❓ The WA government is addressing housing shortages in Karratha by releasing land and partnering with Woodside and LandCorp to provide accommodation for construction workers to incentivise building in the area.
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HOUSING - KARRATHA
Before I ask my question I, too, want to send a cheerio to the Speaker. I also want to let him know that the lilies are on their way! I also send get-well messages to any other seriously ill people who are watching us on Access 31. I hope that they recover. While I am at it, I say hello to my mum and dad; they died several years ago. What innovative arrangements has the state government entered into to allow houses to be built more quickly in Karratha; and, while the minister is answering that question, would she like to say anything about the commonwealth’s approach to AusLink funding in that area? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
Before I ask my question I, too, want to send a cheerio to the Speaker. I also want to let him know that the lilies are on their way! I also send get-well messages to any other seriously ill people who are watching us on Access 31. I hope that they recover. While I am at it, I say hello to my mum and dad; they died several years ago. What innovative arrangements has the state government entered into to allow houses to be built more quickly in Karratha; and, while the minister is answering that question, would she like to say anything about the commonwealth’s approach to AusLink funding in that area? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for the question and for the great help he has been in getting more land onto the market in his electorate. I join in the expression of goodwill towards our beloved Speaker. I hope that the news I am about to announce will cheer him up. We have been releasing lots in Karratha at a frantic pace. Teams of civil construction workers are based in Karratha permanently. As one lot is released, the D9s roll on to the next lot. Indeed, over the past 18 months we have released some 340 lots. Another 240 lots will be released over the next six months and another 360 in the six months after that, and there are another 800 for which planning is being fast-tracked. There is lots and lots of land in Karratha. One of the problems we have is that it is very hard to get a builder to build a house on those lots. We have been bringing builders into the area. We ran an expo a couple of weeks ago in relation to builders from around Australia who can build with rapid construct products. That was quite successful, but we need to do more. I am pleased to announce two initiatives that we have developed. Firstly, we have just signed a deal with Woodside under which Woodside will allocate 50 housing units from its Pluto construction camp to LandCorp. We will set aside those for the building workers who will build houses on the land that we have been releasing. Most of those will be on the ground by the end of the year. That will make it a helluva lot easier to get builders. At the moment, there is nowhere for the builders to sleep, so it is very difficult to get builders to build houses. Once those 50 lots have been secured, that will help deal with that problem. Secondly, today we are seeking expressions of interest for an entirely new construction camp that, through LandCorp, we will be managing. It will be a 1 000-bed construction camp, 40 per cent of which will be set aside for home builders. Usually, these construction camps are for the builders of the facilities for the mining company, but we will make sure that construction facilities are available to help us help the homebuyers get their homes built on the land we are churning out. We are going that extra mile to help the people of the Pilbara to cope with the amazing opportunities and challenges that are being presented by this boom.
What innovative arrangements has the state government entered into to allow houses to be built more quickly in Karratha; and, while the minister is answering that question, would she like to say anything about the commonwealth’s approach to AusLink funding in that area? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for the question and for the great help he has been in getting more land onto the market in his electorate. I join in the expression of goodwill towards our beloved Speaker. I hope that the news I am about to announce will cheer him up. We have been releasing lots in Karratha at a frantic pace. Teams of civil construction workers are based in Karratha permanently. As one lot is released, the D9s roll on to the next lot. Indeed, over the past 18 months we have released some 340 lots. Another 240 lots will be released over the next six months and another 360 in the six months after that, and there are another 800 for which planning is being fast-tracked. There is lots and lots of land in Karratha. One of the problems we have is that it is very hard to get a builder to build a house on those lots. We have been bringing builders into the area. We ran an expo a couple of weeks ago in relation to builders from around Australia who can build with rapid construct products. That was quite successful, but we need to do more. I am pleased to announce two initiatives that we have developed. Firstly, we have just signed a deal with Woodside under which Woodside will allocate 50 housing units from its Pluto construction camp to LandCorp. We will set aside those for the building workers who will build houses on the land that we have been releasing. Most of those will be on the ground by the end of the year. That will make it a helluva lot easier to get builders. At the moment, there is nowhere for the builders to sleep, so it is very difficult to get builders to build houses. Once those 50 lots have been secured, that will help deal with that problem. Secondly, today we are seeking expressions of interest for an entirely new construction camp that, through LandCorp, we will be managing. It will be a 1 000-bed construction camp, 40 per cent of which will be set aside for home builders. Usually, these construction camps are for the builders of the facilities for the mining company, but we will make sure that construction facilities are available to help us help the homebuyers get their homes built on the land we are churning out. We are going that extra mile to help the people of the Pilbara to cope with the amazing opportunities and challenges that are being presented by this boom.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for the question and for the great help he has been in getting more land onto the market in his electorate. I join in the expression of goodwill towards our beloved Speaker. I hope that the news I am about to announce will cheer him up. We have been releasing lots in Karratha at a frantic pace. Teams of civil construction workers are based in Karratha permanently. As one lot is released, the D9s roll on to the next lot. Indeed, over the past 18 months we have released some 340 lots. Another 240 lots will be released over the next six months and another 360 in the six months after that, and there are another 800 for which planning is being fast-tracked. There is lots and lots of land in Karratha. One of the problems we have is that it is very hard to get a builder to build a house on those lots. We have been bringing builders into the area. We ran an expo a couple of weeks ago in relation to builders from around Australia who can build with rapid construct products. That was quite successful, but we need to do more. I am pleased to announce two initiatives that we have developed. Firstly, we have just signed a deal with Woodside under which Woodside will allocate 50 housing units from its Pluto construction camp to LandCorp. We will set aside those for the building workers who will build houses on the land that we have been releasing. Most of those will be on the ground by the end of the year. That will make it a helluva lot easier to get builders. At the moment, there is nowhere for the builders to sleep, so it is very difficult to get builders to build houses. Once those 50 lots have been secured, that will help deal with that problem. Secondly, today we are seeking expressions of interest for an entirely new construction camp that, through LandCorp, we will be managing. It will be a 1 000-bed construction camp, 40 per cent of which will be set aside for home builders. Usually, these construction camps are for the builders of the facilities for the mining company, but we will make sure that construction facilities are available to help us help the homebuyers get their homes built on the land we are churning out. We are going that extra mile to help the people of the Pilbara to cope with the amazing opportunities and challenges that are being presented by this boom.
I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for the question and for the great help he has been in getting more land onto the market in his electorate. I join in the expression of goodwill towards our beloved Speaker. I hope that the news I am about to announce will cheer him up. We have been releasing lots in Karratha at a frantic pace. Teams of civil construction workers are based in Karratha permanently. As one lot is released, the D9s roll on to the next lot. Indeed, over the past 18 months we have released some 340 lots. Another 240 lots will be released over the next six months and another 360 in the six months after that, and there are another 800 for which planning is being fast-tracked. There is lots and lots of land in Karratha. One of the problems we have is that it is very hard to get a builder to build a house on those lots. We have been bringing builders into the area. We ran an expo a couple of weeks ago in relation to builders from around Australia who can build with rapid construct products. That was quite successful, but we need to do more. I am pleased to announce two initiatives that we have developed. Firstly, we have just signed a deal with Woodside under which Woodside will allocate 50 housing units from its Pluto construction camp to LandCorp. We will set aside those for the building workers who will build houses on the land that we have been releasing. Most of those will be on the ground by the end of the year. That will make it a helluva lot easier to get builders. At the moment, there is nowhere for the builders to sleep, so it is very difficult to get builders to build houses. Once those 50 lots have been secured, that will help deal with that problem. Secondly, today we are seeking expressions of interest for an entirely new construction camp that, through LandCorp, we will be managing. It will be a 1 000-bed construction camp, 40 per cent of which will be set aside for home builders. Usually, these construction camps are for the builders of the facilities for the mining company, but we will make sure that construction facilities are available to help us help the homebuyers get their homes built on the land we are churning out. We are going that extra mile to help the people of the Pilbara to cope with the amazing opportunities and challenges that are being presented by this boom.
We have been releasing lots in Karratha at a frantic pace. Teams of civil construction workers are based in Karratha permanently. As one lot is released, the D9s roll on to the next lot. Indeed, over the past 18 months we have released some 340 lots. Another 240 lots will be released over the next six months and another 360 in the six months after that, and there are another 800 for which planning is being fast-tracked. There is lots and lots of land in Karratha. One of the problems we have is that it is very hard to get a builder to build a house on those lots. We have been bringing builders into the area. We ran an expo a couple of weeks ago in relation to builders from around Australia who can build with rapid construct products. That was quite successful, but we need to do more. I am pleased to announce two initiatives that we have developed. Firstly, we have just signed a deal with Woodside under which Woodside will allocate 50 housing units from its Pluto construction camp to LandCorp. We will set aside those for the building workers who will build houses on the land that we have been releasing. Most of those will be on the ground by the end of the year. That will make it a helluva lot easier to get builders. At the moment, there is nowhere for the builders to sleep, so it is very difficult to get builders to build houses. Once those 50 lots have been secured, that will help deal with that problem. Secondly, today we are seeking expressions of interest for an entirely new construction camp that, through LandCorp, we will be managing. It will be a 1 000-bed construction camp, 40 per cent of which will be set aside for home builders. Usually, these construction camps are for the builders of the facilities for the mining company, but we will make sure that construction facilities are available to help us help the homebuyers get their homes built on the land we are churning out. We are going that extra mile to help the people of the Pilbara to cope with the amazing opportunities and challenges that are being presented by this boom.
I am pleased to announce two initiatives that we have developed. Firstly, we have just signed a deal with Woodside under which Woodside will allocate 50 housing units from its Pluto construction camp to LandCorp. We will set aside those for the building workers who will build houses on the land that we have been releasing. Most of those will be on the ground by the end of the year. That will make it a helluva lot easier to get builders. At the moment, there is nowhere for the builders to sleep, so it is very difficult to get builders to build houses. Once those 50 lots have been secured, that will help deal with that problem. Secondly, today we are seeking expressions of interest for an entirely new construction camp that, through LandCorp, we will be managing. It will be a 1 000-bed construction camp, 40 per cent of which will be set aside for home builders. Usually, these construction camps are for the builders of the facilities for the mining company, but we will make sure that construction facilities are available to help us help the homebuyers get their homes built on the land we are churning out. We are going that extra mile to help the people of the Pilbara to cope with the amazing opportunities and challenges that are being presented by this boom.
What innovative arrangements has the state government entered into to allow houses to be built more quickly in Karratha; and, while the minister is answering that question, would she like to say anything about the commonwealth’s approach to AusLink funding in that area? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for the question and for the great help he has been in getting more land onto the market in his electorate. I join in the expression of goodwill towards our beloved Speaker. I hope that the news I am about to announce will cheer him up. We have been releasing lots in Karratha at a frantic pace. Teams of civil construction workers are based in Karratha permanently. As one lot is released, the D9s roll on to the next lot. Indeed, over the past 18 months we have released some 340 lots. Another 240 lots will be released over the next six months and another 360 in the six months after that, and there are another 800 for which planning is being fast-tracked. There is lots and lots of land in Karratha. One of the problems we have is that it is very hard to get a builder to build a house on those lots. We have been bringing builders into the area. We ran an expo a couple of weeks ago in relation to builders from around Australia who can build with rapid construct products. That was quite successful, but we need to do more. I am pleased to announce two initiatives that we have developed. Firstly, we have just signed a deal with Woodside under which Woodside will allocate 50 housing units from its Pluto construction camp to LandCorp. We will set aside those for the building workers who will build houses on the land that we have been releasing. Most of those will be on the ground by the end of the year. That will make it a helluva lot easier to get builders. At the moment, there is nowhere for the builders to sleep, so it is very difficult to get builders to build houses. Once those 50 lots have been secured, that will help deal with that problem. Secondly, today we are seeking expressions of interest for an entirely new construction camp that, through LandCorp, we will be managing. It will be a 1 000-bed construction camp, 40 per cent of which will be set aside for home builders. Usually, these construction camps are for the builders of the facilities for the mining company, but we will make sure that construction facilities are available to help us help the homebuyers get their homes built on the land we are churning out. We are going that extra mile to help the people of the Pilbara to cope with the amazing opportunities and challenges that are being presented by this boom.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for the question and for the great help he has been in getting more land onto the market in his electorate. I join in the expression of goodwill towards our beloved Speaker. I hope that the news I am about to announce will cheer him up. We have been releasing lots in Karratha at a frantic pace. Teams of civil construction workers are based in Karratha permanently. As one lot is released, the D9s roll on to the next lot. Indeed, over the past 18 months we have released some 340 lots. Another 240 lots will be released over the next six months and another 360 in the six months after that, and there are another 800 for which planning is being fast-tracked. There is lots and lots of land in Karratha. One of the problems we have is that it is very hard to get a builder to build a house on those lots. We have been bringing builders into the area. We ran an expo a couple of weeks ago in relation to builders from around Australia who can build with rapid construct products. That was quite successful, but we need to do more. I am pleased to announce two initiatives that we have developed. Firstly, we have just signed a deal with Woodside under which Woodside will allocate 50 housing units from its Pluto construction camp to LandCorp. We will set aside those for the building workers who will build houses on the land that we have been releasing. Most of those will be on the ground by the end of the year. That will make it a helluva lot easier to get builders. At the moment, there is nowhere for the builders to sleep, so it is very difficult to get builders to build houses. Once those 50 lots have been secured, that will help deal with that problem. Secondly, today we are seeking expressions of interest for an entirely new construction camp that, through LandCorp, we will be managing. It will be a 1 000-bed construction camp, 40 per cent of which will be set aside for home builders. Usually, these construction camps are for the builders of the facilities for the mining company, but we will make sure that construction facilities are available to help us help the homebuyers get their homes built on the land we are churning out. We are going that extra mile to help the people of the Pilbara to cope with the amazing opportunities and challenges that are being presented by this boom.
I thank the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara for the question and for the great help he has been in getting more land onto the market in his electorate. I join in the expression of goodwill towards our beloved Speaker. I hope that the news I am about to announce will cheer him up. We have been releasing lots in Karratha at a frantic pace. Teams of civil construction workers are based in Karratha permanently. As one lot is released, the D9s roll on to the next lot. Indeed, over the past 18 months we have released some 340 lots. Another 240 lots will be released over the next six months and another 360 in the six months after that, and there are another 800 for which planning is being fast-tracked. There is lots and lots of land in Karratha. One of the problems we have is that it is very hard to get a builder to build a house on those lots. We have been bringing builders into the area. We ran an expo a couple of weeks ago in relation to builders from around Australia who can build with rapid construct products. That was quite successful, but we need to do more. I am pleased to announce two initiatives that we have developed. Firstly, we have just signed a deal with Woodside under which Woodside will allocate 50 housing units from its Pluto construction camp to LandCorp. We will set aside those for the building workers who will build houses on the land that we have been releasing. Most of those will be on the ground by the end of the year. That will make it a helluva lot easier to get builders. At the moment, there is nowhere for the builders to sleep, so it is very difficult to get builders to build houses. Once those 50 lots have been secured, that will help deal with that problem. Secondly, today we are seeking expressions of interest for an entirely new construction camp that, through LandCorp, we will be managing. It will be a 1 000-bed construction camp, 40 per cent of which will be set aside for home builders. Usually, these construction camps are for the builders of the facilities for the mining company, but we will make sure that construction facilities are available to help us help the homebuyers get their homes built on the land we are churning out. We are going that extra mile to help the people of the Pilbara to cope with the amazing opportunities and challenges that are being presented by this boom.
We have been releasing lots in Karratha at a frantic pace. Teams of civil construction workers are based in Karratha permanently. As one lot is released, the D9s roll on to the next lot. Indeed, over the past 18 months we have released some 340 lots. Another 240 lots will be released over the next six months and another 360 in the six months after that, and there are another 800 for which planning is being fast-tracked. There is lots and lots of land in Karratha. One of the problems we have is that it is very hard to get a builder to build a house on those lots. We have been bringing builders into the area. We ran an expo a couple of weeks ago in relation to builders from around Australia who can build with rapid construct products. That was quite successful, but we need to do more. I am pleased to announce two initiatives that we have developed. Firstly, we have just signed a deal with Woodside under which Woodside will allocate 50 housing units from its Pluto construction camp to LandCorp. We will set aside those for the building workers who will build houses on the land that we have been releasing. Most of those will be on the ground by the end of the year. That will make it a helluva lot easier to get builders. At the moment, there is nowhere for the builders to sleep, so it is very difficult to get builders to build houses. Once those 50 lots have been secured, that will help deal with that problem. Secondly, today we are seeking expressions of interest for an entirely new construction camp that, through LandCorp, we will be managing. It will be a 1 000-bed construction camp, 40 per cent of which will be set aside for home builders. Usually, these construction camps are for the builders of the facilities for the mining company, but we will make sure that construction facilities are available to help us help the homebuyers get their homes built on the land we are churning out. We are going that extra mile to help the people of the Pilbara to cope with the amazing opportunities and challenges that are being presented by this boom.
I am pleased to announce two initiatives that we have developed. Firstly, we have just signed a deal with Woodside under which Woodside will allocate 50 housing units from its Pluto construction camp to LandCorp. We will set aside those for the building workers who will build houses on the land that we have been releasing. Most of those will be on the ground by the end of the year. That will make it a helluva lot easier to get builders. At the moment, there is nowhere for the builders to sleep, so it is very difficult to get builders to build houses. Once those 50 lots have been secured, that will help deal with that problem. Secondly, today we are seeking expressions of interest for an entirely new construction camp that, through LandCorp, we will be managing. It will be a 1 000-bed construction camp, 40 per cent of which will be set aside for home builders. Usually, these construction camps are for the builders of the facilities for the mining company, but we will make sure that construction facilities are available to help us help the homebuyers get their homes built on the land we are churning out. We are going that extra mile to help the people of the Pilbara to cope with the amazing opportunities and challenges that are being presented by this boom.
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