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Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Page: 237


Senator O’Brien asked the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, upon notice, on 18 January 2006:

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

(2)   When did the delivery of these programmes and/or grants commence.

(3)   For each of the financial years 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05, what funding was provided through these programmes and/or grants for the people of Bass.

(4)   For the 2005-06 financial year, what funding has been appropriated for thee programmes and/or grants

(5)   For the 2005-06 financial year, what funding has been approved under these programmes and/or grants to assist organisations and individuals in the electorate of Bass.


Senator Abetz (Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) —The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

ATTACHMENT A

Funding

Appropriation for 2005-2006

Appropriation for bass in 2005-2006

Programme/Grants

Commencement

(a) 2002-2003

(b) 2003-2004

(c) 2004-2005

Farm Help - Supporting Families through Change

December 1997

$0.012m

$0.1m

$0.016m

$15m

$0.007m

Rural Financial Counselling Service 1

July 1986

$0.007m 2

$0.007m

$0.007m

$5.656m 3

-

AAA FarmBis 4

July 1998

$0.398m

$0.489m

$0.111m

$14.2m

$0.374m

Industry Partnerships - Capacity Building initiatives (formally Industry Leadership)

July 2001

$0.010m

$0.028m

$0.010m

$1.0m

($4.5m for entire programme)

$0.006m

Aquaculture Tasmania - Pilot Commercialisation Projects

August 2001

$0.043m

-

-

$2.64m

-

Westhaven Dairy - Pilot Commercialisation Projects

August 2001

$0.0421m

-

-

-

-

Organic Dry Baby Food - Pilot Commercialisation Projects

November 2003

-

$0.09m

$0.01m

-

-

Flash Fish - In Market Experience Scholarship

December 2005

-

-

-

-

-

Lenah Game Meats - In Market Experience Scholarship

September 2002

$0.01m

$0.0095m

-

-

-

Food Processing in Regional Australia Programme

2005-2006

-

-

-

$4.066m

$0 (So far) - several applications in current round

Fisheries Resources Research Fund

July 1991

$0.009m

N/A

N/A

$3.101m

N/A

Tasmanian Community Forestry Agreement

July 2004

N/A

N/A

N/A

$24m

N/A

Tasmanian Forest Industry Development Programme

July 2005

N/A

N/A

N/A

$0.1m

N/A

Tasmanian Country Sawmills Assistance Programme

July 2005

N/A

N/A

N/A

$0.5m

N/A

Tasmanian Softwood Industry Development Programme

July 2005

N/A

N/A

N/A

$0.5m

N/A

National Action Plan for Salinity and Water)Quality (NAP)

2000-2001

$1.122m

$0.3598m

$0.5m

$172.342m

$0.775

National Landcare Programme - Payments to the States (Community Support)

1993-1994

N/A

$0.4301m***

$0.939m**

$29.029m

$0.613m*

* includes $113 007 cross regional projects

** includes $223 898 cross regional projects

*** only cross regional projects

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1Rural Financial Counselling Services Grant funding for Tasmania allocated to cover whole state.

2Calculated at the proportion of actual time spent servicing Bass Electorate.

3Includes appropriation allocated through 2005 Drought Package.

4AAA FarmBis breakdown for Bass electorate not available as data collected overall for Tasmania only.