Home›Questions on Notice›QoN 1733

❓ Hon Robin Chapple asks about the rate base and number of WA local governments receiving minimum grant entitlements. The Minister provides specific figures and names the councils affected.

AnsweredQoN 1733Legislative Council

Asked

14 October 2014

Member

Hon Robin Chapple

Portfolio

Local Government

QuestionView source ↗

(1) Of all the local government councils in Western Australia, what is the rate base in terms of minimum grant entitlements? (2) How many Western Australian councils are currently receiving the minimum grant entitlement? (3) Can the Minister name each of the councils in (2)? (4) If no to (3), why not? (5) How many Western Australian councils are close to the threshold of the minimum grant entitlement?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered

25 November 2014

Responded by

Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Local Government

Response time

42 days

(1) The minimum grant principle states that a local government cannot receive less than 30 per cent of what they would have been allocated if the General Purpose Grant pool for WA was distributed on a per capita basis. In 2014-15, the minimum grant is $20.65 per capita.
(2) In 2014-15, there are 31 local governments receiving the minimum grant.
(3) Yes. The local governments receiving the minimum grant are:
Augusta-Margaret River
East Fremantle
Perth
Bassendean
Fremantle
Rockingham
Bayswater
Gosnells
South Perth
Belmont
Joondalup
Stirling
Bunbury
Kalamunda
Subiaco
Busselton
Kwinana
Swan
Cambridge
Mandurah
Victoria Park
Canning
Melville
Vincent
Claremont
Mosman Park
Wanneroo
Cockburn
Nedlands
Cottesloe
Peppermint Grove
(4) Not applicable.
(5) In 2014-15, five local governments were calculated to be close to the minimum grant entitlement threshold, which are:
· Boddington
· Irwin
· Kalgoorlie-Boulder
· Karratha
· Port Hedland

View on Parliament of WA