❓ Question regarding the allocation and expenditure of $2.2 million promised for the Boyanup cattle facilities, revealing the funds were redirected due to lack of commercial interest and industry urgency.
AnsweredQoN 2748Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the 14 December 2010 announcement that the government will deliver on a “major election commitment” which included an investment of $2.2 million to kick start a replacement for the Boyanup cattle facilities, and ask: (a) in what year’s budget was this election money allocated; (b) in what year’s budget was this election commitment money expended; (c) what government department received the $2.2 million; and (d) has the department acquitted the $2.2 million, and: (i) if so, what was the $2.2 million spent on; and (ii) if not, why not and where is the $2.2 million now?
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Answered
11 September 2014
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Food
Response time
29 days
(a) 2010
(b) 2014
(c) The Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
(d) No
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Given there was no commercial interest in replacing of the Boyanup cattle saleyards and little urgency expressed by industry, Cabinet redirected:
· $520,000 as a co-investment with the Shire of Esperance to resolve the Myrup Road truck wash and Wylie Bay waste disposal site.
· $130,000 towards a review of the State's livestock truck wash network.
· $1.55 million to Consolidated Revenue.
(b) 2014
(c) The Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
(d) No
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Given there was no commercial interest in replacing of the Boyanup cattle saleyards and little urgency expressed by industry, Cabinet redirected:
· $520,000 as a co-investment with the Shire of Esperance to resolve the Myrup Road truck wash and Wylie Bay waste disposal site.
· $130,000 towards a review of the State's livestock truck wash network.
· $1.55 million to Consolidated Revenue.
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