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Tuesday, 5 December 2000
Page: 20787


Senator Mackay asked the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, upon notice, on 5 October 2000:

(1) What programs and/or grants administered by the department provide assistance to people living in the electorate of Richmond.

(2) What was the level of funding provided through these programs and grants for the 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99 financial years.

(3) What is the level of funding provided through programs and grants that has been appropriated for the 1999-2000 financial year.


Senator Hill (Minister for the Environment and Heritage) —The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

The following table relates to particular grants that are being delivered to the electorate of Richmond.

(1) and (3)

PROGRAM/GRANT

1996-97$

1997-98$

1998-99$

1999-00$

Cultural Heritage Projects Program

Nil

Nil

Nil

*4.1m

Commemoration of Historic Events and Famous People Program

Nil

Nil

Nil

*19,000

Natural Heritage Trust Projects

Coastal and Marine Planning Program (CMPP)

70,000

Nil

70,000

Nil

Clean Seas (Commonwealth component)

Nil

85,000

Nil

Nil

Clean Seas Program

Nil

Nil

92,735

**228,520

Coastal Monitoring Program

Nil

Nil

127,863

**8,000

Coastcare***

100,168

77,114

70,174

**61,946

Endangered Species Program

24,096

21,475

7,595

Nil

One Billion Trees

9,750

Nil

Nil

Nil

Bushcare

Nil

91,781

172,968

160,776

Air Pollution in Major Cities Program - Breathe the Benefits Woodsmoke Awareness Project

Nil

Nil

Nil

****27,007

* This amount represents the total allocation for Australia rather than for Richmond.

** This amount represents approved funding rather than appropriated funding.

*** Coastcare is jointly funded by the Commonwealth and NSW Governments. The figure above denotes both the Commonwealth and the NSW funding contribution. Commonwealth contributions for all NSW Coastcare projects are provided by a single grant for each funding year for the whole of NSW and not for individual projects.

**** It is not possible to identify how much of these funds were/are being spent within the electorate of Richmond as the funding covers the whole of NSW.

NB: The GLOBE Australia Program provides in-kind support to 4 schools in the electorate of Richmond. The GLOBE Australia Program is jointly funded through the Department of the Environment and Heritage and the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs. Each department provides $50,000 per annum. The current funding period is from July 1995 until December 2000.