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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 10 asked in the Legislative Council on 4 May 2021 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

LOTTERYWEST GRANTS — VICTORY LIFE CENTRE

10. Hon PETER COLLIER to the Leader of the House representing the Premier:

I refer to the response to question without notice 1158 asked on Thursday, 22 October 2020.

(1) Will the Premier confirm that a proposal for a Lotterywest grant lodged by Margaret Court Community Outreach was rejected because of ''public statements by the organisation's founder on gay and lesbian issues and on marriage equality''?

(2) Were there any other reasons that the grant proposal was rejected?

(3) If yes to (2), what were these reasons and why were they not included in the response?

(4) If yes to (2), were these reasons provided to the Margaret Court Community Outreach; and, if not, why not?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

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

(1) The proposal was rejected by the board for a number of reasons, including concerns about Lotterywest being associated with these public statements.

(2) Yes.

(3) The proposal assessed low against the criteria for the fund.

(4) Yes.