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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 982 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 November 2021 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CORONAVIRUS — WA RECOVERY PLAN — REGIONAL LAND BOOSTER PACKAGE

982. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the Minister for Lands:

I refer to the Auditor General's report of 20 October titled Roll-out of state COVID-19 stimulus initiatives: July 2020–March 2021, which identified a miserly 13 per cent uptake of the $166.3 million allocated to affordable regional land packages, and citing that there was very limited consumer demand from purchasers due to the location of the land packages.

(1) Will the minister please list the specific regional locations of the regional land packages and the number of blocks offered to purchasers at each of those locations under the stimulus initiative?

(2) What was the criteria for selecting the location of these regional land packages, and who had the final determination of the land packages to be offered?

(3) Are the land packages at these locations still being offered to purchasers; and, if not, what is the status of these packages?

(4) Will the minister now commit to releasing affordable regional land packages in regional WA that have pre-determined consumer demand; and, if not, why not?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question. The Minister for Lands has provided the following information.

(1) The list is comprehensive and will be provided by Thursday, 18 November 2021.

(2) All regional locations with titled lots for sale or forecast development works by DevelopmentWA at July 2020 were included in the package that was approved by government.

(3) Yes. As at 5 November 2021, 375 lots had been contracted for sale across 52 regional towns—244 residential lots; 55 light industrial, commercial or tourism lots; and 76 general industrial lots—with Karratha, Broome and Kalgoorlie having the most significant sales numbers. This is a fivefold increase above forecast sales before the Regional Land Booster initiative.

(4) The government continues to support the development of land in response to market demand in regional communities through DevelopmentWA's activities.