❓ Opposition Leader Mark McGowan questions Premier Colin Barnett's responsibility for the deferral of the Oakajee Port and Rail Project, focusing on the Premier's intervention. The Premier denies responsibility, citing government funding as support.
AnsweredQoN 685Legislative Assembly
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OAKAJEE PORT AND RAIL PROJECT — DEFERRAL
685. Mr M. McGOWAN to the Premier:
I ask a supplementary question. Will the Premier, as a person
who, as Premier and Minister for State Development, has intervened extensively
in this project, accept any responsibility for the shelving of this project?
685. Mr M. McGOWAN to the Premier:
I ask a supplementary question. Will the Premier, as a person
who, as Premier and Minister for State Development, has intervened extensively
in this project, accept any responsibility for the shelving of this project?
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I did intervene in this project upon coming to government,
and I intervened with a policy issue that government will own the port—that
we will not have a foreign country or foreign interest own a deep-sea port.
Mr M. McGowan : So
you do not accept any responsibility?
Mr C.J. BARNETT :
No, I do not, because putting in $670 million of taxpayer funding helps the
project. It does not hinder it.
and I intervened with a policy issue that government will own the port—that
we will not have a foreign country or foreign interest own a deep-sea port.
Mr M. McGowan : So
you do not accept any responsibility?
Mr C.J. BARNETT :
No, I do not, because putting in $670 million of taxpayer funding helps the
project. It does not hinder it.
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