❓ Mrs. Clarke asks about the McGowan government's progress in developing the Peel Business Park and creating jobs. The Minister responds, highlighting progress, private sector investment, and contrasting it with the previous government's job creation record.
AnsweredQoN 798Legislative Assembly
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PEEL BUSINESS PARK
798. Mrs R.M.J. CLARKE to the Minister for Lands:
Mr Speaker —
The SPEAKER : Member for
Murray–Wellington, happy birthday!
Mrs R.M.J. CLARKE : Thank you
very much.
I refer to the McGowan Labor government's commitment
to drive new economic investment in the Peel region by developing and
delivering the Peel Business Park. Can the minister update the house about the
work this government is doing to encourage more businesses to establish
themselves at the Peel Business Park, as well as create more employment
opportunities for those in my electorate and across the region?
798. Mrs R.M.J. CLARKE to the Minister for Lands:
Mr Speaker —
The SPEAKER : Member for
Murray–Wellington, happy birthday!
Mrs R.M.J. CLARKE : Thank you
very much.
I refer to the McGowan Labor government's commitment
to drive new economic investment in the Peel region by developing and
delivering the Peel Business Park. Can the minister update the house about the
work this government is doing to encourage more businesses to establish
themselves at the Peel Business Park, as well as create more employment
opportunities for those in my electorate and across the region?
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I
thank the member for Murray–Wellington for that question. It is funny
she should mention Peel—it was the Peel Thunder Football Club
that knocked out the Perth Demons in the last round of the regular season,
which would have been the Perth Demons' first finals appearance since
1996. Nonetheless, I still love the Peel, member for Murray–Wellington, and in April this year she joined me with
the member for Mandurah as we did the ground-breaking on the Peel Business
Park. This is a very well located industrial park, as the member for Murray– Wellington
would appreciate, right there on the doorstep of some fantastic agribusiness
opportunities.
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup : Thanks to
the former government for finding the site.
Mr B.S. WYATT : I will take
that interjection, Mr Speaker.
The
SPEAKER : Before you take the
interjection, I will just call him to order, and then you can answer him,
Treasurer.
Mr B.S. WYATT : I find, as
with anything from the former government, that not much was started. I often
wonder what it could spend $40 billion on and still have so much wanting!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : I know it is a long
way down for you to see me, Leader of the House, but I am standing on my feet.
I call you to order for the first time.
Mr B.S. WYATT : It is amazing
to spend $40 billion and not have everything complete; nonetheless, the people
of Peel and Murray–Wellington wanted that industrial park and in April
this year we started work on it, as the member for Murray–Wellington may
recall. Then, of course, very recently we were there announcing an industrial
microgrid—the first one on an industrial complex—designed and
funded by the private sector. This is something that I think is very exciting.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
Mr B.S. WYATT : I just wish
the member for Bateman would ask me a question—just occasionally. I feel
unloved in here, Mr Speaker! I never get a question. I do not know what I have
to do, member for Bateman. I wait and I wait. Unrequited is the love I have for
the member for Bateman.
The
first stage is 120 hectares and seven lots have already sold, with three to go.
The member for Murray–Wellington is nothing but determined to
ensure that jobs are created in her patch. When it is all complete, this will
provide about 2 000 jobs, primarily in that agribusiness space, which is
exciting for the Peel region. I know the member for Mandurah shares that
excitement. I also want to thank the president of the Shire of Murray, David
Bolt, who was there with us, both in April and last week, and of course Rhys
Williams, the Mayor of the City of Mandurah, was also there. The Shire of
Murray has been very good in the way it has spent a lot of effort encouraging
investment into the Peel industrial park, offering all sorts of incentives to
get investment into that industrial park in the Peel Business Park. Ultimately,
the members for Murray–Wellington and Mandurah, and everyone on this side of the house, are focused on jobs and creating
opportunities for Western Australians. I could not help but note, with a
wry grin, the interjections from the other side about full-time jobs. I just
remind the house that during the second term
of the former government, it lost 36 000 full-time jobs. I find it interesting
that it would even raise the term ''jobs'' in light of the
fact that not one job was created during the entire second term of the former
Liberal–National government. Peel Business Park will be wonderful for
the member for Murray–Wellington's constituents, wonderful for the member for Mandurah's
constituents, wonderful for the Peel region, and, as a result , wonderful
for Western Australia!
thank the member for Murray–Wellington for that question. It is funny
she should mention Peel—it was the Peel Thunder Football Club
that knocked out the Perth Demons in the last round of the regular season,
which would have been the Perth Demons' first finals appearance since
1996. Nonetheless, I still love the Peel, member for Murray–Wellington, and in April this year she joined me with
the member for Mandurah as we did the ground-breaking on the Peel Business
Park. This is a very well located industrial park, as the member for Murray– Wellington
would appreciate, right there on the doorstep of some fantastic agribusiness
opportunities.
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup : Thanks to
the former government for finding the site.
Mr B.S. WYATT : I will take
that interjection, Mr Speaker.
The
SPEAKER : Before you take the
interjection, I will just call him to order, and then you can answer him,
Treasurer.
Mr B.S. WYATT : I find, as
with anything from the former government, that not much was started. I often
wonder what it could spend $40 billion on and still have so much wanting!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : I know it is a long
way down for you to see me, Leader of the House, but I am standing on my feet.
I call you to order for the first time.
Mr B.S. WYATT : It is amazing
to spend $40 billion and not have everything complete; nonetheless, the people
of Peel and Murray–Wellington wanted that industrial park and in April
this year we started work on it, as the member for Murray–Wellington may
recall. Then, of course, very recently we were there announcing an industrial
microgrid—the first one on an industrial complex—designed and
funded by the private sector. This is something that I think is very exciting.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
Mr B.S. WYATT : I just wish
the member for Bateman would ask me a question—just occasionally. I feel
unloved in here, Mr Speaker! I never get a question. I do not know what I have
to do, member for Bateman. I wait and I wait. Unrequited is the love I have for
the member for Bateman.
The
first stage is 120 hectares and seven lots have already sold, with three to go.
The member for Murray–Wellington is nothing but determined to
ensure that jobs are created in her patch. When it is all complete, this will
provide about 2 000 jobs, primarily in that agribusiness space, which is
exciting for the Peel region. I know the member for Mandurah shares that
excitement. I also want to thank the president of the Shire of Murray, David
Bolt, who was there with us, both in April and last week, and of course Rhys
Williams, the Mayor of the City of Mandurah, was also there. The Shire of
Murray has been very good in the way it has spent a lot of effort encouraging
investment into the Peel industrial park, offering all sorts of incentives to
get investment into that industrial park in the Peel Business Park. Ultimately,
the members for Murray–Wellington and Mandurah, and everyone on this side of the house, are focused on jobs and creating
opportunities for Western Australians. I could not help but note, with a
wry grin, the interjections from the other side about full-time jobs. I just
remind the house that during the second term
of the former government, it lost 36 000 full-time jobs. I find it interesting
that it would even raise the term ''jobs'' in light of the
fact that not one job was created during the entire second term of the former
Liberal–National government. Peel Business Park will be wonderful for
the member for Murray–Wellington's constituents, wonderful for the member for Mandurah's
constituents, wonderful for the Peel region, and, as a result , wonderful
for Western Australia!
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