❓ Mr Watson asks about evidence for sustainable jobs in the plantation timber industry. Dr Gallop responds by highlighting the opening of a woodchip mill in Albany, emphasizing job creation and investment, and linking it to broader economic confidence in WA.
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Does the Premier have any evidence to show that the plantation timber industry can provide sustainable jobs in the south west and great southern regions of the State? Dr GALLOP
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I had the pleasure this morning of officially opening the Albany woodchip mill, which will become a very important industry for Western Australia. It is interesting to note the history of this project. It goes back to the 1980s. In my speech this morning I made a point of thanking the former director general of the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Dr Shea, for the foresight he showed in developing our State’s plantation industry. We entered into a partnership with Japanese investors and we have a woodchip mill that represents a $52 million investment. It is a wonderful partnership. Various State Governments have been involved through the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in the involvement of this Government. There are good relations between investors and the local community. It was good to see local government representatives from Albany at the official opening. The mill represents the Government’s view of the future of this State. Our view is that we will stop the logging of old-growth forests and preserve them for future generations. We will develop new plantation industries. The new mill will employ 400 people. Albany and surrounding districts will have 400 new, good jobs. By 2007, the region will have 630 good jobs as a result of the plantation industry and the woodchip mill. I express my thanks to the Japanese investors and everyone involved. Yesterday, another major corporation expressed confidence in the future of Western Australia. I am referring to Qantas Airways Ltd. It announced yesterday that an additional 8 000 seats will be available each week to Western Australians in new flights between Perth and Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, and Perth and Melbourne. There is confidence in Western Australia and we are talking up our economy, jobs and opportunities. The other side of the House is always trying to talk down Western Australia and the opportunities we have. The link is that when those aeroplanes come to Western Australia, the Government wants to get people from those planes onto the Skywest Airlines flights to Albany and the other regions of this State. I know that the weather is a little unsettled, but the galahs on the electric light wires on the other side are a bit volatile today. Members opposite should stop talking down Western Australia. When they start taking the State of Western Australia seriously, the people of Western Australia might start taking them seriously.
Dr GALLOP replied: I had the pleasure this morning of officially opening the Albany woodchip mill, which will become a very important industry for Western Australia. It is interesting to note the history of this project. It goes back to the 1980s. In my speech this morning I made a point of thanking the former director general of the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Dr Shea, for the foresight he showed in developing our State’s plantation industry. We entered into a partnership with Japanese investors and we have a woodchip mill that represents a $52 million investment. It is a wonderful partnership. Various State Governments have been involved through the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in the involvement of this Government. There are good relations between investors and the local community. It was good to see local government representatives from Albany at the official opening. The mill represents the Government’s view of the future of this State. Our view is that we will stop the logging of old-growth forests and preserve them for future generations. We will develop new plantation industries. The new mill will employ 400 people. Albany and surrounding districts will have 400 new, good jobs. By 2007, the region will have 630 good jobs as a result of the plantation industry and the woodchip mill. I express my thanks to the Japanese investors and everyone involved. Yesterday, another major corporation expressed confidence in the future of Western Australia. I am referring to Qantas Airways Ltd. It announced yesterday that an additional 8 000 seats will be available each week to Western Australians in new flights between Perth and Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, and Perth and Melbourne. There is confidence in Western Australia and we are talking up our economy, jobs and opportunities. The other side of the House is always trying to talk down Western Australia and the opportunities we have. The link is that when those aeroplanes come to Western Australia, the Government wants to get people from those planes onto the Skywest Airlines flights to Albany and the other regions of this State. I know that the weather is a little unsettled, but the galahs on the electric light wires on the other side are a bit volatile today. Members opposite should stop talking down Western Australia. When they start taking the State of Western Australia seriously, the people of Western Australia might start taking them seriously.
I had the pleasure this morning of officially opening the Albany woodchip mill, which will become a very important industry for Western Australia. It is interesting to note the history of this project. It goes back to the 1980s. In my speech this morning I made a point of thanking the former director general of the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Dr Shea, for the foresight he showed in developing our State’s plantation industry. We entered into a partnership with Japanese investors and we have a woodchip mill that represents a $52 million investment. It is a wonderful partnership. Various State Governments have been involved through the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in the involvement of this Government. There are good relations between investors and the local community. It was good to see local government representatives from Albany at the official opening. The mill represents the Government’s view of the future of this State. Our view is that we will stop the logging of old-growth forests and preserve them for future generations. We will develop new plantation industries. The new mill will employ 400 people. Albany and surrounding districts will have 400 new, good jobs. By 2007, the region will have 630 good jobs as a result of the plantation industry and the woodchip mill. I express my thanks to the Japanese investors and everyone involved. Yesterday, another major corporation expressed confidence in the future of Western Australia. I am referring to Qantas Airways Ltd. It announced yesterday that an additional 8 000 seats will be available each week to Western Australians in new flights between Perth and Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, and Perth and Melbourne. There is confidence in Western Australia and we are talking up our economy, jobs and opportunities. The other side of the House is always trying to talk down Western Australia and the opportunities we have. The link is that when those aeroplanes come to Western Australia, the Government wants to get people from those planes onto the Skywest Airlines flights to Albany and the other regions of this State. I know that the weather is a little unsettled, but the galahs on the electric light wires on the other side are a bit volatile today. Members opposite should stop talking down Western Australia. When they start taking the State of Western Australia seriously, the people of Western Australia might start taking them seriously.
Yesterday, another major corporation expressed confidence in the future of Western Australia. I am referring to Qantas Airways Ltd. It announced yesterday that an additional 8 000 seats will be available each week to Western Australians in new flights between Perth and Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, and Perth and Melbourne. There is confidence in Western Australia and we are talking up our economy, jobs and opportunities. The other side of the House is always trying to talk down Western Australia and the opportunities we have. The link is that when those aeroplanes come to Western Australia, the Government wants to get people from those planes onto the Skywest Airlines flights to Albany and the other regions of this State. I know that the weather is a little unsettled, but the galahs on the electric light wires on the other side are a bit volatile today. Members opposite should stop talking down Western Australia. When they start taking the State of Western Australia seriously, the people of Western Australia might start taking them seriously.
I know that the weather is a little unsettled, but the galahs on the electric light wires on the other side are a bit volatile today. Members opposite should stop talking down Western Australia. When they start taking the State of Western Australia seriously, the people of Western Australia might start taking them seriously.
Dr GALLOP replied: I had the pleasure this morning of officially opening the Albany woodchip mill, which will become a very important industry for Western Australia. It is interesting to note the history of this project. It goes back to the 1980s. In my speech this morning I made a point of thanking the former director general of the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Dr Shea, for the foresight he showed in developing our State’s plantation industry. We entered into a partnership with Japanese investors and we have a woodchip mill that represents a $52 million investment. It is a wonderful partnership. Various State Governments have been involved through the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in the involvement of this Government. There are good relations between investors and the local community. It was good to see local government representatives from Albany at the official opening. The mill represents the Government’s view of the future of this State. Our view is that we will stop the logging of old-growth forests and preserve them for future generations. We will develop new plantation industries. The new mill will employ 400 people. Albany and surrounding districts will have 400 new, good jobs. By 2007, the region will have 630 good jobs as a result of the plantation industry and the woodchip mill. I express my thanks to the Japanese investors and everyone involved. Yesterday, another major corporation expressed confidence in the future of Western Australia. I am referring to Qantas Airways Ltd. It announced yesterday that an additional 8 000 seats will be available each week to Western Australians in new flights between Perth and Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, and Perth and Melbourne. There is confidence in Western Australia and we are talking up our economy, jobs and opportunities. The other side of the House is always trying to talk down Western Australia and the opportunities we have. The link is that when those aeroplanes come to Western Australia, the Government wants to get people from those planes onto the Skywest Airlines flights to Albany and the other regions of this State. I know that the weather is a little unsettled, but the galahs on the electric light wires on the other side are a bit volatile today. Members opposite should stop talking down Western Australia. When they start taking the State of Western Australia seriously, the people of Western Australia might start taking them seriously.
I had the pleasure this morning of officially opening the Albany woodchip mill, which will become a very important industry for Western Australia. It is interesting to note the history of this project. It goes back to the 1980s. In my speech this morning I made a point of thanking the former director general of the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Dr Shea, for the foresight he showed in developing our State’s plantation industry. We entered into a partnership with Japanese investors and we have a woodchip mill that represents a $52 million investment. It is a wonderful partnership. Various State Governments have been involved through the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in the involvement of this Government. There are good relations between investors and the local community. It was good to see local government representatives from Albany at the official opening. The mill represents the Government’s view of the future of this State. Our view is that we will stop the logging of old-growth forests and preserve them for future generations. We will develop new plantation industries. The new mill will employ 400 people. Albany and surrounding districts will have 400 new, good jobs. By 2007, the region will have 630 good jobs as a result of the plantation industry and the woodchip mill. I express my thanks to the Japanese investors and everyone involved. Yesterday, another major corporation expressed confidence in the future of Western Australia. I am referring to Qantas Airways Ltd. It announced yesterday that an additional 8 000 seats will be available each week to Western Australians in new flights between Perth and Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, and Perth and Melbourne. There is confidence in Western Australia and we are talking up our economy, jobs and opportunities. The other side of the House is always trying to talk down Western Australia and the opportunities we have. The link is that when those aeroplanes come to Western Australia, the Government wants to get people from those planes onto the Skywest Airlines flights to Albany and the other regions of this State. I know that the weather is a little unsettled, but the galahs on the electric light wires on the other side are a bit volatile today. Members opposite should stop talking down Western Australia. When they start taking the State of Western Australia seriously, the people of Western Australia might start taking them seriously.
Yesterday, another major corporation expressed confidence in the future of Western Australia. I am referring to Qantas Airways Ltd. It announced yesterday that an additional 8 000 seats will be available each week to Western Australians in new flights between Perth and Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, and Perth and Melbourne. There is confidence in Western Australia and we are talking up our economy, jobs and opportunities. The other side of the House is always trying to talk down Western Australia and the opportunities we have. The link is that when those aeroplanes come to Western Australia, the Government wants to get people from those planes onto the Skywest Airlines flights to Albany and the other regions of this State. I know that the weather is a little unsettled, but the galahs on the electric light wires on the other side are a bit volatile today. Members opposite should stop talking down Western Australia. When they start taking the State of Western Australia seriously, the people of Western Australia might start taking them seriously.
I know that the weather is a little unsettled, but the galahs on the electric light wires on the other side are a bit volatile today. Members opposite should stop talking down Western Australia. When they start taking the State of Western Australia seriously, the people of Western Australia might start taking them seriously.
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