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Title

QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

Kennedy Electorate: Programs and Grants

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

02-12-2002

Source

Senate

Parl No.

40

Electorate

Tasmania

Interjector

 

Page

6941

Party

ALP

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

264

Questioner

O'Brien, Sen Kerry

Responder

Kemp, Sen Rod

Speaker

 

Stage

Kennedy Electorate: Programs and Grants

Type

 

Context

Answers to Questions on Notice

System Id

chamber/hansards/2002-12-02/0269


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Monday, 2 December 2002
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Senator O'Brien asked the Minister for the Arts and Sport, upon notice, on 18 April 2002:

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

(2) What was the level of funding provided through these programs and/or grants for the 2000-01 and 2001-02 financial years.

(3) Where specific projects were funded: (a) what was the location of each project; (b) what was the nature of each project; and (c) what was the level of funding for each project.

The Question was also asked of the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts as Senate Question No. 252.


Senator Kemp (Minister for the Arts and Sport) —The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

(1) to (3) The Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts has provided the following funding and grants in relation to the arts to the electorate of Kennedy.

Further details, on these and other programs administered by the Department, are available on the Department's website; http://www.dcita.gov.au/

ARTS

Grants for Tours to the Electorate of Kennedy

RECIPIENT

PROJECT

START

AMOUNT

BENEFICIARY

Contemporary Music Touring Program.This program, administered by the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, provides funding for musicians to tour Australia.

Gai Bryant Quartet

Gai Bryant Quartet

21/07/01

$11,442

Mt Isa

Lenko!

Lenko

15/03/01

$8,000

Innisfail, Mareeba

Playing Australia. This is the Commonwealth Government's national performing arts touring program. It is designed to assist the touring of performing arts across State and Territory boundaries where this is currently not commercially viable and there is a demonstrated public demand.

Arts on Tour - NSW Ltd

The Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie

4/05/02

$184,210

Mt Isa

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Concerts -QLD

24/05/01

$40,712

Ingham

Australian Presenters Group

Art

12/03/01

$880,401

Mt Isa

Circus Australia Ltd

Circus Oz

11/03/02

$202,796

Mt Isa

Co*Opera Inc

Midsummer Night's Dream, Magic Flute, La Boheme, Cosi

16/03/01

$224,854

Innisfail

Co*Opera Inc

The Marriage of Figaro (2)

5/04/02

$82,150

Charters Towers, Ingham

HIT Productions

Girl Talk

10/10/00

$50,000

Charters Towers, Mt Isa

HIT Productions

Love Child

13/08/01

$48,699

Mt Isa

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow

26/04/01

$110,000

Mount Isa

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow (A)

26/04/02

$100,000

Mt Isa

Northern Australian Regional Performing Arts Centres Association Inc

Possum Magic

9/10/00

$58,901

Mt Isa

ARTS

Grants for Tours to the Electorate of Kennedy

RECIPIENT

PROJECT

START

AMOUNT

BENEFICIARY

Playing Australia.

Opera Australia

Rigoletto

5/08/01

$136,779

Mt Isa

Terrapin Puppet Theatre Ltd

The Big Friendly Giant

25/03/02

$124,732

Mt Isa

Visions of Australia. This is the Commonwealth Government's national touring exhibitions grant program which assists the touring of cultural exhibitions across State/Territory boundaries. Funding is provided principally to assist with exhibition touring costs, with some funding for project development.

Australia Post

Kangaroo & Map 1901 - 1913: Beyond Federation

15/01/01

$79,800

Longreach

Australian War Memorial

Forging the nation

1/12/00

$50,003

Charters Towers, Longreach

Cooloola Shire Public Gallery

Cowgrrls.com.au

5/03/01

$13,900

Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Longreach, Mt Isa

National Library of Australia

Bunyips

24/01/01

$68,630

Longreach

Powerhouse Museum

Women with Wings: Images of Australian women pilots

3/07/01

$17,355

Charters Towers

Australian Sugar Industry Museum

Refined White

19/01/01

$46,700

Multiple electorates:-Kennedy, Brisbane, Dawson, Herbert, Hinkler, Maranoa, Page, Melbourne and Werriwa

ARTS

Grants to organisations in the Electorate of Kennedy

RECIPIENT

PROJECT

START

AMOUNT

BENEFICIARY

Festivals Australia. This is a Commonwealth Government grant program designed to assist the presentation of arts and cultural activities at Australian regional and community festivals. The emphasis is on supporting a project which adds to the quality and diversity of the arts and cultural programming of a festival.

Australian Italian Festival Association Inc

Con Amore! Three Chinese Tenors

10/05/02

$17,500

Kennedy

Australian-Italian Festival Association Inc

La Visione del Verdi nella Campagnia (The Vision of Verdi in the Country)

11/05/01

$16,396

Kennedy

Mareeba Multicultural Festival Committee

Bridging the Gap

1/07/00

$4,075

Kennedy

Mount Isa Skills Association Inc

Youth Bands

26/08/00

$5,000

Kennedy

Mount Isa Skills Association Inc

Food, Wine and Arts Fest 2001

23/03/01

$7,000

Kennedy

Tableland Folk Festival Association Inc

Expanding the Horizon

27/10/00

$4,200

Kennedy

Tableland Folk Festival Association Inc

Motivating Muses

26/10/01

$6,667

Kennedy

Tableland Folk Festival Association Inc

Funny Folk

25/10/02

$9,225

Kennedy

The Drover's Camp Association Inc

Drover's Camp songwriting and instrument workshop

3/07/00

$10,500

Kennedy

ARTS

Major Federation Fund All projects were part of the Queensland Heritage Trails Network.

RECIPIENT

PROJECT

DATE

AMOUNT

BENEFICIARY

Arts Queensland

Cardwell Heritage Centre

15/10/99

$500,000

Local/ Regional Community

Arts Queensland

Cardwell Echo Creek/King Ranch Heritage Centre Presenting the Wet Tropics

15/10/99

$198,800

Local/ Regional community

Arts Queensland

Tully Visitor Centre Presenting the Wet Tropics

15/10/99

$90,000

Local/ Regional community

Arts Queensland

Atherton Hou Wang Temple

15/10/99

$1.3 m

Local/Regional Community

Arts Queensland

Chillagoe FNQ Mining Precinct

15/10/99

$2 m

Local/Regional community

Arts Queensland

Charters Towers - The World

15/10/99

$2.5 m

Local/Regional community

Arts Queensland

Richmond Marine Fossil Museum

15/10/99

$1m

Local/Regional community

Arts Queensland

Mt Isa Heritage Mining Centre

15/10/99

$3 m

Local/Regional community

Arts Queensland

Atherton Hasties Swamp Presenting the Wet Tropics

15/10/99

$172,412

Local/Regional community

Arts Queensland

Atherton Hallorans Hill Presenting the Wet Tropics

15/10/99

Local/Regional community

Arts Queensland

Palmerston Canopy Walk Presenting the Wet Tropics

15/10/99

$1m

Local/Regional community

Arts Queensland

Wet Tropics Walking Tracks - Presenting the Wet Tropics

10/15/1999

$988,196

Local/Regional community

Arts Queensland

Malanda Heritage Centre - Presenting the Wet Tropics

15-Oct-99

$800,000

Local/Regional community

Arts Queensland

Ulyssess Walking Track - Presenting the Wet Tropics

15-Oct-99

$107,500

Local/Regional community