COMMUNITY RESOURCE
CENTRES — TRAINEESHIPS
697. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Minister for Regional Development:
I refer to the minister's
announcement on 10 August 2018 that community resource centre funding will
continue at the full $13 million per annum, particularly her reference to
traineeships being made available to regional areas that do not have a CRC.
(1) How does the minister intend to
provide trainees to regional areas without a CRC?
(2) Will these positions be funded
from the $13 million allocation to the CRC network?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
(1)–(2) We
indicated that the $2 million for regional training through the CRCs would, as
a matter of equity, be made available to those local authorities that do not
have CRCs, excluding the large what we might call ''regional capitals''.
We are looking at, I think, in the order of between 20 and 30 local government
authorities spread right throughout the state that currently do not have CRCs.
It is certainly our view that regional equity—I am sure that the member
would support us in this—will allow those local authorities the
opportunity to participate. Within the framework, we want to encourage the CRCs
to work with their local authority and the private sector so that we can ensure
that the traineeships are strong and lead to future jobs for the people who
take up those traineeships.