❓ Question regarding budget cuts to tourism, culture/arts, and indigenous affairs. The Minister refutes the claim, highlighting record tourism funding and new initiatives.
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TOURISM, INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND CULTURE AND THE ARTS - FUNDING
The budget papers show that over the next four years funding in real terms for tourism will fall by 22 per cent, culture and the arts by 9.3 per cent and indigenous affairs by 15.6 per cent. Can the minister justify these funding cutbacks to the house? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE
The budget papers show that over the next four years funding in real terms for tourism will fall by 22 per cent, culture and the arts by 9.3 per cent and indigenous affairs by 15.6 per cent. Can the minister justify these funding cutbacks to the house? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE
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The member needs to learn how to read the budget papers. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE replied: The member needs to learn how to read the budget papers. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE replied: The member needs to learn how to read the budget papers. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: The member needs to learn how to read the budget papers. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
The member needs to learn how to read the budget papers. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE replied: The member needs to learn how to read the budget papers. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE replied: The member needs to learn how to read the budget papers. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: The member needs to learn how to read the budget papers. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
The member needs to learn how to read the budget papers. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said on Tuesday, the government has made a record allocation of $50 million to the tourism budget. This is the first time that the tourism budget has gone over $50 million, and the government has delivered. Let me remind the opposition of just what the government is delivering in tourism. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms S.M. McHALE : If the member wants to listen, I will tell her. Does she want to listen? Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms S.M. McHALE : I thank the member. There is an additional $10.5 million over the next two years to continue marketing. That is new money. There is an additional $10.5 million commitment over the next four years to develop and maintain tourism e-marketplace to ensure that Western Australia remains at the forefront of global tourism. For the first time, a specific commitment has been made for an indigenous tourism strategy. Nearly $880 000 will be allocated over the next four years to the strategy, which is designed to foster indigenous tourism. Again, if the member would like to listen to the answer - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe and the member for Vasse to order. Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
Ms S.M. McHALE : As I said in the house on Tuesday, although the opposition cannot see that the government has increased the budget, those organisations whose opinions we value recognise the importance of the tourism budget.
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Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.