❓ Mr. Cowper asks about the $49 million investment in the Transform Peel project, specifically the Nambeelup business park. Mr. Redman details the project's scope, potential economic benefits, and focus on agriculture and agribusiness.
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TRANSFORM PEEL PROJECT 191. Mr M.J. COWPER to the Minister for Regional Development: Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a major new industrial — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mr M.J. COWPER : Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN
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I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
191. Mr M.J. COWPER to the Minister for Regional Development: Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a major new industrial — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mr M.J. COWPER : Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a major new industrial — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mr M.J. COWPER : Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mr M.J. COWPER : Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mr M.J. COWPER : Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr M.J. COWPER : Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
191. Mr M.J. COWPER to the Minister for Regional Development: Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a major new industrial — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mr M.J. COWPER : Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a major new industrial — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mr M.J. COWPER : Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mr M.J. COWPER : Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mr M.J. COWPER : Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr M.J. COWPER : Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Can the minister please provide the house with details of yesterday’s announcement that the state government will invest $49 million to develop a new major industrial precinct in the Peel? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question — Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I know the excitement is palpable, but please let the minister answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : — and obviously for his strong advocacy for the Peel region. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Members, that is enough. Member for Cockburn! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : The government held a regional cabinet meeting in Mandurah on Monday, which was an opportunity as part of the cabinet process to make a number of decisions, as government does. One of those decisions was to support the first phase of Transform Peel. Transform Peel is an initiative driven by the Peel Development Commission, strongly supported by all the local governments and the local members. As part of that, we announced $49.3 million of royalties for regions funds, essentially to support three components to that. The first and main component is $45.2 million towards the Nambeelup business park. In total, it is about 1 000 hectares, some of which is owned by LandCorp and some of which is owned by the private sector. This is about putting in place the headworks infrastructure to trigger that industrial development. It is an industrial cluster—the first significant industrial cluster since the Australian Marine Complex. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Labor Party would have to be a cluster of industrial proportions! Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is one of the most significant industrial developments that we have triggered with royalties for regions funds since the Australian Marine Complex, since Kewdale and since all those other significant industrial developments and, of course, it is in the Peel region to the south of Perth. It has been strongly supported by the work done with the Peel regional development investment blueprint that triggers the things needed to unlock the potential of the region. The Peel region has a number of natural assets, not the least of which are its proximity to Perth and its proximity to a significant employment base, which will allow the opportunity for many businesses currently located in Perth to relocate and will allow for overseas investment. The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The focus on the industrial site will be around agriculture and agribusiness, with transport logistics to ensure that we can trigger development for which we know there is a big demand and which will offer a substantial amount of employment opportunities for those in the local region. The industrial site is 1 000 hectares but we expect the first 74 hectares of that to come onstream towards 2020. It takes time to get the infrastructure in place. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : If we did not make this investment, private sector investment down there would be a stranded asset and it would not trigger the industrial potential of that region and support for other people to come in and offer up their businesses. Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Another two parts to the program, which are in the design and planning phase, are around having a 28 000 hectare food zone, again focusing on the more intensive agricultural areas, plus a water initiative that will ensure that we get the best use of recycled water and surface drainage water while minimising the impact of nutrient flow into the estuarine system. The Minister for Water is going to talk a bit about that soon. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : We should not underestimate this as a game changer. In the next 30 years, it will have the potential to grow 33 000 jobs, over $16 billion worth of economic activity, $2.5 billion of private sector investment and $1.8 billion in export potential. It is a game changer. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I am going to call you to order for the first time. Minister, are you finished? Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : One more comment, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
The SPEAKER : Well, maybe a very quick one. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I know that the member for Mandurah likes it and I am really rapt with that too.
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