❓ Mr. Marmion asks about the state's capital investment needed for full-cycle docking at the Australian Marine Complex and its budget allocation. The Minister clarifies the federal government's responsibility for infrastructure costs, while the state may have some obligations.
AnsweredQoN 614Legislative Assembly
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AUSTRALIAN MARINE COMPLEX
STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND LAND USE MASTER PLAN
614. Mr W.R. MARMION to the Minister for Defence Issues:
I have a supplementary question. I thank
the minister for that response. Can he reveal how much capital the state needs
to invest to secure the full-cycle docking; and where is this shown in the
budget?
STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND LAND USE MASTER PLAN
614. Mr W.R. MARMION to the Minister for Defence Issues:
I have a supplementary question. I thank
the minister for that response. Can he reveal how much capital the state needs
to invest to secure the full-cycle docking; and where is this shown in the
budget?
AnswerView source ↗
What we will do —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P. PAPALIA : There will be
some implications for the state in meeting the requirements for full-cycle
docking, so there will be some planning and possibly some infrastructure
contributions with regard to state obligations. But understand this: full-cycle
docking is a defence requirement; it is a defence activity. It is a federal
obligation. The federal government will build any sheds that will need to be
built. I am informed anecdotally that we are talking about facilities in the
order of $200 million. That will come from the federal government. That is not
a state obligation. If the federal government wants to do its full-cycle
docking in Western Australia—it should, in the national interest—it
will pay for the shed to do it in. It may then also have to pay for some other
infrastructure around Henderson to accommodate shifting the submarine up to the
shed. We will provide our obligations in the normal course of responsibilities
for a state government, but that will be known once we have the plan that tells
us what we need to contribute—and the plan is being devised at this
moment in conjunction with the federal government through defence. I do not
know; I cannot tell the member the extent of any costs that may or may not be
incurred by the state. But what I can say, and will happily put on the record,
is that the federal government is building any new infrastructure to
accommodate that activity. That is its job. That is what it does in South
Australia; that is what it should do here, too. We are not going to get
short-changed in that regard.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P. PAPALIA : There will be
some implications for the state in meeting the requirements for full-cycle
docking, so there will be some planning and possibly some infrastructure
contributions with regard to state obligations. But understand this: full-cycle
docking is a defence requirement; it is a defence activity. It is a federal
obligation. The federal government will build any sheds that will need to be
built. I am informed anecdotally that we are talking about facilities in the
order of $200 million. That will come from the federal government. That is not
a state obligation. If the federal government wants to do its full-cycle
docking in Western Australia—it should, in the national interest—it
will pay for the shed to do it in. It may then also have to pay for some other
infrastructure around Henderson to accommodate shifting the submarine up to the
shed. We will provide our obligations in the normal course of responsibilities
for a state government, but that will be known once we have the plan that tells
us what we need to contribute—and the plan is being devised at this
moment in conjunction with the federal government through defence. I do not
know; I cannot tell the member the extent of any costs that may or may not be
incurred by the state. But what I can say, and will happily put on the record,
is that the federal government is building any new infrastructure to
accommodate that activity. That is its job. That is what it does in South
Australia; that is what it should do here, too. We are not going to get
short-changed in that regard.
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