❓ Mr Murray questions the Premier on his personal actions to retain jobs at Worsley mine. The Premier deflects, stating employment decisions are up to the company and criticises the previous Labor government's record on mining projects.
AnsweredQoN 86Legislative Assembly
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MINING — EMPLOYMENT — SOUTH WEST
86. Mr M.P. MURRAY to the Premier:
I certainly agree with the member
for Midland, but I now ask a supplementary question. What did the Premier
personally do to try to retain any of those jobs at Worsley?
86. Mr M.P. MURRAY to the Premier:
I certainly agree with the member
for Midland, but I now ask a supplementary question. What did the Premier
personally do to try to retain any of those jobs at Worsley?
AnswerView source ↗
Decisions on employment within
individual projects are up to the company. I would hope that most of them —
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen!
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : I would hope that many of those workers will be able to
relocate either to other mining —
Mr
M.P. Murray : Where?
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : To other mining projects.
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : Some of them may leave the industry —
The
SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I call you to order for first time.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : Some of them may use their trade skills and go back into the
construction industry or wherever else.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : I think everyone in Western Australia knows there are job
losses taking place in the mining industry. We have probably seen the worst of
it because the industry is stabilising, but we will still get losses in
individual projects. We will still get, as we have had recently, several new
goldmining projects going ahead. We will always get a lot of transitional and
frictional unemployment in that industry.
Mrs
M.H. Roberts : They're on their own.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : On their own! Remember the former Labor government's
record in mining? It lost the Inpex project. It could not get Gorgon underway.
It could not get Karara underway because it could not make a decision. It lost
project after project because it could not make a decision.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mrs
M.H. Roberts : They're on their own.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : No-one in this state is on their own. We have probably seen
the worst of the job losses in the mining industry. This government gets
projects underway and we have the confidence of the mining and petroleum
industries, something the former Labor government did not have and something
that the Labor Party does not have now. It does not support uranium. It does
not support fracking. It does not support some of the growth sectors. It has
failed repeatedly in getting major projects underway—and, if the member
for Gosnells ever becomes the environment minister, watch the flight of capital
out of this state.
individual projects are up to the company. I would hope that most of them —
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen!
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : I would hope that many of those workers will be able to
relocate either to other mining —
Mr
M.P. Murray : Where?
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : To other mining projects.
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : Some of them may leave the industry —
The
SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I call you to order for first time.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : Some of them may use their trade skills and go back into the
construction industry or wherever else.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : I think everyone in Western Australia knows there are job
losses taking place in the mining industry. We have probably seen the worst of
it because the industry is stabilising, but we will still get losses in
individual projects. We will still get, as we have had recently, several new
goldmining projects going ahead. We will always get a lot of transitional and
frictional unemployment in that industry.
Mrs
M.H. Roberts : They're on their own.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : On their own! Remember the former Labor government's
record in mining? It lost the Inpex project. It could not get Gorgon underway.
It could not get Karara underway because it could not make a decision. It lost
project after project because it could not make a decision.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mrs
M.H. Roberts : They're on their own.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : No-one in this state is on their own. We have probably seen
the worst of the job losses in the mining industry. This government gets
projects underway and we have the confidence of the mining and petroleum
industries, something the former Labor government did not have and something
that the Labor Party does not have now. It does not support uranium. It does
not support fracking. It does not support some of the growth sectors. It has
failed repeatedly in getting major projects underway—and, if the member
for Gosnells ever becomes the environment minister, watch the flight of capital
out of this state.
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