ROYALTIES FOR REGIONS — 2019–20
STATE BUDGET
653. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Minister for Regional Development:
I refer to the $22.9 million of
royalties for regions funding contained in the 2019–20 state budget
under the line item ''Administered Items''.
(1) Will the
minister please identify the projects and individual funding amounts contained
within this line item in 2019–20 and across the forward estimates?
(2) Will the
minister please detail any material change to the administered items since the
delivery of the 2019–20 budget to the Parliament?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the
member for the question.
(1) The
administered items budget line is a provision made mainly for election
commitments when further planning is required to deliver the proposals. I am
advised that it was the standard practice of the previous government to not
disclose those projects under development until they had been considered and
approved by government. However, funding provisions for the following projects
are included within the administered items budget line: Albany artificial surf
reef; Bunbury port planning; Collie Hospital upgrade; Collie TAFE upgrade; the
development of serviced industrial land; goldfields emergency telehealth;
Kalgoorlie motorsport precinct; Laverton Hospital; the regional
telecommunications project; and the two-year electronic monitoring trial.
(2) There has been no change to the
administered items budget line.