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❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the Minister regarding the financial offsets proposed for the South Perth and Victoria Park local governments due to the loss of the Crown Complex, specifically challenging the assumptions about revenue from residential areas and new households. The Minister deflects, stating the Local Government Advisory Board will investigate.

AnsweredQoN 1285Legislative Assembly

Asked

15 October 2013

Member

Mr B.S. Wyatt

Portfolio

Local Government

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I refer to the Minister's statement that the financial impact of the loss of the Crown Complex on the new South Perth and Victoria Park local government will be offset by the retention of the residential areas of the Burswood Peninsula and the addition of around 7000 households including parts of St James and Bentley, and ask: (a) in respect of the retention of the residential areas of the Burswood Peninsula does the Minister accept that these are currently already in the boundary of the Town of Victoria Park; (b) if the answer to (a) is yes, does the Minister also therefore accept that the revenues from the residential areas of the Burswood Peninsula have already been factored into the Town of Victoria Park’s planning and budget; (c) if the answer to (b) is yes, how then will the retention of the residential areas of the Burswood Peninsula be an offset from the loss of the Crown complex and new Perth Stadium; (d) in respect of the addition of around 7000 households including parts of St James and Bentley, does the Minister accept that services will be required to be provided to these 7000 households; (e) if the answer to (d) is yes, does the Minister assume that there will be a surplus between revenue raised from these 7000 households and the cost of the provision of services to these households; (f) if the answer to question (e) is yes, why does the Minister assume that there will be a surplus and what is that assumed surplus; and (g) if the answer to question (e) is no, then does the Minister accept that the additional 7000 households will therefore not be an offset to the loss of the Crown complex and new Perth Stadium, and if not, why not?

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Answered

14 November 2013

Responded by

Minister for Local Government

Response time

30 days

(a)-(g) All proposals for amendment to local government boundaries will be investigated by the Local Government Advisory Board in accordance with the
Local Government Act 1995
. The Board's considerations will include matters affecting the viability of the local governments.

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