❓ Question regarding the continuation and community reception of the Royalties for Regions grants scheme, particularly concerning community safety. The Minister responds positively, highlighting local decision-making, job creation, and community safety improvements.
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ROYALTIES FOR REGIONS — GRANTS SCHEME
During the winter recess, 320 projects in regional Western Australia received over $32 million in the first round of regional grants. Will the minister state how the royalties for regions program will continue in the coming years, and how the program has been received in the community, particularly with regard to community safety? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
During the winter recess, 320 projects in regional Western Australia received over $32 million in the first round of regional grants. Will the minister state how the royalties for regions program will continue in the coming years, and how the program has been received in the community, particularly with regard to community safety? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
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I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and his great interest in regional Western Australia. We announced the regional grants scheme after the Albany cabinet meeting, and the news was very warmly received. Across regional Western Australia, 322 projects received funding under that grant funding round. The most important thing about that regional grants round was that the decisions were made and prioritised at the local level. The development commissions’ boards prioritised those decisions across the regions and have funded projects that they believe will deliver a regional benefit and regional action. Most importantly, in reply to the question raised by the Leader of the Opposition earlier in today’s question time about jobs and the creation of jobs in Western Australia, the regional grants scheme is a very important part of the state government’s plan to create more jobs not only in the metropolitan area, but also right across regional Western Australia. One of the most important parts of this process was to have projects that were shovel-ready—projects that could be up and running quickly, and that would bring into play the local community, local builders, and the new jobs created out of that process. It has been very interesting that members opposite, whilst critical of the regional grants scheme, have been very supportive of the scheme at the local level. I draw attention to an article in the Pilbara News in which the member for Pilbara was very supportive of the decisions made for the Pilbara community. Mr T.G. Stephens : Supportive of the ones that Alannah was about to deliver! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and his great interest in regional Western Australia. We announced the regional grants scheme after the Albany cabinet meeting, and the news was very warmly received. Across regional Western Australia, 322 projects received funding under that grant funding round. The most important thing about that regional grants round was that the decisions were made and prioritised at the local level. The development commissions’ boards prioritised those decisions across the regions and have funded projects that they believe will deliver a regional benefit and regional action. Most importantly, in reply to the question raised by the Leader of the Opposition earlier in today’s question time about jobs and the creation of jobs in Western Australia, the regional grants scheme is a very important part of the state government’s plan to create more jobs not only in the metropolitan area, but also right across regional Western Australia. One of the most important parts of this process was to have projects that were shovel-ready—projects that could be up and running quickly, and that would bring into play the local community, local builders, and the new jobs created out of that process. It has been very interesting that members opposite, whilst critical of the regional grants scheme, have been very supportive of the scheme at the local level. I draw attention to an article in the Pilbara News in which the member for Pilbara was very supportive of the decisions made for the Pilbara community. Mr T.G. Stephens : Supportive of the ones that Alannah was about to deliver! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and his great interest in regional Western Australia. We announced the regional grants scheme after the Albany cabinet meeting, and the news was very warmly received. Across regional Western Australia, 322 projects received funding under that grant funding round. The most important thing about that regional grants round was that the decisions were made and prioritised at the local level. The development commissions’ boards prioritised those decisions across the regions and have funded projects that they believe will deliver a regional benefit and regional action. Most importantly, in reply to the question raised by the Leader of the Opposition earlier in today’s question time about jobs and the creation of jobs in Western Australia, the regional grants scheme is a very important part of the state government’s plan to create more jobs not only in the metropolitan area, but also right across regional Western Australia. One of the most important parts of this process was to have projects that were shovel-ready—projects that could be up and running quickly, and that would bring into play the local community, local builders, and the new jobs created out of that process. It has been very interesting that members opposite, whilst critical of the regional grants scheme, have been very supportive of the scheme at the local level. I draw attention to an article in the Pilbara News in which the member for Pilbara was very supportive of the decisions made for the Pilbara community. Mr T.G. Stephens : Supportive of the ones that Alannah was about to deliver! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
We announced the regional grants scheme after the Albany cabinet meeting, and the news was very warmly received. Across regional Western Australia, 322 projects received funding under that grant funding round. The most important thing about that regional grants round was that the decisions were made and prioritised at the local level. The development commissions’ boards prioritised those decisions across the regions and have funded projects that they believe will deliver a regional benefit and regional action. Most importantly, in reply to the question raised by the Leader of the Opposition earlier in today’s question time about jobs and the creation of jobs in Western Australia, the regional grants scheme is a very important part of the state government’s plan to create more jobs not only in the metropolitan area, but also right across regional Western Australia. One of the most important parts of this process was to have projects that were shovel-ready—projects that could be up and running quickly, and that would bring into play the local community, local builders, and the new jobs created out of that process. It has been very interesting that members opposite, whilst critical of the regional grants scheme, have been very supportive of the scheme at the local level. I draw attention to an article in the Pilbara News in which the member for Pilbara was very supportive of the decisions made for the Pilbara community. Mr T.G. Stephens : Supportive of the ones that Alannah was about to deliver! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
It has been very interesting that members opposite, whilst critical of the regional grants scheme, have been very supportive of the scheme at the local level. I draw attention to an article in the Pilbara News in which the member for Pilbara was very supportive of the decisions made for the Pilbara community. Mr T.G. Stephens : Supportive of the ones that Alannah was about to deliver! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
Mr T.G. Stephens : Supportive of the ones that Alannah was about to deliver! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and his great interest in regional Western Australia. We announced the regional grants scheme after the Albany cabinet meeting, and the news was very warmly received. Across regional Western Australia, 322 projects received funding under that grant funding round. The most important thing about that regional grants round was that the decisions were made and prioritised at the local level. The development commissions’ boards prioritised those decisions across the regions and have funded projects that they believe will deliver a regional benefit and regional action. Most importantly, in reply to the question raised by the Leader of the Opposition earlier in today’s question time about jobs and the creation of jobs in Western Australia, the regional grants scheme is a very important part of the state government’s plan to create more jobs not only in the metropolitan area, but also right across regional Western Australia. One of the most important parts of this process was to have projects that were shovel-ready—projects that could be up and running quickly, and that would bring into play the local community, local builders, and the new jobs created out of that process. It has been very interesting that members opposite, whilst critical of the regional grants scheme, have been very supportive of the scheme at the local level. I draw attention to an article in the Pilbara News in which the member for Pilbara was very supportive of the decisions made for the Pilbara community. Mr T.G. Stephens : Supportive of the ones that Alannah was about to deliver! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for the question and his great interest in regional Western Australia. We announced the regional grants scheme after the Albany cabinet meeting, and the news was very warmly received. Across regional Western Australia, 322 projects received funding under that grant funding round. The most important thing about that regional grants round was that the decisions were made and prioritised at the local level. The development commissions’ boards prioritised those decisions across the regions and have funded projects that they believe will deliver a regional benefit and regional action. Most importantly, in reply to the question raised by the Leader of the Opposition earlier in today’s question time about jobs and the creation of jobs in Western Australia, the regional grants scheme is a very important part of the state government’s plan to create more jobs not only in the metropolitan area, but also right across regional Western Australia. One of the most important parts of this process was to have projects that were shovel-ready—projects that could be up and running quickly, and that would bring into play the local community, local builders, and the new jobs created out of that process. It has been very interesting that members opposite, whilst critical of the regional grants scheme, have been very supportive of the scheme at the local level. I draw attention to an article in the Pilbara News in which the member for Pilbara was very supportive of the decisions made for the Pilbara community. Mr T.G. Stephens : Supportive of the ones that Alannah was about to deliver! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
We announced the regional grants scheme after the Albany cabinet meeting, and the news was very warmly received. Across regional Western Australia, 322 projects received funding under that grant funding round. The most important thing about that regional grants round was that the decisions were made and prioritised at the local level. The development commissions’ boards prioritised those decisions across the regions and have funded projects that they believe will deliver a regional benefit and regional action. Most importantly, in reply to the question raised by the Leader of the Opposition earlier in today’s question time about jobs and the creation of jobs in Western Australia, the regional grants scheme is a very important part of the state government’s plan to create more jobs not only in the metropolitan area, but also right across regional Western Australia. One of the most important parts of this process was to have projects that were shovel-ready—projects that could be up and running quickly, and that would bring into play the local community, local builders, and the new jobs created out of that process. It has been very interesting that members opposite, whilst critical of the regional grants scheme, have been very supportive of the scheme at the local level. I draw attention to an article in the Pilbara News in which the member for Pilbara was very supportive of the decisions made for the Pilbara community. Mr T.G. Stephens : Supportive of the ones that Alannah was about to deliver! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
It has been very interesting that members opposite, whilst critical of the regional grants scheme, have been very supportive of the scheme at the local level. I draw attention to an article in the Pilbara News in which the member for Pilbara was very supportive of the decisions made for the Pilbara community. Mr T.G. Stephens : Supportive of the ones that Alannah was about to deliver! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
Mr T.G. Stephens : Supportive of the ones that Alannah was about to deliver! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : It was always “gonna”—“gonna” being the operative word! I hope that if the member for Armadale ever makes it to Canberra, she does more than gonna! Gonna is not good enough for country Western Australia. Country Western Australia wants people who do things. The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
The member for Pilbara was very complimentary about the regional grants scheme in his area, but was opposed to it everywhere else. I am happy to report that all members of Parliament seem to be very excited about the potential to partner with local community organisations and local businesses looking for headworks assistance to deliver projects at the local level. More importantly, these projects are partnership projects between the government and the local organisations that have submitted them. They have leveraged many more dollars from councils, private organisations, Lotterywest and other sources. Therefore, for every dollar we spend, we get a far greater outcome. One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
One of the main focuses of the regional grants scheme has been community safety, about which everyone is very concerned. I am very happy to say that the regional grants scheme has assisted in the provision of better footpaths, increased street lighting, and, importantly in Port Hedland, upgrading the town’s closed-circuit television system. It has also provided funding for a number of youth programs, as well as assisted with the upgrade of town facilities for young people to keep them off the streets late at night. This funding is for volunteer programs, including Scouts, performing arts, sporting groups and driver education. I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
I am very happy to say that those projects are now up and running, and I am happy that we have had feedback from both government and opposition members about the importance of local decision making and the importance of getting money back to local community groups. I have travelled around regional Western Australia and talked to those community groups, and I have found that the issue is about recognising that without pay and without the support of government, it makes their job so much harder. We are now partnering with those local community groups, recognising the great job that they do at the local level delivering to the people in their communities. The new government will partner with them to continue to deliver that outcome. The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
The SPEAKER : Before the member for Midland asks her question, I formally call to order for the first time the members for Girrawheen and Albany.
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