❓ Mr Catania asks about the benefits to Onslow from oil and gas projects in the Ashburton North Strategic Industrial Area. The Minister details significant investment in community projects and infrastructure.
AnsweredQoN 707Legislative Assembly
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ASHBURTON NORTH STRATEGIC INDUSTRIAL AREA
707. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Minister for
State Development:
Can the minister tell the house
about the benefits to the Onslow community from the oil and gas projects
operating or under construction in the Ashburton North Strategic Industrial
Area?
707. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Minister for
State Development:
Can the minister tell the house
about the benefits to the Onslow community from the oil and gas projects
operating or under construction in the Ashburton North Strategic Industrial
Area?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for North West
Central for the question. He is a great local member who supports
infrastructure development in his electorate, particularly in Onslow. There are
two major projects just out of Onslow—the $29 billion Wheatstone LNG
project and the $1.5 billion BHP Billiton Macedon domestic gas project. They
have provided an opportunity for Onslow to move forward very quickly with a number
of community projects that have been developed with significant financial
commitment of $70 million from the state Liberal–National government,
more than $250 million from the Wheatstone project and, as I mentioned last
week, $5 million of community benefit from the Macedon project for multipurpose
covered courts and a skateboard park that is to be built shortly. The
Wheatstone contribution will set up a community development fund with $5 million
from Chevron, supplemented by $10 million royalties for regions funding, for a total
of $15 million. Also, $1.5 million every year over a 10-year period will go
into the community development fund from Wheatstone, for a total of $30
million.
I am very proud to mention that over
the last year, 2015–16, more than $41 million was expended on community
development projects around Onslow and the Ashburton North Strategic Industrial
Area. The most significant was Onslow Airport; residents now have six flights a
week. It has doubled the capacity of the town's wastewater treatment plant, which is a very important
project. Of course, getting back to heritage, a heritage conservation plan has
been completed for the historical Onslow site, which many tourists go and
visit. Another major project, which I had the pleasure of opening a couple of
months ago, is the Onslow ring-road, overseen by Main Roads and constructed by
Highway Construction—a very good, high-grade job. We can look forward
next year to about $67 million worth of projects, with 10 government regional
homes to be built in the town; a new $42 million hospital jointly funded by the
state and Chevron; a new 25-metre swimming pool; and a new power station.
As demonstrated by what I have said
in the last week, Onslow is really moving ahead. But I must say that is in
contrast to what is happening and could have happened in Broome if the Inpex
project had gone ahead.
Several members interjected.
Mr
W.R. MARMION : That was one of the saddest days of my life! I still remember
when my parents came in and told me about John F. Kennedy dying. I remember
where I was. I remember where I was standing when John Lennon was shot. I also
remember where I was, at North Metro Holden, waiting for my car to be serviced,
and I was watching the news, and they told me that Inpex was considering going
to Darwin. I could not believe it—one of the saddest days of my life!
Central for the question. He is a great local member who supports
infrastructure development in his electorate, particularly in Onslow. There are
two major projects just out of Onslow—the $29 billion Wheatstone LNG
project and the $1.5 billion BHP Billiton Macedon domestic gas project. They
have provided an opportunity for Onslow to move forward very quickly with a number
of community projects that have been developed with significant financial
commitment of $70 million from the state Liberal–National government,
more than $250 million from the Wheatstone project and, as I mentioned last
week, $5 million of community benefit from the Macedon project for multipurpose
covered courts and a skateboard park that is to be built shortly. The
Wheatstone contribution will set up a community development fund with $5 million
from Chevron, supplemented by $10 million royalties for regions funding, for a total
of $15 million. Also, $1.5 million every year over a 10-year period will go
into the community development fund from Wheatstone, for a total of $30
million.
I am very proud to mention that over
the last year, 2015–16, more than $41 million was expended on community
development projects around Onslow and the Ashburton North Strategic Industrial
Area. The most significant was Onslow Airport; residents now have six flights a
week. It has doubled the capacity of the town's wastewater treatment plant, which is a very important
project. Of course, getting back to heritage, a heritage conservation plan has
been completed for the historical Onslow site, which many tourists go and
visit. Another major project, which I had the pleasure of opening a couple of
months ago, is the Onslow ring-road, overseen by Main Roads and constructed by
Highway Construction—a very good, high-grade job. We can look forward
next year to about $67 million worth of projects, with 10 government regional
homes to be built in the town; a new $42 million hospital jointly funded by the
state and Chevron; a new 25-metre swimming pool; and a new power station.
As demonstrated by what I have said
in the last week, Onslow is really moving ahead. But I must say that is in
contrast to what is happening and could have happened in Broome if the Inpex
project had gone ahead.
Several members interjected.
Mr
W.R. MARMION : That was one of the saddest days of my life! I still remember
when my parents came in and told me about John F. Kennedy dying. I remember
where I was. I remember where I was standing when John Lennon was shot. I also
remember where I was, at North Metro Holden, waiting for my car to be serviced,
and I was watching the news, and they told me that Inpex was considering going
to Darwin. I could not believe it—one of the saddest days of my life!
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