❓ Mr. Healy asks the Premier about the Cook Labor government's success in the resources sector and diversification efforts. The Premier highlights the sector's contribution to the national economy and outlines government initiatives to diversify the WA economy.
AnsweredQoN 144Legislative Assembly
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Resources sector
144. Mr Terry Healy to the Premier:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's success in growing the economy and ensuring that Western
Australia becomes a global resources leader.
(1) Can the Premier advise the house how this
focus on supporting WA's resources sector is delivering results for the Western
Australian economy?
(2) Can the Premier advise the house how this
government is continuing its ambition to diversify the economy and make more
things here?
144. Mr Terry Healy to the Premier:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's success in growing the economy and ensuring that Western
Australia becomes a global resources leader.
(1) Can the Premier advise the house how this
focus on supporting WA's resources sector is delivering results for the Western
Australian economy?
(2) Can the Premier advise the house how this
government is continuing its ambition to diversify the economy and make more
things here?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I thank the member for the
question. Every member in the Parliament today knows that Western Australia
powers the national economy. Led by our world-leading resources sector, WA is
the strongest economy in the nation. Over the weekend, we saw more evidence of
just how important our economy is to the national economy. It showed that
employment in the mining industry reached a new record in 2024. Nearly 136,000
people have a job in WA mining and a further 12,000 jobs have been created or
exist in petroleum exploration. This marks eight consecutive years of
employment growth in the mining sector and there are thousands of jobs that
mining supports in other sectors, from IT to hospitality, to construction and
manufacturing. The flow-on benefits to the broader economy are enormous.
The WA Labor government
recognises that although the outlook for mining is strong, past success is not
a guarantee of future success, and the future is what we make of it. To
maintain our position as the strongest economy in the nation, the government is
diversifying our economy for the future. We are working to make WA the best
place in the world to get a job by securing new investment in jobs; becoming a
global leader in investment attraction, industry facilitation and regulation; becoming
a renewable energy powerhouse to provide local industry and our trading
partners with reliable, affordable and low-carbon energy to drive economic
activity; delivering sustainable water solutions for industry as well as the
community; and boosting our economies, their productivity and resilience
through infrastructure, training and by making more
things here. Our government is putting manufacturing back into the heart of the state's economy.
Just imagine if our other
industries experienced the type of growth that we have we have experienced over
the last decades from mining. The government played a pivotal role in realising
the potential of the resources industry and we are now playing a role in
growing other industries such as tourism, agriculture, life sciences, medical
research and space industries. Of course, Mr Speaker, the key to this is making
more things here, and that includes restoring pride in the words "Made in
WA".
question. Every member in the Parliament today knows that Western Australia
powers the national economy. Led by our world-leading resources sector, WA is
the strongest economy in the nation. Over the weekend, we saw more evidence of
just how important our economy is to the national economy. It showed that
employment in the mining industry reached a new record in 2024. Nearly 136,000
people have a job in WA mining and a further 12,000 jobs have been created or
exist in petroleum exploration. This marks eight consecutive years of
employment growth in the mining sector and there are thousands of jobs that
mining supports in other sectors, from IT to hospitality, to construction and
manufacturing. The flow-on benefits to the broader economy are enormous.
The WA Labor government
recognises that although the outlook for mining is strong, past success is not
a guarantee of future success, and the future is what we make of it. To
maintain our position as the strongest economy in the nation, the government is
diversifying our economy for the future. We are working to make WA the best
place in the world to get a job by securing new investment in jobs; becoming a
global leader in investment attraction, industry facilitation and regulation; becoming
a renewable energy powerhouse to provide local industry and our trading
partners with reliable, affordable and low-carbon energy to drive economic
activity; delivering sustainable water solutions for industry as well as the
community; and boosting our economies, their productivity and resilience
through infrastructure, training and by making more
things here. Our government is putting manufacturing back into the heart of the state's economy.
Just imagine if our other
industries experienced the type of growth that we have we have experienced over
the last decades from mining. The government played a pivotal role in realising
the potential of the resources industry and we are now playing a role in
growing other industries such as tourism, agriculture, life sciences, medical
research and space industries. Of course, Mr Speaker, the key to this is making
more things here, and that includes restoring pride in the words "Made in
WA".
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