❓ RESOURCES SECTOR — LOCAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES I have a supplementary question. Did the Premier do anything in particular about Fortescue Metals Group giving all its rail car work for its Pilbara iro
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RESOURCES SECTOR — LOCAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
I have a supplementary question. Did the Premier do anything in particular about Fortescue Metals Group giving all its rail car work for its Pilbara iron ore expansion project to an overseas company while our own workshops are fully capable of doing that work? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I have a supplementary question. Did the Premier do anything in particular about Fortescue Metals Group giving all its rail car work for its Pilbara iron ore expansion project to an overseas company while our own workshops are fully capable of doing that work? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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I guess there is another factor; namely, the reality that China is a major player in many projects and that China being the political and economic system that it is — Mr E.S. Ripper : Factors, factors, factors! What is the government response? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Hang on. When Chinese investment and Chinese customer relations come into the buying of ore and petroleum, so too does Chinese industry. Nothing new happens around the world. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it needs leadership. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I guess there is another factor; namely, the reality that China is a major player in many projects and that China being the political and economic system that it is — Mr E.S. Ripper : Factors, factors, factors! What is the government response? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Hang on. When Chinese investment and Chinese customer relations come into the buying of ore and petroleum, so too does Chinese industry. Nothing new happens around the world. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it needs leadership. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
I guess there is another factor; namely, the reality that China is a major player in many projects and that China being the political and economic system that it is — Mr E.S. Ripper : Factors, factors, factors! What is the government response? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Hang on. When Chinese investment and Chinese customer relations come into the buying of ore and petroleum, so too does Chinese industry. Nothing new happens around the world. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it needs leadership. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Factors, factors, factors! What is the government response? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Hang on. When Chinese investment and Chinese customer relations come into the buying of ore and petroleum, so too does Chinese industry. Nothing new happens around the world. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it needs leadership. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Hang on. When Chinese investment and Chinese customer relations come into the buying of ore and petroleum, so too does Chinese industry. Nothing new happens around the world. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it needs leadership. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
Mr E.S. Ripper : So it needs leadership. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I guess there is another factor; namely, the reality that China is a major player in many projects and that China being the political and economic system that it is — Mr E.S. Ripper : Factors, factors, factors! What is the government response? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Hang on. When Chinese investment and Chinese customer relations come into the buying of ore and petroleum, so too does Chinese industry. Nothing new happens around the world. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it needs leadership. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
I guess there is another factor; namely, the reality that China is a major player in many projects and that China being the political and economic system that it is — Mr E.S. Ripper : Factors, factors, factors! What is the government response? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Hang on. When Chinese investment and Chinese customer relations come into the buying of ore and petroleum, so too does Chinese industry. Nothing new happens around the world. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it needs leadership. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Factors, factors, factors! What is the government response? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Hang on. When Chinese investment and Chinese customer relations come into the buying of ore and petroleum, so too does Chinese industry. Nothing new happens around the world. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it needs leadership. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Hang on. When Chinese investment and Chinese customer relations come into the buying of ore and petroleum, so too does Chinese industry. Nothing new happens around the world. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it needs leadership. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
Mr E.S. Ripper : So it needs leadership. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will make this observation: although I sympathise with and am doing what I can to improve the situation for fabricators, we must bear in mind that, for the mining services companies such as Ausdrill, Mindax and the like, probably one-third to one-half of their workforce and projects—involving sometimes well over 1 000 employees—are involved in building mining projects in Africa. Those companies are fabricating and building machinery and equipment here and sending it to Africa. We have to realise that we are in a big world and that many of our service industries not only service our mining industry, but also are the dominant players in the developing economies in Africa—so the relationship is twofold. In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
In my comments and discussions with industry leaders I did not talk about any individual project or company, and I will not. What I want, and the commitment that I believe I have, is that collectively the mining and petroleum industry will reassess the way it lets out work and will make sure that a larger amount, and hopefully a sufficient amount, flows to the local contracting steel fabrication industry.
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