COLLIE MOTORPLEX —
UPGRADES
982. Hon COLIN HOLT to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Sport and Recreation:
I refer to the Collie Motorplex.
(1) Will the
minister please provide a detailed breakdown of how the $100 000 promised to
market the Collie Motorplex has been expended, especially the marketing of the
2019 Australian Historic Road Racing Championship motorcycle event?
(2) Given that
the stage 1 upgrades were funded by the previous state government and the stage
2 upgrades have mostly been funded by Bendigo Bank and the federal government,
will the minister please list all funding for upgrades provided by the current
state government?
(3) Will the
minister please list all state government funding programs that the Collie
Motorplex may be eligible to apply for?
(4) Will the
minister please outline the efforts he has made to facilitate funding for
further upgrades of the Collie Motorplex?
(5) Will the
minister please provide details of upgrades to the Collie Motorplex, including
who provided the funding for the upcoming 2019 Australian Historic Road Racing
Championship motorcycle event?
Hon SUE ELLERY replied:
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) As at 5
September 2019, the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural
Industries did not have any evidence of expenditure by Motoring South West.
(2) As the
honourable member has been previously advised, in 2017, the state government
allocated $314 000 in royalties for regions funding to the Collie Motorplex for
track improvements to enable the track to be sanctioned by national motorsport
bodies.
(3) The state funding programs are the community
sporting and recreation facilities fund, royalties for regions and the Collie Futures Fund. To date, no applications
for funding through these avenues have been forthcoming.
(4) The Minister
for Sport and Recreation has led the development of the WA motorsport strategy,
which provides a framework for the continued development of black track
motorsport in the state. The minister has also encouraged Motoring South West,
the operator of the Collie raceway, to undertake master planning for the Collie
raceway.
(5) The funding
provided by the state government to upgrade the Collie Motorplex was not
specific to the hosting of the Historic Road
Racing Championship motorcycle event. The Historic Competition Motorcycle
Club of WA has received $14 200 funding for
event overlay to host the 2019 Australian historic motorcycle road
racing championships at the Collie Motorplex.