Mr. Hyde questions the Heritage Council's performance, citing a decline in registered heritage sites, increased administrative costs, and alleged diversion of funds from the Goldfields earthquake restoration. Mr. Castrilli refutes the claims, stating funds are being properly allocated and spent.

AnsweredQoN 673Legislative Assembly
Asked
29 September 2011
Portfolio
Heritage

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HERITAGE COUNCIL — GOLDFIELDS EARTHQUAKE RESTORATION FUND
I refer to the 2010–11 Heritage Council of Western Australia annual report and the empirical evidence therein of the impact of the minister’s low-impact carriage of this portfolio. (1) Why has there been a massive decline in the state’s peak heritage services from 50 permanent entries registered in 2007 to just 14 this year? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thanks, members! Mr J.N. HYDE : My question continues — (2) Who, if not the minister, endorsed the massive 76 per cent increase in the costs to administer heritage grants? (3) Why has so much heritage funding been diverted from the Goldfields earthquake restoration fund to administration rather than restoration works? Mr G.M. CASTRILLI

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(1)–(3) I do not think that the member for Perth knows what he is talking about in terms of the Goldfields fund. There is about $3 million left to spend in the Goldfields fund, member for Perth. We have spent about $2 million so far on restoration in assisting people to restore their premises and properties in the Goldfields. Administration? There is no diversion. We have paid for separate consultants with engineering expertise and heritage expertise to go and help the people up there. I do not know where the member for Perth is coming from, quite frankly. Mr J.N. Hyde : Your own annual report states the huge blow-out in administration costs. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I really do not know what the member for Perth is talking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
(1) Why has there been a massive decline in the state’s peak heritage services from 50 permanent entries registered in 2007 to just 14 this year? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thanks, members! Mr J.N. HYDE : My question continues — (2) Who, if not the minister, endorsed the massive 76 per cent increase in the costs to administer heritage grants? (3) Why has so much heritage funding been diverted from the Goldfields earthquake restoration fund to administration rather than restoration works? Mr G.M. CASTRILLI replied: (1)–(3) I do not think that the member for Perth knows what he is talking about in terms of the Goldfields fund. There is about $3 million left to spend in the Goldfields fund, member for Perth. We have spent about $2 million so far on restoration in assisting people to restore their premises and properties in the Goldfields. Administration? There is no diversion. We have paid for separate consultants with engineering expertise and heritage expertise to go and help the people up there. I do not know where the member for Perth is coming from, quite frankly. Mr J.N. Hyde : Your own annual report states the huge blow-out in administration costs. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I really do not know what the member for Perth is talking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thanks, members! Mr J.N. HYDE : My question continues — (2) Who, if not the minister, endorsed the massive 76 per cent increase in the costs to administer heritage grants? (3) Why has so much heritage funding been diverted from the Goldfields earthquake restoration fund to administration rather than restoration works? Mr G.M. CASTRILLI replied: (1)–(3) I do not think that the member for Perth knows what he is talking about in terms of the Goldfields fund. There is about $3 million left to spend in the Goldfields fund, member for Perth. We have spent about $2 million so far on restoration in assisting people to restore their premises and properties in the Goldfields. Administration? There is no diversion. We have paid for separate consultants with engineering expertise and heritage expertise to go and help the people up there. I do not know where the member for Perth is coming from, quite frankly. Mr J.N. Hyde : Your own annual report states the huge blow-out in administration costs. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I really do not know what the member for Perth is talking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
The SPEAKER : Thanks, members! Mr J.N. HYDE : My question continues — (2) Who, if not the minister, endorsed the massive 76 per cent increase in the costs to administer heritage grants? (3) Why has so much heritage funding been diverted from the Goldfields earthquake restoration fund to administration rather than restoration works? Mr G.M. CASTRILLI replied: (1)–(3) I do not think that the member for Perth knows what he is talking about in terms of the Goldfields fund. There is about $3 million left to spend in the Goldfields fund, member for Perth. We have spent about $2 million so far on restoration in assisting people to restore their premises and properties in the Goldfields. Administration? There is no diversion. We have paid for separate consultants with engineering expertise and heritage expertise to go and help the people up there. I do not know where the member for Perth is coming from, quite frankly. Mr J.N. Hyde : Your own annual report states the huge blow-out in administration costs. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I really do not know what the member for Perth is talking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
Mr J.N. HYDE : My question continues — (2) Who, if not the minister, endorsed the massive 76 per cent increase in the costs to administer heritage grants? (3) Why has so much heritage funding been diverted from the Goldfields earthquake restoration fund to administration rather than restoration works? Mr G.M. CASTRILLI replied: (1)–(3) I do not think that the member for Perth knows what he is talking about in terms of the Goldfields fund. There is about $3 million left to spend in the Goldfields fund, member for Perth. We have spent about $2 million so far on restoration in assisting people to restore their premises and properties in the Goldfields. Administration? There is no diversion. We have paid for separate consultants with engineering expertise and heritage expertise to go and help the people up there. I do not know where the member for Perth is coming from, quite frankly. Mr J.N. Hyde : Your own annual report states the huge blow-out in administration costs. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I really do not know what the member for Perth is talking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
(2) Who, if not the minister, endorsed the massive 76 per cent increase in the costs to administer heritage grants? (3) Why has so much heritage funding been diverted from the Goldfields earthquake restoration fund to administration rather than restoration works? Mr G.M. CASTRILLI replied: (1)–(3) I do not think that the member for Perth knows what he is talking about in terms of the Goldfields fund. There is about $3 million left to spend in the Goldfields fund, member for Perth. We have spent about $2 million so far on restoration in assisting people to restore their premises and properties in the Goldfields. Administration? There is no diversion. We have paid for separate consultants with engineering expertise and heritage expertise to go and help the people up there. I do not know where the member for Perth is coming from, quite frankly. Mr J.N. Hyde : Your own annual report states the huge blow-out in administration costs. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I really do not know what the member for Perth is talking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
(3) Why has so much heritage funding been diverted from the Goldfields earthquake restoration fund to administration rather than restoration works? Mr G.M. CASTRILLI replied: (1)–(3) I do not think that the member for Perth knows what he is talking about in terms of the Goldfields fund. There is about $3 million left to spend in the Goldfields fund, member for Perth. We have spent about $2 million so far on restoration in assisting people to restore their premises and properties in the Goldfields. Administration? There is no diversion. We have paid for separate consultants with engineering expertise and heritage expertise to go and help the people up there. I do not know where the member for Perth is coming from, quite frankly. Mr J.N. Hyde : Your own annual report states the huge blow-out in administration costs. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I really do not know what the member for Perth is talking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
Mr G.M. CASTRILLI replied: (1)–(3) I do not think that the member for Perth knows what he is talking about in terms of the Goldfields fund. There is about $3 million left to spend in the Goldfields fund, member for Perth. We have spent about $2 million so far on restoration in assisting people to restore their premises and properties in the Goldfields. Administration? There is no diversion. We have paid for separate consultants with engineering expertise and heritage expertise to go and help the people up there. I do not know where the member for Perth is coming from, quite frankly. Mr J.N. Hyde : Your own annual report states the huge blow-out in administration costs. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I really do not know what the member for Perth is talking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
(1)–(3) I do not think that the member for Perth knows what he is talking about in terms of the Goldfields fund. There is about $3 million left to spend in the Goldfields fund, member for Perth. We have spent about $2 million so far on restoration in assisting people to restore their premises and properties in the Goldfields. Administration? There is no diversion. We have paid for separate consultants with engineering expertise and heritage expertise to go and help the people up there. I do not know where the member for Perth is coming from, quite frankly. Mr J.N. Hyde : Your own annual report states the huge blow-out in administration costs. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I really do not know what the member for Perth is talking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Your own annual report states the huge blow-out in administration costs. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I really do not know what the member for Perth is talking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I really do not know what the member for Perth is talking about. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The other thing, member for Perth, is that — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : The number that goes on the heritage register numbers from around 30 to 50 every year; it just varies depending on the size and complexity of what gets — Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
Several members interjected. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.
Mr G.M. CASTRILLI : I do not know where the member is coming from. If he has any more specific allegations to make, let me know.

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