❓ Mr. Kelly questions the Minister for Water about deferred Water Corporation projects due to lack of capital, given rising customer prices. The Minister defends the government's fiscal restraint and assures the Water Corporation can meet operating requirements.
AnsweredQoN 817Legislative Assembly
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WATER
CORPORATION — ASSET INVESTMENT PROGRAM
817. Mr D.J. KELLY to the
Minister for Water:
I ask a supplementary question. Given that the strategic
development plan identifies 17 projects that have already been deferred because
of a denial of capital, is it not appalling that while customers are
experiencing record price increases, this government is not giving the Water
Corporation the capital it needs to do its job?
CORPORATION — ASSET INVESTMENT PROGRAM
817. Mr D.J. KELLY to the
Minister for Water:
I ask a supplementary question. Given that the strategic
development plan identifies 17 projects that have already been deferred because
of a denial of capital, is it not appalling that while customers are
experiencing record price increases, this government is not giving the Water
Corporation the capital it needs to do its job?
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The member is being facetious because that is referred to in
a section of the report. Another section of the report refers to the
conversation that occurs between me, the Water Corporation and the Treasurer
about the fact that the Water Corporation is confident that it can meet its
operating requirements going forward and continue to deliver a quality service.
Mr
D.J. Kelly interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Order, member for Bassendean!
Ms
M.J. DAVIES : Member, that document and that risk —
Mr
B.S. Wyatt : It should never have been tabled.
Ms
M.J. DAVIES : Open and accountable government —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Order, members! Carry on, minister, through the Chair.
Ms
M.J. DAVIES : That risk matrix to which the member referred is about the
conversation that the corporation —
Mr
D.J. Kelly : Not the risk matrix; the list of projects that the member
referred to —
The
SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the first time.
Minister, just answer the question, please.
Ms M.J. DAVIES : I
am trying, Mr Speaker; I keep getting interrupted.
I am very confident that the Water Corporation will be able
to continue to deliver within the parameters of its operating requirements with
the capital that it is provided. As a corporation, it is not immune from the
fiscal restraint that government is showing in managing our budget going
forward.
a section of the report. Another section of the report refers to the
conversation that occurs between me, the Water Corporation and the Treasurer
about the fact that the Water Corporation is confident that it can meet its
operating requirements going forward and continue to deliver a quality service.
Mr
D.J. Kelly interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Order, member for Bassendean!
Ms
M.J. DAVIES : Member, that document and that risk —
Mr
B.S. Wyatt : It should never have been tabled.
Ms
M.J. DAVIES : Open and accountable government —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Order, members! Carry on, minister, through the Chair.
Ms
M.J. DAVIES : That risk matrix to which the member referred is about the
conversation that the corporation —
Mr
D.J. Kelly : Not the risk matrix; the list of projects that the member
referred to —
The
SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the first time.
Minister, just answer the question, please.
Ms M.J. DAVIES : I
am trying, Mr Speaker; I keep getting interrupted.
I am very confident that the Water Corporation will be able
to continue to deliver within the parameters of its operating requirements with
the capital that it is provided. As a corporation, it is not immune from the
fiscal restraint that government is showing in managing our budget going
forward.
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