❓ Mr. Catania asks about the Karratha service workers housing project. Minister Grylls provides an update on the project's progress, funding, and future expansion plans, highlighting its positive impact on affordable housing for service workers in the Pilbara region.
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KARRATHA SERVICE WORKERS HOUSING PROJECT
It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the question that the member for North West was asking. I would like to hear it without interjection. Mr V.A. CATANIA : Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. Could the minister please update the house on the program of this initiative by the Liberal–National government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the question that the member for North West was asking. I would like to hear it without interjection. Mr V.A. CATANIA : Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. Could the minister please update the house on the program of this initiative by the Liberal–National government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
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I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the question that the member for North West was asking. I would like to hear it without interjection. Mr V.A. CATANIA : Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. Could the minister please update the house on the program of this initiative by the Liberal–National government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the question that the member for North West was asking. I would like to hear it without interjection. Mr V.A. CATANIA : Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. Could the minister please update the house on the program of this initiative by the Liberal–National government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Mr V.A. CATANIA : Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. Could the minister please update the house on the program of this initiative by the Liberal–National government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. Could the minister please update the house on the program of this initiative by the Liberal–National government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the question that the member for North West was asking. I would like to hear it without interjection. Mr V.A. CATANIA : Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. Could the minister please update the house on the program of this initiative by the Liberal–National government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the question that the member for North West was asking. I would like to hear it without interjection. Mr V.A. CATANIA : Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. Could the minister please update the house on the program of this initiative by the Liberal–National government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Mr V.A. CATANIA : Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. Could the minister please update the house on the program of this initiative by the Liberal–National government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
It is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. Could the minister please update the house on the program of this initiative by the Liberal–National government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
I thank the member for the question and inform the house that the first house is travelling—it is just opposite the Cervantes turnoff—to the Karratha service workers project. At last a government is recognising the fact that rents are such a major problem for the small business and the non-government sector. We have a major project happening there to deliver on our election commitment and to make a really positive difference to the small business and NGO sector in Karratha. The first of 100 homes destined to house service workers in Karratha departed Perth yesterday. It is currently making its way north and is expected to arrive in Karratha on Saturday. The bulk of the earthworks of the site were completed last month. Sixteen units are expected to be delivered and ready for occupation by the end of the year once the landscaping of the village has been completed. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Mr T.G. Stephens : What about Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo? Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We will probably get there as well. We are piloting this project in Karratha. I acknowledge that we will probably need one in Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Who is most likely to achieve that? It is probably the mob who has actually done it. We are very excited about this. The project has received $30 million under the royalties for regions Pilbara Cities plan, by which this government is investing more than $1 billion to revitalise the Pilbara, to drive regional growth in that area and to ensure that we have got the sorts of communities that can become places where people want to live rather than where people want to fly in, fly out, which has been a problem for so long. Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
Following expressions of interest last year, it is with great excitement that the people of Karratha will welcome the completion of the first home for non-government service workers at the end of this week. National Lifestyle Villages was appointed to build them and provide the ongoing management of the homes, with rental income to be returned to the state. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia and will house up to 250 people. The eligibility criteria and assessment process is managed by National Lifestyle Villages, with a management committee, which will ensure that the workers most in need will be prioritised for the housing. Businesses, along with their employees, can apply for a place in the new estate, which comprises one, two and three-bedroom dwellings. This is really important: rents will range from $300 per week for a one-bedroom dwelling to $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling. Given that currently the market rent there is well in excess of $2 000, to be able to provide service workers accommodation for $500 per week for a three-bedroom dwelling is an absolute quantum shift in the way we support regional development, especially in the Pilbara. A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
A management committee has been appointed to evaluate the eligibility of all the applications. It will be responsible for allocating the properties based on the ranking an applicant receives using the eligibility criteria. The criteria were developed by the Shire of Roebourne, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Karratha and Districts Chamber of Commerce and National Lifestyle Villages. Following completion of the first 16 homes, it is planned that two additional homes will be delivered every week over the coming year. Applications opened on 6 September and almost 100 people attended community information sessions in Karratha last weekend. If members want to know more, they can look up the website nlv.com.au to find out about this project. Again, we have looked at the problem and we have come up with an innovative way to address the problem. It is now being put in place. Before the end of the year, people will be moving into that accommodation at an affordable rent rather than an outlandish rent. As some members have said, this type of project might need to be undertaken in other areas of the Pilbara with demand. This government commits; where there is a problem we will act, rather than coming up with fanciful stories in Parliament, or out there in the community, and deliver outcomes that are needed in regional Western Australia.
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