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(ii)
8195
in the 2000/2001 State Budget?
(d)
will each of the agency libraries remain fully operational during the coming financial year; and
(e)
if no to (d) above, in which agency will there be a change, what is the nature of the change, and why is the change
occurring?
Mr OMODEI replied:
DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
(a)
Department of Local Government.
(b)
0.6
(c)
(i)
(ii)
(d)
Operates 3 days/week.
$9000
$9000
SMALL BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
2489.
Ms ANWYL to the Minister for Commerce and Trade:
(1)
What grants are available for small business for development or other purposes from the Department or the Small
Business Development Corporation?
(2)
Which businesses are eligible to receive grants and what is the decision making process?
(3)
Which businesses have applied for assistance?
(4)
Which businesses have received assistance since 1996?
(5)
How many businesses based in Kalgoorlie-Boulder have received assistance?
(6)
Will you specify each business and the amount received?
Mr COWAN replied:
Department of Commerce and Trade
(1)
The department provides financial support under 56 financial assistance schemes of which 40 are available to small
business. The majority of these provide assistance in the form of grants. Details of these schemes can be found
on the department’s website at www.commerce.wa.gov.au.
(2)
The eligibility criteria and decision making process varies from scheme to scheme. These details also are available
from the department’s website.
(3)
The department does not record applications for financial assistance on its Financial Management Information
System (FMIS). The FMIS only records businesses to which payments have been made.
(4)
A list of all recipients of grants and subsidies made to industry and business during the previous financial year is
tabled annually. This information is available from Bills and Papers in the Legislative Assembly.
(5)-(6) A search of the department’s FMIS has identified 26 private enterprises with Kalgoorlie-Boulder addresses as
having received a grant or subsidy from the Department of Commerce and Trade since 1 July 1996. These are:
Advanced Mining Exploration Technologies
Air Liquide W A Pty Ltd
Alu Glass
B A Henneker
Boise Cascade Office Products
Christie B
Delux Trade Centre
Desert Timber Products Pty Ltd
Desert Timber Products Pty Ltd
Downhole Surveys Pty Ltd
Downhole Surveys Pty Ltd
Flame Consultants
Flame Consultants
Freerange Supplies
G B Gillespie & Sons Pty Ltd
G B Gillespie & Sons Pty Ltd
Goldfield Satellite Services
Goldfields Metal Industries
Goldfields Mining Expo
Greenhill Electrical Pty Ltd
Kalgoorlie Pastoralists & Graziers Fair Comm
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce
Kendall Engineers
Kendall Engineers
Looten Engineers
1633.80
335.50
1000.00
2906.25
740.00
5000.00
9382.15
6374.00
218.70
3968.00
1000.00
4290.00
4940.00
9076.00
636.60
1159.70
9750.00
4980.00
3012.00
1000.00
2992.00
2618.00
2000.00
7480.00
1877.50
8196
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On-Line Business Equipment
PL & VV Robinson
Stationery Plus
Steelmark Eagle and Globe
Wall & Co
Wall & Co
Watermakers Australia
693.00
1000.00
2393.85
709.00
4040.00
4840.00
10000.00
Small Business Development Corporation
(1)
There are two grant programs administered by the Small Business Development Corporation (SBDC) which are
available to eligible small businesses. Both are State Government funded and the payments made have been tabled
in Parliament annually for the past few years. The two programs are:
The Small Business Improvement Program (SBIP) which offers eligible small businesses a financial
contribution towards the cost of using external consultants to complete a business assessment, business
plan, strategic marketing plan or an E-commerce strategic plan for the business, or to achieve quality
assurance certification.
The Business Innovation Development Scheme (BIDS) which offers eligible innovators and inventors
a financial contribution towards the cost of using external consultants to assess the prospect and work
towards the commercialisation of their invention. This can include assistance with the cost of engineering
and design advice, market planning and intellectual property protection.
(2)
The SBIP was originally administered by the Department of Commerce & Trade and was transferred to the SBDC
in April 1997. The eligibility criteria have changed over the period 1996 to 2000. Briefly, the current criteria seek
to make funding available to any small, WA-based business (except mining companies and broadacre farmers)
which has been in operation for at least 12 months, is WA based and is managed personally by its owners, who
live in WA. The business should not be owned by a public company and should have no government ownership
or funding. In addition, the number of employees of the business (or, if the owners also own other businesses, the
group of businesses) should not exceed 20 (if a service business) or 100 (if manufacturing).
To be eligible for BIDS assistance, applicants must be either a prospective or existing small business, or
individuals wishing to commercialise an invention or new technology, which is potentially strongly commercial
but is in the pre-commercialisation stage and able to have its intellectual property protected. If the applicant is an
existing small business, it must satisfy the same eligibility criteria as an SBIP applicant, outlined in 2(a) above,
except for the requirement to be in operation for at least 12 months. The decision making process for both
programs is as follows:
An information kit is supplied to potential applicants. The applicant is able to consider their eligibility.
If they believe they meet the criteria they apply for assistance. Their application is assessed by SBDC
staff against the eligibility criteria and the application is accepted or rejected.
(3)
The SBDC does not retain a database of businesses that apply for funding assistance, only those approved for
funding.
(4)
Details of assistance provided are tabled annually and are available from Bills & Papers in the Legislative
Assembly.
(5)-(6) Twenty six businesses in Kalgoorlie-Boulder have received SBIP assistance since 1996. An additional four
currently have funding approval to undertake one of the services. One applicant in Kalgoorlie-Boulder has
received BIDS financial assistance. The businesses in Kalgoorlie-Boulder which have received assistance under
the SBIP since 1998 are:
Kalgoorlie Business
Alu Glass
Downhole Surveys
Downhole Surveys
DWG Contracting
Flame Consultants
G B Gillespie & Son Pty Ltd
Goldfields Dean’s Autoglass
Gould Instruments
Greenhill Electrical
JGB Contracting
Looten Engineers
Ludin Computers
On-Line Business
PL & VV Robinson
PGB Enterprises
Resource Services
Rossides Bros Pty Ltd
Signed by Rambrandt
Strudwick HR
Timbers of the Goldfields
Amount
$1,000
$2,000
$1,000
$4,875
$4,290
$5,000
$2,000
$1,703
$1,000
$2,000
$1,877.50
$450
$2,000
$1,000
$4,940
$450
$2,000
$450
$2,000
$8,625
Date
(13/12/96)
(29/8/97)
(22/11/96)
(28/1/00)
(30/9/96)
(30/9/98)
(28/4/00)
(30/5/97)
(16/12/96)
(30/5/97)
(12/11/96)
(20/6/96)
(26/9/97)
(31/1/97)
(16/11/99)
(25/10/95)
(15/6/99)
(1/3/96)
(24/4/97)
(18/3/96)
Funding has been approved for the following but the service is yet to be completed:
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Mondrill Pty Ltd
Tru Blu Torque
$2,000
$2,000
Boulder Business
Ausdrill
Earthmoving Plant Mechanics
Goldfields Commercial Security
Goldfields Metal Industries
Mangelsdorf Engineering
Total Energy Engineering P/L
Amount
$1,576.25
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
8197
Date
(18/4/97)
(30/3/99)
(23/6/99)
(17/4/98)
(30/6/99)
(19/10/99)
Funding has been approved for the following but the service is yet to be completed:
Grime Fighters - Fluid Clean WA
Hughes Hydrocleaning
$3,000
$2,000
BIDS financial assistance of $5,000 has been approved for Terry O’Leary of Kalgoorlie.
MUSIC FOR YOUTH, EXPENDITURE
2515.
Ms WARNOCK to the Minister for the Arts:
(1)
What specifically has been allocated to the development of contemporary music or other youth oriented music in
the 2000-2001 budget?
(2)
What if anything is being spent on the performance of rock or other contemporary music in regional areas?
(3)
What exactly is the Government’s Young People and the Arts policy?
(4)
How successful has it been?
(5)
What does it involve?
(6)
What has the Government done with the Arts Venture Capital Fund?
(7)
Has it been successful?
(8)
Does the Government’s plan for the Convention Centre involve any arts facilities?
(9)
If so, what are they?
(10)
What financial commitment is there within the Ministry budget to support community access television?
Mr BOARD replied:
(1)
The Western Australian Music Industry Association (WAM) receives $40 000 per annum. An additional $25 000
has been provided for development purposes in 2000/2001. ArtsWA estimates that $200 000 will be spent on
contemporary music through ArtsWA and arts related agencies in 2000-2001.
(2)
Approximately $50 000 from the 1999/2000 Budget was spent on performance of rock and other contemporary
music in regional areas. In addition the Western Australian Music Industry Association received $65 000, a
portion of which would be focused on regional music performance through the Kiss My WAMI's showcasing
events whilst Country Arts WA manages the $25 000 Louder devolved funding program for regional
contemporary music.
(3)
The Arts and Young People Policy was launched by the Minister for the Arts in February 1997. The policy aims
to enrich young people's appreciation of, and access to, the arts. It emphasises the need to ensure that there are
arts products and experiences that are relevant to young people, produced with and by them as well as for them.
The objective of the policy is to ensure that all young people in Western Australia have access to the arts,
regardless of their economic, social, cultural or geographic circumstances. The four key areas being addressed
are:
opportunities and access;
recognition and promotion;
resources to achieve excellence; and
representation.
The policy and new initiatives aim to make a positive difference over the next three to five years.
(4)
ArtsWA is currently finalising a report into the success of the funded initiatives of the Young People and the Arts
Policy. A draft report will be available in July 2000, which will provide quantitative and qualitative data regarding
the Young People and the Arts Program from 1997 to 1999. The report will also examine emerging issues and
will suggest priority areas for action.
(5)
The Policy has led to the following ongoing initiatives:
ArtsWA's Young People and the Arts Project Officer position was established in 1997 to implement the
Policy initiatives and to assist young people to develop funding applications.
The Young People and the Arts Panel (YPAP) was established in 1997 with a membership of young
people predominantly aged under twenty-five years.