TOURISM — THE PROJECT
253. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Tourism:
I
refer to the minister's refusal to answer to my question yesterday
about funding provided to producers of The Project.
(1) How much state government
funding was provided to The Project?
(2) What is the expected return on
investment for that funding?
(3) Was the decision to enter into
this contract unanimously supported by Tourism WA?
(4) Did the minister approve the
agreement; and, if not, when was the minister advised about it?
(5) Will the minister table the
agreement; and, if not, why not?
Hon
SAMANTHA ROWE replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I answer on behalf of the Minister for Emergency
Services. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for
Tourism.
(1)–(5) Tourism Western Australia has advised there is
insufficient time to assess the media partnership arrangements against
its internal policy and guidelines for the release of information that is
commercial in nature. Therefore, the
Minister for Tourism asks the honourable member to place this aspect of the
question on notice.