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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 157 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 March 2022 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CORONAVIRUS — SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS

157. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the Leader of the House representing the Premier:

I refer to the Premier's announcement on 2 March 2022 of a level 2 COVID-19 business assistance package.

(1) How was the figure of $72 million for the support package arrived at, and what assumptions and information did the government use to calculate expected business losses?

(2) Will the government table for the house the modelling, assumptions and calculations used to arrive at this figure; and, if not, why not?

(3) On what date will applications for the support package open and what department or agency will oversee the assessment of the applications?

(4) What criteria were used to deem a business eligible for the support package, and will the Premier table those criteria; and, if not, why not?

(5) What were the criteria used to deem a business ineligible for the support package, and will the Premier table those criteria; and, if not, why?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the member for some notice of the question.

(1)–(2) This information is Expenditure Review Committee-in-confidence.

(3) The Small Business Development Corporation will oversee applications for the $67 million Small Business Hardship Grants program. As per the Premier's media statement of 4 March 2022, applications for the hardship grants will open on 17 March 2022.

Revenue WA is currently assessing payroll tax waivers for affected large hospitality businesses.

The COVID-19 commercial sporting franchises support program provides a rebate of $35 000 per game for venue hire costs and will be processed as events occur.

(4)–(5) Eligibility criteria are available on the Small Business Development Corporation—there is a word missing—website. That is not a satisfactory answer so I will ensure that a hard copy is made available.