❓ Ms. Quirk asks about the newly established Invest and Trade WA and how it will assist local businesses and create jobs. The Premier outlines the initiative, highlighting its role as a 'single front door' for investors and its proactive approach to attracting investment.
AnsweredQoN 1051Legislative Assembly
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INVEST AND TRADE WESTERN AUSTRALIA
1051. Ms M.M. QUIRK to the Premier:
Before I ask my question, on behalf of the member for
Forrestfield, I welcome the students and teachers from Forrestfield Primary
School; and, on behalf of the member for Southern River, I welcome the student councillors
of Bletchley Park Primary School.
I refer to the announcement this morning of the establishment
of Invest and Trade Western Australia.
(1) How will Invest and Trade WA assist local businesses
wanting to access international markets?
(2) What will it mean for creating new WA jobs?
1051. Ms M.M. QUIRK to the Premier:
Before I ask my question, on behalf of the member for
Forrestfield, I welcome the students and teachers from Forrestfield Primary
School; and, on behalf of the member for Southern River, I welcome the student councillors
of Bletchley Park Primary School.
I refer to the announcement this morning of the establishment
of Invest and Trade Western Australia.
(1) How will Invest and Trade WA assist local businesses
wanting to access international markets?
(2) What will it mean for creating new WA jobs?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Girrawheen for the question.
(1)–(2)
This morning I addressed the Business News Western Australia politics
and policy breakfast, with a fairly large crowd from the Western Australian
business community there. I was able to inform the business audience that the
budget is in surplus again and debt is going down, and we are the only state in
Australia achieving that. I also informed the audience of the new measures we
are taking, such as stamp duty relief, payroll tax cuts, maintenance spending
and lower TAFE fees. We are also assisting Western Australian businesses in
accessing trade opportunities overseas, and attracting and facilitating
investment in Western Australia. We have created a new division within the
Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation known as Invest and Trade Western
Australia. Invest and Trade WA will draw on and work with a range of government
institutions already engaged in this area. It will use the government's
network of overseas trade offices and our regional development commissions, as
well as seek the assistance of agencies like Austrade and Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade. Invest and Trade WA will present a single front door for
those interested in investing in Western Australia.
Several
members interjected.
Mr M.
McGOWAN : The Nationals WA does not seem to like it, Mr Speaker.
The SPEAKER : Members! The National Party has to
remember that it is in the whole Parliament. You can have a little chat and a joke
and you all laugh, but no-one else does.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Perhaps the National Party can ask more
questions about marron!
Invest and Trade WA will present a single front door to those
interested in investing in Western Australia, both physically and digitally,
and ensure that investors are well managed through whichever processes they
need to navigate. This is a new approach for the government of Western Australia.
In the past, as I said this morning, Western Australia has
been the recipient of large amounts of investment, particularly by large
companies. We are lucky that we are so well endowed with natural resources that
large companies like Rio Tinto, BHP, Chevron and the like come to Western Australia
and invest in large projects. I would like to see the Department of Jobs,
Tourism, Science and Innovation out there looking for new investors or
projects, seeking investment and having a greater can-do attitude towards
allowing investment to happen in Western Australia.
It has been operating in the background now for a period of time. It has
fielded more than 70 requests so far. It will ramp-up early in the new
year. It means that organisations or businesses that look for opportunities to
obtain products from or invest in Western Australia can come through that front
door, be sent in the right direction and receive some assistance.
Other states have done this. I think South Australia in
particular has been successful at that, which, considering South Australia's
economy, one can imagine that they have been very —
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Are members okay over there? Okay, that
is good.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Moore! Do something
constructive.
Mr M. McGOWAN : No, I do not
think there are any policies on the Nationals WA website.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I do not
think they have any. There are no policies. What policies?
The SPEAKER : Members on my
right! The Premier is on his feet.
Mr M. McGOWAN : What policies
does the National Party have? We should do a bit of a review and see if there
are any there. I do not think there are.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The marron
policy of the member for Warren–Blackwood!
We
are providing that sort of assistance. This is a new approach for the
government of Western Australia—to be far more proactive in seeking
investment and seeking to help investors in Western Australia. I look forward
to its success.
(1)–(2)
This morning I addressed the Business News Western Australia politics
and policy breakfast, with a fairly large crowd from the Western Australian
business community there. I was able to inform the business audience that the
budget is in surplus again and debt is going down, and we are the only state in
Australia achieving that. I also informed the audience of the new measures we
are taking, such as stamp duty relief, payroll tax cuts, maintenance spending
and lower TAFE fees. We are also assisting Western Australian businesses in
accessing trade opportunities overseas, and attracting and facilitating
investment in Western Australia. We have created a new division within the
Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation known as Invest and Trade Western
Australia. Invest and Trade WA will draw on and work with a range of government
institutions already engaged in this area. It will use the government's
network of overseas trade offices and our regional development commissions, as
well as seek the assistance of agencies like Austrade and Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade. Invest and Trade WA will present a single front door for
those interested in investing in Western Australia.
Several
members interjected.
Mr M.
McGOWAN : The Nationals WA does not seem to like it, Mr Speaker.
The SPEAKER : Members! The National Party has to
remember that it is in the whole Parliament. You can have a little chat and a joke
and you all laugh, but no-one else does.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Perhaps the National Party can ask more
questions about marron!
Invest and Trade WA will present a single front door to those
interested in investing in Western Australia, both physically and digitally,
and ensure that investors are well managed through whichever processes they
need to navigate. This is a new approach for the government of Western Australia.
In the past, as I said this morning, Western Australia has
been the recipient of large amounts of investment, particularly by large
companies. We are lucky that we are so well endowed with natural resources that
large companies like Rio Tinto, BHP, Chevron and the like come to Western Australia
and invest in large projects. I would like to see the Department of Jobs,
Tourism, Science and Innovation out there looking for new investors or
projects, seeking investment and having a greater can-do attitude towards
allowing investment to happen in Western Australia.
It has been operating in the background now for a period of time. It has
fielded more than 70 requests so far. It will ramp-up early in the new
year. It means that organisations or businesses that look for opportunities to
obtain products from or invest in Western Australia can come through that front
door, be sent in the right direction and receive some assistance.
Other states have done this. I think South Australia in
particular has been successful at that, which, considering South Australia's
economy, one can imagine that they have been very —
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Are members okay over there? Okay, that
is good.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Moore! Do something
constructive.
Mr M. McGOWAN : No, I do not
think there are any policies on the Nationals WA website.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I do not
think they have any. There are no policies. What policies?
The SPEAKER : Members on my
right! The Premier is on his feet.
Mr M. McGOWAN : What policies
does the National Party have? We should do a bit of a review and see if there
are any there. I do not think there are.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The marron
policy of the member for Warren–Blackwood!
We
are providing that sort of assistance. This is a new approach for the
government of Western Australia—to be far more proactive in seeking
investment and seeking to help investors in Western Australia. I look forward
to its success.
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