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COALITION GOVERNMENT SUPPORTING KALGOORLIE

I am delighted to announce today a substantial package to fund a range of security,  infrastructure and community initiatives to help people living in the electorate of  Kalgoorlie. Today's announcement builds on our work over the past 8 1/2 years.

Kalgoorlie is the world’s largest electorate. It contributes billions of dollars to the  national economy.

The local member, Mr Barry Haase, MP is a hard-working parliamentarian who is  tireless in representing his constituent’s interests to the government.

I am announcing the following national and local initiatives that will benefit the  Kalgoorlie electorate:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $10 million over the three years from 2004-05 under AusLink's Roads to  Recovery Strategic Fund to upgrade priority sections of the Outback Highway  to an all-weather standard.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $85 million for two additional Armidale Class patrol boats for the Royal  Australian Navy to provide dedicated surveillance and monitoring of the North  West Shelf. These boats will be permanently based at either Dampier or Port  Hedland.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $5 million for residential support for New Apprentices.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $19 million in new funding for Indigenous youth undertaking apprenticeships  and tertiary courses.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $4.5 million financial literacy and entrepreneurial skills training for Indigenous  Australians.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $12 million new funding to strengthen governance, leadership and capacity in  remote Indigenous communities.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $5 million in extra funding for a ‘No School, No Pool’ programme to improve  school attendance.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $50,000 to revitalise the Newman Town Centre, including providing shaded car  park areas and passive recreation areas and improved tourist parking.  This

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work will improve pedestrian and traffic flows in the town and will encourage  increased business activity in the town area.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $200,000 over the next two years to the Broome Arts and Music Foundation to  promote cultural tourism in and around Broome and the Kimberley.

A re-elected Coalition Government will ensure that the Kalgoorlie electorate continues  to grow and prosper and that it’s contribution to the Australian economy remains  appreciated.



17 September 2004

SUPPORTING KALGOORLIE



TABLE OF CONTENTS



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...............................................  2



PART 1  ROADS - OUTBACK HIGHWAY.....................  4



PART 2  COMMUNICATIONS......................................  5

(i)  Extended  Mobile  Phone Coverage ....................  5

(ii)  Broadband  Access  for Kalgoorlie.......................  5



PART 3  SECURING THE NORTH WEST SHELF ...........  6



PART 4  BORDER PROTECTION & SECURITY .............  7



PART 5  CRIME PREVENTION & COMMUNITY SAFETY.  8

PART 6  INCREASED SUPPORT FOR APPRENTICES ....  8

PART 7  INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS .........................  9



PART 8  CULTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.................  11

(i)  Newman  Revitalisation.......................................  11

(ii) Broome Arts and Musical Foundation ................  11



HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S ACHIEVEMENTS .  12   (i)  Roads  Funding...................................................  12

(ii)  Medicare  Safety Net...........................................  12

(iii)  Aged  Care..........................................................  13

(iv)  Communications ................................................  13

(v) Strong Families and Communities .....................  14

(vi) Support for Volunteers .......................................  14

(vii)  Water .................................................................  14

(viii)  Apprenticeships .................................................  14

(ix)  Regional  Partnerships........................................  14

(x)  Cultural  Heritage ................................................  15

(xi)  Natural  Heritage Trust........................................  15

(xii)  Envirofund..........................................................  16

(xiii)  Renewable Energy.............................................  16



COSTINGS SUMMARY ................................................  18



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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Coalition Government is committed to supporting Kalgoorlie.

Today's announcement of a package of new initiatives builds on our  work over the past 8 1/2 years.

A re-elected Coalition Government will:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Provide $10 million over the three years 2004-05 to 2006-07  under AusLink's Roads to Recovery Strategic fund to  upgrade priority sections of the Outback Highway to an all-weather standard.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Fund new mobile phone coverage for Warmun, Cue and  Balgo.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Extend the Satellite Phone Subsidy Scheme so that  customers can get a subsidy of 80 percent or $1500 off the  cost of a satellite phone handset.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Improve ADSL Internet broadband access for Merredin,  Derby, Paraburdoo, Tom Price and Dampier and make  ADSL access easier for Kambalda, Norseman, Onslow,  Marble Bar and Pannawonica.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Purchase two additional Armidale Class patrol boats for the  Royal Australian Navy to provide dedicated surveillance and  monitoring of the North West Shelf. These boats will be  permanently based at either Dampier or Port Hedland.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Increase Customs staffing by 30 percent at Dampier and  Port Hedland.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Extend and seal the Mungalalu Truscott Airbase runway to  increase surveillance flights off the northwest coast.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Improve security measures at regional airports.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Provide residential support for New Apprenticeships for  Kalgoorlie’s youth, including new funding for Indigenous  youth undertaking apprenticeships and tertiary courses.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Provide financial literacy training and entrepreneurial skills  for Indigenous Australians.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Provide new funding to strengthen governance, leadership  and capacity in Indigenous communities.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Improve school attendance with funding for a ‘No School,  No Pool’ programme.





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Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Provide $50,000 to revitalise the Newman Town Centre,  including providing shaded car park areas and passive  recreation areas and improved tourist parking.  This work  will improve pedestrian and traffic flows in the town and will  encourage increased business activity in the town area.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Provide $200,000 over the next two years to the Broome  Arts and Music Foundation to promote cultural tourism in  and around Broome and the Kimberley.

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PART 1  OUTBACK HIGHWAY

A re-elected Coalition Government will provide $10 million over the  three years 2004-05 to 2006-07 under AusLink's Roads to Recovery  Strategic Fund to upgrade priority sections of the Outback Highway to  an all-weather standard.

This funding will help towards the aim of the Outback Highway to  provide an all-weather link across the middle of Australia from Laverton  in Western Australia to Boulia in Queensland.

The Outback Highway is a freight link for mining opportunities and  primary production while also providing tourism opportunities for the  region. It also links to the Adelaide to Darwin rail line.

Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland and local  authorities will also need to contribute to thr task of upgrading this link.

Presently, of the 2,696km, 1,040km is sealed while 1,656km is  unsealed.  This funding will help to bring part of this unsealed area up  to an all-weather gravel road standard.

The Outback Highway cuts 1,000km off a journey from Perth to  Northern Queensland.

This funding is in addition to the recently announced additional money  for unincorporated areas, which part of this road travels through.

The Coalition’s commitment to the Outback Highway is another  example of our dedication to delivering results to where it matters - on  the ground.

It is only through the Coalition Government’s sound economic  management we are able to invest in our road and rail infrastructure  such as the Outback Highway.























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PART 2  COMMUNICATIONS

(i) Extended Mobile Phone Coverage

The Coalition Government continues to improve mobile phone  coverage across Australia.

In response to the Estens Inquiry into regional telecommunications the  Coalition Government has committed another $15.6 million to further  improve terrestrial mobile phone coverage.  As part of this program, the  Government is funding new mobile phone coverage for Warmun, Cue  and Balgo.

In an electorate like Kalgoorlie it will never be economically viable to  have terrestrial mobile coverage everywhere.  However the Coalition  Government recognises that mobile communications can be extremely  important to people working and living in remote areas for safety  reasons and for staying in contact with family and friends.

For people living and working in areas without terrestrial mobile phone  coverage, the Coalition Government provided funding to support the  State Government’s satellite phone subsidy scheme.

The Coalition Government has also extended the Satellite Phone  Subsidy Scheme to apply to Western Australia when the State  Government scheme finishes.  Under the scheme customers can get a  subsidy of 80 percent or $1,500 off the cost of a satellite phone  handset.

(ii) Broadband Access for Kalgoorlie

The Coalition Government established the Higher Bandwidth Incentive  Scheme (HiBIS) in response to the Estens Inquiry into regional  telecommunications.

HiBIS is a $107.8 million program to provide people in regional, rural  and remote Australia with access to affordable broadband services.   Under the program a registered HiBIS service provider gets a subsidy  for each eligible customer they sign.  Any service provider can register  to be part of the scheme.

There are currently 10 registered HiBIS providers.  Of these, three offer  HiBIS broadband services throughout Kalgoorlie.

Under HiBIS Telstra has significantly reduced the required interest  level needed to trigger the upgrade of its telephone exchanges to  support ADSL broadband.

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In the following locations registered interest for ADSL from the local  community has now exceeded Telstra’s reduced threshold.  Telstra will  now work to provide ADSL in these locations:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢  Merredin

Ã¢ÂÂ¢  Derby

Ã¢ÂÂ¢  Paraburdoo

Ã¢ÂÂ¢  Tom  Price

Ã¢ÂÂ¢  Dampier



In addition, the following locations have all had their thresholds for  ADSL upgrade significantly reduced as a result of HiBIS:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢  Kambalda

Ã¢ÂÂ¢  Norseman

Ã¢ÂÂ¢  Onslow

Ã¢ÂÂ¢  Marble  Bar

Ã¢ÂÂ¢  Pannawonica



Telstra will upgrade these exchanges to deliver ADSL when the  required level of interest reaches the new lower thresholds.



PART 3  SECURING THE NORTH WEST SHELF

A re-elected Coalition Government will enter into negotiations to  purchase two additional Armidale Class Patrol Boats for the Royal  Australian Navy.

The patrol boats will be used to provide dedicated surveillance and  monitoring of the strategically important North West Shelf (NWS).

These additional patrol boats will be permanently based at either  Dampier or Port Hedland.

The acquisition of additional patrol boats from Defence Maritime  Services and Austal Limited will result in significant expenditure,  employment generation and skills retention for the Western Australian  economy.







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The permanent basing of the patrol boats in Dampier or Port Hedland  will also result in additional expenditure in that area including:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ through life support for the patrol boats;

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ repair and maintenance for the patrol boats; and

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ transport and accommodation for the patrol boat crews.

The NWS is arguably Australia’s most valuable resource project as  demonstrated by the $25 billion long-term contract to supply liquefied  natural gas to China.

The Coalition recognises the need to adequately protect this  strategically important national asset.

In addition to their role in providing surveillance of the NWS, the patrol  boats will also provide Australia with an enhanced quick-reaction  capability to respond to potential threats, including terrorist attacks.

In addition, the leading defence companies Northrop Grumman and  General Atomics will be invited to participate in a capability trial to  assess the maritime surveillance potential of their Unmanned Aerial  Vehicles (UAVs), as a contribution to defending the NWS environment.

The patrol boats and UAVs will build upon the existing surveillance and  operational assets in the region operated by Coastwatch, Customs,  and the Australian Defence Force.



PART 4  BORDER PROTECTION & SECURITY

In July 2004, the Coalition announced that its maritime security  package would increase Customs staff by 30 percent at Dampier and  Port Hedland, two of Australia's busiest ports.

In addition, port surveillance and container inspections will be  increased to ensure Australia retains its world best practice reputation  in port operations.

The Coalition also announced in July 2004 that it would extend and  seal the Mungalalu Truscott Airbase runway that will result in a  dramatic increase in surveillance flights off Australia's northwest coast.

These initiatives have been undertaken by the Coalition in recognition  of the importance of border protection in remote areas of Australia’s  North West.

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They build upon the existing border protection activities in the region  operated by Coastwatch, Customs, and the Australian Defence Force.

The Coalition's aviation security package will ensure security at  regional airports in Kalgoorlie such as Carnavon, Derby, Esperance,  Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, Laverton, Learmonth, Leinstar, Leonora,  Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Shark Bay/Monkey Mia and Wiluna is  increased through measures such as increased training for staff, the  creation of AFP Protective Service Regional Rapid Response  Deployment Teams and an increase in CCTV coverage.



PART 5  CRIME PREVENTION & COMMUNITY SAFETY

The Coalition has taken an active role in community crime prevention  in Kalgoorlie, listening to community concerns about crime at its Tough  on Drugs and Crime Prevention Forums.

It has also funded local crime prevention initiatives under the National  Community Crime Prevention Programme.

Under the NCCPP the Shire of Broome received $307,714 for its  Helping Young People Engage project, designed to reduce anti-social  behaviour and build positive community relationships.

The Shire of Laverton received $80,000 for its Active Youth Active  Futures project that will assist youth and families vulnerable to criminal  activity and drug dependency.



PART 6  INCREASED SUPPORT FOR APPRENTICES

At present, New Apprentices who move away from their family home to  take up, or remain in, a New Apprenticeship are provided with an  allowance to assist them with the cost of living away from home for the  first two years of their Apprenticeship.

Building on this, a re-elected Coalition Government will provide an  additional $5 million over three years from 1 July 2005 to provide  residential support across Australia for these New Apprentices in their  third year.













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New Apprentices will now receive:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $77.17 per week in the first twelve months of their New  Apprenticeship,   Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $38.59 per week in the second twelve months, and  Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $25.00 per week in the third twelve months.



The number of New Apprentices in Kalgoorlie has grown by 75 per  cent since 1996 and this initiative will encourage more Australians into  trades.



PART 7  INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS

The Coalition Government believes Indigenous Australians, wherever  they live, should have the same opportunities as other Australians to  make informed choices about their lives, to realise their full potential in  whatever they choose to do and to take responsibility for managing  their own affairs.

The Coalition Government will spend $3.1 billion in 2004-05 on  Indigenous specific programmes - 39 percent more in real terms than  in the last Budget of the Keating Labor Government.

The Coalition Government has shown that it is prepared to make the  tough decisions.  We made the decision to abolish ATSIC.  But this is  only one part of the radically overhauled delivery of Indigenous  services that a re-elected Coalition Government will introduce.

From 1 July 2004 there has been a renewed emphasis on Indigenous  affairs.

There is increased funding for Indigenous services, and an insistence  that Indigenous Australians get better value for this money.

Mainstream agencies will be held to account for their performance in  Indigenous servicing.

A re-elected Coalition Government will continue to strip away layers of  bureaucracy, making it easier for Indigenous communities to have a  say in the services that they receive.

Government agencies will be located closer to the people they serve,  and will coordinate their activities to provide a simple, flexible “one stop  shop”.





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A re-elected Coalition Government will establish a National Indigenous  Council of eminent Indigenous Australians who are experts in their  fields. The new Council will advise the Ministerial Taskforce on  Indigenous Affairs about policy priorities and development and  implementation of new initiatives.

Indigenous Australians will have greater say in the delivery of  Government programmes to their families and communities.  Local  communities will have greater say in their children’s future.  Funding  decisions will be made on a bottom up basis, according to need.   Responsibility for outcomes will be shared with local communities.

There will be an increased focus on assistance to remote communities  with funding being directed to where it is most needed.

Education, economic development and mobility programmes will be an  important part of the strategy for these communities. Unconditional  welfare will become a thing of the past.

Three key strategic areas will be given priority:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Early childhood intervention and the improvement of  primary health and early education outcomes, to head off  longer term problems.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Safer communities, with an emphasis on law and order.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Reducing dependency on passive welfare, and stimulating  employment and economic development in Indigenous  communities.



A re-elected Coalition Government will:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Provide $4.5 million over four years for financial literacy  training and entrepreneurial skills development as part of a  broad Economic Independence Strategy.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Provide new funding in addition to initiatives announced in  the 2004-05 Budget to strengthen governance, leadership  and capacity.  This will involve funding of:

- $10 million over four years for an Indigenous  Youth Leadership programme, including school  based scholarships for remote areas, tertiary  scholarships, internships and structured study  tours. An elders’ mentoring group will support the  programme.





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- $2 million over four years to assist communities  to develop a 20-30 year vision to guide  government interventions as part of the Coalition  approach to capacity building in Indigenous  communities.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Provide $19 million over four years to establish a mobility  programme to help young Indigenous Australians in areas of  economic disadvantage to participate in apprenticeship and  tertiary training courses in capital cities and provincial  centres. Counselling and supported accommodation will be  provided through Aboriginal Hostels Limited. We will  establish Indigenous specific pre-vocational training courses  with post-training employment placement support.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Improving school attendance by contributing $5 million to  extend the successful Northern Territory ‘No School No Pool’  programme to remote communities in other parts of  Australia. Matching funding will be required from each state  government. Local communities will be required to contribute  one third and commit to a ‘No School No Pool’ policy.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Provide $4 million for the development and promotion of  Indigenous art throughout Australia and $2 million for six  additional artworks for Reconciliation Place in Canberra.





PART 8  CULTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE

(i)  Newman  Revitalisation



A re-elected Coalition Government will provide $50,000 to revitalise the  Newman Town Centre, including providing shaded car park areas and  passive recreation areas, improved tourist parking.  This work will  improve pedestrian and traffic flows in the town and will encourage  increased business activity in the town area.



(iii) Broome Arts and Music Foundation

A re-elected Coalition Government will provide $200,000 over  the next two years to the Broome Arts and Music Foundation to  promote cultural tourism in and around Broome and the  Kimberley.











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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S ACHIEVEMENTS

Since it was elected in 1996, the Coalition Government has invested  significantly in the Kalgoorlie region, including:

(i)  Roads  Funding



Since the Coalition Government took office in 1996, $225 million has  been spent on the upgrade of the National Highway.

The Coalition is committed under AusLink to the continued upgrade of  the National Network through Kalgoorlie.

The Coalition Government is also committed to the following projects  on the Auslink National Network that will benefit Kalgoorlie in future:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $45 million for the Eyre Highway widening and duplication;

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $33 million for the Great Eastern Highway - Tammin to  Walgoolan rehabilitation;

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $44 million for the Kimberley bridges on Great Northern  Highway.



The Coalition Government has allocated $50.5 million to the electorate  of Kalgoorlie for Roads to Recovery under the first four years of the  programme.  An equivalent amount of funding will be provided in the  next four years.

$4.8 million has been provided to improve the safety of Kalgoorlie  roads since 1996-97 under the National Black Spot Programme.  This  important programme was abandoned by Labor when they were in  government.



(ii)  Medicare  Safety  Net



The new Medicare Safety Net reimburses 80 percent of out of pocket  medical costs for services provided out of hospital once annual family  or individual expenditure reaches a threshold of $300 (concession card  holders and recipients of Family Tax Benefit Part A) or $700 (all other  people).

This provides peace of mind to all Australians and tangible benefits to  some 640,000 Australians - including family members and individuals -  who have already reached their Safety Net threshold.





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The Safety Net is the most substantial addition to Medicare since its  inception in 1983.

Amazingly, the Labor Party proposes to abolish the Safety Net if it wins  the election.  This makes Labor the only party proposing a cut in a  major health benefit.

Residents of the Kalgoorlie electorate are sharing in the benefits of the  Safety Net.  Some 1,560 people, including family members and  individuals, have reached their Safety Net threshold and are already  receiving benefits.

These people are among the many who would stand to lose if Labor  came into office and abolished the Safety Net.



(iii)  Aged  Care



The Coalition has allocated 93 residential and community aged care  package places in the Kalgoorlie electorate since 1995-96.



(iv)  Communications



The Coalition Government has provided real support to improve  communications services in Kalgoorlie.

Broadband services in Kalgoorlie have been improved through projects  funded from the Coordinated Communications Infrastructure Fund  (CCIF) and the Demand Aggregation Brokers Scheme.

Under the CCIF the Government provided $2 million from the  Ngannyatjarra Lands Telecommunications Project.  This project will  connect schools, police, justice and health agencies in 12 indigenous  communities to a broadband network enabling faster and better service  delivery in these communities.

As part of the Demand Aggregation Brokers Scheme $300,000 was  provided to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder to employ a community  based broadband broker.  This will help a number of local government  areas to use their combined demand for broadband services to get  more attractive offers from broadband providers.









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Through the Telecommunications Action Plan for Remote Indigenous  Communities (TAPRIC), the Coalition Government is improving  telecommunications services for remote communities.  Under TAPRIC  43 remote communities in Kalgoorlie have received high speed two-way satellite broadband access and computer equipment to provide  high speed public Internet access.



(v) Stronger Families and Communities

The Coalition Government has provided more than $4.8 million to the  Kalgoorlie electorate under the Stronger Families and Communities  Strategy.

The Coalition has funded 39 projects since 2000 (including one cross-electorate project funded at $211,731).



(vi) Support for Volunteers



Since 2001, 71 organisations in Kalgoorlie have received volunteer  small equipment grants totalling $188,694.



(vii)  Water



Following the Coalition Government’s announcement of its national  water policy, Securing Australia’s Water Future, the Kalgoorlie  community also has the opportunity to bid for projects under the   $2 billion Australian Water Fund and the Water Wise Communities  initiative.





(viii)  Apprenticeships



The number of New Apprentices in Kalgoorlie has grown by   75 per cent since 1996.



(ix)  Regional  Partnerships

Kalgoorlie, the largest electorate in the world, has received over   $5 million from the Regional Partnerships programme since 1 July  2003. Regional Partnerships is a demonstration of the Coalition  working with local communities to develop local solutions to local  issues.





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(x)  Cultural  Heritage



The Coalition Government has provided a further $560,078 under the  Cultural Heritage Projects Program to the Kalgoorlie electorate for  restoration projects such as the Carnarvon One Mile Jetty, Aboriginal  Sites around Cue, and Sacred Heart Church Beagle Bay.

The Coalition Government has also provided a further $306,925 under  the Rural and Regional Historic Hotels Program, to support projects  such as the Denver City Hotel, Main Reef Tavern, Metropole Hotel in  Boulder, and the Menzies Hotel in Menzies.



(xi) Natural Heritage Trust



There has been $4,963,840 invested in projects in the Kalgoorlie  electorate under the National Heritage Trust extension.

These funds have supported on-ground works such as sustainable  pastoral management, river restoration, fire management, protecting  work heritage property and improving marine quality.

Specific projects include:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $600,000 for ecologically sustainable rangeland  management in the Southern Rangelands, to move the  pastoral industry towards ecologically sustainable pastoral  management.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $295,000 for the Kimberley Regional Fire Management  Project. This is a community driven strategic approach  encouraging responsibility for improved fire regimes by land  managers in respect to erosion and reduction of wildfires.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $15,000 for the restoration of the Murchison River by eight  neighbouring pastoral properties. This involves fencing of  more than 190,000ha of fragile river land systems over  three years enabling grazing control and river sustainability.



Kalgoorlie has also received $377,717 in funding under the local and  Commonwealth component of the Coast and Clean Seas Initiative of  the Natural Heritage Trust 1.

The two projects are:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $186,500 for Exmouth Wastewater Reuse

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $191,217 for Environmental Management in Sea Disposal  of Dredged Spoils

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(xii)  Envirofund



Since the inception of the Coalition Government's Envirofund in 2002,  the Kalgoorlie electorate has received $800,328 in federal funding.

This has supported projects such as raising public awareness, river  restoration, fencing remnant vegetation, restoring coastal reserves, and  sustainable land management.

Specific projects include:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $29,800 for Wildlife Corridor Network and Remnant  Vegetation Protection on Marlingu Farm. This involves the  protection of 250ha of naturally saline valley floor remnant  vegetation, a 30 ha corridor to link remnant woodland by  planting of seedlings, and 4km of contour banks to control  sheet water flow.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $3,182 to combat Cane Toads in the East Kimberley,  through research of findings from other areas that are  already infested with Cane Toads, and increased  awareness of Cane Toads threat to native wildlife,  agriculture and ecosystems.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $16,028 for a Landcare Public Education Program for  Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the surrounding Rangelands.  Outcomes include the ongoing publication of a quarterly  newsletter for residents of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, improving the  Junior Landcare Program, installing 12 km of fencing and  planting 5,000 native plants.





(xiii)  Renewable  Energy



The Coalition Government has invested $29.4 million in the Kalgoorlie  electorate, through the Renewable Energy Showcase Program,  Renewable Energy Commercialisation Program, Renewable Remote  Power Generation Program, and the Renewable Energy Water  Pumping sub-program.



Specific examples include:

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $1 million under the Renewable Energy Showcase Program  for Western Power Corporation and Powercorp Pty Ltd to  develop a hybrid wind-diesel system at Denham.





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Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $5.32 million from the Renewable Remote Power  Generation Program grant to Western Power Corporation to  install a new 3.6 MW wind farm at Esperance.

Ã¢ÂÂ¢ $18 million for the Renewable Remote Power Generation  Program, which has two generic rebate sub-programs that  people in off-grid parts of the Kalgoorlie electorate can  benefit from.



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COSTINGS SUMMARY

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Policy Measure 2004-05 2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  Total

$m  $m  $m  $m  $m

Outback Highway 2.5  2.5  5.0  0.0  10.0

Patrol boats for NW Shelf 0.0  0.0  35.7  49.7  85.4

Culture and infrastructure 0.15  0.1  0.0  0.0  0.25

National projects benefiting  Kalgoorlie

Residential support for New Apprentices 0.0  0.9  2.0  2.1  5.0

Indigenous package 16.5  12.0  9.0  9.0  46.5





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