❓ A WA parliamentary question probes the arts development panel's grant assessment process, specifically regarding the Indigo Journal's unsuccessful funding application and the broader support for literary journals. The Minister's response is a general overview of the process.
AnsweredQoN 489Legislative Council
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ARTS DEVELOPMENT PANEL — INDIGO JOURNAL
(1) Will the minister describe the grants assessment process of the arts development panel, including whether it is provided with any background information and whether each member of the panel has to request this information from the project officer? (2) What information did the arts development panel have when it formed its opinion during the February funding round that indigo journal was not competitive enough? (3) What specific information, if any, supported this view? (4) Does the minister think that the state government’s financial support for indigo journal has been valued by WA’s literary community? (5) Are there any plans to provide a recurrent funding source for literary journals in Western Australia? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY
(1) Will the minister describe the grants assessment process of the arts development panel, including whether it is provided with any background information and whether each member of the panel has to request this information from the project officer? (2) What information did the arts development panel have when it formed its opinion during the February funding round that indigo journal was not competitive enough? (3) What specific information, if any, supported this view? (4) Does the minister think that the state government’s financial support for indigo journal has been valued by WA’s literary community? (5) Are there any plans to provide a recurrent funding source for literary journals in Western Australia? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
(2) What information did the arts development panel have when it formed its opinion during the February funding round that indigo journal was not competitive enough? (3) What specific information, if any, supported this view? (4) Does the minister think that the state government’s financial support for indigo journal has been valued by WA’s literary community? (5) Are there any plans to provide a recurrent funding source for literary journals in Western Australia? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
(3) What specific information, if any, supported this view? (4) Does the minister think that the state government’s financial support for indigo journal has been valued by WA’s literary community? (5) Are there any plans to provide a recurrent funding source for literary journals in Western Australia? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
(4) Does the minister think that the state government’s financial support for indigo journal has been valued by WA’s literary community? (5) Are there any plans to provide a recurrent funding source for literary journals in Western Australia? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
(5) Are there any plans to provide a recurrent funding source for literary journals in Western Australia? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
(1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
(2) What information did the arts development panel have when it formed its opinion during the February funding round that indigo journal was not competitive enough? (3) What specific information, if any, supported this view? (4) Does the minister think that the state government’s financial support for indigo journal has been valued by WA’s literary community? (5) Are there any plans to provide a recurrent funding source for literary journals in Western Australia? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
(3) What specific information, if any, supported this view? (4) Does the minister think that the state government’s financial support for indigo journal has been valued by WA’s literary community? (5) Are there any plans to provide a recurrent funding source for literary journals in Western Australia? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
(4) Does the minister think that the state government’s financial support for indigo journal has been valued by WA’s literary community? (5) Are there any plans to provide a recurrent funding source for literary journals in Western Australia? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
(5) Are there any plans to provide a recurrent funding source for literary journals in Western Australia? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
(1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.
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