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1692 - Finance, Services and Property - CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM EXPENDITURE

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Resources, Minister for Energy and Utilities, Minister for Arts, Vice-President of the Executive Council representing the Minister for Finance, Services and Property
  1. Please list all expenditure as part of the Critical Communications Enhancement Program in the Electorate of Barwon in the 2017-18 financial year.
  2. Please list all expenditure as part of the Critical Communications Enhancement Program in the Electorate of Wagga Wagga in the 2017-18 financial year.
  3. Please list all expenditure as part of the Critical Communications Enhancement Program in the Electorate of Tamworth in the 2017-18 financial year.
Answer -
  1. The Electorate of Barwon is within the North West Pilot area for the Critical Communications Enhancement Program (CCEP) and contains pilot sites for the expanded Government Radio Network (GRN). Funding of $65.3 million included allocations for the pilot sites in 2016-2017 and further funding is available for the North West Pilot area as part of the $177.7 million allocated by the NSW Government to the CCEP for 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.
  2. (2) - (3) The $177.7 million allocated by the NSW Government to the CCEP for 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 includes provision for state-wide detailed design for the GRN expansion, including in the Electorates of Wagga Wagga and Tamworth.

Question asked on 22 June 2017 (session 56-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 116
Answer received on 27 July 2017 and to be published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 511