❓ Premier Carpenter confirms Woodside's commitment to the state's domestic gas reservation policy linked to the Pluto LNG project, highlighting its economic benefits and criticising federal government skepticism.
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DOMESTIC GAS RESERVATION POLICY
Can the Premier please outline the latest support for the state government’s domestic gas reservation policy? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
Can the Premier please outline the latest support for the state government’s domestic gas reservation policy? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for the question. I am very pleased to report that last Friday Woodside Petroleum confirmed its commitment to our domestic gas reservation policy. That is a very important development for the state, and one that we should all be pleased with. I think the vast majority of Western Australians are pleased with it. We have, in a sense, cracked the nut of domestic gas reservation. The board of Woodside confirmed that fact when it announced its $1.4 billion investment in the Pluto liquefied natural gas project off the Pilbara coast of Western Australia. Under the terms of that domestic gas arrangement, Woodside has agreed to market and sell the equivalent of 15 per cent of the project’s produced LNG to the WA energy market, provided it is commercially viable. Woodside and the state will negotiate in good faith an appropriate test of commercial viability. The commencement debate of the commitment will occur five years after the date LNG is first exported from Pluto, or the date on which the 30 millionth tonne of LNG produced at the Pluto site is exported. I fully support and promote the LNG export industry. I did that both last year as Minister for State Development and Energy, and this year as Minister for State Development and Premier. The LNG industry is critical for not only the Western Australian but also the national economy. This deal has demonstrated that, despite all the doomsayers, gas producers can reserve for both export and domestic use. I urge the commonwealth government to take particular note. This deal demonstrates that the state’s 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy not only is realistic, but also is achievable and will not deter investment. I take this opportunity to thank the chief executive officer of Woodside, Don Voelte, for his support of our policy. Mr P.D. Omodei : Is there a written agreement? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I have just outlined that there is an agreement. Western Australia cannot run the risk. Western Australia is rich with energy. We have ample supplies of a clean fuel source - gas - for which the world is hungry. We need to make sure that Western Australia has energy security - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. I am very pleased to report that last Friday Woodside Petroleum confirmed its commitment to our domestic gas reservation policy. That is a very important development for the state, and one that we should all be pleased with. I think the vast majority of Western Australians are pleased with it. We have, in a sense, cracked the nut of domestic gas reservation. The board of Woodside confirmed that fact when it announced its $1.4 billion investment in the Pluto liquefied natural gas project off the Pilbara coast of Western Australia. Under the terms of that domestic gas arrangement, Woodside has agreed to market and sell the equivalent of 15 per cent of the project’s produced LNG to the WA energy market, provided it is commercially viable. Woodside and the state will negotiate in good faith an appropriate test of commercial viability. The commencement debate of the commitment will occur five years after the date LNG is first exported from Pluto, or the date on which the 30 millionth tonne of LNG produced at the Pluto site is exported. I fully support and promote the LNG export industry. I did that both last year as Minister for State Development and Energy, and this year as Minister for State Development and Premier. The LNG industry is critical for not only the Western Australian but also the national economy. This deal has demonstrated that, despite all the doomsayers, gas producers can reserve for both export and domestic use. I urge the commonwealth government to take particular note. This deal demonstrates that the state’s 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy not only is realistic, but also is achievable and will not deter investment. I take this opportunity to thank the chief executive officer of Woodside, Don Voelte, for his support of our policy. Mr P.D. Omodei : Is there a written agreement? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I have just outlined that there is an agreement. Western Australia cannot run the risk. Western Australia is rich with energy. We have ample supplies of a clean fuel source - gas - for which the world is hungry. We need to make sure that Western Australia has energy security - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
I thank the member for the question. I am very pleased to report that last Friday Woodside Petroleum confirmed its commitment to our domestic gas reservation policy. That is a very important development for the state, and one that we should all be pleased with. I think the vast majority of Western Australians are pleased with it. We have, in a sense, cracked the nut of domestic gas reservation. The board of Woodside confirmed that fact when it announced its $1.4 billion investment in the Pluto liquefied natural gas project off the Pilbara coast of Western Australia. Under the terms of that domestic gas arrangement, Woodside has agreed to market and sell the equivalent of 15 per cent of the project’s produced LNG to the WA energy market, provided it is commercially viable. Woodside and the state will negotiate in good faith an appropriate test of commercial viability. The commencement debate of the commitment will occur five years after the date LNG is first exported from Pluto, or the date on which the 30 millionth tonne of LNG produced at the Pluto site is exported. I fully support and promote the LNG export industry. I did that both last year as Minister for State Development and Energy, and this year as Minister for State Development and Premier. The LNG industry is critical for not only the Western Australian but also the national economy. This deal has demonstrated that, despite all the doomsayers, gas producers can reserve for both export and domestic use. I urge the commonwealth government to take particular note. This deal demonstrates that the state’s 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy not only is realistic, but also is achievable and will not deter investment. I take this opportunity to thank the chief executive officer of Woodside, Don Voelte, for his support of our policy. Mr P.D. Omodei : Is there a written agreement? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I have just outlined that there is an agreement. Western Australia cannot run the risk. Western Australia is rich with energy. We have ample supplies of a clean fuel source - gas - for which the world is hungry. We need to make sure that Western Australia has energy security - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Is there a written agreement? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I have just outlined that there is an agreement. Western Australia cannot run the risk. Western Australia is rich with energy. We have ample supplies of a clean fuel source - gas - for which the world is hungry. We need to make sure that Western Australia has energy security - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I have just outlined that there is an agreement. Western Australia cannot run the risk. Western Australia is rich with energy. We have ample supplies of a clean fuel source - gas - for which the world is hungry. We need to make sure that Western Australia has energy security - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. I am very pleased to report that last Friday Woodside Petroleum confirmed its commitment to our domestic gas reservation policy. That is a very important development for the state, and one that we should all be pleased with. I think the vast majority of Western Australians are pleased with it. We have, in a sense, cracked the nut of domestic gas reservation. The board of Woodside confirmed that fact when it announced its $1.4 billion investment in the Pluto liquefied natural gas project off the Pilbara coast of Western Australia. Under the terms of that domestic gas arrangement, Woodside has agreed to market and sell the equivalent of 15 per cent of the project’s produced LNG to the WA energy market, provided it is commercially viable. Woodside and the state will negotiate in good faith an appropriate test of commercial viability. The commencement debate of the commitment will occur five years after the date LNG is first exported from Pluto, or the date on which the 30 millionth tonne of LNG produced at the Pluto site is exported. I fully support and promote the LNG export industry. I did that both last year as Minister for State Development and Energy, and this year as Minister for State Development and Premier. The LNG industry is critical for not only the Western Australian but also the national economy. This deal has demonstrated that, despite all the doomsayers, gas producers can reserve for both export and domestic use. I urge the commonwealth government to take particular note. This deal demonstrates that the state’s 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy not only is realistic, but also is achievable and will not deter investment. I take this opportunity to thank the chief executive officer of Woodside, Don Voelte, for his support of our policy. Mr P.D. Omodei : Is there a written agreement? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I have just outlined that there is an agreement. Western Australia cannot run the risk. Western Australia is rich with energy. We have ample supplies of a clean fuel source - gas - for which the world is hungry. We need to make sure that Western Australia has energy security - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
I thank the member for the question. I am very pleased to report that last Friday Woodside Petroleum confirmed its commitment to our domestic gas reservation policy. That is a very important development for the state, and one that we should all be pleased with. I think the vast majority of Western Australians are pleased with it. We have, in a sense, cracked the nut of domestic gas reservation. The board of Woodside confirmed that fact when it announced its $1.4 billion investment in the Pluto liquefied natural gas project off the Pilbara coast of Western Australia. Under the terms of that domestic gas arrangement, Woodside has agreed to market and sell the equivalent of 15 per cent of the project’s produced LNG to the WA energy market, provided it is commercially viable. Woodside and the state will negotiate in good faith an appropriate test of commercial viability. The commencement debate of the commitment will occur five years after the date LNG is first exported from Pluto, or the date on which the 30 millionth tonne of LNG produced at the Pluto site is exported. I fully support and promote the LNG export industry. I did that both last year as Minister for State Development and Energy, and this year as Minister for State Development and Premier. The LNG industry is critical for not only the Western Australian but also the national economy. This deal has demonstrated that, despite all the doomsayers, gas producers can reserve for both export and domestic use. I urge the commonwealth government to take particular note. This deal demonstrates that the state’s 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy not only is realistic, but also is achievable and will not deter investment. I take this opportunity to thank the chief executive officer of Woodside, Don Voelte, for his support of our policy. Mr P.D. Omodei : Is there a written agreement? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I have just outlined that there is an agreement. Western Australia cannot run the risk. Western Australia is rich with energy. We have ample supplies of a clean fuel source - gas - for which the world is hungry. We need to make sure that Western Australia has energy security - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Is there a written agreement? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I have just outlined that there is an agreement. Western Australia cannot run the risk. Western Australia is rich with energy. We have ample supplies of a clean fuel source - gas - for which the world is hungry. We need to make sure that Western Australia has energy security - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I have just outlined that there is an agreement. Western Australia cannot run the risk. Western Australia is rich with energy. We have ample supplies of a clean fuel source - gas - for which the world is hungry. We need to make sure that Western Australia has energy security - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling - Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr C.J. Barnett : No. I want to know if you have a contract. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It must be galling for the member for Cottesloe that he could not pull this off! I am actually grateful for the member’s support for this issue. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am. I am grateful for his support. Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Do you have a contract, and is it in writing? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We have the Woodside position in writing. The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
The federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, has produced many comic moments in the debate on this issue. I think most people would now be laughing at the ridiculous assertion that he made - among others - that the Pluto project would be scrapped if we insisted upon our 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy. He has absolutely no idea of the dynamics of the Western Australian economy - none whatsoever. I think that has been demonstrated in this case. I am grateful for the support the government has had from across the Parliament and from right across industry in Western Australia. I look forward to seeing even more gas made available to the booming Western Australian economy in the future.
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