Page 1060 - Week 03 - Thursday, 22 March 2018

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Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

The following tables detail the applications that have been approved to date for grant funding through the Major Event Fund and the total value of funding applied for within each application.

Under the Major Event Fund (replaced Special Event Fund in 2017), a total of 7 applications have been received for support. Of those 6 applications have been assessed and approved to receive funding, as outlined below. Two recipients (National Gallery of Australia and Summernats) receive funding under multi-year MOU arrangements.

Major Event Fund – Funding request summary

The tables below provide a summary of applications received or pending to date, against the 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 Major Event Fund:

2017-18

Funding Recipient

Status

Funding requested

Funding approved

NGA – Hyper Real and Cartier

Approved – multi year

$500,000

$500,000

Summernats 2018

Approved – multi year

$200,000

$200,000

NMA - Songlines

Approved

$200,000

$100,000

NMA – Rome: City and Empire

Approved

$500,000

$100,000

Night Noodle Markets

Approved

$300,000

$100,000

Total provisional requests / commitments to date

$1.8 million

$1.0 million

Total available funds for the 2017-18 MEF

$1.0 million

2018-19

Funding Recipient

Status

Funding requested

Funding approved

NGA

Approved – multi year

$500,000

$500,000

Summernats 2019

Approved – multi year

$200,000

$200,000

NMA – Rome: City and Empire

Approved

$500,000

$100,000

AWM – Remembrance Day

Approved

$151,700

$150,000

Major Theatre Fund

Application yet to be received

$100,000

-

Total provisional requests / commitments to date

$1,451,700

$950,000

Total available funds for the 2018-19 MEF

$1.0 million

2019-20

Funding Recipient

Status

Funding requested

Funding approved/ suggested

NGA

Approved – multi year

$500,000

$500,000

Summernats 2020

Approved – multi year

$200,000

$200,000

Major Theatre Fund

Application yet to be received

$100,000

-

Total provisional requests / commitments to date

$800,000

$700,000

Total available funds for the 2018-19 MEF

$1.0 million


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