❓ Mr. Buswell questions Minister Logan's transparency regarding the recruitment of a pipeline engineer by the Department of Industry and Resources, particularly in relation to the Apache Energy gas plant explosion and the broader energy crisis. Minister Logan defends his actions, stating he clarified the situation and the recruitment occurred before his tenure.
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APACHE ENERGY GAS PLANT EXPLOSION — MINISTER FOR ENERGY’S ANSWERS
I refer to the minister’s reply yesterday to my question on whether the Department of Industry and Resources had unsuccessfully attempted to recruit a pipeline engineer to assess proposals as being fit for purpose. In the answer given in this house just after two o’clock yesterday, the minister stated that he had no idea about the recruitment of a pipeline engineer by DoIR. By 4.00 pm, and no doubt after receiving inquiries from The West Australian newspaper, the minister changed his mind and conceded during the debate on the matter of public interest that he had received a document containing details on the recruitment of a pipeline engineer. The minister then tried to claim that the question related only to whether this advice had come to the ministerial office, which anybody who reads Hansard can clearly see it did not. By 9.00 pm he had completed a U-turn, and was forced back to the chamber to admit that a briefing note was presented at a meeting that he had attended last week. How does the minister expect anybody to take him seriously as the person responsible for fixing the energy crisis in Western Australia when he simply refuses to be open and transparent about what is going on? Mr F.M. LOGAN
I refer to the minister’s reply yesterday to my question on whether the Department of Industry and Resources had unsuccessfully attempted to recruit a pipeline engineer to assess proposals as being fit for purpose. In the answer given in this house just after two o’clock yesterday, the minister stated that he had no idea about the recruitment of a pipeline engineer by DoIR. By 4.00 pm, and no doubt after receiving inquiries from The West Australian newspaper, the minister changed his mind and conceded during the debate on the matter of public interest that he had received a document containing details on the recruitment of a pipeline engineer. The minister then tried to claim that the question related only to whether this advice had come to the ministerial office, which anybody who reads Hansard can clearly see it did not. By 9.00 pm he had completed a U-turn, and was forced back to the chamber to admit that a briefing note was presented at a meeting that he had attended last week. How does the minister expect anybody to take him seriously as the person responsible for fixing the energy crisis in Western Australia when he simply refuses to be open and transparent about what is going on? Mr F.M. LOGAN
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That was a nice try by the Leader of the Opposition. Mr T. Buswell : A nice try? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Yes, a nice try. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: That was a nice try by the Leader of the Opposition. Mr T. Buswell : A nice try? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Yes, a nice try. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
That was a nice try by the Leader of the Opposition. Mr T. Buswell : A nice try? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Yes, a nice try. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr T. Buswell : A nice try? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Yes, a nice try. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Yes, a nice try. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: That was a nice try by the Leader of the Opposition. Mr T. Buswell : A nice try? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Yes, a nice try. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
That was a nice try by the Leader of the Opposition. Mr T. Buswell : A nice try? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Yes, a nice try. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr T. Buswell : A nice try? Mr F.M. LOGAN : Yes, a nice try. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Yes, a nice try. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have already dealt with this matter by way of a personal explanation to Parliament to clarify the situation. Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr T. Buswell : To clarify? You got caught out! Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : What is the Leader of the Opposition raving on about? He is raving on about a briefing note that I was given during a normal, weekly meeting with the Department of Industry and Resources, which told a story about the relationship between DoIR, the newly forming National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and Canberra, which was trying to get NOPSA off the ground. The briefing note goes from 2003 to 2004 and eventually talks about what happened after 2006. The story follows a particular time line. The paragraph before the paragraph that starts “Eventually, in 2006” states — To ensure the integrity issue was covered in WA, DoIR obtained funding for a contract pipeline engineer to assess new proposals as fit for purpose. Filling this contract position became increasingly difficult due to the spiralling demands of the resources boom. When we qualified what the department meant by that, we found that it was talking about what had happened back in 2005. I provided information to the opposition on two occasions yesterday that I was absolutely unaware of any attempts to recruit a pipeline engineer, not for any inspection processes on Varanus Island or anything to do with safety or integrity or offshore facilities but to provide advice, according to the briefing note, on the assessment of new proposals as fit for purpose. When we look at the time frame, we think this occurred in about 2005, which was well before I became Minister for Energy. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Since I am in charge of question time, I suggest that members become cognisant of standing order 95. The Leader of the Opposition is called to order under that standing order.
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