❓ Mr Catania questions the Premier's support for a fly-in fly-out worker camp in Karratha, despite local opposition. The Premier defends the decision, citing the need for a specialised workforce to support a major gas project and secure WA's economic future.
AnsweredQoN 885Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
BAY VILLAGE WORKER CAMP —
WOODSIDE ENERGY — JOINT DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT PANEL DECISION
885. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. Why
does the Premier's Labor government, including the Premier and the
member for Pilbara, continually support this fly in, fly out camp in the City
of Karratha when it is being opposed by residents and the City of Karratha?
WOODSIDE ENERGY — JOINT DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT PANEL DECISION
885. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. Why
does the Premier's Labor government, including the Premier and the
member for Pilbara, continually support this fly in, fly out camp in the City
of Karratha when it is being opposed by residents and the City of Karratha?
AnswerView source ↗
As I have explained in here a number
of times, and I will explain again. In order to bring Browse gas onshore, it
requires a significant expansion of the workforce with a range of people who
are specialists going to Karratha to make sure the North West Shelf plant on
the Burrup Peninsula and also some of the offshore work can be done. That
requires an expansion in capacity in Karratha. Woodside, hopefully, will make a
final investment decision in 2020 and that will mean a project in the vicinity
of $20 billion to $30 billion—I do not have the exact figures—will
happen in Western Australia. In order to do that, it needs an expandable
workforce to undertake that work. A lot of that workforce will need to be very
specialised. It will not be people who are necessarily currently in Karratha
but most of them, hopefully, will come from Western Australia. I am supporting
everything possible to make sure that happens in Western Australia. As I said
before, Shell Prelude is happening off the coast, not in Western Australia. We
do not get any of the royalties; we get only a certain number of the jobs.
Inpex, of course, went to Darwin and there is a long history behind that. What
happened with James Price Point was a monumental failure. It cost us $100
million as a state and we got nothing out of it.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman!
Mr M. McGOWAN : What I intend
to do, obviously against the objections of the National Party and the
interjections of the Liberal Party, is make sure that Karratha has a long-term
future, that people in Karratha have certainty that there will be jobs within
that long-term future and make sure we process the gas in Western Australia and
we do not lose that project.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Moore!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The National
Party, economic troglodytes and dinosaurs that its members are, is determined
to lose Western Australian jobs and to ensure that projects do not happen. The
National Party loves things not happening in Western Australia. It gives its
members some sort of gratification when they fail. The National Party wants to
spend public money; it does not ever want to earn it. That is the National
Party's record.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Moore, I call you to order for the first time.
of times, and I will explain again. In order to bring Browse gas onshore, it
requires a significant expansion of the workforce with a range of people who
are specialists going to Karratha to make sure the North West Shelf plant on
the Burrup Peninsula and also some of the offshore work can be done. That
requires an expansion in capacity in Karratha. Woodside, hopefully, will make a
final investment decision in 2020 and that will mean a project in the vicinity
of $20 billion to $30 billion—I do not have the exact figures—will
happen in Western Australia. In order to do that, it needs an expandable
workforce to undertake that work. A lot of that workforce will need to be very
specialised. It will not be people who are necessarily currently in Karratha
but most of them, hopefully, will come from Western Australia. I am supporting
everything possible to make sure that happens in Western Australia. As I said
before, Shell Prelude is happening off the coast, not in Western Australia. We
do not get any of the royalties; we get only a certain number of the jobs.
Inpex, of course, went to Darwin and there is a long history behind that. What
happened with James Price Point was a monumental failure. It cost us $100
million as a state and we got nothing out of it.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman!
Mr M. McGOWAN : What I intend
to do, obviously against the objections of the National Party and the
interjections of the Liberal Party, is make sure that Karratha has a long-term
future, that people in Karratha have certainty that there will be jobs within
that long-term future and make sure we process the gas in Western Australia and
we do not lose that project.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Moore!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The National
Party, economic troglodytes and dinosaurs that its members are, is determined
to lose Western Australian jobs and to ensure that projects do not happen. The
National Party loves things not happening in Western Australia. It gives its
members some sort of gratification when they fail. The National Party wants to
spend public money; it does not ever want to earn it. That is the National
Party's record.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Moore, I call you to order for the first time.
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