Mr. Redman asks the Treasurer about predicted revenue increase from petroleum sales. The Treasurer, Mr. Ripper, states he needs Treasury advice and cannot predict oil prices, but formal advice will be public in December.

AnsweredQoN 489Legislative Assembly
Asked
13 September 2005
Portfolio
Treasurer

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I ask a supplementary question. What is the Treasurer’s prediction of the net increase in revenue from petroleum sales to the state? Mr E.S. RIPPER

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If the member had given notice of the supplementary question, I would have sought advice from Treasury. It really depends on what we think the average oil price will be during a financial year. I do not have a crystal ball and I do not have the ability to predict precisely what the oil price will be, for example, in April next year. However, formal advice from Treasury will become available to the Parliament and the public. Treasury goes through a formal process of reassessing the revenue and projections during the mid-year review and all that information will be made public in December this year.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: If the member had given notice of the supplementary question, I would have sought advice from Treasury. It really depends on what we think the average oil price will be during a financial year. I do not have a crystal ball and I do not have the ability to predict precisely what the oil price will be, for example, in April next year. However, formal advice from Treasury will become available to the Parliament and the public. Treasury goes through a formal process of reassessing the revenue and projections during the mid-year review and all that information will be made public in December this year.
If the member had given notice of the supplementary question, I would have sought advice from Treasury. It really depends on what we think the average oil price will be during a financial year. I do not have a crystal ball and I do not have the ability to predict precisely what the oil price will be, for example, in April next year. However, formal advice from Treasury will become available to the Parliament and the public. Treasury goes through a formal process of reassessing the revenue and projections during the mid-year review and all that information will be made public in December this year.

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