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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 673 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 August 2022 by Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

HOMELESSNESS — LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP FUND

673. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Homelessness:

I refer to the local government partnership fund for homelessness and the 11 local governments and partner organisations that applied, totalling $1.3 million in applications. In a public announcement on 24 June 2022, only two local governments were successful, receiving a total of $280 000 in funding. In the publicly available information session on 7 September 2021, it stated to allow up to 12 weeks from the closing date to assess and award grants to successful applicants.

(1) How long did it take to assess the applications, given I was told in Parliament on 24 February 2022 that the assessment process was complete?

(2) Why did it take eight and a half months from the close of applications to notify 11 applicants of the outcome and publicly announce the two successful applications?

(3) When will the department's review of the local government partnership fund for homelessness occur and will the outcome be made publicly available?

(4) Will the unspent $1.22 million from the first grant round still be utilised, along with the remaining $4.5 million for future rounds, to support local governments and their role in addressing homelessness?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1)–(4) The assessment of applications to the local government partnership fund required careful review and deliberation due to the majority of applications not meeting the fund's intent. Evaluation of the unsuccessful applications found that they did not align with the government's objectives, including displaying value for money. In addition to this, the assessment process of applications was impacted by absences and illness due to COVID-19. The future of the fund is currently being reviewed and application of the remaining funds will be considered in the near future.