PLASTIC AND TYRE
RECYCLING — ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
760. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the Minister for Environment:
I ask this question on behalf of Hon
Tjorn Sibma, who is away on urgent parliamentary business.
I
refer to the 7 July 2020 media statement concerning $20 million of state
government grant funding to support plastic and tyre recycling in Western
Australia.
(1) What criteria will be used by the Department of
Water and Environmental Regulation to assess expressions of interest
submitted before the deadline of 17 August?
(2) Will any
specific rating be attached to that criteria?
(3) Who
specifically will assess expressions of interest within DWER and what are the
next steps before a decision to award a grant or grants is undertaken?
(4) What is the
final decision-making authority regarding the award of the grant or grants?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank Hon Tjorn Sibma for some
notice of the question. I would like to acknowledge his recent ascension to the
shadow ministry as shadow Minister for Environment and his first question in
that regard.
(1) Responses
will be assessed against the criteria contained in the expression of interest
form available on the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation's
website, which I now table.
[See paper 4096.]
(2) There was no specific weighting
applied to the criteria.
(3) The
assessment panel will comprise representatives from across government,
including the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, the Department
of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Infrastructure
WA, DevelopmentWA and the Department of Treasury. The panel will assess the
applications against the assessment criteria and make recommendations.
(4) Following the
assessment of the expression of interest responses, as the Minister for
Environment, I will make the final decision on the selected respondent or
respondents. The Western Australian government is working with the Australian
government to finalise a national partnership agreement, which will set out the
decision-making process for the allocation of funds.