❓ Question regarding a potential $78 million payment to Oakajee Port and Rail proponents if the project doesn't proceed, specifically related to intellectual property. The Premier's response focuses on the option to purchase intellectual property like environmental approvals and technical designs.
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OAKAJEE PROJECT — COST BLOW-OUTS
I ask a supplementary question. Why has the Premier agreed to pay the Oakajee Port and Rail proponents $78 million of state money if the project does not proceed? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I ask a supplementary question. Why has the Premier agreed to pay the Oakajee Port and Rail proponents $78 million of state money if the project does not proceed? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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In saying $78 million, I assume the Leader of the Opposition is referring to intellectual property. Is that correct? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you to explain it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about the intellectual property clause. The Leader of the Opposition does not even know what he is asking the question about, but if it is about that — Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you why you agreed to repay them $78 million. If your answer is intellectual property, that is your answer. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: In saying $78 million, I assume the Leader of the Opposition is referring to intellectual property. Is that correct? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you to explain it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about the intellectual property clause. The Leader of the Opposition does not even know what he is asking the question about, but if it is about that — Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you why you agreed to repay them $78 million. If your answer is intellectual property, that is your answer. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
In saying $78 million, I assume the Leader of the Opposition is referring to intellectual property. Is that correct? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you to explain it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about the intellectual property clause. The Leader of the Opposition does not even know what he is asking the question about, but if it is about that — Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you why you agreed to repay them $78 million. If your answer is intellectual property, that is your answer. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you to explain it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about the intellectual property clause. The Leader of the Opposition does not even know what he is asking the question about, but if it is about that — Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you why you agreed to repay them $78 million. If your answer is intellectual property, that is your answer. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about the intellectual property clause. The Leader of the Opposition does not even know what he is asking the question about, but if it is about that — Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you why you agreed to repay them $78 million. If your answer is intellectual property, that is your answer. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you why you agreed to repay them $78 million. If your answer is intellectual property, that is your answer. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: In saying $78 million, I assume the Leader of the Opposition is referring to intellectual property. Is that correct? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you to explain it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about the intellectual property clause. The Leader of the Opposition does not even know what he is asking the question about, but if it is about that — Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you why you agreed to repay them $78 million. If your answer is intellectual property, that is your answer. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
In saying $78 million, I assume the Leader of the Opposition is referring to intellectual property. Is that correct? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you to explain it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about the intellectual property clause. The Leader of the Opposition does not even know what he is asking the question about, but if it is about that — Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you why you agreed to repay them $78 million. If your answer is intellectual property, that is your answer. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you to explain it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about the intellectual property clause. The Leader of the Opposition does not even know what he is asking the question about, but if it is about that — Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you why you agreed to repay them $78 million. If your answer is intellectual property, that is your answer. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about the intellectual property clause. The Leader of the Opposition does not even know what he is asking the question about, but if it is about that — Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you why you agreed to repay them $78 million. If your answer is intellectual property, that is your answer. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I am asking you why you agreed to repay them $78 million. If your answer is intellectual property, that is your answer. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, Leader of the Opposition! The Premier. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I assume the Leader of the Opposition is talking about intellectual property. If that is what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about, then should Oakajee Port and Rail not proceed, the government, under the agreement act, has an option of buying the intellectual property. What might the intellectual property be? It might well be work underway on environmental and other approvals, and it would certainly include technical and design work relating to the port and rail infrastructure; and the state would have an option to purchase that if we wished to.
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