❓ Ms. Shaw asks about the McGowan government's investment in the Western Australia Gourmet Escape and its impact on tourism and local businesses, particularly in the Swan Valley. The Minister details the expansion of the event to include the Swan Valley and Perth, aiming to attract more interstate visitors and benefit local businesses.
AnsweredQoN 782Legislative Assembly
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA GOURMET
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782. Ms
J.J. SHAW to the Minister for Tourism:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's significant investment in events that drive economic
growth across WA's tourism and hospitality sector and help create more
local jobs.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on how this government's decision to expand
the Western Australia Gourmet Escape is drawing more visitors to more parts of
our state, in particular the Swan Valley?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house how more local Western Australian businesses are
benefiting from this significant tourism event?
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782. Ms
J.J. SHAW to the Minister for Tourism:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's significant investment in events that drive economic
growth across WA's tourism and hospitality sector and help create more
local jobs.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on how this government's decision to expand
the Western Australia Gourmet Escape is drawing more visitors to more parts of
our state, in particular the Swan Valley?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house how more local Western Australian businesses are
benefiting from this significant tourism event?
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Set your watch, member for Bateman.
(1)–(2) Yes,
I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question. I can. I applaud her
interest and support of the tourism sector in
Western Australia, particularly in her electorate and the members for Midlands
and West Swan's electorates. The Swan Valley is a magnificent
asset for Western Australian tourism and we are about to boost it significantly
with the expansion of the Gourmet Escape. What we learnt about the Gourmet
Escape is that it was a wonderful event for raising brand awareness of Margaret
River, but it did not bring many people at all to Western Australia.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Vasse, I am just sitting here watching you.
Mr P. PAPALIA : It cost a lot
of money and built up the brand of Margaret River, which was a good thing, but
it did not bring many people to Western Australia. Since we took office,
tourism is all about bringing people from outside the state so that the economy
grows. People will come from outside the state and stay in our hotels, visit
our restaurants, bars and cafes, and get out to the regions and grow the
economy and jobs. That is what we are doing with the Gourmet Escape. This year
it is expanding. It will be the Western Australia Gourmet Escape. There will be
a whole weekend in the Swan Valley, with a magnificent new event at Sandalford
Wines called Gourmet Feast in the Valley, which is a weekend-long celebration
of food and music for the family, with food trucks, DJs, musicians catering to
all ages and musical tastes, a feast fire pit, a wine and sign event with Marco
Pierre White, workshops, community talks, a little growers' garden and
plenty of stuff for the kids.
Mr R.S. Love : All the fun of
the fair!
Mr P. PAPALIA : It will have
all the fun of the fair. During the Perth leg will be events at Wildflower and
a number of other places across the city. That brings all of Perth into the
Gourmet Escape culinary 10-day event. The entire city and surrounds will
participate. There will be events with Ciccio Sultano at Santini Bar and Grill;
Bistro Guillaume will have an event with Pierre Koffmann; and Wildflower will
have an event. There will be a magnificent selection of other opportunities to
encounter, but of course Margaret River will be everything it has been and more
with even more wonderful new events in Margaret River.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members, you do not want to miss any of
this.
Mr P. PAPALIA : The member for
Vasse will want to hear about the expansion of new events in Margaret River including a Caribbean–Australian
six-course lunch, a Q and A session with Dublin-born headline chef Colin
Fassnidge . There are excellent new events at Margaret River. Also in
Perth will be the World Gourmet Symposium at Mandoon Estate.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : You will be
going home.
Mr P. PAPALIA : There will be
something like 68 satellite and fringe events across the three locations over
the course of the 10 days. This will be a magnificent contribution to the
tourism sector and expansion of our calendar, and
will give plenty of other small businesses right across the state the
opportunity to market their wares to the world.
The SPEAKER : I owe the member
for Churchlands an apology; it was his turn. That was my bad. The opposition
will have two questions in a row.
(1)–(2) Yes,
I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question. I can. I applaud her
interest and support of the tourism sector in
Western Australia, particularly in her electorate and the members for Midlands
and West Swan's electorates. The Swan Valley is a magnificent
asset for Western Australian tourism and we are about to boost it significantly
with the expansion of the Gourmet Escape. What we learnt about the Gourmet
Escape is that it was a wonderful event for raising brand awareness of Margaret
River, but it did not bring many people at all to Western Australia.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Vasse, I am just sitting here watching you.
Mr P. PAPALIA : It cost a lot
of money and built up the brand of Margaret River, which was a good thing, but
it did not bring many people to Western Australia. Since we took office,
tourism is all about bringing people from outside the state so that the economy
grows. People will come from outside the state and stay in our hotels, visit
our restaurants, bars and cafes, and get out to the regions and grow the
economy and jobs. That is what we are doing with the Gourmet Escape. This year
it is expanding. It will be the Western Australia Gourmet Escape. There will be
a whole weekend in the Swan Valley, with a magnificent new event at Sandalford
Wines called Gourmet Feast in the Valley, which is a weekend-long celebration
of food and music for the family, with food trucks, DJs, musicians catering to
all ages and musical tastes, a feast fire pit, a wine and sign event with Marco
Pierre White, workshops, community talks, a little growers' garden and
plenty of stuff for the kids.
Mr R.S. Love : All the fun of
the fair!
Mr P. PAPALIA : It will have
all the fun of the fair. During the Perth leg will be events at Wildflower and
a number of other places across the city. That brings all of Perth into the
Gourmet Escape culinary 10-day event. The entire city and surrounds will
participate. There will be events with Ciccio Sultano at Santini Bar and Grill;
Bistro Guillaume will have an event with Pierre Koffmann; and Wildflower will
have an event. There will be a magnificent selection of other opportunities to
encounter, but of course Margaret River will be everything it has been and more
with even more wonderful new events in Margaret River.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members, you do not want to miss any of
this.
Mr P. PAPALIA : The member for
Vasse will want to hear about the expansion of new events in Margaret River including a Caribbean–Australian
six-course lunch, a Q and A session with Dublin-born headline chef Colin
Fassnidge . There are excellent new events at Margaret River. Also in
Perth will be the World Gourmet Symposium at Mandoon Estate.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : You will be
going home.
Mr P. PAPALIA : There will be
something like 68 satellite and fringe events across the three locations over
the course of the 10 days. This will be a magnificent contribution to the
tourism sector and expansion of our calendar, and
will give plenty of other small businesses right across the state the
opportunity to market their wares to the world.
The SPEAKER : I owe the member
for Churchlands an apology; it was his turn. That was my bad. The opposition
will have two questions in a row.
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