Hon Ken Travers questions the Regional Development portfolio regarding changes to the Ord Development Agreement with Kimberley Agricultural Investment, specifically concerning a reported change in focus from minor cropping to land development and clarification of bank guarantee provisions.

AnsweredQoN 1225Legislative Council
Asked
13 May 2014
Portfolio
Regional Development

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I refer to the ABC North West radio report on 1 May 2014, in which the director of the Ord East Kimberley Expansion Project, Peter Stubbs, said the Government had agreed to change its Ord Development Agreement with Kimberley Agricultural Investment, and I ask:
(a) which party requested that the agreement be changed and on which date was it first requested;
(b) what were the reasons given for changing the agreement;
(c) has the new agreement been signed and, if not, why not;
(d) please outline all changes made to the initial agreement; and
(e) will the Parliamentary Secretary please table a copy of the new agreement?

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Answered
12 August 2014
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Regional Development
Response time
91 days
(a) Kimberley Agricultural Investment, 25 February 2014. (b) It was more advantageous to the project to focus on land development in 2014 than in minor cropping at a small scale. The Bank Guarantee provision needed clarification. (c) There is no new agreement. A deed of variation is currently being progressed for signoff by Kimberley Agricultural Investment Pty Ltd, Minister Redman and the Premier. (d) [See tabled paper no.] (e) No.
(b) It was more advantageous to the project to focus on land development in 2014 than in minor cropping at a small scale. The Bank Guarantee provision needed clarification. (c) There is no new agreement. A deed of variation is currently being progressed for signoff by Kimberley Agricultural Investment Pty Ltd, Minister Redman and the Premier. (d) [See tabled paper no.] (e) No.
(c) There is no new agreement. A deed of variation is currently being progressed for signoff by Kimberley Agricultural Investment Pty Ltd, Minister Redman and the Premier. (d) [See tabled paper no.] (e) No.
(d) [See tabled paper no.] (e) No.
(e) No.

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