❓ Hon Sue Ellery questions the Leader of the House regarding the withholding of a 15% funding adjustment for homelessness services due to a Fair Work Australia decision and ongoing negotiations with the Commonwealth. The response details communication with the Prime Minister and ongoing consideration of implementation.
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HOMELESSNESS SERVICES — WITHHOLDING
OF FUNDING
37. Hon SUE ELLERY to the Leader of the House representing
the Premier:
I refer to the decision to withhold payment of the 15 per
cent adjustment on contracts with the non-government sector from those WA
non-government organisations providing homelessness services subject to a
decision of Fair Work Australia and further negotiations between the
commonwealth and the state. What negotiations has the WA government initiated
with the commonwealth and when will WA homelessness services receive at least 15
per cent of the WA state government proportion of their total funding?
OF FUNDING
37. Hon SUE ELLERY to the Leader of the House representing
the Premier:
I refer to the decision to withhold payment of the 15 per
cent adjustment on contracts with the non-government sector from those WA
non-government organisations providing homelessness services subject to a
decision of Fair Work Australia and further negotiations between the
commonwealth and the state. What negotiations has the WA government initiated
with the commonwealth and when will WA homelessness services receive at least 15
per cent of the WA state government proportion of their total funding?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of this question.
Hon Sue Ellery : That is a disgrace.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : I have been here long enough to
have heard that answer given about 10 000 times. We simply do not make that
information available. I have seen it often enough to know that that will
always happen. The opposition has two sets of rules.
Opposition members interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Let us get to the current
question that has been asked and the current answer. That is past history.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : The Premier wrote to the Prime
Minister, Hon Julia Gillard, on 23 July 2011 strongly urging the commonwealth
government to give consideration to a price adjustment for jointly funded
contracts similar to that provided by the state government as part of the 2011–12
state budget to ensure the ongoing viability and sustainability of key services
delivered by the not-for-profit sector in Western Australia. Following the Fair
Work Australia decision on 1 February 2012, the state government is currently
considering how to implement the 15 per cent price adjustment to the
state-funded component of specialist homelessness contracts. In addition, the
commonwealth Treasury is currently preparing to enter into bilateral
discussions with state and territory Treasuries to ascertain how they propose
to address the FWA decision and how the commonwealth government intends to
allocate the additional funding.
of this question.
Hon Sue Ellery : That is a disgrace.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : I have been here long enough to
have heard that answer given about 10 000 times. We simply do not make that
information available. I have seen it often enough to know that that will
always happen. The opposition has two sets of rules.
Opposition members interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Let us get to the current
question that has been asked and the current answer. That is past history.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : The Premier wrote to the Prime
Minister, Hon Julia Gillard, on 23 July 2011 strongly urging the commonwealth
government to give consideration to a price adjustment for jointly funded
contracts similar to that provided by the state government as part of the 2011–12
state budget to ensure the ongoing viability and sustainability of key services
delivered by the not-for-profit sector in Western Australia. Following the Fair
Work Australia decision on 1 February 2012, the state government is currently
considering how to implement the 15 per cent price adjustment to the
state-funded component of specialist homelessness contracts. In addition, the
commonwealth Treasury is currently preparing to enter into bilateral
discussions with state and territory Treasuries to ascertain how they propose
to address the FWA decision and how the commonwealth government intends to
allocate the additional funding.
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