❓ Hon Bruce Donaldson asks about delays to the Muchea livestock selling centre construction. Hon Kim Chance acknowledges a slight delay, pushing the operational date to early 2007, but assures the house that the reasons are not serious and progress is steady.
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MUCHEA SALEYARDS
A recent newspaper article reported that construction of the proposed Muchea livestock selling centre complex would be delayed. Can the minister explain to the house any reason for a delay? Hon KIM CHANCE
A recent newspaper article reported that construction of the proposed Muchea livestock selling centre complex would be delayed. Can the minister explain to the house any reason for a delay? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I am not aware of the article except to the extent that I saw the headline but I am not aware of the article supporting the headline, as is so often the case. Hon Bruce Donaldson : I found it difficult too. Hon KIM CHANCE : Yes. That is why the member asked me. It is a fair question. I looked in the text of the article for the information to support the headline. I could only assume that somehow the headline belonged to another article, because there was nothing in the article. However, this does give me the opportunity to indicate that, although I have indicated to the house that we had expected it to be in operational status by the end of this calendar year, the latest advice from the Meat Industry Authority to me is that it will be some months later than that, and it will be in operation by early 2007. There are a number of reasons for that delay, but none is serious, and we are tracking pretty well along the process now. We are at the point now of calling for expressions of interest for the construction tenders. Things are moving along reasonably well. As with any major public construction process, with facilities of this nature, nothing seems to happen for a long time on a site. There is the site acquisition, the development application and the tender process, after Environmental Protection Authority clearance. Then things seem to happen quite quickly. It has been a long but steady process, and one that is probably 50 years overdue. I am not aware of any cause for major delay.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I am not aware of the article except to the extent that I saw the headline but I am not aware of the article supporting the headline, as is so often the case. Hon Bruce Donaldson : I found it difficult too. Hon KIM CHANCE : Yes. That is why the member asked me. It is a fair question. I looked in the text of the article for the information to support the headline. I could only assume that somehow the headline belonged to another article, because there was nothing in the article. However, this does give me the opportunity to indicate that, although I have indicated to the house that we had expected it to be in operational status by the end of this calendar year, the latest advice from the Meat Industry Authority to me is that it will be some months later than that, and it will be in operation by early 2007. There are a number of reasons for that delay, but none is serious, and we are tracking pretty well along the process now. We are at the point now of calling for expressions of interest for the construction tenders. Things are moving along reasonably well. As with any major public construction process, with facilities of this nature, nothing seems to happen for a long time on a site. There is the site acquisition, the development application and the tender process, after Environmental Protection Authority clearance. Then things seem to happen quite quickly. It has been a long but steady process, and one that is probably 50 years overdue. I am not aware of any cause for major delay.
I am not aware of the article except to the extent that I saw the headline but I am not aware of the article supporting the headline, as is so often the case. Hon Bruce Donaldson : I found it difficult too. Hon KIM CHANCE : Yes. That is why the member asked me. It is a fair question. I looked in the text of the article for the information to support the headline. I could only assume that somehow the headline belonged to another article, because there was nothing in the article. However, this does give me the opportunity to indicate that, although I have indicated to the house that we had expected it to be in operational status by the end of this calendar year, the latest advice from the Meat Industry Authority to me is that it will be some months later than that, and it will be in operation by early 2007. There are a number of reasons for that delay, but none is serious, and we are tracking pretty well along the process now. We are at the point now of calling for expressions of interest for the construction tenders. Things are moving along reasonably well. As with any major public construction process, with facilities of this nature, nothing seems to happen for a long time on a site. There is the site acquisition, the development application and the tender process, after Environmental Protection Authority clearance. Then things seem to happen quite quickly. It has been a long but steady process, and one that is probably 50 years overdue. I am not aware of any cause for major delay.
Hon Bruce Donaldson : I found it difficult too. Hon KIM CHANCE : Yes. That is why the member asked me. It is a fair question. I looked in the text of the article for the information to support the headline. I could only assume that somehow the headline belonged to another article, because there was nothing in the article. However, this does give me the opportunity to indicate that, although I have indicated to the house that we had expected it to be in operational status by the end of this calendar year, the latest advice from the Meat Industry Authority to me is that it will be some months later than that, and it will be in operation by early 2007. There are a number of reasons for that delay, but none is serious, and we are tracking pretty well along the process now. We are at the point now of calling for expressions of interest for the construction tenders. Things are moving along reasonably well. As with any major public construction process, with facilities of this nature, nothing seems to happen for a long time on a site. There is the site acquisition, the development application and the tender process, after Environmental Protection Authority clearance. Then things seem to happen quite quickly. It has been a long but steady process, and one that is probably 50 years overdue. I am not aware of any cause for major delay.
Hon KIM CHANCE : Yes. That is why the member asked me. It is a fair question. I looked in the text of the article for the information to support the headline. I could only assume that somehow the headline belonged to another article, because there was nothing in the article. However, this does give me the opportunity to indicate that, although I have indicated to the house that we had expected it to be in operational status by the end of this calendar year, the latest advice from the Meat Industry Authority to me is that it will be some months later than that, and it will be in operation by early 2007. There are a number of reasons for that delay, but none is serious, and we are tracking pretty well along the process now. We are at the point now of calling for expressions of interest for the construction tenders. Things are moving along reasonably well. As with any major public construction process, with facilities of this nature, nothing seems to happen for a long time on a site. There is the site acquisition, the development application and the tender process, after Environmental Protection Authority clearance. Then things seem to happen quite quickly. It has been a long but steady process, and one that is probably 50 years overdue. I am not aware of any cause for major delay.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I am not aware of the article except to the extent that I saw the headline but I am not aware of the article supporting the headline, as is so often the case. Hon Bruce Donaldson : I found it difficult too. Hon KIM CHANCE : Yes. That is why the member asked me. It is a fair question. I looked in the text of the article for the information to support the headline. I could only assume that somehow the headline belonged to another article, because there was nothing in the article. However, this does give me the opportunity to indicate that, although I have indicated to the house that we had expected it to be in operational status by the end of this calendar year, the latest advice from the Meat Industry Authority to me is that it will be some months later than that, and it will be in operation by early 2007. There are a number of reasons for that delay, but none is serious, and we are tracking pretty well along the process now. We are at the point now of calling for expressions of interest for the construction tenders. Things are moving along reasonably well. As with any major public construction process, with facilities of this nature, nothing seems to happen for a long time on a site. There is the site acquisition, the development application and the tender process, after Environmental Protection Authority clearance. Then things seem to happen quite quickly. It has been a long but steady process, and one that is probably 50 years overdue. I am not aware of any cause for major delay.
I am not aware of the article except to the extent that I saw the headline but I am not aware of the article supporting the headline, as is so often the case. Hon Bruce Donaldson : I found it difficult too. Hon KIM CHANCE : Yes. That is why the member asked me. It is a fair question. I looked in the text of the article for the information to support the headline. I could only assume that somehow the headline belonged to another article, because there was nothing in the article. However, this does give me the opportunity to indicate that, although I have indicated to the house that we had expected it to be in operational status by the end of this calendar year, the latest advice from the Meat Industry Authority to me is that it will be some months later than that, and it will be in operation by early 2007. There are a number of reasons for that delay, but none is serious, and we are tracking pretty well along the process now. We are at the point now of calling for expressions of interest for the construction tenders. Things are moving along reasonably well. As with any major public construction process, with facilities of this nature, nothing seems to happen for a long time on a site. There is the site acquisition, the development application and the tender process, after Environmental Protection Authority clearance. Then things seem to happen quite quickly. It has been a long but steady process, and one that is probably 50 years overdue. I am not aware of any cause for major delay.
Hon Bruce Donaldson : I found it difficult too. Hon KIM CHANCE : Yes. That is why the member asked me. It is a fair question. I looked in the text of the article for the information to support the headline. I could only assume that somehow the headline belonged to another article, because there was nothing in the article. However, this does give me the opportunity to indicate that, although I have indicated to the house that we had expected it to be in operational status by the end of this calendar year, the latest advice from the Meat Industry Authority to me is that it will be some months later than that, and it will be in operation by early 2007. There are a number of reasons for that delay, but none is serious, and we are tracking pretty well along the process now. We are at the point now of calling for expressions of interest for the construction tenders. Things are moving along reasonably well. As with any major public construction process, with facilities of this nature, nothing seems to happen for a long time on a site. There is the site acquisition, the development application and the tender process, after Environmental Protection Authority clearance. Then things seem to happen quite quickly. It has been a long but steady process, and one that is probably 50 years overdue. I am not aware of any cause for major delay.
Hon KIM CHANCE : Yes. That is why the member asked me. It is a fair question. I looked in the text of the article for the information to support the headline. I could only assume that somehow the headline belonged to another article, because there was nothing in the article. However, this does give me the opportunity to indicate that, although I have indicated to the house that we had expected it to be in operational status by the end of this calendar year, the latest advice from the Meat Industry Authority to me is that it will be some months later than that, and it will be in operation by early 2007. There are a number of reasons for that delay, but none is serious, and we are tracking pretty well along the process now. We are at the point now of calling for expressions of interest for the construction tenders. Things are moving along reasonably well. As with any major public construction process, with facilities of this nature, nothing seems to happen for a long time on a site. There is the site acquisition, the development application and the tender process, after Environmental Protection Authority clearance. Then things seem to happen quite quickly. It has been a long but steady process, and one that is probably 50 years overdue. I am not aware of any cause for major delay.
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