❓ Mr Redman questions the lack of Timber Industry Road Evaluation Strategy (TIRES) funding in the Great Southern, despite previous funding shifts. Minister MacTiernan explains the funding model change requested by local governments, offering flexibility but requiring reassessment of TIRES roads.
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(1) Will the minister confirm that no allocation has been made in the 2005-06 budget to the Timber Industry Road Evaluation Strategy in the great southern? (2) Given that the minister announced to the house last year a shift of $2 million from the wheatbelt to the great southern and south west, approximately $1 million of which went to the great southern, is this a case of giving with one hand and taking with the other? (3) What is the extent of the minister’s commitment to regional roads impacted on by timber haulage in the great southern? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. (1)-(3) No TIRES funding has been provided in this year’s budget because the Western Australian Local Government Association asked the government to structure the money spent on local government roads in a different way. Traditionally, a lump sum was provided, of which a substantial proportion was spent on state initiatives on local roads. That included the TIRES project. Under the previous government, the amount spent on state initiatives on local roads reached more than 40 per cent of total local government spending. Being a genuinely consultative government, we reduced the maximum take for state initiatives to a mere 15 per cent in response to requests from local government. That obviously means that other projects must be covered from the rest of the pot, as one would expect. This has given local governments more autonomy to decide where the funding will go. The member will know that I have also insisted that the formula be changed. We have worked with WALGA and have achieved a much better and fairer formula. The south west in particular, and the great southern to a small extent, will now get more money under the regional road group allocations. One thing does need to be done. Because of the change in structure, we must now assess the TIRES roads and include more of them in the bundle that can be funded by the regional road group. We recognise that that had to be done. The change has been made, but if local government wants us to do it another way, I am more than happy to increase the proportion that is state initiated, so that we can reinstate the TIRES program. However, I do not think that that is necessary. A much better way of going about it would be to provide additional money through the regional road groups.
(2) Given that the minister announced to the house last year a shift of $2 million from the wheatbelt to the great southern and south west, approximately $1 million of which went to the great southern, is this a case of giving with one hand and taking with the other? (3) What is the extent of the minister’s commitment to regional roads impacted on by timber haulage in the great southern? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. (1)-(3) No TIRES funding has been provided in this year’s budget because the Western Australian Local Government Association asked the government to structure the money spent on local government roads in a different way. Traditionally, a lump sum was provided, of which a substantial proportion was spent on state initiatives on local roads. That included the TIRES project. Under the previous government, the amount spent on state initiatives on local roads reached more than 40 per cent of total local government spending. Being a genuinely consultative government, we reduced the maximum take for state initiatives to a mere 15 per cent in response to requests from local government. That obviously means that other projects must be covered from the rest of the pot, as one would expect. This has given local governments more autonomy to decide where the funding will go. The member will know that I have also insisted that the formula be changed. We have worked with WALGA and have achieved a much better and fairer formula. The south west in particular, and the great southern to a small extent, will now get more money under the regional road group allocations. One thing does need to be done. Because of the change in structure, we must now assess the TIRES roads and include more of them in the bundle that can be funded by the regional road group. We recognise that that had to be done. The change has been made, but if local government wants us to do it another way, I am more than happy to increase the proportion that is state initiated, so that we can reinstate the TIRES program. However, I do not think that that is necessary. A much better way of going about it would be to provide additional money through the regional road groups.
(3) What is the extent of the minister’s commitment to regional roads impacted on by timber haulage in the great southern? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. (1)-(3) No TIRES funding has been provided in this year’s budget because the Western Australian Local Government Association asked the government to structure the money spent on local government roads in a different way. Traditionally, a lump sum was provided, of which a substantial proportion was spent on state initiatives on local roads. That included the TIRES project. Under the previous government, the amount spent on state initiatives on local roads reached more than 40 per cent of total local government spending. Being a genuinely consultative government, we reduced the maximum take for state initiatives to a mere 15 per cent in response to requests from local government. That obviously means that other projects must be covered from the rest of the pot, as one would expect. This has given local governments more autonomy to decide where the funding will go. The member will know that I have also insisted that the formula be changed. We have worked with WALGA and have achieved a much better and fairer formula. The south west in particular, and the great southern to a small extent, will now get more money under the regional road group allocations. One thing does need to be done. Because of the change in structure, we must now assess the TIRES roads and include more of them in the bundle that can be funded by the regional road group. We recognise that that had to be done. The change has been made, but if local government wants us to do it another way, I am more than happy to increase the proportion that is state initiated, so that we can reinstate the TIRES program. However, I do not think that that is necessary. A much better way of going about it would be to provide additional money through the regional road groups.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. (1)-(3) No TIRES funding has been provided in this year’s budget because the Western Australian Local Government Association asked the government to structure the money spent on local government roads in a different way. Traditionally, a lump sum was provided, of which a substantial proportion was spent on state initiatives on local roads. That included the TIRES project. Under the previous government, the amount spent on state initiatives on local roads reached more than 40 per cent of total local government spending. Being a genuinely consultative government, we reduced the maximum take for state initiatives to a mere 15 per cent in response to requests from local government. That obviously means that other projects must be covered from the rest of the pot, as one would expect. This has given local governments more autonomy to decide where the funding will go. The member will know that I have also insisted that the formula be changed. We have worked with WALGA and have achieved a much better and fairer formula. The south west in particular, and the great southern to a small extent, will now get more money under the regional road group allocations. One thing does need to be done. Because of the change in structure, we must now assess the TIRES roads and include more of them in the bundle that can be funded by the regional road group. We recognise that that had to be done. The change has been made, but if local government wants us to do it another way, I am more than happy to increase the proportion that is state initiated, so that we can reinstate the TIRES program. However, I do not think that that is necessary. A much better way of going about it would be to provide additional money through the regional road groups.
I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. (1)-(3) No TIRES funding has been provided in this year’s budget because the Western Australian Local Government Association asked the government to structure the money spent on local government roads in a different way. Traditionally, a lump sum was provided, of which a substantial proportion was spent on state initiatives on local roads. That included the TIRES project. Under the previous government, the amount spent on state initiatives on local roads reached more than 40 per cent of total local government spending. Being a genuinely consultative government, we reduced the maximum take for state initiatives to a mere 15 per cent in response to requests from local government. That obviously means that other projects must be covered from the rest of the pot, as one would expect. This has given local governments more autonomy to decide where the funding will go. The member will know that I have also insisted that the formula be changed. We have worked with WALGA and have achieved a much better and fairer formula. The south west in particular, and the great southern to a small extent, will now get more money under the regional road group allocations. One thing does need to be done. Because of the change in structure, we must now assess the TIRES roads and include more of them in the bundle that can be funded by the regional road group. We recognise that that had to be done. The change has been made, but if local government wants us to do it another way, I am more than happy to increase the proportion that is state initiated, so that we can reinstate the TIRES program. However, I do not think that that is necessary. A much better way of going about it would be to provide additional money through the regional road groups.
(1)-(3) No TIRES funding has been provided in this year’s budget because the Western Australian Local Government Association asked the government to structure the money spent on local government roads in a different way. Traditionally, a lump sum was provided, of which a substantial proportion was spent on state initiatives on local roads. That included the TIRES project. Under the previous government, the amount spent on state initiatives on local roads reached more than 40 per cent of total local government spending. Being a genuinely consultative government, we reduced the maximum take for state initiatives to a mere 15 per cent in response to requests from local government. That obviously means that other projects must be covered from the rest of the pot, as one would expect. This has given local governments more autonomy to decide where the funding will go. The member will know that I have also insisted that the formula be changed. We have worked with WALGA and have achieved a much better and fairer formula. The south west in particular, and the great southern to a small extent, will now get more money under the regional road group allocations. One thing does need to be done. Because of the change in structure, we must now assess the TIRES roads and include more of them in the bundle that can be funded by the regional road group. We recognise that that had to be done. The change has been made, but if local government wants us to do it another way, I am more than happy to increase the proportion that is state initiated, so that we can reinstate the TIRES program. However, I do not think that that is necessary. A much better way of going about it would be to provide additional money through the regional road groups.
(2) Given that the minister announced to the house last year a shift of $2 million from the wheatbelt to the great southern and south west, approximately $1 million of which went to the great southern, is this a case of giving with one hand and taking with the other? (3) What is the extent of the minister’s commitment to regional roads impacted on by timber haulage in the great southern? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. (1)-(3) No TIRES funding has been provided in this year’s budget because the Western Australian Local Government Association asked the government to structure the money spent on local government roads in a different way. Traditionally, a lump sum was provided, of which a substantial proportion was spent on state initiatives on local roads. That included the TIRES project. Under the previous government, the amount spent on state initiatives on local roads reached more than 40 per cent of total local government spending. Being a genuinely consultative government, we reduced the maximum take for state initiatives to a mere 15 per cent in response to requests from local government. That obviously means that other projects must be covered from the rest of the pot, as one would expect. This has given local governments more autonomy to decide where the funding will go. The member will know that I have also insisted that the formula be changed. We have worked with WALGA and have achieved a much better and fairer formula. The south west in particular, and the great southern to a small extent, will now get more money under the regional road group allocations. One thing does need to be done. Because of the change in structure, we must now assess the TIRES roads and include more of them in the bundle that can be funded by the regional road group. We recognise that that had to be done. The change has been made, but if local government wants us to do it another way, I am more than happy to increase the proportion that is state initiated, so that we can reinstate the TIRES program. However, I do not think that that is necessary. A much better way of going about it would be to provide additional money through the regional road groups.
(3) What is the extent of the minister’s commitment to regional roads impacted on by timber haulage in the great southern? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. (1)-(3) No TIRES funding has been provided in this year’s budget because the Western Australian Local Government Association asked the government to structure the money spent on local government roads in a different way. Traditionally, a lump sum was provided, of which a substantial proportion was spent on state initiatives on local roads. That included the TIRES project. Under the previous government, the amount spent on state initiatives on local roads reached more than 40 per cent of total local government spending. Being a genuinely consultative government, we reduced the maximum take for state initiatives to a mere 15 per cent in response to requests from local government. That obviously means that other projects must be covered from the rest of the pot, as one would expect. This has given local governments more autonomy to decide where the funding will go. The member will know that I have also insisted that the formula be changed. We have worked with WALGA and have achieved a much better and fairer formula. The south west in particular, and the great southern to a small extent, will now get more money under the regional road group allocations. One thing does need to be done. Because of the change in structure, we must now assess the TIRES roads and include more of them in the bundle that can be funded by the regional road group. We recognise that that had to be done. The change has been made, but if local government wants us to do it another way, I am more than happy to increase the proportion that is state initiated, so that we can reinstate the TIRES program. However, I do not think that that is necessary. A much better way of going about it would be to provide additional money through the regional road groups.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. (1)-(3) No TIRES funding has been provided in this year’s budget because the Western Australian Local Government Association asked the government to structure the money spent on local government roads in a different way. Traditionally, a lump sum was provided, of which a substantial proportion was spent on state initiatives on local roads. That included the TIRES project. Under the previous government, the amount spent on state initiatives on local roads reached more than 40 per cent of total local government spending. Being a genuinely consultative government, we reduced the maximum take for state initiatives to a mere 15 per cent in response to requests from local government. That obviously means that other projects must be covered from the rest of the pot, as one would expect. This has given local governments more autonomy to decide where the funding will go. The member will know that I have also insisted that the formula be changed. We have worked with WALGA and have achieved a much better and fairer formula. The south west in particular, and the great southern to a small extent, will now get more money under the regional road group allocations. One thing does need to be done. Because of the change in structure, we must now assess the TIRES roads and include more of them in the bundle that can be funded by the regional road group. We recognise that that had to be done. The change has been made, but if local government wants us to do it another way, I am more than happy to increase the proportion that is state initiated, so that we can reinstate the TIRES program. However, I do not think that that is necessary. A much better way of going about it would be to provide additional money through the regional road groups.
I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. (1)-(3) No TIRES funding has been provided in this year’s budget because the Western Australian Local Government Association asked the government to structure the money spent on local government roads in a different way. Traditionally, a lump sum was provided, of which a substantial proportion was spent on state initiatives on local roads. That included the TIRES project. Under the previous government, the amount spent on state initiatives on local roads reached more than 40 per cent of total local government spending. Being a genuinely consultative government, we reduced the maximum take for state initiatives to a mere 15 per cent in response to requests from local government. That obviously means that other projects must be covered from the rest of the pot, as one would expect. This has given local governments more autonomy to decide where the funding will go. The member will know that I have also insisted that the formula be changed. We have worked with WALGA and have achieved a much better and fairer formula. The south west in particular, and the great southern to a small extent, will now get more money under the regional road group allocations. One thing does need to be done. Because of the change in structure, we must now assess the TIRES roads and include more of them in the bundle that can be funded by the regional road group. We recognise that that had to be done. The change has been made, but if local government wants us to do it another way, I am more than happy to increase the proportion that is state initiated, so that we can reinstate the TIRES program. However, I do not think that that is necessary. A much better way of going about it would be to provide additional money through the regional road groups.
(1)-(3) No TIRES funding has been provided in this year’s budget because the Western Australian Local Government Association asked the government to structure the money spent on local government roads in a different way. Traditionally, a lump sum was provided, of which a substantial proportion was spent on state initiatives on local roads. That included the TIRES project. Under the previous government, the amount spent on state initiatives on local roads reached more than 40 per cent of total local government spending. Being a genuinely consultative government, we reduced the maximum take for state initiatives to a mere 15 per cent in response to requests from local government. That obviously means that other projects must be covered from the rest of the pot, as one would expect. This has given local governments more autonomy to decide where the funding will go. The member will know that I have also insisted that the formula be changed. We have worked with WALGA and have achieved a much better and fairer formula. The south west in particular, and the great southern to a small extent, will now get more money under the regional road group allocations. One thing does need to be done. Because of the change in structure, we must now assess the TIRES roads and include more of them in the bundle that can be funded by the regional road group. We recognise that that had to be done. The change has been made, but if local government wants us to do it another way, I am more than happy to increase the proportion that is state initiated, so that we can reinstate the TIRES program. However, I do not think that that is necessary. A much better way of going about it would be to provide additional money through the regional road groups.
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