❓ The Minister for Regional Development outlines significant projects announced during a regional cabinet meeting in Moore, including marina expansion, cycleway construction, and upgrades to a residential college, all funded by royalties for regions.
AnsweredQoN 592Legislative Assembly
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REGIONAL CABINET MEETING — MOORA
592. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for
Regional Development:
Can the minister please update the
house on the many significant projects announced during cabinet's visit
to my electorate of Moore last week?
Several members interjected.
592. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for
Regional Development:
Can the minister please update the
house on the many significant projects announced during cabinet's visit
to my electorate of Moore last week?
Several members interjected.
AnswerView source ↗
It probably could have been a conversation
we had across the Chair, but I am sure the house would like to know what
happened in central midlands. It was fantastic to once again have cabinet in
regional Western Australia; we make a habit of doing so.
Several members interjected.
Mr
D.T. REDMAN : When we do that, it is also customary to have a number of
cabinet submissions related to the area we are visiting. A number of those
submissions related to projects in the member for Moore's electorate. I
must say that he was a fantastic host for the couple of days we were there.
The first of those announcements was
a cabinet submission supporting the expansion of stage 2 of Jurien Bay marina.
Stage 1 was finished in 2012—a number of years ago. It was a finger
jetty and some access to the marina, including parking and the like. Stage 2 is
a two-hectare site, with headworks that will support bringing the private
sector to the table for short-stay accommodation, access to some public open
space and some roadworks. About $8.5 million of royalties for regions funds
will support the Jurien Bay marina, which is a fantastic, iconic project in the
middle of one of the state's SuperTowns—the tier 3 towns in
regional Western Australia. There will also be some covered market stall areas
on that waterfront.
Several members interjected.
Mr
D.T. REDMAN : The opposition is remarkably challenging today! It is showing
a lot of attention to a part of the state it does not spend much time in!
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members for Warnbro and West Swan!
Mr
D.T. REDMAN : The Premier has shown a lot of attention to another project up
the coast that will support some of the tourism components, particularly the
cycleway from Jurien Bay to Cervantes park that will support walking, running
and cycling. Some $200 000 of royalties for regions money will come through the
wheatbelt development grants scheme for stage 1 of the project, and there will
be a further $1.2 million from royalties for regions and the Department of
Transport's cyclepath funding for stage 2. This significant project is
also supported by the Ardross Estates group and the Shire of Dandaragan, and
the Jurien Bay Chamber of Commerce is supporting tourism in that region.
Thirdly, there will be an upgrade to
the Moora residential college that supports students who are isolated from
access to senior high schools. With the Minister for Education I announced $8.7
million of royalties for regions funding to support upgrades in the living quarters,
laundry administration and kitchen areas, and to improve emergency lighting,
exit signs and disabled access and the like. That is significant for those who
come from as away far as Eighty Mile Beach, south of Broome, and some of the
more isolated areas including Sandstone and some of those coastal locations
that do not have access to a senior high school. This is a significant
investment in regional education that will support those who do not have the
capacity to be able to get to the city or some bigger centres to get access to
a secondary education. It was fantastic to have regional cabinet out there and
some significant decisions for regional areas were made. It is the first
project to come out of the Growing our South initiative, which covers the
Wheatbelt, the South West, the Great Southern and Peel Development Commissions.
Just before I finish, I, too, would
like to welcome the delegates from Canada. I visited Saskatchewan in 2009 and
was made most welcome by the agriculture minister of the time. I brought back
some innovative ideas to Western Australia.
Mr
P.B. Watson interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Albany, we are going to that a bit later.
we had across the Chair, but I am sure the house would like to know what
happened in central midlands. It was fantastic to once again have cabinet in
regional Western Australia; we make a habit of doing so.
Several members interjected.
Mr
D.T. REDMAN : When we do that, it is also customary to have a number of
cabinet submissions related to the area we are visiting. A number of those
submissions related to projects in the member for Moore's electorate. I
must say that he was a fantastic host for the couple of days we were there.
The first of those announcements was
a cabinet submission supporting the expansion of stage 2 of Jurien Bay marina.
Stage 1 was finished in 2012—a number of years ago. It was a finger
jetty and some access to the marina, including parking and the like. Stage 2 is
a two-hectare site, with headworks that will support bringing the private
sector to the table for short-stay accommodation, access to some public open
space and some roadworks. About $8.5 million of royalties for regions funds
will support the Jurien Bay marina, which is a fantastic, iconic project in the
middle of one of the state's SuperTowns—the tier 3 towns in
regional Western Australia. There will also be some covered market stall areas
on that waterfront.
Several members interjected.
Mr
D.T. REDMAN : The opposition is remarkably challenging today! It is showing
a lot of attention to a part of the state it does not spend much time in!
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members for Warnbro and West Swan!
Mr
D.T. REDMAN : The Premier has shown a lot of attention to another project up
the coast that will support some of the tourism components, particularly the
cycleway from Jurien Bay to Cervantes park that will support walking, running
and cycling. Some $200 000 of royalties for regions money will come through the
wheatbelt development grants scheme for stage 1 of the project, and there will
be a further $1.2 million from royalties for regions and the Department of
Transport's cyclepath funding for stage 2. This significant project is
also supported by the Ardross Estates group and the Shire of Dandaragan, and
the Jurien Bay Chamber of Commerce is supporting tourism in that region.
Thirdly, there will be an upgrade to
the Moora residential college that supports students who are isolated from
access to senior high schools. With the Minister for Education I announced $8.7
million of royalties for regions funding to support upgrades in the living quarters,
laundry administration and kitchen areas, and to improve emergency lighting,
exit signs and disabled access and the like. That is significant for those who
come from as away far as Eighty Mile Beach, south of Broome, and some of the
more isolated areas including Sandstone and some of those coastal locations
that do not have access to a senior high school. This is a significant
investment in regional education that will support those who do not have the
capacity to be able to get to the city or some bigger centres to get access to
a secondary education. It was fantastic to have regional cabinet out there and
some significant decisions for regional areas were made. It is the first
project to come out of the Growing our South initiative, which covers the
Wheatbelt, the South West, the Great Southern and Peel Development Commissions.
Just before I finish, I, too, would
like to welcome the delegates from Canada. I visited Saskatchewan in 2009 and
was made most welcome by the agriculture minister of the time. I brought back
some innovative ideas to Western Australia.
Mr
P.B. Watson interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Albany, we are going to that a bit later.
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