❓ The WA Minister for Tourism addresses concerns about the impact of a gas crisis on the tourism industry, particularly during the Australian Tourism Exchange, highlighting collaboration with industry and government to mitigate negative effects.
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APACHE ENERGY GAS PLANT EXPLOSION — EFFECT ON TOURISM
Given that the eyes of the tourism world will be on Western Australia with the Australian Tourism Exchange 2008 being held in Perth next week — (1) What responsibility is the minister taking to protect the interests of the Western Australian tourism industry in the wake of the gas crisis? (2) What specific contingency plan has the minister put in place to ensure that the gas crisis does not detract from Western Australia showcasing its fantastic tourism industry to the world? (3) Will the minister table her specific plan for protecting the interests of the WA tourism industry in the medium to long term, in the wake of the gas crisis? Ms S.M. McHALE
Given that the eyes of the tourism world will be on Western Australia with the Australian Tourism Exchange 2008 being held in Perth next week — (1) What responsibility is the minister taking to protect the interests of the Western Australian tourism industry in the wake of the gas crisis? (2) What specific contingency plan has the minister put in place to ensure that the gas crisis does not detract from Western Australia showcasing its fantastic tourism industry to the world? (3) Will the minister table her specific plan for protecting the interests of the WA tourism industry in the medium to long term, in the wake of the gas crisis? Ms S.M. McHALE
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I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
(1) What responsibility is the minister taking to protect the interests of the Western Australian tourism industry in the wake of the gas crisis? (2) What specific contingency plan has the minister put in place to ensure that the gas crisis does not detract from Western Australia showcasing its fantastic tourism industry to the world? (3) Will the minister table her specific plan for protecting the interests of the WA tourism industry in the medium to long term, in the wake of the gas crisis? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
(2) What specific contingency plan has the minister put in place to ensure that the gas crisis does not detract from Western Australia showcasing its fantastic tourism industry to the world? (3) Will the minister table her specific plan for protecting the interests of the WA tourism industry in the medium to long term, in the wake of the gas crisis? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
(3) Will the minister table her specific plan for protecting the interests of the WA tourism industry in the medium to long term, in the wake of the gas crisis? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
(1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
(1) What responsibility is the minister taking to protect the interests of the Western Australian tourism industry in the wake of the gas crisis? (2) What specific contingency plan has the minister put in place to ensure that the gas crisis does not detract from Western Australia showcasing its fantastic tourism industry to the world? (3) Will the minister table her specific plan for protecting the interests of the WA tourism industry in the medium to long term, in the wake of the gas crisis? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
(2) What specific contingency plan has the minister put in place to ensure that the gas crisis does not detract from Western Australia showcasing its fantastic tourism industry to the world? (3) Will the minister table her specific plan for protecting the interests of the WA tourism industry in the medium to long term, in the wake of the gas crisis? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
(3) Will the minister table her specific plan for protecting the interests of the WA tourism industry in the medium to long term, in the wake of the gas crisis? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
I thank the member for his question. (1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
(1)-(3) It is good news that the ATE is coming to Perth next week. It is the second time that we have had the privilege of hosting the ATE, which is the largest tourism expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Australia. Our government is putting $2.5 million to secure the expo and we have been working very hard to make sure that it is the success that no doubt it will be. I spoke yesterday about the strategies that hotels were adopting. I commended them yesterday for their resourcefulness and cooperation with the industry, the Australian Hotels Association and the government, because that is the way in which we will collectively confront this serious incident and work our way through it. It is having a significant impact on our economy, and the Premier has spoken at length about that. I have been making sure that we are briefed on a daily basis on the impact and potential impact on hotels. I have been feeding into the major committees that the Premier is responsible for the feedback from Prime Laundry and Drycleaning in particular. We have been liaising with the hotels to see what cooperation can be given. We are feeding that information back. I am pleased to be able to say that Prime Laundry today has 60 per cent of its required gigajoules. Yesterday it had 85 gigajoules; today it has 130 gigajoules. We have been actively working with the Premier, the Premier’s office and the Minister for Energy to make sure that the needs of the tourism sector are fed into the strategic plans. However, as the Premier has said, it is a matter of looking at the needs of industry as a whole and determining the priority of supply. The member has been briefed on the hierarchy of distribution and the broad parameters. Tourism is an industry that is recognised as providing essential goods and services to the Western Australian economy. It is very clear that tourism is one of our key economic drivers and is part of the framework of providing essential goods. We are working with the AHA on a two or three-day basis to offer support and guidance and to make sure that information is fed back. Although it is a serious incident, as I said yesterday, I think the over 1 200 visitors who are coming to this great state of ours will understand that there has been a serious incident and will be patient and understand the need to work with us. The tourism industry is very robust. It has survived severe acute respiratory syndrome and 9/11, and it will work with us to survive and manage this very serious incident. As I also said yesterday, visitors are very keen to minimise their individual carbon footprint. This is a time that we actually have to work on that.
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