Hon Wilson Tucker asks the Minister for Finance detailed questions regarding the Building Bonus Grant scheme, including the number of grants issued, property values, multiple grants to single applicants, and citizenship status. The Minister acknowledges the question's complexity and requests more time to provide a comprehensive response.

AnsweredQoN 1038Legislative Council
Asked
13 September 2023
Portfolio
Finance

QuestionView source ↗

BUILDING
BONUS GRANTS
1038. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the Minister for Finance:
I refer the minister to the building bonus scheme announced
on 7 June 2020, which provided eligible applicants with a grant of $20 000
towards the cost of either building a new house or purchasing a property in a single-tier
development already under construction.
(1) How many
grants were issued under this scheme during the period of its existence?
(2) How many
of these grants were used toward the construction of a new house or purchase of
a property with a sale price or property value of —
(a) less than
$500 000;
(b) more than
$500 000 but less than $1 million;
(c) more than
$1 million but less than $2 million; and
(d) more than
$2 million?
(3) What was
the highest sale price or property value for which a grant was used?
(4) Under this
scheme, could an applicant receive a grant on multiple occasions via separate
transactions?
(5) If yes to
(4), how many applicants received a grant on —
(a) more than
one occasion;
(b) more than
three occasions; and
(c) more than
five occasions?
(6) If yes to
(4), what was the highest number of grants issued to one applicant?
(7) How many
grants were issued to an applicant without Australian citizenship?
The PRESIDENT : Minister, can you attempt to answer
that rather long question seeking a lot of data?

AnswerView source ↗

Thanks for your advice, President, because there are 12 parts
to the question that was asked. We have a four-hour turnaround to provide
answers, so while I thank the member for some notice of the question, the
information requested cannot be provided in
the time frame available. I undertake to provide a response to the question
tomorrow , 14 September.

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