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❓ Question regarding the reallocation of $32.4 million in savings from the WA Museum budget within the Culture and the Arts portfolio. The answer clarifies that the savings were due to revised costings for the New Museum Project and that $6.5 million was allocated to His Majesty's Theatre upgrades.

AnsweredQoN 3442Legislative Assembly

Asked

28 June 2018

Member

Mr A. Krsticevic

Portfolio

Culture and the Arts

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I refer to the savings of $32.4 million for the WA Museum in the State budget, and ask: (a) How much of those savings have been reallocated within the Culture and the Arts portfolio; (b) Please list the specific projects within the Culture and the Arts portfolio that have been funded as a result of those savings and the value of each project; and (c) How has the balance of the savings been allocated?

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Answered

15 August 2018

Responded by

Minister for Culture and the Arts

Response time

2 days

(a-c) Capital funds allocated in the 2012/13 budget were an estimated amount for the completion of the New Museum Project, not for general use across the culture and arts portfolio. This allocation was adjusted across the forward estimates in the 2018-19 budget, following the completion of the New Museum design and final costings.
Notwithstanding this, a further $6.5 million was provided to the Cultural and Arts portfolio in 2018-19 for upgrades of orchestra pit and front of office at His Majesty’s Theatre.

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