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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2024-08-27T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Heritage Agreement Grants</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Heritage Agreement Grants</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2024-08-27T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="369">
            <name>Heritage Agreement Grants</name>
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        <startTime time="2024-08-28T00:00:00+09:30" />
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            <timeStamp time="2024-08-28T00:00:00+09:30" />369 <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) </by>().28 August 2024).  Can the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water advise:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;How much funding was allocated for the heritage agreement grants for 2023-24?</inserted>
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        <text id="202408270c364b2dea8b4f3990000856">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;How many heritage agreement grants were awarded in 2023-24 and what was the value of those grants?</inserted>
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          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;How many heritage agreement grant applicants were there in 2023-2024?</inserted>
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        <text id="202408270c364b2dea8b4f3990000858">
          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;How many heritage agreement grant applicants were rejected or not funded in 2023-2024?</inserted>
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        <text id="202408270c364b2dea8b4f3990000859">
          <inserted>5.&amp;#x9;How many grants are forecast to be made in 2024-25?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
          </portfolio>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2024-08-27T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="369">
            <name>Heritage Agreement Grants</name>
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        <text id="202408270c364b2dea8b4f3990000860">
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  The Minister for Climate, Environment and Water has advised:</inserted>
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        <text id="202408270c364b2dea8b4f3990000861">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;For the 2023-24 financial year, $2,553,033 was allocated to the heritage agreement grant program.</inserted>
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        <text id="202408270c364b2dea8b4f3990000862">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;In 2023-24, 134 heritage agreement grants were awarded for a total of $2,659,246 (this amount includes the grants awarded in the previous financial year from the start of the program in March 2023).</inserted>
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          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;134.</inserted>
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          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;No grant applications to this program were rejected or not funded.</inserted>
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          <inserted>5.&amp;#x9;There will be no new grants awarded for the heritage agreement program in the 2024-25 financial year.</inserted>
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