❓ Question on the State Development Assessment Unit's role in WA's economic recovery and job creation. The Minister's response highlights the unit's success in supporting developments and criticizes the opposition's stance.
AnsweredQoN 749Legislative Assembly
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STATE
DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT UNIT
749. Mrs J.M.C. STOJKOVSKI to the Minister for Planning:
I refer to the McGowan
Labor government's efforts to drive greater investment in the Western Australian
economy . Can the minister outline to
the house how this government's efforts to cut red tape and support our
economic recovery through the state
development assessment unit is supporting local workers and local businesses,
and can the m inister advise the house whether she is aware of anyone who
opposes these efforts to support local jobs?
DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT UNIT
749. Mrs J.M.C. STOJKOVSKI to the Minister for Planning:
I refer to the McGowan
Labor government's efforts to drive greater investment in the Western Australian
economy . Can the minister outline to
the house how this government's efforts to cut red tape and support our
economic recovery through the state
development assessment unit is supporting local workers and local businesses,
and can the m inister advise the house whether she is aware of anyone who
opposes these efforts to support local jobs?
AnswerView source ↗
There seems to be quite a good little conversation happening.
I am not sure whether to interrupt, member for Southern River. Do you think I should
interrupt?
Mr D.A. Templeman : He's trying to extract his
foot from his mouth!
Withdrawal of Remark
The SPEAKER : Leader of
the House, I ask you to withdraw that.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : I withdraw.
Ms J.J. Shaw interjected.
The SPEAKER : You can withdraw, too, if you like,
member for Swan Hills.
Ms J.J. SHAW : I withdraw.
The SPEAKER : You should not be supporting a statement
that someone has been asked to withdraw, and it was unparliamentary to
interject that when a member was consulting me.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Thank you,
Madam Speaker. Thank you to the member for Kingsley for that question. Of
course, as part of our economic recovery, as part of driving jobs, we are all
about making sure that we create and facilitate
new developments around the state, both in our infrastructure program, and, of
course, in attracting and facilitating private sector investment. As
members know, we put some planning reform through the house, and that planning
reform included the new pathway for significant developments. I am very pleased
to report that over $1.5 billion of new development has been supported through
that state development assessment unit process. There are new jobs and
opportunities, and, importantly, we all know that there is a significant
construction boom happening now, but what this pathway does is support jobs
into the future. New approvals will allow our economy to continue to grow and
to create new opportunities. Those opportunities are across the state. They
include the new State Football Centre in Queens Park; residential aged-care
facilities; the expansion of the Cockburn Gateway shopping centre, something
that has been discussed for many, many years; a wharf extension in Henderson;
student accommodation; hotel developments;
multistorey apartment buildings; an LNG plant at Mt Magnet; and a shopping centre in Dawesville, so there are opportunities across the state.
This pathway was so important to
give Western Australians the confidence to continue to invest in this state. Of course, it was the member for Cottesloe—the
Leader of the Liberal Party, who does not pay much attention to things that are happening in this house unless they relate to Hon Nick Goiran—who
rejected and opposed these styles of pathway.
He rejected and opposed them, and what does he do? He goes out there, and every
time a new development gets off the ground and there is a sod turning,
who is in the front row, supporting, welcoming, hanging out with developers at
these events?
Several members interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The ''King
of the Sod''—that is quite interesting! The hypocrisy of coming
in here and accusing the Labor Party—me and other members—of
all types of things, yet when the sod is being turned, when the apartments are
being sold, he is there in the front row, welcoming, clapping, supporting and
saying, ''I don't oppose this
development'', even though he has opposed every process we have put
forward to support jobs and infrastructure.
Members,
I am very proud of what we have been able to achieve so far and what is also in
the pipeline in relation to the new projects that have been approved. As the
Premier outlined today, this is about creating jobs in WA. It is about
maintaining investment confidence and knowing that our economic recovery does
not finish tomorrow, but has to continue for years on end. These types of
pathways, this type of reform, together with the reforms outlined by the Minister for Local Government, are all about
cutting red tape and making sure that we can deliver jobs and opportunities.
I am not sure whether to interrupt, member for Southern River. Do you think I should
interrupt?
Mr D.A. Templeman : He's trying to extract his
foot from his mouth!
Withdrawal of Remark
The SPEAKER : Leader of
the House, I ask you to withdraw that.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : I withdraw.
Ms J.J. Shaw interjected.
The SPEAKER : You can withdraw, too, if you like,
member for Swan Hills.
Ms J.J. SHAW : I withdraw.
The SPEAKER : You should not be supporting a statement
that someone has been asked to withdraw, and it was unparliamentary to
interject that when a member was consulting me.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Thank you,
Madam Speaker. Thank you to the member for Kingsley for that question. Of
course, as part of our economic recovery, as part of driving jobs, we are all
about making sure that we create and facilitate
new developments around the state, both in our infrastructure program, and, of
course, in attracting and facilitating private sector investment. As
members know, we put some planning reform through the house, and that planning
reform included the new pathway for significant developments. I am very pleased
to report that over $1.5 billion of new development has been supported through
that state development assessment unit process. There are new jobs and
opportunities, and, importantly, we all know that there is a significant
construction boom happening now, but what this pathway does is support jobs
into the future. New approvals will allow our economy to continue to grow and
to create new opportunities. Those opportunities are across the state. They
include the new State Football Centre in Queens Park; residential aged-care
facilities; the expansion of the Cockburn Gateway shopping centre, something
that has been discussed for many, many years; a wharf extension in Henderson;
student accommodation; hotel developments;
multistorey apartment buildings; an LNG plant at Mt Magnet; and a shopping centre in Dawesville, so there are opportunities across the state.
This pathway was so important to
give Western Australians the confidence to continue to invest in this state. Of course, it was the member for Cottesloe—the
Leader of the Liberal Party, who does not pay much attention to things that are happening in this house unless they relate to Hon Nick Goiran—who
rejected and opposed these styles of pathway.
He rejected and opposed them, and what does he do? He goes out there, and every
time a new development gets off the ground and there is a sod turning,
who is in the front row, supporting, welcoming, hanging out with developers at
these events?
Several members interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The ''King
of the Sod''—that is quite interesting! The hypocrisy of coming
in here and accusing the Labor Party—me and other members—of
all types of things, yet when the sod is being turned, when the apartments are
being sold, he is there in the front row, welcoming, clapping, supporting and
saying, ''I don't oppose this
development'', even though he has opposed every process we have put
forward to support jobs and infrastructure.
Members,
I am very proud of what we have been able to achieve so far and what is also in
the pipeline in relation to the new projects that have been approved. As the
Premier outlined today, this is about creating jobs in WA. It is about
maintaining investment confidence and knowing that our economic recovery does
not finish tomorrow, but has to continue for years on end. These types of
pathways, this type of reform, together with the reforms outlined by the Minister for Local Government, are all about
cutting red tape and making sure that we can deliver jobs and opportunities.
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