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5495 - Customer Service - DINE AND DISCOVER VOUCHER PROGRAM

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Finance and Small Business representing the Minister for Customer Service, and Minister for Digital

(1)           Regarding the Dine and Discover voucher program, please provide the following information disaggregated by state electorate (or if unavailable, by local government area):

(a)     The number of individuals registered?

(b)    The value of vouchers redeemed?

(c)     The number of businesses registered with the program?

(2) Where a good or service purchased with a voucher is less than the $25 voucher value, does the business still receive the full $25 voucher?

(a) If not, what is the total monetary amount received by businesses to date, disaggregated by state electorate (or if unavailable, by local government area)?

(b) If not, how many vouchers have been used for purchases under the $25 voucher value to date, disaggregated by state electorate (or if unavailable, by local government area)?

Answer -
DINE AND DISCOVER VOUCHER PROGRAM

(1)

(a) As at 4/5/2021

LGA

Customers Registered

Grand Total

3,554,790

Blacktown

175,068

Central Coast

167,751

Canterbury-Bankstown

146,579

Northern Beaches

126,800

Parramatta

119,338

Lake Macquarie

104,922

Sutherland Shire

103,472

Wollongong

99,600

Fairfield

96,574

Sydney

95,439

Cumberland

93,465

Penrith

93,340

Unknown

92,971

Liverpool

90,940

The Hills Shire

89,028

Newcastle

80,322

Inner West

79,854

Campbelltown

75,484

Bayside

74,425

Hornsby

73,697

Georges River

72,736

Ryde

64,187

Randwick

57,366

Ku-Ring-Gai

56,058

Camden

50,636

Shoalhaven

47,791

Mid-Coast

42,868

Maitland

41,486

Canada Bay

40,321

Port Macquarie-Hastings

40,060

Tweed

38,835

Shellharbour

37,221

Coffs Harbour

36,126

Port Stephens

35,464

Willoughby

34,060

Blue Mountains

33,695

North Sydney

31,011

Waverley

27,617

Wagga Wagga

26,499

Hawkesbury

26,229

Cessnock

26,170

Tamworth Regional

24,853

Wingecarribee

21,978

Clarence Valley

21,830

Wollondilly

21,560

Dubbo Regional

21,333

Ballina

20,752

Albury

20,409

Woollahra

20,059

Strathfield

19,448

Bathurst Regional

18,731

Lismore

17,858

Lane Cove

17,773

Eurobodalla

17,564

Burwood

17,071

Orange

16,905

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional

15,842

Bega Valley

15,325

Byron

12,549

Goulburn Mulwaree

12,441

Kempsey

11,745

Mosman

11,654

Kiama

11,313

Armidale Regional

10,256

Griffith

9,928

Singleton

9,634

Richmond Valley

9,543

Nambucca Valley

8,900

Lithgow

8,448

Mid-Western Regional

8,303

Snowy Monaro Regional

6,608

Muswellbrook

6,306

Inverell

6,079

Hilltops

5,657

Hunters Hill

5,348

Bellingen

5,307

Broken Hill

5,107

Parkes

4,825

Snowy Valleys

4,783

Upper Hunter Shire

4,709

Cabonne

4,444

Yass Valley

4,202

Cowra

4,145

Gunnedah

4,141

Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional

4,109

Narrabri

4,068

Leeton

3,862

Federation

3,611

Dungog

3,543

Forbes

3,264

Moree Plains

3,220

Greater Hume Shire

3,104

Kyogle

3,045

Murray River

2,851

Glen Innes Severn

2,737

Blayney

2,650

Edward River

2,584

Upper Lachlan Shire

2,509

Liverpool Plains

2,283

Warrumbungle Shire

2,223

Uralla

2,177

Berrigan

2,136

Narromine

2,057

Temora

1,979

Narrandera

1,906

Tenterfield

1,757

Junee

1,715

Oberon

1,693

Bland

1,616

Lachlan

1,349

Coolamon

1,341

Wentworth

1,272

Gwydir

1,221

Gilgandra

1,062

Walgett

1,017

Murrumbidgee

973

Coonamble

937

Weddin

925

Cobar

863

Lockhart

862

Hay

820

Walcha

810

Bogan

747

Warren

685

Carrathool

618

Bourke

414

Balranald

305

Unincorporated

296

Brewarrina

192

Central Darling

130

Unincorporated NSW

81

(b) As at 4/5/2021 (LGA location based off Business Location of voucher Redemption)

LGA

Voucher Amount Redeemed

Grand Total

$95,846,716

Albury

$478,200

Armidale Regional

$164,228

Ballina

$478,373

Balranald

$2,012

Bathurst Regional

$608,949

Bayside

$640,556

Bega Valley

$361,088

Bellingen

$116,042

Berrigan

$25,170

Blacktown

$8,755,767

Bland

$18,472

Blayney

$15,002

Blue Mountains

$1,056,763

Bogan

$6,511

Bourke

$6,304

Brewarrina

$3,795

Broken Hill

$137,576

Burwood

$645,377

Byron

$274,537

Cabonne

$26,262

Camden

$536,395

Campbelltown

$1,199,200

Canada Bay

$1,118,611

Canterbury-Bankstown

$1,672,550

Carrathool

$1,448

Central Coast

$3,194,026

Cessnock

$1,131,013

Clarence Valley

$500,753

Cobar

$10,028

Coffs Harbour

$1,001,624

Coolamon

$7,099

Coonamble

$9,904

Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional

$52,869

Cowra

$76,795

Cumberland

$1,269,779

Dubbo Regional

$475,022

Dungog

$27,062

Edward River

$36,141

Eurobodalla

$618,417

Fairfield

$2,339,637

Federation

$36,534

Forbes

$43,180

Georges River

$1,396,732

Gilgandra

$11,678

Glen Innes Severn

$28,502

Goulburn Mulwaree

$306,573

Greater Hume Shire

$18,746

Griffith

$282,615

Gunnedah

$53,832

Gwydir

$10,863

Hawkesbury

$611,178

Hay

$18,729

Hilltops

$98,852

Hornsby

$871,538

Hunters Hill

$79,048

Inner West

$1,605,938

Inverell

$128,498

Junee

$22,563

Kempsey

$239,989

Kiama

$466,133

Ku-Ring-Gai

$339,851

Kyogle

$41,795

Lachlan

$8,164

Lake Macquarie

$1,869,048

Lane Cove

$184,417

Leeton

$42,808

Lismore

$331,854

Lithgow

$115,061

Liverpool

$685,183

Liverpool Plains

$18,525

Lockhart

$649

Maitland

$676,579

Mid-Coast

$760,286

Mid-Western Regional

$165,732

Moree Plains

$53,064

Mosman

$1,631,911

Murray River

$41,429

Murrumbidgee

$17,305

Muswellbrook

$118,187

Nambucca Valley

$162,816

Narrabri

$60,751

Narrandera

$19,551

Narromine

$13,842

Newcastle

$2,431,313

North Sydney

$1,047,591

Northern Beaches

$3,174,794

Oberon

$13,379

Orange

$350,500

Parkes

$54,718

Parramatta

$1,652,173

Penrith

$1,302,455

Port Macquarie-Hastings

$1,105,877

Port Stephens

$1,099,413

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional

$169,963

Randwick

$889,047

Richmond Valley

$156,970

Ryde

$1,320,126

Shellharbour

$695,103

Shoalhaven

$1,318,613

Singleton

$114,847

Snowy Monaro Regional

$151,341

Snowy Valleys

$52,845

Strathfield

$202,443

Sutherland Shire

$1,178,522

Sydney

$14,325,475

Tamworth Regional

$539,684

Temora

$26,028

Tenterfield

$28,711

The Hills Shire

$1,283,977

Tweed

$827,716

Unincorporated

$154,853

Unincorporated NSW

$2,763

Unknown

$11,852,281

Upper Hunter Shire

$47,577

Upper Lachlan Shire

$19,261

Uralla

$19,943

Wagga Wagga

$809,351

Walcha

$2,260

Walgett

$20,592

Warren

$5,397

Warrumbungle Shire

$25,795

Waverley

$625,425

Weddin

$7,612

Wentworth

$15,878

Willoughby

$855,249

Wingecarribee

$539,622

Wollondilly

$349,675

Wollongong

$1,886,903

Woollahra

$248,326

Yass Valley

$54,443

(c) As at 4/5/2021

LGA

Total Registered Businesses

Grand Total

13,211

Unknown

1,707

Sydney

1,376

Northern Beaches

494

Inner West

420

Central Coast

417

Newcastle

349

Wollongong

313

Parramatta

272

Canterbury-Bankstown

271

Sutherland Shire

261

North Sydney

243

Randwick

210

Georges River

206

Willoughby

203

Fairfield

196

Blacktown

193

Bayside

190

Lake Macquarie

189

Ryde

189

Shoalhaven

187

The Hills Shire

183

Penrith

162

Cumberland

161

Hornsby

156

Canada Bay

152

Waverley

149

Port Macquarie-Hastings

145

Coffs Harbour

140

Mid-Coast

137

Blue Mountains

126

Campbelltown

121

Port Stephens

118

Tweed

115

Cessnock

113

Liverpool

112

Byron

107

Wingecarribee

107

Ku-Ring-Gai

106

Clarence Valley

93

Tamworth Regional

92

Hawkesbury

91

Camden

90

Dubbo Regional

90

Wagga Wagga

90

Woollahra

89

Eurobodalla

88

Maitland

82

Burwood

81

Bega Valley

75

Ballina

73

Albury

71

Bathurst Regional

71

Orange

70

Shellharbour

67

Mosman

61

Lismore

59

Kiama

53

Snowy Monaro Regional

53

Armidale Regional

50

Lane Cove

50

Wollondilly

46

Kempsey

45

Mid-Western Regional

45

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional

44

Strathfield

44

Goulburn Mulwaree

40

Griffith

38

Nambucca Valley

38

Singleton

36

Muswellbrook

33

Bellingen

32

Lithgow

32

Broken Hill

31

Hilltops

27

Parkes

27

Cabonne

25

Hunters Hill

25

Inverell

25

Richmond Valley

24

Upper Hunter Shire

24

Snowy Valleys

23

Yass Valley

23

Narrabri

21

Warrumbungle Shire

21

Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional

20

Murray River

20

Federation

19

Moree Plains

19

Temora

19

Cowra

17

Dungog

17

Edward River

17

Liverpool Plains

17

Glen Innes Severn

16

Greater Hume Shire

16

Upper Lachlan Shire

16

Bland

15

Gunnedah

15

Berrigan

14

Forbes

13

Murrumbidgee

13

Unincorporated

13

Blayney

12

Hay

12

Kyogle

12

Wentworth

12

Walgett

11

Junee

10

Narrandera

10

Narromine

10

Gilgandra

9

Leeton

9

Tenterfield

9

Gwydir

8

Bogan

7

Cobar

7

Coolamon

7

Lachlan

7

Oberon

7

Bourke

6

Coonamble

6

Uralla

6

Weddin

6

Balranald

5

Carrathool

5

Lockhart

5

Walcha

5

Warren

4

Brewarrina

2

Central Darling

1

Unincorporated NSW

1

(2) Businesses can claim only the value of purchase if under $25.

(a) Same data as (1)(b)

(b) As at 4/5/2021

LGA

LGA

# Vouchers redeemed for under $25

Grand Total

219,934

Albury

2,259

Armidale Regional

646

Ballina

1,166

Balranald

6

Bathurst Regional

1,814

Bayside

1,161

Bega Valley

911

Bellingen

228

Berrigan

71

Blacktown

22,188

Bland

60

Blayney

14

Blue Mountains

1,261

Bogan

42

Bourke

33

Brewarrina

5

Broken Hill

394

Burwood

358

Byron

490

Cabonne

75

Camden

786

Campbelltown

2,644

Canada Bay

2,700

Canterbury-Bankstown

2,904

Carrathool

9

Central Coast

7,871

Cessnock

1,056

Clarence Valley

1,165

Cobar

17

Coffs Harbour

2,088

Coolamon

19

Coonamble

62

Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional

124

Cowra

251

Cumberland

1,422

Dubbo Regional

1,324

Dungog

40

Edward River

129

Eurobodalla

636

Fairfield

2,003

Federation

90

Forbes

219

Georges River

1,020

Gilgandra

49

Glen Innes Severn

58

Goulburn Mulwaree

785

Greater Hume Shire

63

Griffith

354

Gunnedah

236

Gwydir

25

Hawkesbury

1,336

Hay

46

Hilltops

257

Hornsby

1,377

Hunters Hill

43

Inner West

3,216

Inverell

763

Junee

34

Kempsey

759

Kiama

466

Ku-Ring-Gai

593

Kyogle

74

Lachlan

40

Lake Macquarie

4,952

Lane Cove

328

Leeton

26

Lismore

1,648

Lithgow

554

Liverpool

1,565

Liverpool Plains

26

Lockhart

3

Maitland

4,358

Mid-Coast

1,490

Mid-Western Regional

372

Moree Plains

96

Mosman

1,897

Murray River

177

Murrumbidgee

8

Muswellbrook

252

Nambucca Valley

698

Narrabri

187

Narrandera

67

Narromine

31

Newcastle

6,015

North Sydney

2,785

Northern Beaches

7,898

Oberon

7

Orange

1,070

Parkes

166

Parramatta

1,554

Penrith

2,892

Port Macquarie-Hastings

1,372

Port Stephens

1,270

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional

371

Randwick

1,833

Richmond Valley

525

Ryde

1,120

Shellharbour

1,854

Shoalhaven

3,363

Singleton

350

Snowy Monaro Regional

402

Snowy Valleys

106

Strathfield

241

Sutherland Shire

2,672

Sydney

51,255

Tamworth Regional

2,051

Temora

88

Tenterfield

42

The Hills Shire

2,215

Tweed

2,124

Unincorporated

32

Unincorporated NSW

4

Unknown

23,709

Upper Hunter Shire

93

Upper Lachlan Shire

49

Uralla

38

Wagga Wagga

1,877

Walcha

10

Walgett

60

Warren

22

Warrumbungle Shire

95

Waverley

855

Weddin

55

Wentworth

51

Willoughby

826

Wingecarribee

705

Wollondilly

432

Wollongong

3,715

Woollahra

398

Yass Valley

97

 

Attachments -
 A 5495

Question asked on 28 April 2021 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 486
Answer received on 18 May 2021 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 500