❓ Question regarding the feasibility of bringing water from the Kimberley to Perth, referencing the Appleyard report and contrasting it with desalination costs and environmental impact. The Minister dismisses the idea as unrealistic and driven by ego.
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WATER FROM KIMBERLEY
Given the Appleyard report on bringing water from the Kimberley, is the minister aware of any more recent studies that would give credibility to the member for Cottesloe’s renewed call to bring water from the north through “Col’s canal”? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
Given the Appleyard report on bringing water from the Kimberley, is the minister aware of any more recent studies that would give credibility to the member for Cottesloe’s renewed call to bring water from the north through “Col’s canal”? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
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I thank the member for her question. The member is very worried about these outlandish calls that water be taken from the Kimberley despite all the value it has to the people in the Kimberley, culturally, spiritually and economically. The simple answer is no; no further advice has been received that supports the claim and the statements by the member for Cottesloe that we should be again pursuing this pipedream of bringing water from the Kimberley. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Nedlands for the first time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe seems to be more concerned with promoting his own ego than dealing with the facts of the matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for her question. The member is very worried about these outlandish calls that water be taken from the Kimberley despite all the value it has to the people in the Kimberley, culturally, spiritually and economically. The simple answer is no; no further advice has been received that supports the claim and the statements by the member for Cottesloe that we should be again pursuing this pipedream of bringing water from the Kimberley. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Nedlands for the first time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe seems to be more concerned with promoting his own ego than dealing with the facts of the matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
I thank the member for her question. The member is very worried about these outlandish calls that water be taken from the Kimberley despite all the value it has to the people in the Kimberley, culturally, spiritually and economically. The simple answer is no; no further advice has been received that supports the claim and the statements by the member for Cottesloe that we should be again pursuing this pipedream of bringing water from the Kimberley. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Nedlands for the first time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe seems to be more concerned with promoting his own ego than dealing with the facts of the matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Nedlands for the first time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe seems to be more concerned with promoting his own ego than dealing with the facts of the matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Nedlands for the first time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe seems to be more concerned with promoting his own ego than dealing with the facts of the matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe seems to be more concerned with promoting his own ego than dealing with the facts of the matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for her question. The member is very worried about these outlandish calls that water be taken from the Kimberley despite all the value it has to the people in the Kimberley, culturally, spiritually and economically. The simple answer is no; no further advice has been received that supports the claim and the statements by the member for Cottesloe that we should be again pursuing this pipedream of bringing water from the Kimberley. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Nedlands for the first time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe seems to be more concerned with promoting his own ego than dealing with the facts of the matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
I thank the member for her question. The member is very worried about these outlandish calls that water be taken from the Kimberley despite all the value it has to the people in the Kimberley, culturally, spiritually and economically. The simple answer is no; no further advice has been received that supports the claim and the statements by the member for Cottesloe that we should be again pursuing this pipedream of bringing water from the Kimberley. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Nedlands for the first time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe seems to be more concerned with promoting his own ego than dealing with the facts of the matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Nedlands for the first time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe seems to be more concerned with promoting his own ego than dealing with the facts of the matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Nedlands for the first time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe seems to be more concerned with promoting his own ego than dealing with the facts of the matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe seems to be more concerned with promoting his own ego than dealing with the facts of the matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Nedlands. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Is it now the opposition’s policy to bring water from the Kimberley? Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Is it still on the list of potential supplies? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : No. Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr P.D. Omodei : When was it removed? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : After the Appleyard inquiry. Is it Liberal Party policy? Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr P.D. Omodei : I don’t think you should rule out bringing water from the north. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have here the promotion of ego over any fact or reality. An article in the Sunday Times as recently as 18 March states - . . . Mr Barnett said, “I recognised a few years ago that water would be a pre-eminent issue for Australia - I realised it ahead of everyone else.” That was a bold claim by the ego from Cottesloe. When the member for Cottesloe was Leader of the Opposition, he made a range of statements that the Labor government was simply blowing out the water issue and it was not a real issue. I take, for example, a press release from the Leader of the Opposition dated 9 April 2002 - Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The member for Cottesloe was the Leader of the Opposition at the time. In 2002, when Labor was saying that we must address the water issue, the member for Cottesloe said - Perth has been scared into thinking there are serious water shortages and forced to suffer through water restrictions when the Labor Government simply has not turned on the tap. Last weekend the member for Cottesloe said that he had recognised before anyone else that there was a major issue with water. However, I can quote a range of statements in 2002 in which the member for Cottesloe made it very clear that he did not believe there was a major issue with water. That is just one example of how the member for Cottesloe would rather promote his ego against that of the Leader of the Opposition than deal with this issue in a factual way. We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
We do not need to seek advice from only Professor Appleyard or the Water Corporation. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard Liberal government, Malcolm Turnbull - Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr C.J. Barnett : A good mate! Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Malcolm Turnbull, a good mate of the member for Cottesloe, said on radio 6PR on 19 April 2006 - I think most people recognise that whether it’s a canal or a pipeline, the economics are just not feasible, not realistic, the cost of water, by the time it got to Perth, would be so much greater than, for example, the cost of desalinating water on the spot. That statement was based on evidence that is available to everyone - everyone, that is, except the ego from Cottesloe, because he does not want to deal with the facts. If we base this issue on the facts, in no way would we go for the second best option. To bring water from the Kimberley is the second best option by a long shot. The Appleyard report states that it would cost more than $5 a kilolitre to pipe water from the Kimberley to Perth. That can be compared with the cost of desalination at only $1.16 a kilolitre. More importantly, the environmental impact of piping water from the Kimberley will be far greater than the environmental impact of a desalination plant. The energy cost of piping water from the Kimberley is about 5.8 kilowatt hours a kilolitre. That can be compared with an energy cost of only 4.5 kilowatt hours a kilolitre for the desalination plant in Kwinana. In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
In closing, I will respond to the interjection from the member for Cottesloe about Yarragadee. In 2002, the then Leader of the Opposition said on radio 6PR - Perth is not short of water. I think everyone is conscious it’s a precious resource, we need to harvest it carefully, we need to use it wisely and conserve where possible, but there is a Perth water strategy that was produced in 1995, it looked 20 to 30 years into the future, and, indeed, the development of resources such as the Yarragadee formation was already underway. The member for Cottesloe claimed in 2002 that the south east Yarragadee was already under way. The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
The SPEAKER : Order! Members on my right, question time has been running for approximately 25 minutes, and we have managed to get through only four questions. We need to speed up the answers.
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