❓ Mr. Trenorden questions the Minister about funding for the Broome Port expansion. The Minister acknowledges the importance, highlights previous government's unsuccessful attempts to secure federal funding, and seeks bipartisan support.
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BROOME PORT, HANDLING CAPACITY
I refer to the Labor Party’s election policy to work with the Broome Port Authority to ensure the expansion of the port’s handling capacity to cater for increased mining and exploration activities. (1) Does the minister intend to support the port of Broome’s application for funds to expand the berthing capacity, which has not been expanded since 1966 despite a 1 200 per cent increase in the number of vessels using the port? Ms MacTiernan: What was Murray Criddle doing? Mr TRENORDEN: He was trying to get this done. What is the minister doing? (2) Does the minister agree that regional business will be lost to other ports, such as Darwin, if the Broome port is not given this capital in the near future? Ms MacTIERNAN
I refer to the Labor Party’s election policy to work with the Broome Port Authority to ensure the expansion of the port’s handling capacity to cater for increased mining and exploration activities. (1) Does the minister intend to support the port of Broome’s application for funds to expand the berthing capacity, which has not been expanded since 1966 despite a 1 200 per cent increase in the number of vessels using the port? Ms MacTiernan: What was Murray Criddle doing? Mr TRENORDEN: He was trying to get this done. What is the minister doing? (2) Does the minister agree that regional business will be lost to other ports, such as Darwin, if the Broome port is not given this capital in the near future? Ms MacTIERNAN
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I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
(1) Does the minister intend to support the port of Broome’s application for funds to expand the berthing capacity, which has not been expanded since 1966 despite a 1 200 per cent increase in the number of vessels using the port? Ms MacTiernan: What was Murray Criddle doing? Mr TRENORDEN: He was trying to get this done. What is the minister doing? (2) Does the minister agree that regional business will be lost to other ports, such as Darwin, if the Broome port is not given this capital in the near future? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
Ms MacTiernan: What was Murray Criddle doing? Mr TRENORDEN: He was trying to get this done. What is the minister doing? (2) Does the minister agree that regional business will be lost to other ports, such as Darwin, if the Broome port is not given this capital in the near future? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
Mr TRENORDEN: He was trying to get this done. What is the minister doing? (2) Does the minister agree that regional business will be lost to other ports, such as Darwin, if the Broome port is not given this capital in the near future? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
(2) Does the minister agree that regional business will be lost to other ports, such as Darwin, if the Broome port is not given this capital in the near future? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
(1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
(1) Does the minister intend to support the port of Broome’s application for funds to expand the berthing capacity, which has not been expanded since 1966 despite a 1 200 per cent increase in the number of vessels using the port? Ms MacTiernan: What was Murray Criddle doing? Mr TRENORDEN: He was trying to get this done. What is the minister doing? (2) Does the minister agree that regional business will be lost to other ports, such as Darwin, if the Broome port is not given this capital in the near future? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
Ms MacTiernan: What was Murray Criddle doing? Mr TRENORDEN: He was trying to get this done. What is the minister doing? (2) Does the minister agree that regional business will be lost to other ports, such as Darwin, if the Broome port is not given this capital in the near future? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
Mr TRENORDEN: He was trying to get this done. What is the minister doing? (2) Does the minister agree that regional business will be lost to other ports, such as Darwin, if the Broome port is not given this capital in the near future? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
(2) Does the minister agree that regional business will be lost to other ports, such as Darwin, if the Broome port is not given this capital in the near future? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
I was about to thank the member for some notice of the question, but then I realised that the question was not asked by the member who had told me he would ask it. (1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
(1)-(2) This is an important issue, and I will give the Leader of the National Party some background, although, no doubt, he would have previously discussed this matter with Hon Murray Criddle. It is certainly true that the Broome Port Authority has developed a proposal to extend its jetty via a bilateral funding arrangement. The proposal is that it be a shared project between the Commonwealth Government and the State Government, with $5.5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $5.5 million from the State Government, and $3 million from port borrowings. As the Leader of the National Party would know, the previous Government received that proposal from the Broome Port Authority and forwarded it to the federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson - another National Party member. To date, the attempts to extract money from that commonwealth National Party minister have been unsuccessful, but, as we speak, discussions are continuing between the Broome Port Authority and the Department of Transport and Regional Services in Canberra. We believe this is an important project for Broome, and it is certainly one that we are considering in the next round of budget negotiations. I look forward to having the Leader of the National Party work with us on this matter and to seeing whether he can have some influence that the previous Minister for Transport seemed unable to have, and get some support for this project at the national level. I look forward to the member’s working with us to ensure that we get the vital federal funding that will enable this project to go ahead.
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