEPHENS: That is why I am providing this information as part of my prelude to the question the member has asked today. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon George Cash: That is the question I asked yesterday. Hon TOM STEPHENS: That is why I am providing this information as part of my prelude to the question the member has asked today. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: That is why I am providing this information as part of my prelude to the question the member has asked today. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the minister will proceed to today’s question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will soon see the relevance of this to the question he asked today. Under the Government’s buy local policy, regional content preference is available to businesses located outside a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for goods and services contracts to a maximum of $50 000. An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
An opposition member interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer is quite detailed and requires a very detailed knowledge of the policy. That is why I am pleased to answer the member’s question. The preference allocates five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. The policy also contains a provision for the application of a regional preference - again, this will be of interest to the member - which is available only to bona fide regional businesses located within a specified distance from the contract delivery point. This preference allows 10 per cent for a goods and services contract to a maximum of $50 000, and five per cent for a works contract to a maximum of $50 000. Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon Peter Foss: You must be learning a lot from this answer. Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: It is a very interesting way to learn. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying very hard to provide an answer. I hope he succeeds. Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: An additional five per cent is allowed, to a maximum of $50 000, which may also be claimed against the price of materials and services purchased from other businesses located within the same specified distance from the contract delivery point. The maximum preference available under the buy local policy for a contract is 10 per cent, which is capped at $50 000 for goods and services contracts and $100 000 for works contracts. The member will be interested to know, because it is also relevant to today’s question, that the policy involves three zones that prescribe the distance for participation in such a preference system. Zone 1 covers the metropolitan area. Price preferences are not applied against contracts called for delivery in the metropolitan area. Zone 2 is the south west region and zone 3 covers the remainder of the State; that is, the east, the mid west and the north west regions of the State. The prescribed distance from the contract point of delivery is 200 kilometres for zone 2 and 400 kilometres for zone 3. As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
As the member will know, that is the sort of detailed information required to answer the question asked today. I will take that question, get the detailed information and make it available for him in the same format tomorrow.
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