❓ Mr. Punch asks about the government's investment in the Koolinup Emergency Services Centre in Collie and how it will support local jobs and businesses. The Minister details the facility's purpose, employment numbers, and related economic benefits, including a new manufacturing facility.
AnsweredQoN 635Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS — ECONOMIC RECOVERY —
KOOLINUP EMERGENCY SERVICES CENTRE
635. Mr D.T. PUNCH to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to the McGowan Labor government's efforts to
support local jobs and drive economic activity as the state recovers from the impacts of COVID-19. Can the
minister update the house on this government's investment in a new multipurpose emergency services facility in Collie; and can the minister
outline to the house how this investment will support local jobs, local
businesses and local manufacturing?
KOOLINUP EMERGENCY SERVICES CENTRE
635. Mr D.T. PUNCH to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to the McGowan Labor government's efforts to
support local jobs and drive economic activity as the state recovers from the impacts of COVID-19. Can the
minister update the house on this government's investment in a new multipurpose emergency services facility in Collie; and can the minister
outline to the house how this investment will support local jobs, local
businesses and local manufacturing?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Bunbury for that question and
acknowledge his commitment to emergency services in Western Australia. I also
acknowledge that only days ago, the two of us visited an arm of emergency
services, Marine Rescue Bunbury, to see its new boat Dingo Marley. The
dingo came around and said hello to us while we were down there, which was
fantastic.
The SPEAKER : I am very impressed, minister.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : It was very impressive. The other day before I went
to Bunbury I was in Collie for the sod-turning ceremony for the new
emergency centre that is in the process of being built in Collie. We were there
to do the sod turning and announce the
successful tenderer for the construction and give it its new name—the
Koolinup Emergency Services Centre—''koolinup''
means ''to swim'' in the local Aboriginal dialect. Obviously,
with the Collie River and the other rivers
in the area, it is quite an appropriate name for that facility. It will be a terrific
$13.4 million facility that will employ 13 full-time employees in
Collie. It will primarily be set up to do a number of things. First, it will be
a level 3 incident control facility for the broader south west of Western Australia.
Collie is an appropriate place to locate the centre. It will be an outreach of
the Bunbury district office. It will also deal with the high-season fire fleet.
The high-season fire fleet in Western Australia—that is, the number of
trucks that go to the north and help with the
northern season fires and then come back to deal with the southern season fires—continually
have to be maintained and upgraded. Until now, that has been done in O'Connor;
the workshops there are full of normal Department of Fire and Emergency
Services trucks and equipment, so it is quite appropriate for the high-season
fire fleet to be maintained elsewhere. It is perfect that it will be done in
Collie. Another thing that is happening in Collie is that right across the
road, Frontline Fire and Rescue Equipment is building a very large
manufacturing facility that will employ 17 full-time tradespeople to build the
4.4 tankers and the small, fast-attack vehicles based on the Toyota chassis.
Mr P.J. Rundle : What about
the South West Fire services —
The SPEAKER : What about I call
you to order for the first time, member for Roe.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I am sure
that South West Fire services has plenty of work on at the moment. The member
should go down there and have a look. Frontline Fire and Rescue Equipment won
the contract to do this work and took it upon itself, after winning the contract,
to invest in Collie and create additional full-time jobs.
Mr P.J. Rundle interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Roe,
I call you to order for the second time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I cannot
speak more highly of the company. It is right opposite the new Koolinup
Emergency Services Centre and as those vehicles come off the line with
Frontline engineering, they will be rolled into the DFES facility across the
road and brought into service for the department. The member for Collie–Preston
was there with his fantastic replacement, Jodie Hanns, who is a terrific person
and who will carry on the good fight on behalf of Collie. Getting 30 full-time
trade-skilled jobs into a place like Collie is absolutely fantastic. Everyone
knows what is going to happen in Collie in the future. The number of jobs at
the power station and mine will start to decline and to secure jobs for those
people who will lose their job either at the mine or the power station is a job
well done by the McGowan government.
acknowledge his commitment to emergency services in Western Australia. I also
acknowledge that only days ago, the two of us visited an arm of emergency
services, Marine Rescue Bunbury, to see its new boat Dingo Marley. The
dingo came around and said hello to us while we were down there, which was
fantastic.
The SPEAKER : I am very impressed, minister.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : It was very impressive. The other day before I went
to Bunbury I was in Collie for the sod-turning ceremony for the new
emergency centre that is in the process of being built in Collie. We were there
to do the sod turning and announce the
successful tenderer for the construction and give it its new name—the
Koolinup Emergency Services Centre—''koolinup''
means ''to swim'' in the local Aboriginal dialect. Obviously,
with the Collie River and the other rivers
in the area, it is quite an appropriate name for that facility. It will be a terrific
$13.4 million facility that will employ 13 full-time employees in
Collie. It will primarily be set up to do a number of things. First, it will be
a level 3 incident control facility for the broader south west of Western Australia.
Collie is an appropriate place to locate the centre. It will be an outreach of
the Bunbury district office. It will also deal with the high-season fire fleet.
The high-season fire fleet in Western Australia—that is, the number of
trucks that go to the north and help with the
northern season fires and then come back to deal with the southern season fires—continually
have to be maintained and upgraded. Until now, that has been done in O'Connor;
the workshops there are full of normal Department of Fire and Emergency
Services trucks and equipment, so it is quite appropriate for the high-season
fire fleet to be maintained elsewhere. It is perfect that it will be done in
Collie. Another thing that is happening in Collie is that right across the
road, Frontline Fire and Rescue Equipment is building a very large
manufacturing facility that will employ 17 full-time tradespeople to build the
4.4 tankers and the small, fast-attack vehicles based on the Toyota chassis.
Mr P.J. Rundle : What about
the South West Fire services —
The SPEAKER : What about I call
you to order for the first time, member for Roe.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I am sure
that South West Fire services has plenty of work on at the moment. The member
should go down there and have a look. Frontline Fire and Rescue Equipment won
the contract to do this work and took it upon itself, after winning the contract,
to invest in Collie and create additional full-time jobs.
Mr P.J. Rundle interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Roe,
I call you to order for the second time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I cannot
speak more highly of the company. It is right opposite the new Koolinup
Emergency Services Centre and as those vehicles come off the line with
Frontline engineering, they will be rolled into the DFES facility across the
road and brought into service for the department. The member for Collie–Preston
was there with his fantastic replacement, Jodie Hanns, who is a terrific person
and who will carry on the good fight on behalf of Collie. Getting 30 full-time
trade-skilled jobs into a place like Collie is absolutely fantastic. Everyone
knows what is going to happen in Collie in the future. The number of jobs at
the power station and mine will start to decline and to secure jobs for those
people who will lose their job either at the mine or the power station is a job
well done by the McGowan government.
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