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❓ The Premier is questioned about complaints from local governments regarding the recurrent costs of Royalties for Regions funded projects. The Premier deflects, blaming the previous government for inadequate due diligence and redirecting a specific question to another minister.

AnsweredQoN 2352Legislative Assembly

Asked

1 November 2017

Member

Mr D.T. Redman

Portfolio

Premier

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I refer to comments attributed to the Premier in the West Australian on 27th October where, in reference to Royaties for Regions funded projects, he said the government has been inundated with complaints from councils about the recurrent costs of operating said facilities, and ask: (a) can the Premier please list the local governments and the Royalties for Regions funded projects he has received complaints about; (b) can the Premier please provide a list of local Government Royalties for Regions funded Projects where local governments have formally requested support from the State Government for ongoing recurrent costs of the projects; and (c) does the Premier’s stated resistance to funding ongoing operational costs of local government projects extend to the Goldfields Arts Centre and the Albany Entertainment Centre?

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Answered

13 February 2018

Response time

11 days

(a-b) As canvassed in the article in the preamble, there numerous examples of the former Liberal-National Government’s dual budget processes whereby due diligence were not conducted on whether the local governments had the financial capacity to fund their operations.
(c) The Member should direct his question related to the Goldfields Arts Centre to the appropriate Minister, the Minister for Culture and the Arts.

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