❓ The Minister outlines initiatives to promote ICT investment in WA, including creating an ICT cluster, attracting major companies, and an entrepreneurs-in-residence program. The Minister also criticises an opposition member's proposal, highlighting existing efforts to encourage women in ICT.
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Will the minister inform the house what the state government is doing to promote investment in Western Australia’s very important and burgeoning information and communications technology industry? Mr F.M. LOGAN
Will the minister inform the house what the state government is doing to promote investment in Western Australia’s very important and burgeoning information and communications technology industry? Mr F.M. LOGAN
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I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question and congratulate her for initiating a parliamentary inquiry into the growing ICT sector in Western Australia. Despite common perceptions around the state, not all wisdom rests with this side of the house. I welcome any initiatives and new ideas that come from the benches opposite. With that in mind, I noted with interest the recent media statement issued by the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Tony Simpson, on how to boost ICT investments in Western Australia. As you will be well aware, Mr Speaker, I have spoken at length in this house about boosting ICT investment in Western Australia. The ICT sector is one of the government’s four key priorities of the beyond the boom strategy. The government has already put in place quite a number of initiatives, including working towards the creation of an ICT cluster at Technology Park in Bentley, attracting companies such as IBM, Motorola and Raytheon to establish offices in Western Australia, and setting up an entrepreneurs-in-residence program to assist commercialisation in the ICT sector. We are always on the lookout for new ideas, which is why I read the recent media statement of the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale. His suggestion for attracting more ICT investment in Western Australia is a week-long camp for teenage girls. The member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale’s close relation, Bart Simpson, would have said, “A week-long camp for teenage girls? Ay Carumba!” The member has pinched the idea from the Beattie government in Queensland. It engaged in a joint venture with IBM to try to encourage more women to enter the ICT sector. That is where he has pinched the idea from. The member should do more research before he puts out a media release. Had he done so, he would have known that an IT careers showcase was conducted at Murdoch University very recently to encourage women into the IT sector. The Go Girl, Go For IT career expo was aimed at girls aged between 13 and 27 years and encouraged them to gain exposure to the IT industry. I have been told that it was a resounding success and attracted 2 500 participants over two days. It was not a teenage camp for 27 girls sponsored by IBM. The member should not be a Bart Simpson. If he wants to know about ICT investment in Western Australia, he should ask me and I will tell him all about it.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question and congratulate her for initiating a parliamentary inquiry into the growing ICT sector in Western Australia. Despite common perceptions around the state, not all wisdom rests with this side of the house. I welcome any initiatives and new ideas that come from the benches opposite. With that in mind, I noted with interest the recent media statement issued by the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Tony Simpson, on how to boost ICT investments in Western Australia. As you will be well aware, Mr Speaker, I have spoken at length in this house about boosting ICT investment in Western Australia. The ICT sector is one of the government’s four key priorities of the beyond the boom strategy. The government has already put in place quite a number of initiatives, including working towards the creation of an ICT cluster at Technology Park in Bentley, attracting companies such as IBM, Motorola and Raytheon to establish offices in Western Australia, and setting up an entrepreneurs-in-residence program to assist commercialisation in the ICT sector. We are always on the lookout for new ideas, which is why I read the recent media statement of the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale. His suggestion for attracting more ICT investment in Western Australia is a week-long camp for teenage girls. The member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale’s close relation, Bart Simpson, would have said, “A week-long camp for teenage girls? Ay Carumba!” The member has pinched the idea from the Beattie government in Queensland. It engaged in a joint venture with IBM to try to encourage more women to enter the ICT sector. That is where he has pinched the idea from. The member should do more research before he puts out a media release. Had he done so, he would have known that an IT careers showcase was conducted at Murdoch University very recently to encourage women into the IT sector. The Go Girl, Go For IT career expo was aimed at girls aged between 13 and 27 years and encouraged them to gain exposure to the IT industry. I have been told that it was a resounding success and attracted 2 500 participants over two days. It was not a teenage camp for 27 girls sponsored by IBM. The member should not be a Bart Simpson. If he wants to know about ICT investment in Western Australia, he should ask me and I will tell him all about it.
I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question and congratulate her for initiating a parliamentary inquiry into the growing ICT sector in Western Australia. Despite common perceptions around the state, not all wisdom rests with this side of the house. I welcome any initiatives and new ideas that come from the benches opposite. With that in mind, I noted with interest the recent media statement issued by the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Tony Simpson, on how to boost ICT investments in Western Australia. As you will be well aware, Mr Speaker, I have spoken at length in this house about boosting ICT investment in Western Australia. The ICT sector is one of the government’s four key priorities of the beyond the boom strategy. The government has already put in place quite a number of initiatives, including working towards the creation of an ICT cluster at Technology Park in Bentley, attracting companies such as IBM, Motorola and Raytheon to establish offices in Western Australia, and setting up an entrepreneurs-in-residence program to assist commercialisation in the ICT sector. We are always on the lookout for new ideas, which is why I read the recent media statement of the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale. His suggestion for attracting more ICT investment in Western Australia is a week-long camp for teenage girls. The member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale’s close relation, Bart Simpson, would have said, “A week-long camp for teenage girls? Ay Carumba!” The member has pinched the idea from the Beattie government in Queensland. It engaged in a joint venture with IBM to try to encourage more women to enter the ICT sector. That is where he has pinched the idea from. The member should do more research before he puts out a media release. Had he done so, he would have known that an IT careers showcase was conducted at Murdoch University very recently to encourage women into the IT sector. The Go Girl, Go For IT career expo was aimed at girls aged between 13 and 27 years and encouraged them to gain exposure to the IT industry. I have been told that it was a resounding success and attracted 2 500 participants over two days. It was not a teenage camp for 27 girls sponsored by IBM. The member should not be a Bart Simpson. If he wants to know about ICT investment in Western Australia, he should ask me and I will tell him all about it.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question and congratulate her for initiating a parliamentary inquiry into the growing ICT sector in Western Australia. Despite common perceptions around the state, not all wisdom rests with this side of the house. I welcome any initiatives and new ideas that come from the benches opposite. With that in mind, I noted with interest the recent media statement issued by the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Tony Simpson, on how to boost ICT investments in Western Australia. As you will be well aware, Mr Speaker, I have spoken at length in this house about boosting ICT investment in Western Australia. The ICT sector is one of the government’s four key priorities of the beyond the boom strategy. The government has already put in place quite a number of initiatives, including working towards the creation of an ICT cluster at Technology Park in Bentley, attracting companies such as IBM, Motorola and Raytheon to establish offices in Western Australia, and setting up an entrepreneurs-in-residence program to assist commercialisation in the ICT sector. We are always on the lookout for new ideas, which is why I read the recent media statement of the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale. His suggestion for attracting more ICT investment in Western Australia is a week-long camp for teenage girls. The member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale’s close relation, Bart Simpson, would have said, “A week-long camp for teenage girls? Ay Carumba!” The member has pinched the idea from the Beattie government in Queensland. It engaged in a joint venture with IBM to try to encourage more women to enter the ICT sector. That is where he has pinched the idea from. The member should do more research before he puts out a media release. Had he done so, he would have known that an IT careers showcase was conducted at Murdoch University very recently to encourage women into the IT sector. The Go Girl, Go For IT career expo was aimed at girls aged between 13 and 27 years and encouraged them to gain exposure to the IT industry. I have been told that it was a resounding success and attracted 2 500 participants over two days. It was not a teenage camp for 27 girls sponsored by IBM. The member should not be a Bart Simpson. If he wants to know about ICT investment in Western Australia, he should ask me and I will tell him all about it.
I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question and congratulate her for initiating a parliamentary inquiry into the growing ICT sector in Western Australia. Despite common perceptions around the state, not all wisdom rests with this side of the house. I welcome any initiatives and new ideas that come from the benches opposite. With that in mind, I noted with interest the recent media statement issued by the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Tony Simpson, on how to boost ICT investments in Western Australia. As you will be well aware, Mr Speaker, I have spoken at length in this house about boosting ICT investment in Western Australia. The ICT sector is one of the government’s four key priorities of the beyond the boom strategy. The government has already put in place quite a number of initiatives, including working towards the creation of an ICT cluster at Technology Park in Bentley, attracting companies such as IBM, Motorola and Raytheon to establish offices in Western Australia, and setting up an entrepreneurs-in-residence program to assist commercialisation in the ICT sector. We are always on the lookout for new ideas, which is why I read the recent media statement of the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale. His suggestion for attracting more ICT investment in Western Australia is a week-long camp for teenage girls. The member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale’s close relation, Bart Simpson, would have said, “A week-long camp for teenage girls? Ay Carumba!” The member has pinched the idea from the Beattie government in Queensland. It engaged in a joint venture with IBM to try to encourage more women to enter the ICT sector. That is where he has pinched the idea from. The member should do more research before he puts out a media release. Had he done so, he would have known that an IT careers showcase was conducted at Murdoch University very recently to encourage women into the IT sector. The Go Girl, Go For IT career expo was aimed at girls aged between 13 and 27 years and encouraged them to gain exposure to the IT industry. I have been told that it was a resounding success and attracted 2 500 participants over two days. It was not a teenage camp for 27 girls sponsored by IBM. The member should not be a Bart Simpson. If he wants to know about ICT investment in Western Australia, he should ask me and I will tell him all about it.
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