❓ A parliamentary question regarding Indigenous-owned tourism businesses in the Kimberley region, their employment numbers, government financial assistance, and potential for expansion, contrasted with the Premier's view on the necessity of an LNG industry for Indigenous economic future.
AnsweredQoN 345Legislative Council
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(1) How many Indigenous owned and operated tourism businesses are there in the Kimberley?
(2) How many people do these businesses employ?
(3) How much financial assistance do these businesses receive from the West Australian Government?
(4) Has the Minister or the Department assessed the capacity for, and impediments to, expansion of Indigenous owned and operated tourism businesses in the Kimberley?
(5) If yes to (4), what are the results of this assessment?
(6) If not to (4), why not?
(7) Given the proven success of Indigenous owned and operated tourism businesses in the Kimberley, and the almost unlimited capacity for expansion of such businesses, does the Minister agree with the Premier in his repeated public assertions that without the siting of an LNG Industry in the region, Indigenous Communities will have no economic future?
(2) How many people do these businesses employ?
(3) How much financial assistance do these businesses receive from the West Australian Government?
(4) Has the Minister or the Department assessed the capacity for, and impediments to, expansion of Indigenous owned and operated tourism businesses in the Kimberley?
(5) If yes to (4), what are the results of this assessment?
(6) If not to (4), why not?
(7) Given the proven success of Indigenous owned and operated tourism businesses in the Kimberley, and the almost unlimited capacity for expansion of such businesses, does the Minister agree with the Premier in his repeated public assertions that without the siting of an LNG Industry in the region, Indigenous Communities will have no economic future?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
7 April 2009
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Tourism
Response time
28 days
(1) Tourism Western Australia released the
Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Product Manual
a copy of which is on its corporate website (
www.tourism.wa.gov.au
). The Product Manual has identified 30 market and export ready Indigenous tourism businesses in the Kimberley region. Of these businesses, 24 are identified as fully Indigenous owned. The remaining six all have a level of Indigenous ownership.
(2) Tourism Western Australia's current information shows that the 30 Indigenous tourism businesses employ at least 520 people.
(3) Tourism Western Australia is unaware of the level of Western Australian Government financial assistance the 30 Indigenous tourism businesses receive.
(4)-(6) Tourism Western Australia is conducting a Needs Analysis of the known market and export ready Indigenous tourism businesses in the Kimberley to identify each operator's business gaps and the capacity building requirements of each business.
(7) Tourism is a viable economic industry for Indigenous people to enter into and allows them to remain on country and showcase their culture to domestic and international visitors. The development of an LNG Industry in the region is a once in a generation opportunity to provide significant benefits to the Aboriginal communities - a chance to see investment and job creation.
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Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Product Manual
a copy of which is on its corporate website (
www.tourism.wa.gov.au
). The Product Manual has identified 30 market and export ready Indigenous tourism businesses in the Kimberley region. Of these businesses, 24 are identified as fully Indigenous owned. The remaining six all have a level of Indigenous ownership.
(2) Tourism Western Australia's current information shows that the 30 Indigenous tourism businesses employ at least 520 people.
(3) Tourism Western Australia is unaware of the level of Western Australian Government financial assistance the 30 Indigenous tourism businesses receive.
(4)-(6) Tourism Western Australia is conducting a Needs Analysis of the known market and export ready Indigenous tourism businesses in the Kimberley to identify each operator's business gaps and the capacity building requirements of each business.
(7) Tourism is a viable economic industry for Indigenous people to enter into and allows them to remain on country and showcase their culture to domestic and international visitors. The development of an LNG Industry in the region is a once in a generation opportunity to provide significant benefits to the Aboriginal communities - a chance to see investment and job creation.
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