❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on government support for Access 31 community television, including funding, advertising, and regional expansion. The answer provides specific figures and outlines initiatives to extend Access 31's reach.
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I refer to the arts policy position that the Premier took to the last state election, under which the Australian Labor Party made a commitment to encourage value adding of arts events by utilising community television, as well as providing new opportunities for support through targeted advertising, education and promotional events. Will the Premier please advise - (1) Since coming to government, how much art and education funding has the Premier provided to Access 31 in 2001-02 and budgeted for in 2002-03? (2) What amount of state government advertising has been targeted towards Access 31? (3) What percentage of the state government television advertising budget does the answer to (2) represent? (4) What is the Government doing to ensure that community TV reaches more rural people and has a significant Western Australian component? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(1) Since coming to government, how much art and education funding has the Premier provided to Access 31 in 2001-02 and budgeted for in 2002-03? (2) What amount of state government advertising has been targeted towards Access 31? (3) What percentage of the state government television advertising budget does the answer to (2) represent? (4) What is the Government doing to ensure that community TV reaches more rural people and has a significant Western Australian component? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(2) What amount of state government advertising has been targeted towards Access 31? (3) What percentage of the state government television advertising budget does the answer to (2) represent? (4) What is the Government doing to ensure that community TV reaches more rural people and has a significant Western Australian component? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(3) What percentage of the state government television advertising budget does the answer to (2) represent? (4) What is the Government doing to ensure that community TV reaches more rural people and has a significant Western Australian component? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(4) What is the Government doing to ensure that community TV reaches more rural people and has a significant Western Australian component? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(1) Since coming to government, how much art and education funding has the Premier provided to Access 31 in 2001-02 and budgeted for in 2002-03? (2) What amount of state government advertising has been targeted towards Access 31? (3) What percentage of the state government television advertising budget does the answer to (2) represent? (4) What is the Government doing to ensure that community TV reaches more rural people and has a significant Western Australian component? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(2) What amount of state government advertising has been targeted towards Access 31? (3) What percentage of the state government television advertising budget does the answer to (2) represent? (4) What is the Government doing to ensure that community TV reaches more rural people and has a significant Western Australian component? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(3) What percentage of the state government television advertising budget does the answer to (2) represent? (4) What is the Government doing to ensure that community TV reaches more rural people and has a significant Western Australian component? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(4) What is the Government doing to ensure that community TV reaches more rural people and has a significant Western Australian component? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am advised - (1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(1) The Department of Culture and the Arts did not provide arts funding to Access 31 in the 2001-02 financial year, nor has it budgeted for it in the 2002-03 financial year. In the 2002-03 financial year, WestOne - the Department of Education and Training - funded broadcast time for education and training programs on Access 31 to the total value of $181 070, excluding GST. In the 2001-02 financial year, WestOne’s contract with Westlink - the Department of Local Government - provided $210 364 for broadcasting education and training programs on Access 31. A further $16 500 was paid directly to Access 31 for youth employment initiatives. (2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(2) A total of $70 308 was advertised through the Government’s Master Media agency contract in 2001-02, and $47 650 has been spent in the current financial year to date. (3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(3) 0.717 per cent in 2001-02 and 0.577 per cent in 2002-03. (4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
(4) The Government strongly endorses the important role that community television can play in increasing the diversity of broadcasting content across the State. The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
The State Government has recently lobbied the Commonwealth for the allocation of frequencies to transmit community TV to regional areas. Trial broadcasts to Albany of Perth’s Access 31 programming commenced in late December. Negotiations are under way to expand these trials to Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland. Through the Department of Local Government and Regional Development - I should have consulted the minister on this - the Government has also provided free satellite time to Access 31 to retransmit its programming to the regional centres participating in the trials. I understand that 49 per cent of Access 31’s programming is locally produced.
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