❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the Perth CBD Revitalisation Grants, including successful and unsuccessful applicants, funding amounts, and unspent funds. The answer provides lists of applicants and amounts, but lacks specific reasons for unsuccessful applications.
AnsweredQoN 629Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the Perth CBD Revitalisation Grants awarded to date and ask: (a) Please list the applicant, amount requested and the amount provided for each event successful in receiving funding; (b) Please list the applicant, amount requested and reason for not awarding the grant for each event unsuccessful in receiving funding; (c) How many successful applicants did not proceed with their event and in that instance, was all money returned; (d) How many successful events were new events: (i) Of new events, how many were unsuccessful in receiving funding; and (e) How much money remains unspent of the $4 million reserved for the scheme?
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Answered
14 February 2023
Responded by
Minister for Local Government
Response time
9 days
(a)
The Perth CBD Revitalisation Grants has been a popular and successful program which has attracted a high number of applicants. Through rounds one and two, a total of 42 applications were successful and received a total of $3,141,460.33
It should be noted the details of the successful round one and two applications have been made publicly available.
Below are the successful organisations and the grant amount received.
Sneakerland, $100,000.00; Artrage, $81,022.40; MF Productions Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Henryk PA Pty Ltd trading as digs Culture, $100,000.00; Channel 7 Telethon Trust, $100,000.00; WA Strongman, $20,000.00; Creative Nation Australia Pty Ltd, $90,000.00; Perth International Jazz Festival Inc, $90,500.00; Jennifer Rossen, $100,000.00; Treasury WA Pty Ltd, $80,000.00; Propel Youth Arts WA, $90,224.00; Geoffrey Drake-Brockman, $49,500.00; Assembly + Co, $100,000.00; Varsity Northbridge PTY LTD, $49,900.00; Pride Western Australia Incorporated, $100,000.00; Football West, $98,530.25; The Ellington Jazz Club, $33,950.25; Assembly + Co, $100,000.00; Assembly + Co, $100,000.00; Lumos Creatives, $67,867.00; Animation Artroom Pty Ltd Trading Screen arts, $31,512.00; Triple 1 Three Limited, $85,000.00; City of Perth, $100,000.00; Caroline James Events Pty Ltd, $30,000.00; City of Perth, $95,000.00; STRUT Dance Inc, $100,000.00; Above the Line Event Management (ATL Events), $68,000.00; Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, $100,000.00; Campbell Management Services Pty Ltd trading as CMS Events, $20,000.00; O'Hanlons (WA) Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Rebound WA Inc., $61,100.00; Centrestage Promotions Pty Ltd, $50,000.00; Electric Racing League Pty Ltd, $40,325.00; Propel Youth Arts WA, $49,831.00; WestCycle, $100,000.00; Escape This Pty Ltd, $37,665.97; Mary G Foundation, $100,000.00; Artrage, $61,533.36; Organisation of African Communities in WA Inc (OACWA), $80,000.00; Caroline James Events Pty Ltd, $15,000.00; Artrage, $100,000.00; Happy Heart Pty Ltd, $65,000.00
(b)
All applications were assessed by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries against the assessment criteria as provided in the guidelines.
All applicants, including those which were unsuccessful were provided the opportunity to request specific feedback on their unsuccessful applications which may help inform their applications for Round 3 of the grants which opened 1 February 2023.
Below are the unsuccessful applicants and the amount requested.
Chetty Family Trust, $47,195.00; City of Perth, $100,000.00; Springfield Trust Investment Trust, $100,000.00; LDS Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Brainless Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; LDS Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; LDS Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; LDS Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Awesome Arts Australia Ltd, $73,960.00; Vaultsports/PropTech Hub WA, $18,500.00; Freeze Frame Opera Inc, $80,560.00; WA Comedy, $61,640.30; PropTech Hub WA, $29,750.00; Builderz WA, $8,500.00; Margaret River Roasting Co, $35,000.00; Palace Cinemas Raine Square, $45,000.00; Strange Festival, $100,000.00; Centrestage Promotions Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Neighbourhood Watch Chinese Group, $100,000.00; WA Music Industry Association, $66,000.00; True North, $60,000.00; Move Party People, $100,000.00; Ron Keshet, $100,000.00; Ultimo Catering & Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Perth Heat Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; The Trustee for Talk2 Media , $100,000.00; West Australian Opera, $95,000.00; Hearts of Darkness Inc, $44,961.00; Myall Yoga & Wellbeing Studio, $48,720.00; GRAI - GLBT Rights in Ageing Inc, $47,500.00; Tennis West, $100,000.00; Peep The Culture, $30,000.00; Disclosure Promotions Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Hearts of Darkness Inc, $40,050.00; The Property Care Guys Pty Ltd, $7,500.00; Worthi Global, $37,262.00; Youth Disability Advocacy Network, $81,000.00; Kieran Dibb/Opendeckfest, $30,500.00; Ultimo Catering & Events Pty Ltd, $62,500.00; Perth Symphony Orchestra, $23,000.00; Chesshill Consulting T/A Dark Stry, $21,500.00; Afro-Disiac Events, $41,500.00; Boss Arts Creative, $75,546.00; WM Network Group Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Erth Apothecary TA Somic, $44,420.00; Happy Heart Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Lucky Projects Pty Ltd, $99,600.00; Markr Global Pty Ltd , $100,000.00; The Shoe Bar & Cafe , $18,836.00; Irwin St Lower Pty Ltd, $20,000.00; Sound Hospitality PTY LTD, $100,000.00; Hadiqa Pty Ltd, $30,000.00; Johnny Fox's, $98,294.72; Bamboozled Quizmasters, $36,819.05; HICOM Care, $100,000.00; Good Sammy Enterprises, $100,000.00; LDS Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Epilepsy WA, $60,000.00; Spinifex Events WA, $100,000.00; The Perth Diocesan Trustees – The Cloisters, $95,990.00; Carnival Amusements, $49,500.00; Kamile Gallery, $99,940.00; CBRE, $88,531.00; Music Book Stories Inc, $12,868.00; Diamond Fitness WA Pty Ltd, $48,462.50; Spacecubed Ventures Pty Ltd, $48,000.00; RTRFM, $85,000.00; Frankensound, $100,000.00; Momentum For Australia, $35,000.00; Freeze Frame Opera Inc, $74,950.00; Creative Mazes, $72,230.00; Centre for Stories, $73,834.00; Mr. Dealer, $35,000.00; Intlang Corporate Consulting Pty Ltd, $50,000.00; Seven Network (Operations) Limited, $100,000.00; E Design Solutions Pty. Ltd. T/a Luxtree, $100,000.00; AHOY Management, $100,000.00; East Perth Community Safety Group, $25,000.00; Rep Kulture Pty Ltd, $30,265.09; Ai-Linh Truong, $65,670.48; Bar Pop Management Pty Ltd, $45,000.00; Madame Ma's Proprietary Ltd, $23,595.95; Assembly + Co, $100,000.00; The Trustee for Dee Family Trust, $100,000.00; True North Church (Whitford Church of Christ Inc), $40,000.00; Curate (Curate Arts Incorporated), $78,048.62; Ten Foot Tall Management Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Stefan Smith, $100,000.00; Strange Festival, $100,000.00; AVC Operations Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Pretzels Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; JLL, $100,000.00; Perth Festival, $100,000.00; element WA, $74,200.00; Activate Perth, $100,000.00; Christian Lovelady, $75,278.00; Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, $48,218.00; Caroline James Events Pty Ltd, $95,000.00; City of Perth, $100,000.00; Design Institute of Australia, $100,000.00; Afro-Disiac Events, $24,850.00; O'Hanlons (WA) Pty Ltd T/A The William Street Bird, $100,000.00; Masten Identity, $100,000.00; Snowlion Events, $25,000.00; Luxtree, $100,000.00; TWR Capital Pty Ltd, $36,000.00
(c)
One applicant that successfully applied for funding in round two has since advised the event will not go ahead. The funds were not paid as the grant agreement was not finalised and will be made available in round three.
(d) and (i)
The purpose of the program is to increase activation across the CBD. This has been achieved through the events funded. The successful and unsuccessful applicants are listed in in (a) and (b) respectively.
(e)
The remaining $958 540.67 will be allocated through round three of the CBD Revitalisation Program which is currently open.
The Perth CBD Revitalisation Grants has been a popular and successful program which has attracted a high number of applicants. Through rounds one and two, a total of 42 applications were successful and received a total of $3,141,460.33
It should be noted the details of the successful round one and two applications have been made publicly available.
Below are the successful organisations and the grant amount received.
Sneakerland, $100,000.00; Artrage, $81,022.40; MF Productions Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Henryk PA Pty Ltd trading as digs Culture, $100,000.00; Channel 7 Telethon Trust, $100,000.00; WA Strongman, $20,000.00; Creative Nation Australia Pty Ltd, $90,000.00; Perth International Jazz Festival Inc, $90,500.00; Jennifer Rossen, $100,000.00; Treasury WA Pty Ltd, $80,000.00; Propel Youth Arts WA, $90,224.00; Geoffrey Drake-Brockman, $49,500.00; Assembly + Co, $100,000.00; Varsity Northbridge PTY LTD, $49,900.00; Pride Western Australia Incorporated, $100,000.00; Football West, $98,530.25; The Ellington Jazz Club, $33,950.25; Assembly + Co, $100,000.00; Assembly + Co, $100,000.00; Lumos Creatives, $67,867.00; Animation Artroom Pty Ltd Trading Screen arts, $31,512.00; Triple 1 Three Limited, $85,000.00; City of Perth, $100,000.00; Caroline James Events Pty Ltd, $30,000.00; City of Perth, $95,000.00; STRUT Dance Inc, $100,000.00; Above the Line Event Management (ATL Events), $68,000.00; Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, $100,000.00; Campbell Management Services Pty Ltd trading as CMS Events, $20,000.00; O'Hanlons (WA) Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Rebound WA Inc., $61,100.00; Centrestage Promotions Pty Ltd, $50,000.00; Electric Racing League Pty Ltd, $40,325.00; Propel Youth Arts WA, $49,831.00; WestCycle, $100,000.00; Escape This Pty Ltd, $37,665.97; Mary G Foundation, $100,000.00; Artrage, $61,533.36; Organisation of African Communities in WA Inc (OACWA), $80,000.00; Caroline James Events Pty Ltd, $15,000.00; Artrage, $100,000.00; Happy Heart Pty Ltd, $65,000.00
(b)
All applications were assessed by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries against the assessment criteria as provided in the guidelines.
All applicants, including those which were unsuccessful were provided the opportunity to request specific feedback on their unsuccessful applications which may help inform their applications for Round 3 of the grants which opened 1 February 2023.
Below are the unsuccessful applicants and the amount requested.
Chetty Family Trust, $47,195.00; City of Perth, $100,000.00; Springfield Trust Investment Trust, $100,000.00; LDS Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Brainless Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; LDS Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; LDS Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; LDS Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Awesome Arts Australia Ltd, $73,960.00; Vaultsports/PropTech Hub WA, $18,500.00; Freeze Frame Opera Inc, $80,560.00; WA Comedy, $61,640.30; PropTech Hub WA, $29,750.00; Builderz WA, $8,500.00; Margaret River Roasting Co, $35,000.00; Palace Cinemas Raine Square, $45,000.00; Strange Festival, $100,000.00; Centrestage Promotions Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Neighbourhood Watch Chinese Group, $100,000.00; WA Music Industry Association, $66,000.00; True North, $60,000.00; Move Party People, $100,000.00; Ron Keshet, $100,000.00; Ultimo Catering & Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Perth Heat Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; The Trustee for Talk2 Media , $100,000.00; West Australian Opera, $95,000.00; Hearts of Darkness Inc, $44,961.00; Myall Yoga & Wellbeing Studio, $48,720.00; GRAI - GLBT Rights in Ageing Inc, $47,500.00; Tennis West, $100,000.00; Peep The Culture, $30,000.00; Disclosure Promotions Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Hearts of Darkness Inc, $40,050.00; The Property Care Guys Pty Ltd, $7,500.00; Worthi Global, $37,262.00; Youth Disability Advocacy Network, $81,000.00; Kieran Dibb/Opendeckfest, $30,500.00; Ultimo Catering & Events Pty Ltd, $62,500.00; Perth Symphony Orchestra, $23,000.00; Chesshill Consulting T/A Dark Stry, $21,500.00; Afro-Disiac Events, $41,500.00; Boss Arts Creative, $75,546.00; WM Network Group Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Erth Apothecary TA Somic, $44,420.00; Happy Heart Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Lucky Projects Pty Ltd, $99,600.00; Markr Global Pty Ltd , $100,000.00; The Shoe Bar & Cafe , $18,836.00; Irwin St Lower Pty Ltd, $20,000.00; Sound Hospitality PTY LTD, $100,000.00; Hadiqa Pty Ltd, $30,000.00; Johnny Fox's, $98,294.72; Bamboozled Quizmasters, $36,819.05; HICOM Care, $100,000.00; Good Sammy Enterprises, $100,000.00; LDS Events Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Epilepsy WA, $60,000.00; Spinifex Events WA, $100,000.00; The Perth Diocesan Trustees – The Cloisters, $95,990.00; Carnival Amusements, $49,500.00; Kamile Gallery, $99,940.00; CBRE, $88,531.00; Music Book Stories Inc, $12,868.00; Diamond Fitness WA Pty Ltd, $48,462.50; Spacecubed Ventures Pty Ltd, $48,000.00; RTRFM, $85,000.00; Frankensound, $100,000.00; Momentum For Australia, $35,000.00; Freeze Frame Opera Inc, $74,950.00; Creative Mazes, $72,230.00; Centre for Stories, $73,834.00; Mr. Dealer, $35,000.00; Intlang Corporate Consulting Pty Ltd, $50,000.00; Seven Network (Operations) Limited, $100,000.00; E Design Solutions Pty. Ltd. T/a Luxtree, $100,000.00; AHOY Management, $100,000.00; East Perth Community Safety Group, $25,000.00; Rep Kulture Pty Ltd, $30,265.09; Ai-Linh Truong, $65,670.48; Bar Pop Management Pty Ltd, $45,000.00; Madame Ma's Proprietary Ltd, $23,595.95; Assembly + Co, $100,000.00; The Trustee for Dee Family Trust, $100,000.00; True North Church (Whitford Church of Christ Inc), $40,000.00; Curate (Curate Arts Incorporated), $78,048.62; Ten Foot Tall Management Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Stefan Smith, $100,000.00; Strange Festival, $100,000.00; AVC Operations Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; Pretzels Pty Ltd, $100,000.00; JLL, $100,000.00; Perth Festival, $100,000.00; element WA, $74,200.00; Activate Perth, $100,000.00; Christian Lovelady, $75,278.00; Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, $48,218.00; Caroline James Events Pty Ltd, $95,000.00; City of Perth, $100,000.00; Design Institute of Australia, $100,000.00; Afro-Disiac Events, $24,850.00; O'Hanlons (WA) Pty Ltd T/A The William Street Bird, $100,000.00; Masten Identity, $100,000.00; Snowlion Events, $25,000.00; Luxtree, $100,000.00; TWR Capital Pty Ltd, $36,000.00
(c)
One applicant that successfully applied for funding in round two has since advised the event will not go ahead. The funds were not paid as the grant agreement was not finalised and will be made available in round three.
(d) and (i)
The purpose of the program is to increase activation across the CBD. This has been achieved through the events funded. The successful and unsuccessful applicants are listed in in (a) and (b) respectively.
(e)
The remaining $958 540.67 will be allocated through round three of the CBD Revitalisation Program which is currently open.
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