❓ Mr. Hughes asks about the tourism and job boost from the Broome port dredging. The Minister details the completion of the dredging, increased cruise ship visits, and economic benefits, contrasting it with the previous government's inaction.
AnsweredQoN 858Legislative Assembly
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BROOME PORT —
DREDGING
858. Mr M. HUGHES to the Minister for Tourism:
Before I ask my question, on behalf
of the member for Burns Beach, I would like to acknowledge the year 11 politics
class from Peter Moyes Anglican Community School, and their teacher, Ryan
Walker, who have visited Parliament today.
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's record investment in growing tourism and delivering
infrastructure that will bring more visitors to Western Australia. Can the
minister update the house on how the dredging of Broome port will provide a boost
to tourism and jobs, not just in the Kimberley, but across Western Australia?
DREDGING
858. Mr M. HUGHES to the Minister for Tourism:
Before I ask my question, on behalf
of the member for Burns Beach, I would like to acknowledge the year 11 politics
class from Peter Moyes Anglican Community School, and their teacher, Ryan
Walker, who have visited Parliament today.
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's record investment in growing tourism and delivering
infrastructure that will bring more visitors to Western Australia. Can the
minister update the house on how the dredging of Broome port will provide a boost
to tourism and jobs, not just in the Kimberley, but across Western Australia?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the member for his question and his enthusiastic support of tourism in Western
Australia, particularly in the Perth hills. This one is about Broome.
People have heard me talk about the dredging of Broome harbour and the clearing of the obstacles in the harbour and the
impact that that might have on the tourism sector in Western Australia .
I can now report that it is done. After all those years of inaction under the
Barnett Liberal–National government, and after the Nationals had all
that money associated with royalties for regions and were incapable of spending
on this one small project, which will have such a significant impact, I can
report that the McGowan government has delivered. That port is now clear. It is
now a 24/7 port for ships of all sizes. That means, significantly for cruise
operators, that they can go to Broome, get their ship alongside the wharf in
the evening, have all the buses lined up, get their passengers off in the
morning, and recover them in the afternoon after a day of visiting destinations
around Broome and beyond. Very shortly, they will be able to travel on the
sealed Cape Leveque road, thanks to the McGowan Labor government, and they will
be able to depart Broome in accordance with the most efficient use of those
ships. All that is happening.
In
2018, there were 18 cruise ship visits to Broome port. This cruising year,
there will be 32 visits, and next year, the year after, there will be 37
visits. Two years after we committed to dredging the harbour, there has been a doubling
of cruise ship visits to Broome. That is an incredible increase in benefits for
the people of the Kimberley. Beyond that, because ships can now go to Broome,
ships will be homeported. The member for Vasse well knows that when we came to
office, the Liberal government had lost cruise shipping to Western Australia.
Because of the inaction of the Barnett government and the incapacity of the now
member for Darling Range to assist in any way, despite having been asked
specifically in late 2016 to meet with the industry, cruise operators were
going to stop homeporting in Fremantle. Cruise shipping in Western Australia
was going to collapse, and Western Australia's regions would have
suffered as a consequence. We have saved the day. When we came to office, we said
we would dredge Broome harbour. Sun Princess , a super yacht, will be
homeported in Fremantle this year, as will Vasco da Gama . Those ships
carry thousands of passengers. Sun Princess will be going to Broome
twice. Vasco da Gama will be going to Broome three times. That is an
extraordinary return for the people of Western Australia. It will add in the
order of $117 million in a single year to state gross profit, and, of course,
create jobs right across the state.
thank the member for his question and his enthusiastic support of tourism in Western
Australia, particularly in the Perth hills. This one is about Broome.
People have heard me talk about the dredging of Broome harbour and the clearing of the obstacles in the harbour and the
impact that that might have on the tourism sector in Western Australia .
I can now report that it is done. After all those years of inaction under the
Barnett Liberal–National government, and after the Nationals had all
that money associated with royalties for regions and were incapable of spending
on this one small project, which will have such a significant impact, I can
report that the McGowan government has delivered. That port is now clear. It is
now a 24/7 port for ships of all sizes. That means, significantly for cruise
operators, that they can go to Broome, get their ship alongside the wharf in
the evening, have all the buses lined up, get their passengers off in the
morning, and recover them in the afternoon after a day of visiting destinations
around Broome and beyond. Very shortly, they will be able to travel on the
sealed Cape Leveque road, thanks to the McGowan Labor government, and they will
be able to depart Broome in accordance with the most efficient use of those
ships. All that is happening.
In
2018, there were 18 cruise ship visits to Broome port. This cruising year,
there will be 32 visits, and next year, the year after, there will be 37
visits. Two years after we committed to dredging the harbour, there has been a doubling
of cruise ship visits to Broome. That is an incredible increase in benefits for
the people of the Kimberley. Beyond that, because ships can now go to Broome,
ships will be homeported. The member for Vasse well knows that when we came to
office, the Liberal government had lost cruise shipping to Western Australia.
Because of the inaction of the Barnett government and the incapacity of the now
member for Darling Range to assist in any way, despite having been asked
specifically in late 2016 to meet with the industry, cruise operators were
going to stop homeporting in Fremantle. Cruise shipping in Western Australia
was going to collapse, and Western Australia's regions would have
suffered as a consequence. We have saved the day. When we came to office, we said
we would dredge Broome harbour. Sun Princess , a super yacht, will be
homeported in Fremantle this year, as will Vasco da Gama . Those ships
carry thousands of passengers. Sun Princess will be going to Broome
twice. Vasco da Gama will be going to Broome three times. That is an
extraordinary return for the people of Western Australia. It will add in the
order of $117 million in a single year to state gross profit, and, of course,
create jobs right across the state.
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