ROYALTIES FOR REGIONS — REGIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECT
1269. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Minister for Regional Development:
I refer to supplementary information
A2 provided following the Legislative Assembly Estimates Committee A hearing on
20 October 2020.
(1) Is the regional
telecommunications project fully funded by royalties for regions?
(2) Are the seven sites located in
the ''Perth Outer East'' region located in the metropolitan area?
(3) Has any royalties for regions funding been
allocated to the development, or construction, of these seven sites?
(4) If yes to (3), how has this
expenditure complied with section 9 of the Royalties for Regions Act 2009?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
(1) The regional telecommunications project is
co-funded, generally, by the state government through royalties for regions,
the commonwealth government and telecommunications providers. Of course, we
only co-fund when we have had a role in the decision-making. When the
commonwealth decides, perhaps in the context of an election, that it is going
to provide certain upgrades, our view is that it funds those entirely.
(2) Five of the
seven sites are co-located in the metropolitan area. The remaining two sites,
Chidlow North and Lesley East, are located in the Peel region.
(3) No. There is no state funding
provided to those seven sites, for the reasons I discussed before.
(4) Not applicable.