❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the state's negotiating position on phase 3 of Natural Heritage Trust funding, specifically concerning regional funding models and control. The Minister's response indicates ongoing determination of the negotiating position and denies intentions to centralize funding control.
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NATURAL HERITAGE TRUST FUNDING
Given the need for urgency in negotiations with the federal government on phase 3 of Natural Heritage Trust funding arrangements and the strong support from Western Australia’s natural resource management groups for the regional funding model - (1) Has cabinet signed off on the state’s negotiating position for NHT3? (2) Can the minister confirm whether the state government intends to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model? (3) Can the minister confirm whether the model being considered reflects 15 per cent of funding direct to regional groups, 35 per cent to state agencies and 50 per cent to certified projects managed by the state natural resource management office? Mr M.P. WHITELY
Given the need for urgency in negotiations with the federal government on phase 3 of Natural Heritage Trust funding arrangements and the strong support from Western Australia’s natural resource management groups for the regional funding model - (1) Has cabinet signed off on the state’s negotiating position for NHT3? (2) Can the minister confirm whether the state government intends to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model? (3) Can the minister confirm whether the model being considered reflects 15 per cent of funding direct to regional groups, 35 per cent to state agencies and 50 per cent to certified projects managed by the state natural resource management office? Mr M.P. WHITELY
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I thank the member for Stirling for some notice of this question. The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food has provided the following response - (1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(1) Has cabinet signed off on the state’s negotiating position for NHT3? (2) Can the minister confirm whether the state government intends to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model? (3) Can the minister confirm whether the model being considered reflects 15 per cent of funding direct to regional groups, 35 per cent to state agencies and 50 per cent to certified projects managed by the state natural resource management office? Mr M.P. WHITELY replied: I thank the member for Stirling for some notice of this question. The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food has provided the following response - (1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(2) Can the minister confirm whether the state government intends to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model? (3) Can the minister confirm whether the model being considered reflects 15 per cent of funding direct to regional groups, 35 per cent to state agencies and 50 per cent to certified projects managed by the state natural resource management office? Mr M.P. WHITELY replied: I thank the member for Stirling for some notice of this question. The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food has provided the following response - (1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(3) Can the minister confirm whether the model being considered reflects 15 per cent of funding direct to regional groups, 35 per cent to state agencies and 50 per cent to certified projects managed by the state natural resource management office? Mr M.P. WHITELY replied: I thank the member for Stirling for some notice of this question. The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food has provided the following response - (1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
Mr M.P. WHITELY replied: I thank the member for Stirling for some notice of this question. The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food has provided the following response - (1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
I thank the member for Stirling for some notice of this question. The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food has provided the following response - (1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(1) Has cabinet signed off on the state’s negotiating position for NHT3? (2) Can the minister confirm whether the state government intends to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model? (3) Can the minister confirm whether the model being considered reflects 15 per cent of funding direct to regional groups, 35 per cent to state agencies and 50 per cent to certified projects managed by the state natural resource management office? Mr M.P. WHITELY replied: I thank the member for Stirling for some notice of this question. The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food has provided the following response - (1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(2) Can the minister confirm whether the state government intends to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model? (3) Can the minister confirm whether the model being considered reflects 15 per cent of funding direct to regional groups, 35 per cent to state agencies and 50 per cent to certified projects managed by the state natural resource management office? Mr M.P. WHITELY replied: I thank the member for Stirling for some notice of this question. The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food has provided the following response - (1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(3) Can the minister confirm whether the model being considered reflects 15 per cent of funding direct to regional groups, 35 per cent to state agencies and 50 per cent to certified projects managed by the state natural resource management office? Mr M.P. WHITELY replied: I thank the member for Stirling for some notice of this question. The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food has provided the following response - (1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
Mr M.P. WHITELY replied: I thank the member for Stirling for some notice of this question. The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food has provided the following response - (1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
I thank the member for Stirling for some notice of this question. The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Food has provided the following response - (1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(1) The government is in the process of determining the state’s negotiating position on NHT3. (2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(2) The Minister for Agriculture and Food confirms that it is not the state government’s intention to remove funding control from regional natural resource management groups to a more centralist model. (3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
(3) There is no basis to the percentage figures quoted by the member. There has not been any indicative allocation of funds by the commonwealth to the state and no decisions on percentage allocations to fund various projects.
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