❓ Dr. Nahan questions the Premier about declining building approvals in WA and urges them to call on Bill Shorten to abandon his policies. The Premier deflects, highlighting job creation and government projects in WA.
AnsweredQoN 291Legislative Assembly
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HOUSING — FEDERAL LABOR POLICY
291. Dr M.D. NAHAN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary
question. Given that the latest data shows building approvals in Western Australia
have dropped by a further 15.5 per cent over the past 12 months, why will the
Premier not stand up for Western Australians and immediately call on
Bill Shorten to abandon his policies?
291. Dr M.D. NAHAN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary
question. Given that the latest data shows building approvals in Western Australia
have dropped by a further 15.5 per cent over the past 12 months, why will the
Premier not stand up for Western Australians and immediately call on
Bill Shorten to abandon his policies?
AnswerView source ↗
I explained in my first answer that the main thing we need in
Western Australia is a government committed to creating jobs, and that is what
we have. Since this government has been in office, 36 000 jobs have been
created. That is greater than the population of Kalgoorlie–Boulder. We
have created that many jobs. Projects are being announced all over Western Australia
every day. We heard the great cooperative research centre announcement
yesterday that the Minister for Mines and Petroleum and I worked on. We have
secured more than $100 million worth of funding or in-kind support for that. The
LNG futures facility was announced by me and the chief executive officer of Chevron last week. Fortescue Metals
Group showed its support for Western Australia with the Iron Bridge announcement last week. A fortnight ago, I turned the first sod on Albemarle's
lithium project. When I was in Washington, I met with representatives from that
company to clear away any of the approval issues, to ensure that those jobs
would go to the people of the south west, in Collie, Bunbury and Murray–Wellington.
Day in, day out, we see a state government that is committed to getting on with
the job. What do we see nationally? We see a shambolic federal government. A
government cannot change out three Prime Ministers in the course of six years
and expect to be re-elected.
Western Australia is a government committed to creating jobs, and that is what
we have. Since this government has been in office, 36 000 jobs have been
created. That is greater than the population of Kalgoorlie–Boulder. We
have created that many jobs. Projects are being announced all over Western Australia
every day. We heard the great cooperative research centre announcement
yesterday that the Minister for Mines and Petroleum and I worked on. We have
secured more than $100 million worth of funding or in-kind support for that. The
LNG futures facility was announced by me and the chief executive officer of Chevron last week. Fortescue Metals
Group showed its support for Western Australia with the Iron Bridge announcement last week. A fortnight ago, I turned the first sod on Albemarle's
lithium project. When I was in Washington, I met with representatives from that
company to clear away any of the approval issues, to ensure that those jobs
would go to the people of the south west, in Collie, Bunbury and Murray–Wellington.
Day in, day out, we see a state government that is committed to getting on with
the job. What do we see nationally? We see a shambolic federal government. A
government cannot change out three Prime Ministers in the course of six years
and expect to be re-elected.
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