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❓ Mr. Zempilas questions the Minister for Transport regarding significant consultancy fees paid to PWC, Deloitte, and KPMG for the Westport project, seeking details on contract specifics, report outcomes, intellectual property sharing, and policy impact.

AnsweredQoN 1646Legislative Assembly

Asked

16 December 2025

Member

Mr Basil Zempilas

Portfolio

Transport

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Reports on Consultants Engaged by Government note the Department of Transport has paid at least $1.6m for consultancies relating to Westport/new container terminal at Kwinana as follows; $100,193 to PWC six months ending 31 December 2022, $127,264 to Deloitte six months ending 30 June 2024, $729,018 to Deloitte six months ending 31 December 2023, $649,739 to Deloitte six months ending 31 December 2024, $27,739 to Deloitte six months ending 30 June 2025. Can the Minister please advise : (a) Are the amounts paid to Deloitte part of one continuous contract or do they relate to separate contracts; (b) Is there an end date for the one or multiple contracts; (c) Has Deloitte provided the Government with a draft and/or final report: (i) If so, when; (d) Can the Minister table this draft and/or final report; (e) What has been the outcome from the Deloitte consultancy; (f) As part of the consultancy does Deloitte provide the Department of Transport and/or the Minister regular update reports: (i) If so, how often; and (ii) If not, why not; (g) How is the consultancy undertaken by PWC different to the work being undertaken by the Deloitte consultancy; (h) Did PWC provide the Government with a draft and/or final report: (i) If so, when; (i) Can the Minister table this draft and or final report; (j) What has been the outcome from the PWC consultancy; (k) As part of the consultancy did PWC provide the Department of Transport and/or the Minister regular update reports: (i) If so, how often; and (ii) If not, why not; (l) Whether Deloitte and PWC share intellectual property with respect to these consultancies; (m) Whether she is aware of the approximately $2.79m paid to KPMG and Deloitte by the Department of Treasury for consultancies on Westport/new container terminal at Kwinana: (i) If not, why not; (n) How are the consultancies let by Treasury different to the ones let by Transport; (o) Do the consultants engaged by Transport share intellectual property with the consultants engaged by the Department of Treasury: (i) If so, how and when; and (ii) If not, why not; (p) How is the consultancy with Deloitte different to the consultancy it has with Treasury; (q) How much more is expected to be spent by Transport on Westport/new container terminal at Kwinana consultancies in addition to the already reported $4.39m by Transport and Treasury; (r) How has the Government used the work undertaken by these consultants to shape policy and priorities with respect to this project; and (s) Has the Government had to change any aspects to their planning for this project based on the findings from these consultancies: (i) If so, in what ways; and (ii) If not, what have the consultancies added to the planning process?

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Answered

17 February 2026

Responded by

Minister for Transport

Response time

1 days

(a)-(s) PWC was engaged by the Westport Office in 2022 to provide preliminary strategic governance advice for the development, construction and operations of the proposed Westport port at Kwinana, and wider infrastructure network.
KPMG was engaged separately by the Department of Treasury to provide commercial advice to Government which supported the development of options considered in the Westport Commercial Framework and Westport Program Stage 3 business case.
Deloitte was engaged by the Westport Office from 2023 to 2025 as an advisor for the development of the Westport Program Stage 3 business case and supporting cost benefit analysis.
A summary of the Westport Program Stage 3 Business Case was released in November 2024 and a formal Major Infrastructure Proposal Assessment was undertaken by Infrastructure WA.

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