- Title
QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
Rural Adjustment Scheme
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10-09-1996
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139
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Senator Bob Collins
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Senator Parer
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chamber/hansards/1996-09-10/0166
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Senator Bob Collins
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy, upon notice, on 16 July 1996:
(1) By State and program: (a) what was the value of assistance, and (b) how many farmers received assistance through the Rural Adjustment Scheme in 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96 financial years.
(2) Following the `Our Land' initiative, what are the forward estimates from the scheme for the 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99 financial years.
(3) By State and program, how much of this funding is already committed and how much is available for new initiatives for the 1996-97 financial year.
Senator Parer
— The Minister for Primary Industries and Energy has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:
(1)(a) The value of Commonwealth assistance through the Rural Adjustment Scheme in 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96 financial years was:
| State | RAS 1992 $m | RAS 1988 $m | Exceptional Circumstances $m | Total $m |
| 1993-94 | ||||
| NSW | 9.922 | 29.599 | 11.474 | 50.995 |
| VIC | 5.217 | 10.617 | 2.729 | 18.563 |
| QLD | 7.927 | 8.831 | 15.696 | 32.454 |
| SA | 4.715 | 8.682 | 9.620 | 23.017 |
| WA | 2.596 | 2.188 | 2.073 | 6.857 |
| TAS | 0.724 | 1.466 | 0.656 | 2.846 |
| NT | 0.386 | 0.242 | 0.000 | 0.628 |
| Total | 31.487 | 61.625 | 42.248 | 135.360 |
| 1994-95 | ||||
| NSW | 12.580 | 16.561 | 29.241 | 58.382 |
| VIC | 5.315 | 2.490 | 0.399 | 8.204 |
| QLD | 11.595 | 5.681 | 33.405 | 50.681 |
| SA | 6.424 | 8.187 | 0.828 | 15.439 |
| WA | 4.360 | 0.243 | 0.527 | 5.130 |
| TAS | 0.919 | 0.307 | 0.867 | 2.093 |
| NT | 0.511 | 0.063 | 0.000 | 0.574 |
| Total | 41.704 | 33.532 | 65.267 | 140.503 |
| 1995-96 | ||||
| NSW | 14.258 | 9.758 | 34.807 | 58.823 |
| VIC | 7.447 | 0.829 | 0.902 | 9.178 |
| QLD | 10.505 | 2.328 | 32.069 | 44.902 |
| SA | 3.593 | 0.000 | 0.643 | 4.236 |
| WA | 3.229 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3.229 |
| TAS | 1.375 | 0.190 | 0.998 | 2.563 |
| NT | 0.331 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.331 |
| Total | 40.738 | 13.105 | 69.419 | 123.262 |
(1)(b) The number of farmers assisted through the Rural Adjustment Scheme in 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96 financial years are shown below. Data is not collected for the number of farmers assisted under the RAS 1988 Scheme.
| State | RAS 1992 | Exceptional Circumstances | Total |
| 1993-94 | |||
| NSW | 1,522 | 1,107 | 2,629 |
| VIC | 730 | 598 | 1,328 |
| QLD | 1,183 | 2,163 | 3,346 |
| SA | 809 | 1,548 | 2,357 |
| WA | 1,789 | 112 | 1,901 |
| TAS | 173 | 55 | 228 |
| NT | 93 | 0 | 93 |
| Total | 6,299 | 5,583 | 11,882 |
| 1994-95 | |||
| NSW | 1,620 | 1,826 | 3,446 |
| VIC | 734 | 68 | 802 |
| QLD | 1,418 | 2,769 | 4,187 |
| SA | 503 | 149 | 652 |
| WA | 1,462 | 22 | 1,484 |
| TAS | 259 | 57 | 316 |
| NT | 56 | 0 | 56 |
| Total | 6,052 | 4,891 | 10,943 |
| 1995-96 | |||
| NSW | 1,895 | 2,081 | 3,976 |
| VIC | 1,218 | 51 | 1,269 |
| QLD | 1,702 | 2,571 | 4,273 |
| SA | 348 | 105 | 453 |
| WA | 2,925 | 0 | 2,925 |
| TAS | 273 | 44 | 317 |
| NT | 59 | 0 | 59 |
| Total | 8,420 | 4,852 | 13,272 |
(2) Publicly available information on the forward estimates for RAS is available in the Commonwealth Budget Papers.
(3) The amount available for new initiatives will be determined in the Budget context.