❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses the WA government's assessment and response to the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement, focusing on impact studies, informing local businesses, and potential submissions to federal inquiries.
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With regard to the draft Australia-United States free trade agreement - (1) Is the Western Australian Government conducting an economic, social and environmental impact assessment of the Australia-United States free trade agreement; if not, why not? (2) Has the Western Australian Government informed locally owned companies that provide goods and services to government agencies about the potential ramifications that the national treatment principle of this agreement pertaining to government procurement will have on them? (3) Will any Western Australian government agencies be tendering submissions to either or both of the two federal parliamentary inquiries into the Australia-United States free trade agreement by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America? (4) If yes to (3), would the minister please provide details? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(1) Is the Western Australian Government conducting an economic, social and environmental impact assessment of the Australia-United States free trade agreement; if not, why not? (2) Has the Western Australian Government informed locally owned companies that provide goods and services to government agencies about the potential ramifications that the national treatment principle of this agreement pertaining to government procurement will have on them? (3) Will any Western Australian government agencies be tendering submissions to either or both of the two federal parliamentary inquiries into the Australia-United States free trade agreement by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America? (4) If yes to (3), would the minister please provide details? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(2) Has the Western Australian Government informed locally owned companies that provide goods and services to government agencies about the potential ramifications that the national treatment principle of this agreement pertaining to government procurement will have on them? (3) Will any Western Australian government agencies be tendering submissions to either or both of the two federal parliamentary inquiries into the Australia-United States free trade agreement by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America? (4) If yes to (3), would the minister please provide details? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(3) Will any Western Australian government agencies be tendering submissions to either or both of the two federal parliamentary inquiries into the Australia-United States free trade agreement by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America? (4) If yes to (3), would the minister please provide details? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(4) If yes to (3), would the minister please provide details? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
(1) Is the Western Australian Government conducting an economic, social and environmental impact assessment of the Australia-United States free trade agreement; if not, why not? (2) Has the Western Australian Government informed locally owned companies that provide goods and services to government agencies about the potential ramifications that the national treatment principle of this agreement pertaining to government procurement will have on them? (3) Will any Western Australian government agencies be tendering submissions to either or both of the two federal parliamentary inquiries into the Australia-United States free trade agreement by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America? (4) If yes to (3), would the minister please provide details? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(2) Has the Western Australian Government informed locally owned companies that provide goods and services to government agencies about the potential ramifications that the national treatment principle of this agreement pertaining to government procurement will have on them? (3) Will any Western Australian government agencies be tendering submissions to either or both of the two federal parliamentary inquiries into the Australia-United States free trade agreement by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America? (4) If yes to (3), would the minister please provide details? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(3) Will any Western Australian government agencies be tendering submissions to either or both of the two federal parliamentary inquiries into the Australia-United States free trade agreement by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America? (4) If yes to (3), would the minister please provide details? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(4) If yes to (3), would the minister please provide details? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(1) Yes, the Western Australian Government is conducting such an impact study. (2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(2) At this stage the Western Australian Government has not decided whether its government procurement market will be included in the Australia-United States free trade agreement. (3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(3) No. However, Cabinet is considering providing a submission to the commonwealth parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Australia-United States free trade agreement and to the Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America. (4) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
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