❓ Hon Jon Ford questions the government's actions to ensure Woodside uses WA facilities and workforce for its Kimberley oil and gas project. Hon Norman Moore responds that no specific action has been taken yet, as Woodside hasn't committed to a processing location, but the government is promoting the Kimberley site and expects the Australian Marine Complex to play a role.
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woodside oil and gas projects — Western Australian workforce
I refer to Woodside’s track record in using overseas facilities and workforces to fabricate its oil and gas facilities, thereby denying jobs for Western Australian workers. (1) What is the state government doing to ensure that Woodside constructs its planned Kimberley oil and gas plant in the world-class fabrication facilities at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson? (2) Will the minister guarantee this house that the state government will fight to ensure that Western Australian workers will have jobs in the construction and fabrication phases of the planned project and that the jobs will not go overseas or interstate? Hon NORMAN MOORE
I refer to Woodside’s track record in using overseas facilities and workforces to fabricate its oil and gas facilities, thereby denying jobs for Western Australian workers. (1) What is the state government doing to ensure that Woodside constructs its planned Kimberley oil and gas plant in the world-class fabrication facilities at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson? (2) Will the minister guarantee this house that the state government will fight to ensure that Western Australian workers will have jobs in the construction and fabrication phases of the planned project and that the jobs will not go overseas or interstate? Hon NORMAN MOORE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No specific action has been taken at this stage as Woodside Energy Limited and its joint venture partners have not yet made a commitment to when and where their Browse Basin gas reserves will be processed. The joint venture partners are currently considering two processing locations in Western Australia, being the James Price Point vicinity in the Kimberley region and a brownfields site at the Burrup Peninsula. (2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
(1) What is the state government doing to ensure that Woodside constructs its planned Kimberley oil and gas plant in the world-class fabrication facilities at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson? (2) Will the minister guarantee this house that the state government will fight to ensure that Western Australian workers will have jobs in the construction and fabrication phases of the planned project and that the jobs will not go overseas or interstate? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No specific action has been taken at this stage as Woodside Energy Limited and its joint venture partners have not yet made a commitment to when and where their Browse Basin gas reserves will be processed. The joint venture partners are currently considering two processing locations in Western Australia, being the James Price Point vicinity in the Kimberley region and a brownfields site at the Burrup Peninsula. (2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
(2) Will the minister guarantee this house that the state government will fight to ensure that Western Australian workers will have jobs in the construction and fabrication phases of the planned project and that the jobs will not go overseas or interstate? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No specific action has been taken at this stage as Woodside Energy Limited and its joint venture partners have not yet made a commitment to when and where their Browse Basin gas reserves will be processed. The joint venture partners are currently considering two processing locations in Western Australia, being the James Price Point vicinity in the Kimberley region and a brownfields site at the Burrup Peninsula. (2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No specific action has been taken at this stage as Woodside Energy Limited and its joint venture partners have not yet made a commitment to when and where their Browse Basin gas reserves will be processed. The joint venture partners are currently considering two processing locations in Western Australia, being the James Price Point vicinity in the Kimberley region and a brownfields site at the Burrup Peninsula. (2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No specific action has been taken at this stage as Woodside Energy Limited and its joint venture partners have not yet made a commitment to when and where their Browse Basin gas reserves will be processed. The joint venture partners are currently considering two processing locations in Western Australia, being the James Price Point vicinity in the Kimberley region and a brownfields site at the Burrup Peninsula. (2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
(1) No specific action has been taken at this stage as Woodside Energy Limited and its joint venture partners have not yet made a commitment to when and where their Browse Basin gas reserves will be processed. The joint venture partners are currently considering two processing locations in Western Australia, being the James Price Point vicinity in the Kimberley region and a brownfields site at the Burrup Peninsula. (2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
(2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
(1) What is the state government doing to ensure that Woodside constructs its planned Kimberley oil and gas plant in the world-class fabrication facilities at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson? (2) Will the minister guarantee this house that the state government will fight to ensure that Western Australian workers will have jobs in the construction and fabrication phases of the planned project and that the jobs will not go overseas or interstate? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No specific action has been taken at this stage as Woodside Energy Limited and its joint venture partners have not yet made a commitment to when and where their Browse Basin gas reserves will be processed. The joint venture partners are currently considering two processing locations in Western Australia, being the James Price Point vicinity in the Kimberley region and a brownfields site at the Burrup Peninsula. (2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
(2) Will the minister guarantee this house that the state government will fight to ensure that Western Australian workers will have jobs in the construction and fabrication phases of the planned project and that the jobs will not go overseas or interstate? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No specific action has been taken at this stage as Woodside Energy Limited and its joint venture partners have not yet made a commitment to when and where their Browse Basin gas reserves will be processed. The joint venture partners are currently considering two processing locations in Western Australia, being the James Price Point vicinity in the Kimberley region and a brownfields site at the Burrup Peninsula. (2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No specific action has been taken at this stage as Woodside Energy Limited and its joint venture partners have not yet made a commitment to when and where their Browse Basin gas reserves will be processed. The joint venture partners are currently considering two processing locations in Western Australia, being the James Price Point vicinity in the Kimberley region and a brownfields site at the Burrup Peninsula. (2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No specific action has been taken at this stage as Woodside Energy Limited and its joint venture partners have not yet made a commitment to when and where their Browse Basin gas reserves will be processed. The joint venture partners are currently considering two processing locations in Western Australia, being the James Price Point vicinity in the Kimberley region and a brownfields site at the Burrup Peninsula. (2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
(1) No specific action has been taken at this stage as Woodside Energy Limited and its joint venture partners have not yet made a commitment to when and where their Browse Basin gas reserves will be processed. The joint venture partners are currently considering two processing locations in Western Australia, being the James Price Point vicinity in the Kimberley region and a brownfields site at the Burrup Peninsula. (2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
(2) The state government is currently utilising every endeavour to promote the greenfields site in the Kimberley so that it can capitalise on future construction and fabrication requirements, including use of local labour. As a recognised centre of excellence for marine and defence fabrication, we expect the Australian Marine Complex to play an active role in this project.
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