| posted on April 5, 2018
LAST week, The Weekender accurately reported that FORM Executive Director Lynda Dorrington had said the Federal Minister for Regional Development’s statement that 29 ongoing jobs that would be created from the silo trails project, including the Albany seadragon, was “incorrect” and had not been provided by FORM.
We did so after asking the Minister’s office where and what the 29 jobs would be, and being told Ms Dorrington would be in a better position to answer that.
Ms Dorrington has since explained that the figures were drawn from a business case supplied in a FORM funding application to the Federal Government.
“This modelling indicated the project would result in employment for 12 people over a three year period of project delivery and projects a further 27.8 indirect employment opportunities over five years,” Ms Dorrington said.
She said she had sought to explain that jobs would emerge as the project evolved and through a marketing campaign to drive cultural tourism to the state’s south.
“In addition there are the economic benefits associated with the PUBLIC silo trail project team being housed in regional locations, including the purchase of paint, materials, accommodation and consumables in the regions,” she said.
