❓ Question regarding the benefits to Western Australians from the announcement of a urea manufacturing plant at Collie. The answer outlines job creation, export earnings, and economic benefits to the South West region.
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UREA PROJECT
What benefits will flow to the people of Western Australia from the announcement on Friday, 6 March 2009, of a urea manufacturing plant at Collie? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
What benefits will flow to the people of Western Australia from the announcement on Friday, 6 March 2009, of a urea manufacturing plant at Collie? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
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I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for the question, and I also thank the member for Collie-Preston for his advocacy of this coal value-adding project. This is a project that highlights the resilience of the Western Australian economy. It will capitalise on Western Australia’s rich coalfields at Collie and the existing infrastructure at the Bunbury port. This project will produce $2 million tonnes of urea annually for export to India, as well as providing the opportunity to supply local markets. Collie coal will be subject to a classification process for conversion to urea, using innovative low-emission technology. The project will produce 1 500 jobs during the construction phase, 200 permanent jobs and more than $850 million in export earnings. The flow-on benefits to the south west economy and to Western Australia in general will be enormous. Construction is expected to begin in 2010, with the first exports expected in 2013. It is an ambitious program, and government agencies are already well down the track of making the land available at the preferred site of Shotts, near Collie. Shotts is an excellent site for this project; the Premier and I were shown the site on Friday. It was clear that access to coal and to rail and road links to the Bunbury port would help facilitate this project. Mr R.H. Cook : Commend the member for Collie-Preston! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I already did. Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for the question, and I also thank the member for Collie-Preston for his advocacy of this coal value-adding project. This is a project that highlights the resilience of the Western Australian economy. It will capitalise on Western Australia’s rich coalfields at Collie and the existing infrastructure at the Bunbury port. This project will produce $2 million tonnes of urea annually for export to India, as well as providing the opportunity to supply local markets. Collie coal will be subject to a classification process for conversion to urea, using innovative low-emission technology. The project will produce 1 500 jobs during the construction phase, 200 permanent jobs and more than $850 million in export earnings. The flow-on benefits to the south west economy and to Western Australia in general will be enormous. Construction is expected to begin in 2010, with the first exports expected in 2013. It is an ambitious program, and government agencies are already well down the track of making the land available at the preferred site of Shotts, near Collie. Shotts is an excellent site for this project; the Premier and I were shown the site on Friday. It was clear that access to coal and to rail and road links to the Bunbury port would help facilitate this project. Mr R.H. Cook : Commend the member for Collie-Preston! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I already did. Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for the question, and I also thank the member for Collie-Preston for his advocacy of this coal value-adding project. This is a project that highlights the resilience of the Western Australian economy. It will capitalise on Western Australia’s rich coalfields at Collie and the existing infrastructure at the Bunbury port. This project will produce $2 million tonnes of urea annually for export to India, as well as providing the opportunity to supply local markets. Collie coal will be subject to a classification process for conversion to urea, using innovative low-emission technology. The project will produce 1 500 jobs during the construction phase, 200 permanent jobs and more than $850 million in export earnings. The flow-on benefits to the south west economy and to Western Australia in general will be enormous. Construction is expected to begin in 2010, with the first exports expected in 2013. It is an ambitious program, and government agencies are already well down the track of making the land available at the preferred site of Shotts, near Collie. Shotts is an excellent site for this project; the Premier and I were shown the site on Friday. It was clear that access to coal and to rail and road links to the Bunbury port would help facilitate this project. Mr R.H. Cook : Commend the member for Collie-Preston! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I already did. Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
This is a project that highlights the resilience of the Western Australian economy. It will capitalise on Western Australia’s rich coalfields at Collie and the existing infrastructure at the Bunbury port. This project will produce $2 million tonnes of urea annually for export to India, as well as providing the opportunity to supply local markets. Collie coal will be subject to a classification process for conversion to urea, using innovative low-emission technology. The project will produce 1 500 jobs during the construction phase, 200 permanent jobs and more than $850 million in export earnings. The flow-on benefits to the south west economy and to Western Australia in general will be enormous. Construction is expected to begin in 2010, with the first exports expected in 2013. It is an ambitious program, and government agencies are already well down the track of making the land available at the preferred site of Shotts, near Collie. Shotts is an excellent site for this project; the Premier and I were shown the site on Friday. It was clear that access to coal and to rail and road links to the Bunbury port would help facilitate this project. Mr R.H. Cook : Commend the member for Collie-Preston! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I already did. Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
Mr R.H. Cook : Commend the member for Collie-Preston! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I already did. Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I already did. Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for the question, and I also thank the member for Collie-Preston for his advocacy of this coal value-adding project. This is a project that highlights the resilience of the Western Australian economy. It will capitalise on Western Australia’s rich coalfields at Collie and the existing infrastructure at the Bunbury port. This project will produce $2 million tonnes of urea annually for export to India, as well as providing the opportunity to supply local markets. Collie coal will be subject to a classification process for conversion to urea, using innovative low-emission technology. The project will produce 1 500 jobs during the construction phase, 200 permanent jobs and more than $850 million in export earnings. The flow-on benefits to the south west economy and to Western Australia in general will be enormous. Construction is expected to begin in 2010, with the first exports expected in 2013. It is an ambitious program, and government agencies are already well down the track of making the land available at the preferred site of Shotts, near Collie. Shotts is an excellent site for this project; the Premier and I were shown the site on Friday. It was clear that access to coal and to rail and road links to the Bunbury port would help facilitate this project. Mr R.H. Cook : Commend the member for Collie-Preston! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I already did. Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for the question, and I also thank the member for Collie-Preston for his advocacy of this coal value-adding project. This is a project that highlights the resilience of the Western Australian economy. It will capitalise on Western Australia’s rich coalfields at Collie and the existing infrastructure at the Bunbury port. This project will produce $2 million tonnes of urea annually for export to India, as well as providing the opportunity to supply local markets. Collie coal will be subject to a classification process for conversion to urea, using innovative low-emission technology. The project will produce 1 500 jobs during the construction phase, 200 permanent jobs and more than $850 million in export earnings. The flow-on benefits to the south west economy and to Western Australia in general will be enormous. Construction is expected to begin in 2010, with the first exports expected in 2013. It is an ambitious program, and government agencies are already well down the track of making the land available at the preferred site of Shotts, near Collie. Shotts is an excellent site for this project; the Premier and I were shown the site on Friday. It was clear that access to coal and to rail and road links to the Bunbury port would help facilitate this project. Mr R.H. Cook : Commend the member for Collie-Preston! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I already did. Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
This is a project that highlights the resilience of the Western Australian economy. It will capitalise on Western Australia’s rich coalfields at Collie and the existing infrastructure at the Bunbury port. This project will produce $2 million tonnes of urea annually for export to India, as well as providing the opportunity to supply local markets. Collie coal will be subject to a classification process for conversion to urea, using innovative low-emission technology. The project will produce 1 500 jobs during the construction phase, 200 permanent jobs and more than $850 million in export earnings. The flow-on benefits to the south west economy and to Western Australia in general will be enormous. Construction is expected to begin in 2010, with the first exports expected in 2013. It is an ambitious program, and government agencies are already well down the track of making the land available at the preferred site of Shotts, near Collie. Shotts is an excellent site for this project; the Premier and I were shown the site on Friday. It was clear that access to coal and to rail and road links to the Bunbury port would help facilitate this project. Mr R.H. Cook : Commend the member for Collie-Preston! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I already did. Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
Mr R.H. Cook : Commend the member for Collie-Preston! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I already did. Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I already did. Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
Well done to the South West Development Commission for fast-tracking the land assembly for this project, and congratulations to Perdaman Chemicals and Fertiliser for its vision and its commitment to this project and to the south west of Western Australia.
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