Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform, upon notice, on 16 March 2012:

(1) Has the department or Minister's office been approached by, or provided funding and other support to, any of the following organisations since March 2011:

if so, for each organisation:

(a) can details be provided of the nature of the contact or funding and support; and

(b) did the contact or funding and support relate to proposals to develop a port at Point Torment, Western Australia.

(2) Has the department been approached by any organisation (other than those listed above) in regard to a proposal to develop a port at Point Torment since March 2011.

Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform have provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question

(1) The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) has not been approached, or provided funding or other support to the following organisations since March 2011:

(a) FaHCSIA has provided funding to the Western Australian Government for a number of programs.

(b) None of the contracts or funding provided to the Western Australian Government relate to proposals to develop a port at Point Torment.

(2) FaHCSIA has not been approached by any other organisation in regard to a proposal to develop a port at Point Torment since March 2011.