❓ The WA government outlines its investments in training infrastructure since 2009 and future plans, particularly in regional areas, highlighting specific projects and funding sources.
AnsweredQoN 747Legislative Assembly
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TRAINING
INFRASTRUCTURE
747. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI to the
Minister for Training and Workforce Development:
Can the minister please outline to the house the Liberal–National
government plan for investment in training infrastructure, particularly in
regional areas?
INFRASTRUCTURE
747. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI to the
Minister for Training and Workforce Development:
Can the minister please outline to the house the Liberal–National
government plan for investment in training infrastructure, particularly in
regional areas?
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Mr Speaker, I must congratulate you for getting through six questions
from either side; well done for this particular question time.
I thank the member for Bunbury for
the question and indeed for his support for the opening of that fantastic
automotive skills centre in the South West Institute of Technology.
The Liberal–National government has made substantial
investments in training since 2009. The example I mentioned to the member for
Bunbury, with which he assisted, is a $16 million contemporary state-of-the-art
facility. The very contemporary automotive centre is a facility in which the
institute has made an investment to support industry in that region. Last week
I opened a $3.4 million extension to Polytechnic West to support plumbing
training specifically. Also earlier this year I officially commissioned the new
suite of maritime simulators at the Challenger Institute of Technology in
Fremantle; the first of its kind in Australia and, again, another fantastic
facility supporting maritime training in WA.
Since 2009, we have invested $200 million in training infrastructure—around
$82 million from the commonwealth, $100 million from the state budget and $14 million
from royalties for regions. The investment is not only in the building
infrastructure but also in information and communication technology within
those facilities. Some critical remedial works needed to be put in place,
particularly following Labor's term of government when there was quite
significant neglect in a number of areas.
We have plans in place to spend about $210 million on
infrastructure over the next four years, $85 million of which will go into the
metropolitan area; $42 million on the new facilities at Challenger Institute in
Murdoch; $27 million on a new building trades facility in Rockingham—I
am sure the Leader of the Opposition will be happy about that—and $4 million
on replacing air conditioning in Joondalup, Midland and Thornlie. In the
regions we plan to spend $125 million, the lion's share of which comes
from the royalties for regions fund, including $15 million for a new trades
training centre in Broome; $9 million on new workshops in Derby and Halls
Creek; $16 million on campus upgrades in Karratha and Port Hedland; $24 million
on new health and resource industries facilities in Geraldton; $2.5 million on
campus upgrades in Busselton; and $5.7 million on new community facilities and
health science blocks in Albany.
There is no doubt that it is important to support training
with contemporary facilities. We are endeavouring to do that right across
Western Australia. The regions are also important, given that it is important
to have training happen to maintain capacity in regional Western Australia.
Part of that is about the facility. We have made significant investments not
only since 2009 but also in what we are planning to do in the next four years.
from either side; well done for this particular question time.
I thank the member for Bunbury for
the question and indeed for his support for the opening of that fantastic
automotive skills centre in the South West Institute of Technology.
The Liberal–National government has made substantial
investments in training since 2009. The example I mentioned to the member for
Bunbury, with which he assisted, is a $16 million contemporary state-of-the-art
facility. The very contemporary automotive centre is a facility in which the
institute has made an investment to support industry in that region. Last week
I opened a $3.4 million extension to Polytechnic West to support plumbing
training specifically. Also earlier this year I officially commissioned the new
suite of maritime simulators at the Challenger Institute of Technology in
Fremantle; the first of its kind in Australia and, again, another fantastic
facility supporting maritime training in WA.
Since 2009, we have invested $200 million in training infrastructure—around
$82 million from the commonwealth, $100 million from the state budget and $14 million
from royalties for regions. The investment is not only in the building
infrastructure but also in information and communication technology within
those facilities. Some critical remedial works needed to be put in place,
particularly following Labor's term of government when there was quite
significant neglect in a number of areas.
We have plans in place to spend about $210 million on
infrastructure over the next four years, $85 million of which will go into the
metropolitan area; $42 million on the new facilities at Challenger Institute in
Murdoch; $27 million on a new building trades facility in Rockingham—I
am sure the Leader of the Opposition will be happy about that—and $4 million
on replacing air conditioning in Joondalup, Midland and Thornlie. In the
regions we plan to spend $125 million, the lion's share of which comes
from the royalties for regions fund, including $15 million for a new trades
training centre in Broome; $9 million on new workshops in Derby and Halls
Creek; $16 million on campus upgrades in Karratha and Port Hedland; $24 million
on new health and resource industries facilities in Geraldton; $2.5 million on
campus upgrades in Busselton; and $5.7 million on new community facilities and
health science blocks in Albany.
There is no doubt that it is important to support training
with contemporary facilities. We are endeavouring to do that right across
Western Australia. The regions are also important, given that it is important
to have training happen to maintain capacity in regional Western Australia.
Part of that is about the facility. We have made significant investments not
only since 2009 but also in what we are planning to do in the next four years.
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