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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 922 asked in the Legislative Council on 15 September 2020 by Hon Colin Holt

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

RACING AND WAGERING WESTERN AUSTRALIA — INDUSTRY FUNDING

922. Hon COLIN HOLT to the minister representing the Minister for Racing and Gaming:

I refer to Racing and Wagering Western Australia's distribution to the racing industry.

(1) Can the minister please provide a breakdown of the budget projections of funding sources for the distribution of $182.3 million to the racing industry in 2020–21 from —

(a) WA TAB profits;

(b) race field fees;

(c) the point-of-consumption tax;

(d) cash reserves; and

(e) other activities, and please define each activity?

(2) How much was distributed to the industry in 2019–20, and could the minister please provide a breakdown of the funding sources for this distribution, including the amount from —

(a) WA TAB profits;

(b) race field fees;

(c) the point-of-consumption tax;

(d) cash reserves; and

(e) other activities, and please define each activity?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Racing and Gaming.

(1) Apart from race field fees and point-of-consumption tax, the level of detail requested by the member is not publicly reported, as detailing previous budget allocations or projected budget allocations that fund the distributions to the level of detail requested would disclose competitive and commercially sensitive information about the WA TAB, which operates in a highly competitive environment, and therefore would potentially compromise the WA TAB's competitive position.

(2) As race field fees and point-of-consumption tax are provided in Racing and Wagering Western Australia's annual report, which will be tabled in Parliament this year, I can advise that the total industry funding for 2019–20 was $162 million. Noting that the figures are from the unaudited year and are subject to change, the amount is made up of $25 million in point-of-consumption tax receipts and $93 million in race field receipts, along with additional funding from a combination of profits made by WA TAB and other funding sources.