❓ Mr. Morton asks about funding in the 2014-15 budget to support the growth of the oil and gas industry, given its significance to the WA economy and his electorate. The Minister responds by highlighting a $15 million investment to expand the Australian Centre for Energy Process Training.
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STATE
BUDGET 2014–15 — OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY FUNDING
343. MR N.W. MORTON to the
Minister for Training and Workforce Development:
The oil and gas industry is an increasingly significant part
of the Western Australian economy and provides thousands of jobs and millions
of dollars in tax revenues to the state. Given that many of the people employed
by this sector reside in my electorate, can the minister please inform the
house of any funding in the 2014–15 budget to support the growth?
BUDGET 2014–15 — OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY FUNDING
343. MR N.W. MORTON to the
Minister for Training and Workforce Development:
The oil and gas industry is an increasingly significant part
of the Western Australian economy and provides thousands of jobs and millions
of dollars in tax revenues to the state. Given that many of the people employed
by this sector reside in my electorate, can the minister please inform the
house of any funding in the 2014–15 budget to support the growth?
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I thank the member for some notice of this question.
This is something that is in the budget, but I have not heard
anyone talk about it yet, and I think it is really exciting. We know that the
Australian Centre for Energy Process Training in Munster is a fantastic
facility. It is internationally renowned for the quality of training it
provides, particularly in the oil and gas sector. It is the only one in the
southern hemisphere to have its own gas plant so that young students can be
trained in how to manage it. In fact, contracts with major international
companies send people from all over the world to attend that facility here in
Western Australia. There is a huge demand for increased services, particularly
from the member for Forrestfield's electorate, and there was a
desperate need for expansion.
There has already been commitment from private enterprise to
commit funds to an expansion if the state government will support it. There is
$15 million in the budget, which will allow the centre to double in size.
Currently it has 900 students, with a combination of electrical engineering,
civil engineering, technicians, draftspersons and particularly people in
chemical and petroleum engineering and mining in the oil and gas sector. We
will be able to double the number of students there from just 900 to 1 800
students, a massive step forward. When a number of large industry organisations
saw it in the budget, they put out letters and press releases of congratulations
to this government for supporting so well this sector of the industry.
This is something that is in the budget, but I have not heard
anyone talk about it yet, and I think it is really exciting. We know that the
Australian Centre for Energy Process Training in Munster is a fantastic
facility. It is internationally renowned for the quality of training it
provides, particularly in the oil and gas sector. It is the only one in the
southern hemisphere to have its own gas plant so that young students can be
trained in how to manage it. In fact, contracts with major international
companies send people from all over the world to attend that facility here in
Western Australia. There is a huge demand for increased services, particularly
from the member for Forrestfield's electorate, and there was a
desperate need for expansion.
There has already been commitment from private enterprise to
commit funds to an expansion if the state government will support it. There is
$15 million in the budget, which will allow the centre to double in size.
Currently it has 900 students, with a combination of electrical engineering,
civil engineering, technicians, draftspersons and particularly people in
chemical and petroleum engineering and mining in the oil and gas sector. We
will be able to double the number of students there from just 900 to 1 800
students, a massive step forward. When a number of large industry organisations
saw it in the budget, they put out letters and press releases of congratulations
to this government for supporting so well this sector of the industry.
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