❓ Premier Carpenter announces a major LNG deal between Woodside and PetroChina, potentially worth $35 billion, highlighting its significance for WA's economy and Indigenous communities.
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RESOURCES SECTOR - LNG DEAL WITH CHINA
Will the Premier please provide details of the latest major deal involving Western Australia’s resources sector? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
Will the Premier please provide details of the latest major deal involving Western Australia’s resources sector? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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Madam Acting Speaker - A government member: Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Are you Acting Speaker as well today, Madam Deputy Speaker? The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The official title is actually Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: Madam Acting Speaker - A government member: Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Are you Acting Speaker as well today, Madam Deputy Speaker? The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The official title is actually Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Madam Acting Speaker - A government member: Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Are you Acting Speaker as well today, Madam Deputy Speaker? The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The official title is actually Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
A government member: Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Are you Acting Speaker as well today, Madam Deputy Speaker? The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The official title is actually Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Are you Acting Speaker as well today, Madam Deputy Speaker? The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The official title is actually Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The official title is actually Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: Madam Acting Speaker - A government member: Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Are you Acting Speaker as well today, Madam Deputy Speaker? The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The official title is actually Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Madam Acting Speaker - A government member: Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Are you Acting Speaker as well today, Madam Deputy Speaker? The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The official title is actually Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
A government member: Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Are you Acting Speaker as well today, Madam Deputy Speaker? The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The official title is actually Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Are you Acting Speaker as well today, Madam Deputy Speaker? The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The official title is actually Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The official title is actually Deputy Speaker. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Okay, you are Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that the Speaker may be watching the broadcast again, although if yesterday was an indication, I think Access 31, which has never had more publicity, might be about to discontinue the service! Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Western Australia’s economic news just keeps getting better. Today, Woodside Energy, a Western Australian company, signed a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with one of China’s largest energy companies, PetroChina Co Ltd. The agreement paves the way for the potential supply of two to three million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Browse project, which is far off the north Kimberley coast, for a period of 15 to 20 years. Without knowing the detail of the pricing, the expectation is that that agreement is potentially worth more than $35 billion. In monetary terms, it is significantly bigger than the original agreement that delivered the first LNG to China from Western Australia. It is believed to be the largest single export deal ever signed by an Australian company, and it is a great step towards the Browse project coming to fruition. We welcome today’s announcement and congratulate Woodside and PetroChina. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Come on! This is a very good day, yet the nay-sayers and the doom-sayers on the other side of the chamber are predicting that it is not going to occur. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This sort of attitude reminds me of the predictions made by none other than Ian MacFarlane, federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, when he condemned our 15 per cent domestic gas policy and said that projects were in train that would never occur because of that policy. He was referring to this project, Pluto and Gorgon. He was wrong; the projects will happen. Today is a great step forward in the realisation of those projects. It highlights how important our state is when it comes to providing clean energy to the world, and how highly regarded we are as a stable and reliable supplier. We should not forget that on Tuesday the PetroChina Shell agreement was signed here in Western Australia to coincide with President Hu Jintao’s visit. Recently, it was announced that the Pluto project will proceed, the initial phase of which will include a single LNG production train, with a forecast production of 4.3 million tonnes per annum. The first gas is to be produced in late 2010. The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
The state’s economy is moving to a new plateau altogether, and it is wonderful for this state. We are at a point now at which we must take advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to ensure, as best we possibly can, that the benefits extend as broadly as we can make them - I am talking about right into the Indigenous community as well, and I have already referred in this Parliament to Woodside’s change of direction on Indigenous employment policy under Don Voelte, and I congratulate him for that; and there is more to come, by the way - and take the opportunity to broaden the base of the economy outside our resources interests also. That is what the state government is working assiduously towards. This is a very significant day for our state.
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