Dr. Steve Thomas questions the Minister for State Development regarding the allocation of the Strategic Industries Fund across Western Australia's 13 Strategic Industrial Areas (SIAs). The Minister's response indicates a plan is under development and will be released later.

AnsweredQoN 421Legislative Assembly
Asked
24 June 2025
Portfolio
State Development

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Strategic Industries Fund—2025–26 state
budget
421. Hon Dr Steve Thomas to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for
State Development:
I refer to the
government's budget announcement of an additional $500 million for the
strategic industries fund to support the delivery of common-user infrastructure
across the state's 13 strategic industrial areas.
(1) Has the funding allocation of the fund's now total
$1 billion strategic industries fund been finalised and, if so, what specific
funding allocation has been apportioned across each of the 13 SIAs?
(2) Was there a metropolitan SIA versus regional SIA
funding weighting in distributing and allocating the SIF, and how was this weighting
applied and calculated?
(3) What proportion of
the $1 billion SIF is allocated to the provision of power for regional SIAs, and
which regional SIAs have been apportioned funding for a power supply
upgrade?

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I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) A range of initiatives will be
funded by the strategic industries fund, with funding allocated to date
including $125 million to open new industrial land for Latitude 32 in Kwinana,
$5 million to support road upgrades in the Kwinana strategic industrial area and
$8 million to support road upgrades in the Kemerton SIA. A detailed plan for
additional investments from the SIF is under development and will be released
by the Premier later this year.

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