Question Without Notice No. 489 asked in the Legislative Council on 10 August 2010 by Hon Lynn Maclaren
Parliament: 38 Session: 1
ARTS DEVELOPMENT PANEL — INDIGO JOURNAL
489. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the Minister for Culture and the Arts:
(1) Will the minister describe the grants assessment process of the arts development panel, including whether it is provided with any background information and whether each member of the panel has to request this information from the project officer?
(2) What information did the arts development panel have when it formed its opinion during the February funding round that indigo journal was not competitive enough?
(3) What specific information, if any, supported this view?
(4) Does the minister think that the state government’s financial support for indigo journal has been valued by WA’s literary community?
(5) Are there any plans to provide a recurrent funding source for literary journals in Western Australia?
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied:
I thank the member for some notice of this question.
(1)–(5) Information in applications and support material is provided for independent panellists’ review prior to meetings and is available for consultation during assessment meetings. Application and support material is provided by applicants. Peer panel expertise and application materials are reviewed in relation to the department’s funding criteria.