❓ Question regarding Logue Brook Dam reopening and its impact on federal funding for the Water for the Future plan. Minister responds, clarifying the funding amount and stating the project isn't jeopardised as the pipe is no longer needed.
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LOGUE BROOK DAM — WATER FOR THE FUTURE FUNDING
I refer to the minister’s comments made in the house this week regarding Logue Brook Dam. Has either the minister or the Water Corporation informed the federal Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, or her office, about the decision to reopen Logue Brook Dam, thereby undermining the investment of $50 million by the federal government in the Water for the Future plan that underpins the Harvey Water trade deal; and, if not; why not? Dr G.G. JACOBS
I refer to the minister’s comments made in the house this week regarding Logue Brook Dam. Has either the minister or the Water Corporation informed the federal Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, or her office, about the decision to reopen Logue Brook Dam, thereby undermining the investment of $50 million by the federal government in the Water for the Future plan that underpins the Harvey Water trade deal; and, if not; why not? Dr G.G. JACOBS
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I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. I think this is the first question he has asked me in his position as shadow Minister for Water—I was wondering where he had got to! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Federal funding of $49 million was allocated to the issue of water, of which $35 million has already been spent. I believe that the member for Cockburn is referring to the $14 million that is conditional on building a pipe that takes water from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. It is not a very hard ask to understand that Logue Brook Dam will not be used as an immediate potable source of water because the government has reopened it for recreational use. The 5.3 gigalitres that was to be put into the integrated water system will now not be. What the member for Cockburn is going on about is actually not $50 million-plus; he is referring to — Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. I think this is the first question he has asked me in his position as shadow Minister for Water—I was wondering where he had got to! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Federal funding of $49 million was allocated to the issue of water, of which $35 million has already been spent. I believe that the member for Cockburn is referring to the $14 million that is conditional on building a pipe that takes water from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. It is not a very hard ask to understand that Logue Brook Dam will not be used as an immediate potable source of water because the government has reopened it for recreational use. The 5.3 gigalitres that was to be put into the integrated water system will now not be. What the member for Cockburn is going on about is actually not $50 million-plus; he is referring to — Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. I think this is the first question he has asked me in his position as shadow Minister for Water—I was wondering where he had got to! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Federal funding of $49 million was allocated to the issue of water, of which $35 million has already been spent. I believe that the member for Cockburn is referring to the $14 million that is conditional on building a pipe that takes water from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. It is not a very hard ask to understand that Logue Brook Dam will not be used as an immediate potable source of water because the government has reopened it for recreational use. The 5.3 gigalitres that was to be put into the integrated water system will now not be. What the member for Cockburn is going on about is actually not $50 million-plus; he is referring to — Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Federal funding of $49 million was allocated to the issue of water, of which $35 million has already been spent. I believe that the member for Cockburn is referring to the $14 million that is conditional on building a pipe that takes water from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. It is not a very hard ask to understand that Logue Brook Dam will not be used as an immediate potable source of water because the government has reopened it for recreational use. The 5.3 gigalitres that was to be put into the integrated water system will now not be. What the member for Cockburn is going on about is actually not $50 million-plus; he is referring to — Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Federal funding of $49 million was allocated to the issue of water, of which $35 million has already been spent. I believe that the member for Cockburn is referring to the $14 million that is conditional on building a pipe that takes water from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. It is not a very hard ask to understand that Logue Brook Dam will not be used as an immediate potable source of water because the government has reopened it for recreational use. The 5.3 gigalitres that was to be put into the integrated water system will now not be. What the member for Cockburn is going on about is actually not $50 million-plus; he is referring to — Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
What the member for Cockburn is going on about is actually not $50 million-plus; he is referring to — Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. I think this is the first question he has asked me in his position as shadow Minister for Water—I was wondering where he had got to! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Federal funding of $49 million was allocated to the issue of water, of which $35 million has already been spent. I believe that the member for Cockburn is referring to the $14 million that is conditional on building a pipe that takes water from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. It is not a very hard ask to understand that Logue Brook Dam will not be used as an immediate potable source of water because the government has reopened it for recreational use. The 5.3 gigalitres that was to be put into the integrated water system will now not be. What the member for Cockburn is going on about is actually not $50 million-plus; he is referring to — Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
I thank the member for Cockburn for his question. I think this is the first question he has asked me in his position as shadow Minister for Water—I was wondering where he had got to! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Federal funding of $49 million was allocated to the issue of water, of which $35 million has already been spent. I believe that the member for Cockburn is referring to the $14 million that is conditional on building a pipe that takes water from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. It is not a very hard ask to understand that Logue Brook Dam will not be used as an immediate potable source of water because the government has reopened it for recreational use. The 5.3 gigalitres that was to be put into the integrated water system will now not be. What the member for Cockburn is going on about is actually not $50 million-plus; he is referring to — Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Federal funding of $49 million was allocated to the issue of water, of which $35 million has already been spent. I believe that the member for Cockburn is referring to the $14 million that is conditional on building a pipe that takes water from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. It is not a very hard ask to understand that Logue Brook Dam will not be used as an immediate potable source of water because the government has reopened it for recreational use. The 5.3 gigalitres that was to be put into the integrated water system will now not be. What the member for Cockburn is going on about is actually not $50 million-plus; he is referring to — Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Federal funding of $49 million was allocated to the issue of water, of which $35 million has already been spent. I believe that the member for Cockburn is referring to the $14 million that is conditional on building a pipe that takes water from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. It is not a very hard ask to understand that Logue Brook Dam will not be used as an immediate potable source of water because the government has reopened it for recreational use. The 5.3 gigalitres that was to be put into the integrated water system will now not be. What the member for Cockburn is going on about is actually not $50 million-plus; he is referring to — Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
What the member for Cockburn is going on about is actually not $50 million-plus; he is referring to — Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Several members interjected. Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Mr T.R. Buswell : No mates! The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
The SPEAKER : Treasurer! Thank you, members. I would like to give members on my left more opportunities to ask questions and I would like to give members on my right more opportunities to answer questions, but both sides of the house seem intent on not being able to do either. I would urge a little bit more quiet, and I would like to hear the minister conclude his speech—his answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : It will not be a speech; it will be a conclusive answer. The answer is that the member for Cockburn is not referring to the correct amount of money. We do not need $14 million of that federal funding because we are not building the pipe that goes from Logue Brook Dam into the integrated water system. This issue is not jeopardised. The member for Cockburn is the last person who should be worried about a pipe because he could not manage the last one that had gas in it.
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