❓ Hon Dee Margetts asks about the potential impacts of the proposed China-Australia Free Trade Agreement on Western Australia, particularly concerning trade balance, manufacturing employment, at-risk industries, and value-adding performance. The Minister, Hon Kim Chance, defers answering, requesting the question be placed on notice.
AnsweredQoN 124Legislative Council
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My question relates to the potential impacts on Western Australia of the proposed China-Australia free trade agreement. (1) Can the minister please table accurate figures of the current balance of trade by sector between China and Western Australia? (2) How many people are currently employed in manufacturing industries in Western Australia? (3) In its assessment of the costs and benefits of this FTA, can the minister advise which other industries, besides manufacturing, the department has identified as being at risk of being significantly affected? (4) Has any assessment been made of how a China-Australia FTA will impact on Western Australia’s ability to improve its value-adding performance in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
(1) Can the minister please table accurate figures of the current balance of trade by sector between China and Western Australia? (2) How many people are currently employed in manufacturing industries in Western Australia? (3) In its assessment of the costs and benefits of this FTA, can the minister advise which other industries, besides manufacturing, the department has identified as being at risk of being significantly affected? (4) Has any assessment been made of how a China-Australia FTA will impact on Western Australia’s ability to improve its value-adding performance in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
(2) How many people are currently employed in manufacturing industries in Western Australia? (3) In its assessment of the costs and benefits of this FTA, can the minister advise which other industries, besides manufacturing, the department has identified as being at risk of being significantly affected? (4) Has any assessment been made of how a China-Australia FTA will impact on Western Australia’s ability to improve its value-adding performance in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
(3) In its assessment of the costs and benefits of this FTA, can the minister advise which other industries, besides manufacturing, the department has identified as being at risk of being significantly affected? (4) Has any assessment been made of how a China-Australia FTA will impact on Western Australia’s ability to improve its value-adding performance in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
(4) Has any assessment been made of how a China-Australia FTA will impact on Western Australia’s ability to improve its value-adding performance in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
(1) Can the minister please table accurate figures of the current balance of trade by sector between China and Western Australia? (2) How many people are currently employed in manufacturing industries in Western Australia? (3) In its assessment of the costs and benefits of this FTA, can the minister advise which other industries, besides manufacturing, the department has identified as being at risk of being significantly affected? (4) Has any assessment been made of how a China-Australia FTA will impact on Western Australia’s ability to improve its value-adding performance in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
(2) How many people are currently employed in manufacturing industries in Western Australia? (3) In its assessment of the costs and benefits of this FTA, can the minister advise which other industries, besides manufacturing, the department has identified as being at risk of being significantly affected? (4) Has any assessment been made of how a China-Australia FTA will impact on Western Australia’s ability to improve its value-adding performance in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
(3) In its assessment of the costs and benefits of this FTA, can the minister advise which other industries, besides manufacturing, the department has identified as being at risk of being significantly affected? (4) Has any assessment been made of how a China-Australia FTA will impact on Western Australia’s ability to improve its value-adding performance in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
(4) Has any assessment been made of how a China-Australia FTA will impact on Western Australia’s ability to improve its value-adding performance in the future? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
I thank the member for providing some notice of the question. However, the information that the member has requested cannot be provided in the time allowed. Consequently, I request that she place the question on notice.
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