❓ Mr. Quigley questions the Minister regarding regional representation on the Petroleum Products Prices Advisory Committee. Minister Kobelke clarifies the current committee has regional representatives, unlike the previous government's committee, and defends the committee's role in consultation and industry regulation.
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PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PRICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Yesterday, in answer to a question from the member for Wagin, the minister stated that the Petroleum Products Prices Advisory Committee established under the previous Government did not have a regional representative. The member for Mitchell disputed that. Would the minister clarify the facts of the matter? Mr KOBELKE
Yesterday, in answer to a question from the member for Wagin, the minister stated that the Petroleum Products Prices Advisory Committee established under the previous Government did not have a regional representative. The member for Mitchell disputed that. Would the minister clarify the facts of the matter? Mr KOBELKE
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I thank the member for his question and for the opportunity to put the record straight. The Petroleum Products Prices Advisory Committee, which had its first meeting this week, has two regional representatives who both attended the meeting yesterday. I was correct when I said that committee, established under the previous Government, did not have a country member on it. That Government nominated a person who had the credentials of being a country motorist from Bunbury, but he never attended a single meeting of the advisory committee - not one. It is on that basis that I pointed out that the last Government did not have adequate regional representation on the working committee. Mr Barron-Sullivan: The legislation for the whole system is in place. What will that committee achieve now? Mr KOBELKE: I am happy to answer that question. However, to educate the member on the matter will take more than a couple of minutes of the time of the House that is available to me. This Government is putting in place a thorough regulatory regime to do the best it possibly can on behalf of the motorists in this State. We are doing that through consultation. For example, before it was introduced, we spoke to all the players involved in the requirement for signboards to be mandatory in regional centres and developed a model with them as to how it would work. When developing that model together, we asked those concerned what regulations they would need to meet to comply with government by-laws and Main Roads requirements. After we put that system in place, we gave them 30 days to comply. That process involved thorough consultation. A very important role of this committee is to help expedite that consultation process. Through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection we will continue to consult with all sorts of industry groups and sectors of the community. The second important role of the committee is to be representative of the main sectors involved. Two of the committee members came from interstate and they represent the major oil companies and franchises, which nominated someone from interstate to attend the hearings. The former Government could not even get somebody from Bunbury to attend its meetings. That is an indication of the faith people put in that Government’s advisory committee. When those various interest groups sit around the table - in most areas there is not much agreement between them - the exchange of ideas means that some bodies may change their perspective when they hear the points of view of other representatives. Not only do we have direct advice coming back more quickly through the industry representatives, but also there is the potential for industry representatives to develop, modify and change their positions in light of the discussions held around the table. If a particular industry body is running a line that is not based on the facts and is just grandstanding, it can be quizzed in that environment and be brought back to reality; therefore, the advice of the committee will be far more relevant and to the point. For those and many other reasons, we think the advisory committee will serve us well.
Mr KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for his question and for the opportunity to put the record straight. The Petroleum Products Prices Advisory Committee, which had its first meeting this week, has two regional representatives who both attended the meeting yesterday. I was correct when I said that committee, established under the previous Government, did not have a country member on it. That Government nominated a person who had the credentials of being a country motorist from Bunbury, but he never attended a single meeting of the advisory committee - not one. It is on that basis that I pointed out that the last Government did not have adequate regional representation on the working committee. Mr Barron-Sullivan: The legislation for the whole system is in place. What will that committee achieve now? Mr KOBELKE: I am happy to answer that question. However, to educate the member on the matter will take more than a couple of minutes of the time of the House that is available to me. This Government is putting in place a thorough regulatory regime to do the best it possibly can on behalf of the motorists in this State. We are doing that through consultation. For example, before it was introduced, we spoke to all the players involved in the requirement for signboards to be mandatory in regional centres and developed a model with them as to how it would work. When developing that model together, we asked those concerned what regulations they would need to meet to comply with government by-laws and Main Roads requirements. After we put that system in place, we gave them 30 days to comply. That process involved thorough consultation. A very important role of this committee is to help expedite that consultation process. Through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection we will continue to consult with all sorts of industry groups and sectors of the community. The second important role of the committee is to be representative of the main sectors involved. Two of the committee members came from interstate and they represent the major oil companies and franchises, which nominated someone from interstate to attend the hearings. The former Government could not even get somebody from Bunbury to attend its meetings. That is an indication of the faith people put in that Government’s advisory committee. When those various interest groups sit around the table - in most areas there is not much agreement between them - the exchange of ideas means that some bodies may change their perspective when they hear the points of view of other representatives. Not only do we have direct advice coming back more quickly through the industry representatives, but also there is the potential for industry representatives to develop, modify and change their positions in light of the discussions held around the table. If a particular industry body is running a line that is not based on the facts and is just grandstanding, it can be quizzed in that environment and be brought back to reality; therefore, the advice of the committee will be far more relevant and to the point. For those and many other reasons, we think the advisory committee will serve us well.
I thank the member for his question and for the opportunity to put the record straight. The Petroleum Products Prices Advisory Committee, which had its first meeting this week, has two regional representatives who both attended the meeting yesterday. I was correct when I said that committee, established under the previous Government, did not have a country member on it. That Government nominated a person who had the credentials of being a country motorist from Bunbury, but he never attended a single meeting of the advisory committee - not one. It is on that basis that I pointed out that the last Government did not have adequate regional representation on the working committee. Mr Barron-Sullivan: The legislation for the whole system is in place. What will that committee achieve now? Mr KOBELKE: I am happy to answer that question. However, to educate the member on the matter will take more than a couple of minutes of the time of the House that is available to me. This Government is putting in place a thorough regulatory regime to do the best it possibly can on behalf of the motorists in this State. We are doing that through consultation. For example, before it was introduced, we spoke to all the players involved in the requirement for signboards to be mandatory in regional centres and developed a model with them as to how it would work. When developing that model together, we asked those concerned what regulations they would need to meet to comply with government by-laws and Main Roads requirements. After we put that system in place, we gave them 30 days to comply. That process involved thorough consultation. A very important role of this committee is to help expedite that consultation process. Through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection we will continue to consult with all sorts of industry groups and sectors of the community. The second important role of the committee is to be representative of the main sectors involved. Two of the committee members came from interstate and they represent the major oil companies and franchises, which nominated someone from interstate to attend the hearings. The former Government could not even get somebody from Bunbury to attend its meetings. That is an indication of the faith people put in that Government’s advisory committee. When those various interest groups sit around the table - in most areas there is not much agreement between them - the exchange of ideas means that some bodies may change their perspective when they hear the points of view of other representatives. Not only do we have direct advice coming back more quickly through the industry representatives, but also there is the potential for industry representatives to develop, modify and change their positions in light of the discussions held around the table. If a particular industry body is running a line that is not based on the facts and is just grandstanding, it can be quizzed in that environment and be brought back to reality; therefore, the advice of the committee will be far more relevant and to the point. For those and many other reasons, we think the advisory committee will serve us well.
Mr Barron-Sullivan: The legislation for the whole system is in place. What will that committee achieve now? Mr KOBELKE: I am happy to answer that question. However, to educate the member on the matter will take more than a couple of minutes of the time of the House that is available to me. This Government is putting in place a thorough regulatory regime to do the best it possibly can on behalf of the motorists in this State. We are doing that through consultation. For example, before it was introduced, we spoke to all the players involved in the requirement for signboards to be mandatory in regional centres and developed a model with them as to how it would work. When developing that model together, we asked those concerned what regulations they would need to meet to comply with government by-laws and Main Roads requirements. After we put that system in place, we gave them 30 days to comply. That process involved thorough consultation. A very important role of this committee is to help expedite that consultation process. Through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection we will continue to consult with all sorts of industry groups and sectors of the community. The second important role of the committee is to be representative of the main sectors involved. Two of the committee members came from interstate and they represent the major oil companies and franchises, which nominated someone from interstate to attend the hearings. The former Government could not even get somebody from Bunbury to attend its meetings. That is an indication of the faith people put in that Government’s advisory committee. When those various interest groups sit around the table - in most areas there is not much agreement between them - the exchange of ideas means that some bodies may change their perspective when they hear the points of view of other representatives. Not only do we have direct advice coming back more quickly through the industry representatives, but also there is the potential for industry representatives to develop, modify and change their positions in light of the discussions held around the table. If a particular industry body is running a line that is not based on the facts and is just grandstanding, it can be quizzed in that environment and be brought back to reality; therefore, the advice of the committee will be far more relevant and to the point. For those and many other reasons, we think the advisory committee will serve us well.
Mr KOBELKE: I am happy to answer that question. However, to educate the member on the matter will take more than a couple of minutes of the time of the House that is available to me. This Government is putting in place a thorough regulatory regime to do the best it possibly can on behalf of the motorists in this State. We are doing that through consultation. For example, before it was introduced, we spoke to all the players involved in the requirement for signboards to be mandatory in regional centres and developed a model with them as to how it would work. When developing that model together, we asked those concerned what regulations they would need to meet to comply with government by-laws and Main Roads requirements. After we put that system in place, we gave them 30 days to comply. That process involved thorough consultation. A very important role of this committee is to help expedite that consultation process. Through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection we will continue to consult with all sorts of industry groups and sectors of the community. The second important role of the committee is to be representative of the main sectors involved. Two of the committee members came from interstate and they represent the major oil companies and franchises, which nominated someone from interstate to attend the hearings. The former Government could not even get somebody from Bunbury to attend its meetings. That is an indication of the faith people put in that Government’s advisory committee. When those various interest groups sit around the table - in most areas there is not much agreement between them - the exchange of ideas means that some bodies may change their perspective when they hear the points of view of other representatives. Not only do we have direct advice coming back more quickly through the industry representatives, but also there is the potential for industry representatives to develop, modify and change their positions in light of the discussions held around the table. If a particular industry body is running a line that is not based on the facts and is just grandstanding, it can be quizzed in that environment and be brought back to reality; therefore, the advice of the committee will be far more relevant and to the point. For those and many other reasons, we think the advisory committee will serve us well.
A very important role of this committee is to help expedite that consultation process. Through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection we will continue to consult with all sorts of industry groups and sectors of the community. The second important role of the committee is to be representative of the main sectors involved. Two of the committee members came from interstate and they represent the major oil companies and franchises, which nominated someone from interstate to attend the hearings. The former Government could not even get somebody from Bunbury to attend its meetings. That is an indication of the faith people put in that Government’s advisory committee. When those various interest groups sit around the table - in most areas there is not much agreement between them - the exchange of ideas means that some bodies may change their perspective when they hear the points of view of other representatives. Not only do we have direct advice coming back more quickly through the industry representatives, but also there is the potential for industry representatives to develop, modify and change their positions in light of the discussions held around the table. If a particular industry body is running a line that is not based on the facts and is just grandstanding, it can be quizzed in that environment and be brought back to reality; therefore, the advice of the committee will be far more relevant and to the point. For those and many other reasons, we think the advisory committee will serve us well.
Mr KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for his question and for the opportunity to put the record straight. The Petroleum Products Prices Advisory Committee, which had its first meeting this week, has two regional representatives who both attended the meeting yesterday. I was correct when I said that committee, established under the previous Government, did not have a country member on it. That Government nominated a person who had the credentials of being a country motorist from Bunbury, but he never attended a single meeting of the advisory committee - not one. It is on that basis that I pointed out that the last Government did not have adequate regional representation on the working committee. Mr Barron-Sullivan: The legislation for the whole system is in place. What will that committee achieve now? Mr KOBELKE: I am happy to answer that question. However, to educate the member on the matter will take more than a couple of minutes of the time of the House that is available to me. This Government is putting in place a thorough regulatory regime to do the best it possibly can on behalf of the motorists in this State. We are doing that through consultation. For example, before it was introduced, we spoke to all the players involved in the requirement for signboards to be mandatory in regional centres and developed a model with them as to how it would work. When developing that model together, we asked those concerned what regulations they would need to meet to comply with government by-laws and Main Roads requirements. After we put that system in place, we gave them 30 days to comply. That process involved thorough consultation. A very important role of this committee is to help expedite that consultation process. Through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection we will continue to consult with all sorts of industry groups and sectors of the community. The second important role of the committee is to be representative of the main sectors involved. Two of the committee members came from interstate and they represent the major oil companies and franchises, which nominated someone from interstate to attend the hearings. The former Government could not even get somebody from Bunbury to attend its meetings. That is an indication of the faith people put in that Government’s advisory committee. When those various interest groups sit around the table - in most areas there is not much agreement between them - the exchange of ideas means that some bodies may change their perspective when they hear the points of view of other representatives. Not only do we have direct advice coming back more quickly through the industry representatives, but also there is the potential for industry representatives to develop, modify and change their positions in light of the discussions held around the table. If a particular industry body is running a line that is not based on the facts and is just grandstanding, it can be quizzed in that environment and be brought back to reality; therefore, the advice of the committee will be far more relevant and to the point. For those and many other reasons, we think the advisory committee will serve us well.
I thank the member for his question and for the opportunity to put the record straight. The Petroleum Products Prices Advisory Committee, which had its first meeting this week, has two regional representatives who both attended the meeting yesterday. I was correct when I said that committee, established under the previous Government, did not have a country member on it. That Government nominated a person who had the credentials of being a country motorist from Bunbury, but he never attended a single meeting of the advisory committee - not one. It is on that basis that I pointed out that the last Government did not have adequate regional representation on the working committee. Mr Barron-Sullivan: The legislation for the whole system is in place. What will that committee achieve now? Mr KOBELKE: I am happy to answer that question. However, to educate the member on the matter will take more than a couple of minutes of the time of the House that is available to me. This Government is putting in place a thorough regulatory regime to do the best it possibly can on behalf of the motorists in this State. We are doing that through consultation. For example, before it was introduced, we spoke to all the players involved in the requirement for signboards to be mandatory in regional centres and developed a model with them as to how it would work. When developing that model together, we asked those concerned what regulations they would need to meet to comply with government by-laws and Main Roads requirements. After we put that system in place, we gave them 30 days to comply. That process involved thorough consultation. A very important role of this committee is to help expedite that consultation process. Through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection we will continue to consult with all sorts of industry groups and sectors of the community. The second important role of the committee is to be representative of the main sectors involved. Two of the committee members came from interstate and they represent the major oil companies and franchises, which nominated someone from interstate to attend the hearings. The former Government could not even get somebody from Bunbury to attend its meetings. That is an indication of the faith people put in that Government’s advisory committee. When those various interest groups sit around the table - in most areas there is not much agreement between them - the exchange of ideas means that some bodies may change their perspective when they hear the points of view of other representatives. Not only do we have direct advice coming back more quickly through the industry representatives, but also there is the potential for industry representatives to develop, modify and change their positions in light of the discussions held around the table. If a particular industry body is running a line that is not based on the facts and is just grandstanding, it can be quizzed in that environment and be brought back to reality; therefore, the advice of the committee will be far more relevant and to the point. For those and many other reasons, we think the advisory committee will serve us well.
Mr Barron-Sullivan: The legislation for the whole system is in place. What will that committee achieve now? Mr KOBELKE: I am happy to answer that question. However, to educate the member on the matter will take more than a couple of minutes of the time of the House that is available to me. This Government is putting in place a thorough regulatory regime to do the best it possibly can on behalf of the motorists in this State. We are doing that through consultation. For example, before it was introduced, we spoke to all the players involved in the requirement for signboards to be mandatory in regional centres and developed a model with them as to how it would work. When developing that model together, we asked those concerned what regulations they would need to meet to comply with government by-laws and Main Roads requirements. After we put that system in place, we gave them 30 days to comply. That process involved thorough consultation. A very important role of this committee is to help expedite that consultation process. Through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection we will continue to consult with all sorts of industry groups and sectors of the community. The second important role of the committee is to be representative of the main sectors involved. Two of the committee members came from interstate and they represent the major oil companies and franchises, which nominated someone from interstate to attend the hearings. The former Government could not even get somebody from Bunbury to attend its meetings. That is an indication of the faith people put in that Government’s advisory committee. When those various interest groups sit around the table - in most areas there is not much agreement between them - the exchange of ideas means that some bodies may change their perspective when they hear the points of view of other representatives. Not only do we have direct advice coming back more quickly through the industry representatives, but also there is the potential for industry representatives to develop, modify and change their positions in light of the discussions held around the table. If a particular industry body is running a line that is not based on the facts and is just grandstanding, it can be quizzed in that environment and be brought back to reality; therefore, the advice of the committee will be far more relevant and to the point. For those and many other reasons, we think the advisory committee will serve us well.
Mr KOBELKE: I am happy to answer that question. However, to educate the member on the matter will take more than a couple of minutes of the time of the House that is available to me. This Government is putting in place a thorough regulatory regime to do the best it possibly can on behalf of the motorists in this State. We are doing that through consultation. For example, before it was introduced, we spoke to all the players involved in the requirement for signboards to be mandatory in regional centres and developed a model with them as to how it would work. When developing that model together, we asked those concerned what regulations they would need to meet to comply with government by-laws and Main Roads requirements. After we put that system in place, we gave them 30 days to comply. That process involved thorough consultation. A very important role of this committee is to help expedite that consultation process. Through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection we will continue to consult with all sorts of industry groups and sectors of the community. The second important role of the committee is to be representative of the main sectors involved. Two of the committee members came from interstate and they represent the major oil companies and franchises, which nominated someone from interstate to attend the hearings. The former Government could not even get somebody from Bunbury to attend its meetings. That is an indication of the faith people put in that Government’s advisory committee. When those various interest groups sit around the table - in most areas there is not much agreement between them - the exchange of ideas means that some bodies may change their perspective when they hear the points of view of other representatives. Not only do we have direct advice coming back more quickly through the industry representatives, but also there is the potential for industry representatives to develop, modify and change their positions in light of the discussions held around the table. If a particular industry body is running a line that is not based on the facts and is just grandstanding, it can be quizzed in that environment and be brought back to reality; therefore, the advice of the committee will be far more relevant and to the point. For those and many other reasons, we think the advisory committee will serve us well.
A very important role of this committee is to help expedite that consultation process. Through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection we will continue to consult with all sorts of industry groups and sectors of the community. The second important role of the committee is to be representative of the main sectors involved. Two of the committee members came from interstate and they represent the major oil companies and franchises, which nominated someone from interstate to attend the hearings. The former Government could not even get somebody from Bunbury to attend its meetings. That is an indication of the faith people put in that Government’s advisory committee. When those various interest groups sit around the table - in most areas there is not much agreement between them - the exchange of ideas means that some bodies may change their perspective when they hear the points of view of other representatives. Not only do we have direct advice coming back more quickly through the industry representatives, but also there is the potential for industry representatives to develop, modify and change their positions in light of the discussions held around the table. If a particular industry body is running a line that is not based on the facts and is just grandstanding, it can be quizzed in that environment and be brought back to reality; therefore, the advice of the committee will be far more relevant and to the point. For those and many other reasons, we think the advisory committee will serve us well.
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