❓ Question regarding the restoration of $7.5 million for Port Hedland's infill sewerage program, essential for revitalisation. The Minister's response avoids a direct answer, highlighting the government's broader Pilbara investment and criticising past neglect.
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PORT HEDLAND — INFILL SEWERAGE PROGRAM
I refer to the minister’s much-publicised proposed trip this Friday when he will lead a delegation to the Pilbara to re-announce the government’s Pilbara Cities program. Will the state government take the opportunity this week to restore the $7.5 million that has been taken away from the town of Port Hedland for its infill sewerage program that is essential for the revitalisation and expansion of accommodation opportunities for the town of Port Hedland; and, if not, why not? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
I refer to the minister’s much-publicised proposed trip this Friday when he will lead a delegation to the Pilbara to re-announce the government’s Pilbara Cities program. Will the state government take the opportunity this week to restore the $7.5 million that has been taken away from the town of Port Hedland for its infill sewerage program that is essential for the revitalisation and expansion of accommodation opportunities for the town of Port Hedland; and, if not, why not? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
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I welcome the opportunity to respond to the member for Pilbara. I am happy to inform the house that when invitations went out to join the Premier and me at the launch of the Pilbara Cities project on Friday, the first RSVP came from the member for Pilbara. We would have thought, after reading the member for Pilbara’s column in his local paper, that it was his idea to build cities in the Pilbara. It said that Pilbara people will welcome the long-anticipated launch. It has been anticipated for a long time. They waited eight years for the Labor Party to get to it and it did not. They waited a year for us and now the Premier will visit the Pilbara on Friday and present to the people of the Pilbara the opportunity to completely revitalise the Pilbara. The member is well aware that in last year’s budget the Liberal-National government launched a $300 million campaign to revitalise the Pilbara. Before we announced that, we had already announced a $23 million injection into South Hedland. The member will be happy to know that excavators will be on the ground in South Hedland with that project underway on Friday. The Premier will be in attendance. That is something that was talked about for eight years but never actioned and never delivered. Members would never believe that if they read the member for Pilbara’s statement! Mr C.J. Barnett : We will be happy to show him around his electorate! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Pilbara will be very excited about the new initiatives to be launched by the Premier on Friday. I will not take the opportunity to outline to the member for Pilbara at the moment what the Premier has up his sleeve. The Liberal-National government is very proud of the fact that we have prioritised the Pilbara for a major revitalisation to take advantage of the expansion in the resource industry, to take advantage of the fact that for so long that area has been neglected — Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I welcome the opportunity to respond to the member for Pilbara. I am happy to inform the house that when invitations went out to join the Premier and me at the launch of the Pilbara Cities project on Friday, the first RSVP came from the member for Pilbara. We would have thought, after reading the member for Pilbara’s column in his local paper, that it was his idea to build cities in the Pilbara. It said that Pilbara people will welcome the long-anticipated launch. It has been anticipated for a long time. They waited eight years for the Labor Party to get to it and it did not. They waited a year for us and now the Premier will visit the Pilbara on Friday and present to the people of the Pilbara the opportunity to completely revitalise the Pilbara. The member is well aware that in last year’s budget the Liberal-National government launched a $300 million campaign to revitalise the Pilbara. Before we announced that, we had already announced a $23 million injection into South Hedland. The member will be happy to know that excavators will be on the ground in South Hedland with that project underway on Friday. The Premier will be in attendance. That is something that was talked about for eight years but never actioned and never delivered. Members would never believe that if they read the member for Pilbara’s statement! Mr C.J. Barnett : We will be happy to show him around his electorate! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Pilbara will be very excited about the new initiatives to be launched by the Premier on Friday. I will not take the opportunity to outline to the member for Pilbara at the moment what the Premier has up his sleeve. The Liberal-National government is very proud of the fact that we have prioritised the Pilbara for a major revitalisation to take advantage of the expansion in the resource industry, to take advantage of the fact that for so long that area has been neglected — Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
I welcome the opportunity to respond to the member for Pilbara. I am happy to inform the house that when invitations went out to join the Premier and me at the launch of the Pilbara Cities project on Friday, the first RSVP came from the member for Pilbara. We would have thought, after reading the member for Pilbara’s column in his local paper, that it was his idea to build cities in the Pilbara. It said that Pilbara people will welcome the long-anticipated launch. It has been anticipated for a long time. They waited eight years for the Labor Party to get to it and it did not. They waited a year for us and now the Premier will visit the Pilbara on Friday and present to the people of the Pilbara the opportunity to completely revitalise the Pilbara. The member is well aware that in last year’s budget the Liberal-National government launched a $300 million campaign to revitalise the Pilbara. Before we announced that, we had already announced a $23 million injection into South Hedland. The member will be happy to know that excavators will be on the ground in South Hedland with that project underway on Friday. The Premier will be in attendance. That is something that was talked about for eight years but never actioned and never delivered. Members would never believe that if they read the member for Pilbara’s statement! Mr C.J. Barnett : We will be happy to show him around his electorate! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Pilbara will be very excited about the new initiatives to be launched by the Premier on Friday. I will not take the opportunity to outline to the member for Pilbara at the moment what the Premier has up his sleeve. The Liberal-National government is very proud of the fact that we have prioritised the Pilbara for a major revitalisation to take advantage of the expansion in the resource industry, to take advantage of the fact that for so long that area has been neglected — Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr C.J. Barnett : We will be happy to show him around his electorate! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Pilbara will be very excited about the new initiatives to be launched by the Premier on Friday. I will not take the opportunity to outline to the member for Pilbara at the moment what the Premier has up his sleeve. The Liberal-National government is very proud of the fact that we have prioritised the Pilbara for a major revitalisation to take advantage of the expansion in the resource industry, to take advantage of the fact that for so long that area has been neglected — Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Pilbara will be very excited about the new initiatives to be launched by the Premier on Friday. I will not take the opportunity to outline to the member for Pilbara at the moment what the Premier has up his sleeve. The Liberal-National government is very proud of the fact that we have prioritised the Pilbara for a major revitalisation to take advantage of the expansion in the resource industry, to take advantage of the fact that for so long that area has been neglected — Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
The Liberal-National government is very proud of the fact that we have prioritised the Pilbara for a major revitalisation to take advantage of the expansion in the resource industry, to take advantage of the fact that for so long that area has been neglected — Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I welcome the opportunity to respond to the member for Pilbara. I am happy to inform the house that when invitations went out to join the Premier and me at the launch of the Pilbara Cities project on Friday, the first RSVP came from the member for Pilbara. We would have thought, after reading the member for Pilbara’s column in his local paper, that it was his idea to build cities in the Pilbara. It said that Pilbara people will welcome the long-anticipated launch. It has been anticipated for a long time. They waited eight years for the Labor Party to get to it and it did not. They waited a year for us and now the Premier will visit the Pilbara on Friday and present to the people of the Pilbara the opportunity to completely revitalise the Pilbara. The member is well aware that in last year’s budget the Liberal-National government launched a $300 million campaign to revitalise the Pilbara. Before we announced that, we had already announced a $23 million injection into South Hedland. The member will be happy to know that excavators will be on the ground in South Hedland with that project underway on Friday. The Premier will be in attendance. That is something that was talked about for eight years but never actioned and never delivered. Members would never believe that if they read the member for Pilbara’s statement! Mr C.J. Barnett : We will be happy to show him around his electorate! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Pilbara will be very excited about the new initiatives to be launched by the Premier on Friday. I will not take the opportunity to outline to the member for Pilbara at the moment what the Premier has up his sleeve. The Liberal-National government is very proud of the fact that we have prioritised the Pilbara for a major revitalisation to take advantage of the expansion in the resource industry, to take advantage of the fact that for so long that area has been neglected — Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
I welcome the opportunity to respond to the member for Pilbara. I am happy to inform the house that when invitations went out to join the Premier and me at the launch of the Pilbara Cities project on Friday, the first RSVP came from the member for Pilbara. We would have thought, after reading the member for Pilbara’s column in his local paper, that it was his idea to build cities in the Pilbara. It said that Pilbara people will welcome the long-anticipated launch. It has been anticipated for a long time. They waited eight years for the Labor Party to get to it and it did not. They waited a year for us and now the Premier will visit the Pilbara on Friday and present to the people of the Pilbara the opportunity to completely revitalise the Pilbara. The member is well aware that in last year’s budget the Liberal-National government launched a $300 million campaign to revitalise the Pilbara. Before we announced that, we had already announced a $23 million injection into South Hedland. The member will be happy to know that excavators will be on the ground in South Hedland with that project underway on Friday. The Premier will be in attendance. That is something that was talked about for eight years but never actioned and never delivered. Members would never believe that if they read the member for Pilbara’s statement! Mr C.J. Barnett : We will be happy to show him around his electorate! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Pilbara will be very excited about the new initiatives to be launched by the Premier on Friday. I will not take the opportunity to outline to the member for Pilbara at the moment what the Premier has up his sleeve. The Liberal-National government is very proud of the fact that we have prioritised the Pilbara for a major revitalisation to take advantage of the expansion in the resource industry, to take advantage of the fact that for so long that area has been neglected — Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr C.J. Barnett : We will be happy to show him around his electorate! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Pilbara will be very excited about the new initiatives to be launched by the Premier on Friday. I will not take the opportunity to outline to the member for Pilbara at the moment what the Premier has up his sleeve. The Liberal-National government is very proud of the fact that we have prioritised the Pilbara for a major revitalisation to take advantage of the expansion in the resource industry, to take advantage of the fact that for so long that area has been neglected — Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Pilbara will be very excited about the new initiatives to be launched by the Premier on Friday. I will not take the opportunity to outline to the member for Pilbara at the moment what the Premier has up his sleeve. The Liberal-National government is very proud of the fact that we have prioritised the Pilbara for a major revitalisation to take advantage of the expansion in the resource industry, to take advantage of the fact that for so long that area has been neglected — Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
The Liberal-National government is very proud of the fact that we have prioritised the Pilbara for a major revitalisation to take advantage of the expansion in the resource industry, to take advantage of the fact that for so long that area has been neglected — Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the opposition leader oppose the $300 million Pilbara revitalisation? Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question about the $7.5 million infill sewerage program! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : There is over $400 million going into the Pilbara. I am absolutely sure that every single piece of infrastructure that needs to be upgraded to make sure that the Pilbara can take its place as a vibrant and developing part of this state will be done. It will be done in record time. It will be done against the fact that the Pilbara suffered from years of neglect and no planning. The great sadness of the Pilbara is that when we went there with the money to put these actions in place, the planning cupboard was bare. Absolutely nothing was done! The previous government ignored the Pilbara while it built the largesse of the member for Armadale’s electorate. We are turning that around. I know the member for Pilbara supports it. I know that he is glad that at last this is happening. We look forward to the member sitting in seat 1A on the plane on the way up to the Pilbara on Friday! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
The SPEAKER : Before I give the member for Pilbara the chance to ask a supplementary question, I call the Leader of the Opposition formally for the second time, the member for Albany for the first time, the member for Bassendean for the first time and the member for Warnbro for the first time. A person’s answer in this place, whether members like it or not, is not an opportunity to continually yell abuse on either side of the chamber.
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