❓ Mr. Grylls asks about the Minister's response to suggestions from the Nungarin business community regarding drought relief. The Minister acknowledges receipt and referral for investigation, noting the complexity and cross-jurisdictional nature of the suggestions.
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I refer to the article in The West Australian of Tuesday, 12 November 2002, headed “Drought dollars feed bush town”. (1) Has the minister responded to the 14 suggestions forwarded to him by the Nungarin business community concerning the drought in Western Australia? (2) If the minister has responded to the Nungarin business community, can he advise of his response and whether he proposes to support any of the 14 suggestions? (3) If the minister has not responded to the Nungarin business community, why not and when does he propose to respond? Mr C.M. BROWN
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(1)-(3) A letter dated 22 October was sent to me by the business enterprise centre for the north eastern wheatbelt. It arrived in my office on 1 November, so I have had the letter for some 12 days. The letter has been referred to the appropriate agency for investigation. It raises a considerable number of matters. Some of the matters relate to other portfolios within the State Government, some to local government responsibilities and others to the federal Government and various portfolios across the federal sphere. We will respond to the business enterprise centre as soon as we can; however, to properly respond to each of the initiatives, we are required to obtain feedback from those various other government departments and agencies, whether they be federal, state or local. For example, one of the suggestions relates to transport businesses and is that roadworks programs be brought forward and cartage contracts let to local farmers and contractors. My agencies do not have control of those particular matters. We will have to get from my ministerial colleagues the answers to those questions. The second suggestion is for either a moratorium on or special low interest rates for loan repayments for 12 months or banks to drop charges and interest fees for businesses in the area. The letter contains a lot of good ideas, and I am very pleased to receive them. A number are quite wide-ranging, and they will require some investigation and negotiation with either other departments or agencies in the State or federal or local governments. The last suggestion requires negotiation with the private sector. We will respond to the suggestions that have been put forward. We will try to do it in the best possible way. I ask the member to be kind enough to convey to the community that many of the issues raised are complex matters that do not fall immediately within my agency, but that my agency will do what it can to collate a response.
(1) Has the minister responded to the 14 suggestions forwarded to him by the Nungarin business community concerning the drought in Western Australia? (2) If the minister has responded to the Nungarin business community, can he advise of his response and whether he proposes to support any of the 14 suggestions? (3) If the minister has not responded to the Nungarin business community, why not and when does he propose to respond? Mr C.M. BROWN replied: (1)-(3) A letter dated 22 October was sent to me by the business enterprise centre for the north eastern wheatbelt. It arrived in my office on 1 November, so I have had the letter for some 12 days. The letter has been referred to the appropriate agency for investigation. It raises a considerable number of matters. Some of the matters relate to other portfolios within the State Government, some to local government responsibilities and others to the federal Government and various portfolios across the federal sphere. We will respond to the business enterprise centre as soon as we can; however, to properly respond to each of the initiatives, we are required to obtain feedback from those various other government departments and agencies, whether they be federal, state or local. For example, one of the suggestions relates to transport businesses and is that roadworks programs be brought forward and cartage contracts let to local farmers and contractors. My agencies do not have control of those particular matters. We will have to get from my ministerial colleagues the answers to those questions. The second suggestion is for either a moratorium on or special low interest rates for loan repayments for 12 months or banks to drop charges and interest fees for businesses in the area. The letter contains a lot of good ideas, and I am very pleased to receive them. A number are quite wide-ranging, and they will require some investigation and negotiation with either other departments or agencies in the State or federal or local governments. The last suggestion requires negotiation with the private sector. We will respond to the suggestions that have been put forward. We will try to do it in the best possible way. I ask the member to be kind enough to convey to the community that many of the issues raised are complex matters that do not fall immediately within my agency, but that my agency will do what it can to collate a response.
(2) If the minister has responded to the Nungarin business community, can he advise of his response and whether he proposes to support any of the 14 suggestions? (3) If the minister has not responded to the Nungarin business community, why not and when does he propose to respond? Mr C.M. BROWN replied: (1)-(3) A letter dated 22 October was sent to me by the business enterprise centre for the north eastern wheatbelt. It arrived in my office on 1 November, so I have had the letter for some 12 days. The letter has been referred to the appropriate agency for investigation. It raises a considerable number of matters. Some of the matters relate to other portfolios within the State Government, some to local government responsibilities and others to the federal Government and various portfolios across the federal sphere. We will respond to the business enterprise centre as soon as we can; however, to properly respond to each of the initiatives, we are required to obtain feedback from those various other government departments and agencies, whether they be federal, state or local. For example, one of the suggestions relates to transport businesses and is that roadworks programs be brought forward and cartage contracts let to local farmers and contractors. My agencies do not have control of those particular matters. We will have to get from my ministerial colleagues the answers to those questions. The second suggestion is for either a moratorium on or special low interest rates for loan repayments for 12 months or banks to drop charges and interest fees for businesses in the area. The letter contains a lot of good ideas, and I am very pleased to receive them. A number are quite wide-ranging, and they will require some investigation and negotiation with either other departments or agencies in the State or federal or local governments. The last suggestion requires negotiation with the private sector. We will respond to the suggestions that have been put forward. We will try to do it in the best possible way. I ask the member to be kind enough to convey to the community that many of the issues raised are complex matters that do not fall immediately within my agency, but that my agency will do what it can to collate a response.
(3) If the minister has not responded to the Nungarin business community, why not and when does he propose to respond? Mr C.M. BROWN replied: (1)-(3) A letter dated 22 October was sent to me by the business enterprise centre for the north eastern wheatbelt. It arrived in my office on 1 November, so I have had the letter for some 12 days. The letter has been referred to the appropriate agency for investigation. It raises a considerable number of matters. Some of the matters relate to other portfolios within the State Government, some to local government responsibilities and others to the federal Government and various portfolios across the federal sphere. We will respond to the business enterprise centre as soon as we can; however, to properly respond to each of the initiatives, we are required to obtain feedback from those various other government departments and agencies, whether they be federal, state or local. For example, one of the suggestions relates to transport businesses and is that roadworks programs be brought forward and cartage contracts let to local farmers and contractors. My agencies do not have control of those particular matters. We will have to get from my ministerial colleagues the answers to those questions. The second suggestion is for either a moratorium on or special low interest rates for loan repayments for 12 months or banks to drop charges and interest fees for businesses in the area. The letter contains a lot of good ideas, and I am very pleased to receive them. A number are quite wide-ranging, and they will require some investigation and negotiation with either other departments or agencies in the State or federal or local governments. The last suggestion requires negotiation with the private sector. We will respond to the suggestions that have been put forward. We will try to do it in the best possible way. I ask the member to be kind enough to convey to the community that many of the issues raised are complex matters that do not fall immediately within my agency, but that my agency will do what it can to collate a response.
Mr C.M. BROWN replied: (1)-(3) A letter dated 22 October was sent to me by the business enterprise centre for the north eastern wheatbelt. It arrived in my office on 1 November, so I have had the letter for some 12 days. The letter has been referred to the appropriate agency for investigation. It raises a considerable number of matters. Some of the matters relate to other portfolios within the State Government, some to local government responsibilities and others to the federal Government and various portfolios across the federal sphere. We will respond to the business enterprise centre as soon as we can; however, to properly respond to each of the initiatives, we are required to obtain feedback from those various other government departments and agencies, whether they be federal, state or local. For example, one of the suggestions relates to transport businesses and is that roadworks programs be brought forward and cartage contracts let to local farmers and contractors. My agencies do not have control of those particular matters. We will have to get from my ministerial colleagues the answers to those questions. The second suggestion is for either a moratorium on or special low interest rates for loan repayments for 12 months or banks to drop charges and interest fees for businesses in the area. The letter contains a lot of good ideas, and I am very pleased to receive them. A number are quite wide-ranging, and they will require some investigation and negotiation with either other departments or agencies in the State or federal or local governments. The last suggestion requires negotiation with the private sector. We will respond to the suggestions that have been put forward. We will try to do it in the best possible way. I ask the member to be kind enough to convey to the community that many of the issues raised are complex matters that do not fall immediately within my agency, but that my agency will do what it can to collate a response.
(1)-(3) A letter dated 22 October was sent to me by the business enterprise centre for the north eastern wheatbelt. It arrived in my office on 1 November, so I have had the letter for some 12 days. The letter has been referred to the appropriate agency for investigation. It raises a considerable number of matters. Some of the matters relate to other portfolios within the State Government, some to local government responsibilities and others to the federal Government and various portfolios across the federal sphere. We will respond to the business enterprise centre as soon as we can; however, to properly respond to each of the initiatives, we are required to obtain feedback from those various other government departments and agencies, whether they be federal, state or local. For example, one of the suggestions relates to transport businesses and is that roadworks programs be brought forward and cartage contracts let to local farmers and contractors. My agencies do not have control of those particular matters. We will have to get from my ministerial colleagues the answers to those questions. The second suggestion is for either a moratorium on or special low interest rates for loan repayments for 12 months or banks to drop charges and interest fees for businesses in the area. The letter contains a lot of good ideas, and I am very pleased to receive them. A number are quite wide-ranging, and they will require some investigation and negotiation with either other departments or agencies in the State or federal or local governments. The last suggestion requires negotiation with the private sector. We will respond to the suggestions that have been put forward. We will try to do it in the best possible way. I ask the member to be kind enough to convey to the community that many of the issues raised are complex matters that do not fall immediately within my agency, but that my agency will do what it can to collate a response.
(1) Has the minister responded to the 14 suggestions forwarded to him by the Nungarin business community concerning the drought in Western Australia? (2) If the minister has responded to the Nungarin business community, can he advise of his response and whether he proposes to support any of the 14 suggestions? (3) If the minister has not responded to the Nungarin business community, why not and when does he propose to respond? Mr C.M. BROWN replied: (1)-(3) A letter dated 22 October was sent to me by the business enterprise centre for the north eastern wheatbelt. It arrived in my office on 1 November, so I have had the letter for some 12 days. The letter has been referred to the appropriate agency for investigation. It raises a considerable number of matters. Some of the matters relate to other portfolios within the State Government, some to local government responsibilities and others to the federal Government and various portfolios across the federal sphere. We will respond to the business enterprise centre as soon as we can; however, to properly respond to each of the initiatives, we are required to obtain feedback from those various other government departments and agencies, whether they be federal, state or local. For example, one of the suggestions relates to transport businesses and is that roadworks programs be brought forward and cartage contracts let to local farmers and contractors. My agencies do not have control of those particular matters. We will have to get from my ministerial colleagues the answers to those questions. The second suggestion is for either a moratorium on or special low interest rates for loan repayments for 12 months or banks to drop charges and interest fees for businesses in the area. The letter contains a lot of good ideas, and I am very pleased to receive them. A number are quite wide-ranging, and they will require some investigation and negotiation with either other departments or agencies in the State or federal or local governments. The last suggestion requires negotiation with the private sector. We will respond to the suggestions that have been put forward. We will try to do it in the best possible way. I ask the member to be kind enough to convey to the community that many of the issues raised are complex matters that do not fall immediately within my agency, but that my agency will do what it can to collate a response.
(2) If the minister has responded to the Nungarin business community, can he advise of his response and whether he proposes to support any of the 14 suggestions? (3) If the minister has not responded to the Nungarin business community, why not and when does he propose to respond? Mr C.M. BROWN replied: (1)-(3) A letter dated 22 October was sent to me by the business enterprise centre for the north eastern wheatbelt. It arrived in my office on 1 November, so I have had the letter for some 12 days. The letter has been referred to the appropriate agency for investigation. It raises a considerable number of matters. Some of the matters relate to other portfolios within the State Government, some to local government responsibilities and others to the federal Government and various portfolios across the federal sphere. We will respond to the business enterprise centre as soon as we can; however, to properly respond to each of the initiatives, we are required to obtain feedback from those various other government departments and agencies, whether they be federal, state or local. For example, one of the suggestions relates to transport businesses and is that roadworks programs be brought forward and cartage contracts let to local farmers and contractors. My agencies do not have control of those particular matters. We will have to get from my ministerial colleagues the answers to those questions. The second suggestion is for either a moratorium on or special low interest rates for loan repayments for 12 months or banks to drop charges and interest fees for businesses in the area. The letter contains a lot of good ideas, and I am very pleased to receive them. A number are quite wide-ranging, and they will require some investigation and negotiation with either other departments or agencies in the State or federal or local governments. The last suggestion requires negotiation with the private sector. We will respond to the suggestions that have been put forward. We will try to do it in the best possible way. I ask the member to be kind enough to convey to the community that many of the issues raised are complex matters that do not fall immediately within my agency, but that my agency will do what it can to collate a response.
(3) If the minister has not responded to the Nungarin business community, why not and when does he propose to respond? Mr C.M. BROWN replied: (1)-(3) A letter dated 22 October was sent to me by the business enterprise centre for the north eastern wheatbelt. It arrived in my office on 1 November, so I have had the letter for some 12 days. The letter has been referred to the appropriate agency for investigation. It raises a considerable number of matters. Some of the matters relate to other portfolios within the State Government, some to local government responsibilities and others to the federal Government and various portfolios across the federal sphere. We will respond to the business enterprise centre as soon as we can; however, to properly respond to each of the initiatives, we are required to obtain feedback from those various other government departments and agencies, whether they be federal, state or local. For example, one of the suggestions relates to transport businesses and is that roadworks programs be brought forward and cartage contracts let to local farmers and contractors. My agencies do not have control of those particular matters. We will have to get from my ministerial colleagues the answers to those questions. The second suggestion is for either a moratorium on or special low interest rates for loan repayments for 12 months or banks to drop charges and interest fees for businesses in the area. The letter contains a lot of good ideas, and I am very pleased to receive them. A number are quite wide-ranging, and they will require some investigation and negotiation with either other departments or agencies in the State or federal or local governments. The last suggestion requires negotiation with the private sector. We will respond to the suggestions that have been put forward. We will try to do it in the best possible way. I ask the member to be kind enough to convey to the community that many of the issues raised are complex matters that do not fall immediately within my agency, but that my agency will do what it can to collate a response.
Mr C.M. BROWN replied: (1)-(3) A letter dated 22 October was sent to me by the business enterprise centre for the north eastern wheatbelt. It arrived in my office on 1 November, so I have had the letter for some 12 days. The letter has been referred to the appropriate agency for investigation. It raises a considerable number of matters. Some of the matters relate to other portfolios within the State Government, some to local government responsibilities and others to the federal Government and various portfolios across the federal sphere. We will respond to the business enterprise centre as soon as we can; however, to properly respond to each of the initiatives, we are required to obtain feedback from those various other government departments and agencies, whether they be federal, state or local. For example, one of the suggestions relates to transport businesses and is that roadworks programs be brought forward and cartage contracts let to local farmers and contractors. My agencies do not have control of those particular matters. We will have to get from my ministerial colleagues the answers to those questions. The second suggestion is for either a moratorium on or special low interest rates for loan repayments for 12 months or banks to drop charges and interest fees for businesses in the area. The letter contains a lot of good ideas, and I am very pleased to receive them. A number are quite wide-ranging, and they will require some investigation and negotiation with either other departments or agencies in the State or federal or local governments. The last suggestion requires negotiation with the private sector. We will respond to the suggestions that have been put forward. We will try to do it in the best possible way. I ask the member to be kind enough to convey to the community that many of the issues raised are complex matters that do not fall immediately within my agency, but that my agency will do what it can to collate a response.
(1)-(3) A letter dated 22 October was sent to me by the business enterprise centre for the north eastern wheatbelt. It arrived in my office on 1 November, so I have had the letter for some 12 days. The letter has been referred to the appropriate agency for investigation. It raises a considerable number of matters. Some of the matters relate to other portfolios within the State Government, some to local government responsibilities and others to the federal Government and various portfolios across the federal sphere. We will respond to the business enterprise centre as soon as we can; however, to properly respond to each of the initiatives, we are required to obtain feedback from those various other government departments and agencies, whether they be federal, state or local. For example, one of the suggestions relates to transport businesses and is that roadworks programs be brought forward and cartage contracts let to local farmers and contractors. My agencies do not have control of those particular matters. We will have to get from my ministerial colleagues the answers to those questions. The second suggestion is for either a moratorium on or special low interest rates for loan repayments for 12 months or banks to drop charges and interest fees for businesses in the area. The letter contains a lot of good ideas, and I am very pleased to receive them. A number are quite wide-ranging, and they will require some investigation and negotiation with either other departments or agencies in the State or federal or local governments. The last suggestion requires negotiation with the private sector. We will respond to the suggestions that have been put forward. We will try to do it in the best possible way. I ask the member to be kind enough to convey to the community that many of the issues raised are complex matters that do not fall immediately within my agency, but that my agency will do what it can to collate a response.
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