Mr KIELY - 2004-12-02
Can you update the Assembly on contracts that been won by Territory small business, and the jobs for Territorians that are being generated by capital works in his portfolio?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his question. As members would be aware, in this financial year there is a record capital works budget of $441m. Since the budget has been bought down, there have been a number of extra capital works that have been added into that budget, notably $10m for beef roads over two years. DIPE, the department I help administer, has the lion’s share, if you like, of that capital works budget. I am pleased to report to the House that, since 1 July, over 93% of the contracts awarded through DIPE have been to Territory companies. I believe that is a fantastic achievement.
Members interjecting.
Dr BURNS: That is in accord with this government’s priority of keeping the Territory moving ahead - and I say it again for the member for Macdonnell: keeping the Territory moving ahead.
This is, of course, of great benefit to small, medium and even larger size businesses within the Territory. If the member for Macdonnell, or anyone else on the other side, wants to peruse the Gazette, as recently as 1 December, there were contracts awarded by DIPE in Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Winnellie - these are all Territory companies - Casuarina, Palmerston, Daly River, Alyangula, Katherine, Winnellie, Katherine, Darwin, Alice Springs, Darwin, Darwin, Peppimenarti. Similarly, the week before. I will not go through it though, as I believe members can get the flavour. There were no businesses from outside the Territory. This also shows that our Territory businesses are competing against interstate businesses and winning important contracts all through the Territory.
This financial year to date, expenditure in DIPE has been $86m, and the NT share has been more than $80m, or in excess of 93% of expenditure to date. We estimate that this year’s record capital works budget will generate over 4000 jobs for Territorians; right across the Territory. We have long-term plans for generating jobs, and we are proud of our capital works budget and of Territory companies.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his question. As members would be aware, in this financial year there is a record capital works budget of $441m. Since the budget has been bought down, there have been a number of extra capital works that have been added into that budget, notably $10m for beef roads over two years. DIPE, the department I help administer, has the lion’s share, if you like, of that capital works budget. I am pleased to report to the House that, since 1 July, over 93% of the contracts awarded through DIPE have been to Territory companies. I believe that is a fantastic achievement.
Members interjecting.
Dr BURNS: That is in accord with this government’s priority of keeping the Territory moving ahead - and I say it again for the member for Macdonnell: keeping the Territory moving ahead.
This is, of course, of great benefit to small, medium and even larger size businesses within the Territory. If the member for Macdonnell, or anyone else on the other side, wants to peruse the Gazette, as recently as 1 December, there were contracts awarded by DIPE in Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Winnellie - these are all Territory companies - Casuarina, Palmerston, Daly River, Alyangula, Katherine, Winnellie, Katherine, Darwin, Alice Springs, Darwin, Darwin, Peppimenarti. Similarly, the week before. I will not go through it though, as I believe members can get the flavour. There were no businesses from outside the Territory. This also shows that our Territory businesses are competing against interstate businesses and winning important contracts all through the Territory.
This financial year to date, expenditure in DIPE has been $86m, and the NT share has been more than $80m, or in excess of 93% of expenditure to date. We estimate that this year’s record capital works budget will generate over 4000 jobs for Territorians; right across the Territory. We have long-term plans for generating jobs, and we are proud of our capital works budget and of Territory companies.
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