❓ Question regarding the Minister for Regional Development's upcoming visit to the Pilbara, highlighting investment and contrasting it with the previous government's actions. The Minister's answer details the visit's importance, key stakeholders involved, and planned investments in the region.
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MINISTER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT — PILBARA VISIT
Unlike the member for Pilbara, I look forward to the minister’s upcoming visit to my electorate to launch an exciting plan of action for the Pilbara region. In light of this, can the minister please inform the house about the importance of this visit and the investment being made in the Pilbara, actions that are unlike those of the previous government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
Unlike the member for Pilbara, I look forward to the minister’s upcoming visit to my electorate to launch an exciting plan of action for the Pilbara region. In light of this, can the minister please inform the house about the importance of this visit and the investment being made in the Pilbara, actions that are unlike those of the previous government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
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I thank the member for North West for the question and for his strong, ongoing lobbying for the Pilbara. I do not know why the member for North West’s compelling argument to invest in the Pilbara was ignored for so long by members opposite. His arguments have carried much weight with the new Liberal-National government, of which he is an important part. We welcome the fact that we have a local member on the ground in the Pilbara, making sure that the problems of the past are acted upon and rectified and making sure that the Pilbara gets the investment it needs to take its place as a major driver of the Australian economy. Tomorrow, the Premier and I will travel to the Pilbara and will visit both Hedland and Karratha. Most importantly, the heads of industry, such as Rio Tinto, Woodside, BHP Billiton, Chevron Corporation and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, will travel with us; and the heads of the land and property development sector of Western Australia will travel with them. We will ensure that the people responsible for land and property availability in the metropolitan area and the south west turn their minds, innovation and entrepreneurialism to the north and take up the opportunities that the government will make available. It is a unique event. For the first time the government is saying that the Pilbara deserves to have the focus of government. It will get the focus of government. The Premier has put his drive and innovation behind the Pilbara city’s concept. The Premier encouraged representatives of the Town of Port Hedland to travel to Darwin to look at the Darwin harbour-side development. The Town of Port Hedland is now ready to put to its community its vision for marina developments in Port Hedland. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I will respond to that. The questions that have been asked of me as Minister for Regional Development in the past two days have highlighted a little about what has happened in the Pilbara. The only problems members opposite have been able to find are with the $7 million infill sewerage program and the $8 million-a-year coastal shipping subsidy for the north west. A $400 million investment will be made in the east Kimberley, and $300 million will go to a revitalisation program. An Infrastructure Australia proposal for just under $500 million for infrastructure highlights that the Port Hedland port is a major driver of the Australian economy. This is the sort of investment, in partnership with the federal government, that is needed in that port. We look forward to continuing to partner with the commonwealth to deliver the type of infrastructure needed in the Pilbara. This area has been ignored for far too long. If members opposite, when they were in government, had done the planning in Onslow for the Gorgon project, as well as the planning in the Pilbara—Karratha, Hedland, Roebourne, Newman and Tom Price—we would be so much further ahead. We have started with a blank canvas because nothing has been done. We thank the member for North West for his drive to make sure that this happens. We will announce en globo superlots for the private development sector to move into the Pilbara. We will show visions of marinas in Dampier and Hedland. We will talk about opportunities for community development in Roebourne and areas of Hedland under the jurisdiction of the traditional owners. The member for Pilbara was the first one to get on board. He will be in seat 1A on the plane! He is trying to tie himself to this government because he knows that this government has a plan for his electorate. He has been in Parliament for about 45 years! At last something will be done in his electorate. At last his call has been heeded. It just goes to show that if members are diligent and stay for the long haul, eventually something will arrive. The member for Pilbara would never have thought it would arrive on the back of a Liberal-National government. He would never have thought that he would be sitting next to the Premier tomorrow and looking forward to the Premier outlining that project. In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for North West for the question and for his strong, ongoing lobbying for the Pilbara. I do not know why the member for North West’s compelling argument to invest in the Pilbara was ignored for so long by members opposite. His arguments have carried much weight with the new Liberal-National government, of which he is an important part. We welcome the fact that we have a local member on the ground in the Pilbara, making sure that the problems of the past are acted upon and rectified and making sure that the Pilbara gets the investment it needs to take its place as a major driver of the Australian economy. Tomorrow, the Premier and I will travel to the Pilbara and will visit both Hedland and Karratha. Most importantly, the heads of industry, such as Rio Tinto, Woodside, BHP Billiton, Chevron Corporation and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, will travel with us; and the heads of the land and property development sector of Western Australia will travel with them. We will ensure that the people responsible for land and property availability in the metropolitan area and the south west turn their minds, innovation and entrepreneurialism to the north and take up the opportunities that the government will make available. It is a unique event. For the first time the government is saying that the Pilbara deserves to have the focus of government. It will get the focus of government. The Premier has put his drive and innovation behind the Pilbara city’s concept. The Premier encouraged representatives of the Town of Port Hedland to travel to Darwin to look at the Darwin harbour-side development. The Town of Port Hedland is now ready to put to its community its vision for marina developments in Port Hedland. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I will respond to that. The questions that have been asked of me as Minister for Regional Development in the past two days have highlighted a little about what has happened in the Pilbara. The only problems members opposite have been able to find are with the $7 million infill sewerage program and the $8 million-a-year coastal shipping subsidy for the north west. A $400 million investment will be made in the east Kimberley, and $300 million will go to a revitalisation program. An Infrastructure Australia proposal for just under $500 million for infrastructure highlights that the Port Hedland port is a major driver of the Australian economy. This is the sort of investment, in partnership with the federal government, that is needed in that port. We look forward to continuing to partner with the commonwealth to deliver the type of infrastructure needed in the Pilbara. This area has been ignored for far too long. If members opposite, when they were in government, had done the planning in Onslow for the Gorgon project, as well as the planning in the Pilbara—Karratha, Hedland, Roebourne, Newman and Tom Price—we would be so much further ahead. We have started with a blank canvas because nothing has been done. We thank the member for North West for his drive to make sure that this happens. We will announce en globo superlots for the private development sector to move into the Pilbara. We will show visions of marinas in Dampier and Hedland. We will talk about opportunities for community development in Roebourne and areas of Hedland under the jurisdiction of the traditional owners. The member for Pilbara was the first one to get on board. He will be in seat 1A on the plane! He is trying to tie himself to this government because he knows that this government has a plan for his electorate. He has been in Parliament for about 45 years! At last something will be done in his electorate. At last his call has been heeded. It just goes to show that if members are diligent and stay for the long haul, eventually something will arrive. The member for Pilbara would never have thought it would arrive on the back of a Liberal-National government. He would never have thought that he would be sitting next to the Premier tomorrow and looking forward to the Premier outlining that project. In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
I thank the member for North West for the question and for his strong, ongoing lobbying for the Pilbara. I do not know why the member for North West’s compelling argument to invest in the Pilbara was ignored for so long by members opposite. His arguments have carried much weight with the new Liberal-National government, of which he is an important part. We welcome the fact that we have a local member on the ground in the Pilbara, making sure that the problems of the past are acted upon and rectified and making sure that the Pilbara gets the investment it needs to take its place as a major driver of the Australian economy. Tomorrow, the Premier and I will travel to the Pilbara and will visit both Hedland and Karratha. Most importantly, the heads of industry, such as Rio Tinto, Woodside, BHP Billiton, Chevron Corporation and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, will travel with us; and the heads of the land and property development sector of Western Australia will travel with them. We will ensure that the people responsible for land and property availability in the metropolitan area and the south west turn their minds, innovation and entrepreneurialism to the north and take up the opportunities that the government will make available. It is a unique event. For the first time the government is saying that the Pilbara deserves to have the focus of government. It will get the focus of government. The Premier has put his drive and innovation behind the Pilbara city’s concept. The Premier encouraged representatives of the Town of Port Hedland to travel to Darwin to look at the Darwin harbour-side development. The Town of Port Hedland is now ready to put to its community its vision for marina developments in Port Hedland. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I will respond to that. The questions that have been asked of me as Minister for Regional Development in the past two days have highlighted a little about what has happened in the Pilbara. The only problems members opposite have been able to find are with the $7 million infill sewerage program and the $8 million-a-year coastal shipping subsidy for the north west. A $400 million investment will be made in the east Kimberley, and $300 million will go to a revitalisation program. An Infrastructure Australia proposal for just under $500 million for infrastructure highlights that the Port Hedland port is a major driver of the Australian economy. This is the sort of investment, in partnership with the federal government, that is needed in that port. We look forward to continuing to partner with the commonwealth to deliver the type of infrastructure needed in the Pilbara. This area has been ignored for far too long. If members opposite, when they were in government, had done the planning in Onslow for the Gorgon project, as well as the planning in the Pilbara—Karratha, Hedland, Roebourne, Newman and Tom Price—we would be so much further ahead. We have started with a blank canvas because nothing has been done. We thank the member for North West for his drive to make sure that this happens. We will announce en globo superlots for the private development sector to move into the Pilbara. We will show visions of marinas in Dampier and Hedland. We will talk about opportunities for community development in Roebourne and areas of Hedland under the jurisdiction of the traditional owners. The member for Pilbara was the first one to get on board. He will be in seat 1A on the plane! He is trying to tie himself to this government because he knows that this government has a plan for his electorate. He has been in Parliament for about 45 years! At last something will be done in his electorate. At last his call has been heeded. It just goes to show that if members are diligent and stay for the long haul, eventually something will arrive. The member for Pilbara would never have thought it would arrive on the back of a Liberal-National government. He would never have thought that he would be sitting next to the Premier tomorrow and looking forward to the Premier outlining that project. In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
Tomorrow, the Premier and I will travel to the Pilbara and will visit both Hedland and Karratha. Most importantly, the heads of industry, such as Rio Tinto, Woodside, BHP Billiton, Chevron Corporation and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, will travel with us; and the heads of the land and property development sector of Western Australia will travel with them. We will ensure that the people responsible for land and property availability in the metropolitan area and the south west turn their minds, innovation and entrepreneurialism to the north and take up the opportunities that the government will make available. It is a unique event. For the first time the government is saying that the Pilbara deserves to have the focus of government. It will get the focus of government. The Premier has put his drive and innovation behind the Pilbara city’s concept. The Premier encouraged representatives of the Town of Port Hedland to travel to Darwin to look at the Darwin harbour-side development. The Town of Port Hedland is now ready to put to its community its vision for marina developments in Port Hedland. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I will respond to that. The questions that have been asked of me as Minister for Regional Development in the past two days have highlighted a little about what has happened in the Pilbara. The only problems members opposite have been able to find are with the $7 million infill sewerage program and the $8 million-a-year coastal shipping subsidy for the north west. A $400 million investment will be made in the east Kimberley, and $300 million will go to a revitalisation program. An Infrastructure Australia proposal for just under $500 million for infrastructure highlights that the Port Hedland port is a major driver of the Australian economy. This is the sort of investment, in partnership with the federal government, that is needed in that port. We look forward to continuing to partner with the commonwealth to deliver the type of infrastructure needed in the Pilbara. This area has been ignored for far too long. If members opposite, when they were in government, had done the planning in Onslow for the Gorgon project, as well as the planning in the Pilbara—Karratha, Hedland, Roebourne, Newman and Tom Price—we would be so much further ahead. We have started with a blank canvas because nothing has been done. We thank the member for North West for his drive to make sure that this happens. We will announce en globo superlots for the private development sector to move into the Pilbara. We will show visions of marinas in Dampier and Hedland. We will talk about opportunities for community development in Roebourne and areas of Hedland under the jurisdiction of the traditional owners. The member for Pilbara was the first one to get on board. He will be in seat 1A on the plane! He is trying to tie himself to this government because he knows that this government has a plan for his electorate. He has been in Parliament for about 45 years! At last something will be done in his electorate. At last his call has been heeded. It just goes to show that if members are diligent and stay for the long haul, eventually something will arrive. The member for Pilbara would never have thought it would arrive on the back of a Liberal-National government. He would never have thought that he would be sitting next to the Premier tomorrow and looking forward to the Premier outlining that project. In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I will respond to that. The questions that have been asked of me as Minister for Regional Development in the past two days have highlighted a little about what has happened in the Pilbara. The only problems members opposite have been able to find are with the $7 million infill sewerage program and the $8 million-a-year coastal shipping subsidy for the north west. A $400 million investment will be made in the east Kimberley, and $300 million will go to a revitalisation program. An Infrastructure Australia proposal for just under $500 million for infrastructure highlights that the Port Hedland port is a major driver of the Australian economy. This is the sort of investment, in partnership with the federal government, that is needed in that port. We look forward to continuing to partner with the commonwealth to deliver the type of infrastructure needed in the Pilbara. This area has been ignored for far too long. If members opposite, when they were in government, had done the planning in Onslow for the Gorgon project, as well as the planning in the Pilbara—Karratha, Hedland, Roebourne, Newman and Tom Price—we would be so much further ahead. We have started with a blank canvas because nothing has been done. We thank the member for North West for his drive to make sure that this happens. We will announce en globo superlots for the private development sector to move into the Pilbara. We will show visions of marinas in Dampier and Hedland. We will talk about opportunities for community development in Roebourne and areas of Hedland under the jurisdiction of the traditional owners. The member for Pilbara was the first one to get on board. He will be in seat 1A on the plane! He is trying to tie himself to this government because he knows that this government has a plan for his electorate. He has been in Parliament for about 45 years! At last something will be done in his electorate. At last his call has been heeded. It just goes to show that if members are diligent and stay for the long haul, eventually something will arrive. The member for Pilbara would never have thought it would arrive on the back of a Liberal-National government. He would never have thought that he would be sitting next to the Premier tomorrow and looking forward to the Premier outlining that project. In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I will respond to that. The questions that have been asked of me as Minister for Regional Development in the past two days have highlighted a little about what has happened in the Pilbara. The only problems members opposite have been able to find are with the $7 million infill sewerage program and the $8 million-a-year coastal shipping subsidy for the north west. A $400 million investment will be made in the east Kimberley, and $300 million will go to a revitalisation program. An Infrastructure Australia proposal for just under $500 million for infrastructure highlights that the Port Hedland port is a major driver of the Australian economy. This is the sort of investment, in partnership with the federal government, that is needed in that port. We look forward to continuing to partner with the commonwealth to deliver the type of infrastructure needed in the Pilbara. This area has been ignored for far too long. If members opposite, when they were in government, had done the planning in Onslow for the Gorgon project, as well as the planning in the Pilbara—Karratha, Hedland, Roebourne, Newman and Tom Price—we would be so much further ahead. We have started with a blank canvas because nothing has been done. We thank the member for North West for his drive to make sure that this happens. We will announce en globo superlots for the private development sector to move into the Pilbara. We will show visions of marinas in Dampier and Hedland. We will talk about opportunities for community development in Roebourne and areas of Hedland under the jurisdiction of the traditional owners. The member for Pilbara was the first one to get on board. He will be in seat 1A on the plane! He is trying to tie himself to this government because he knows that this government has a plan for his electorate. He has been in Parliament for about 45 years! At last something will be done in his electorate. At last his call has been heeded. It just goes to show that if members are diligent and stay for the long haul, eventually something will arrive. The member for Pilbara would never have thought it would arrive on the back of a Liberal-National government. He would never have thought that he would be sitting next to the Premier tomorrow and looking forward to the Premier outlining that project. In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
[See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for North West for the question and for his strong, ongoing lobbying for the Pilbara. I do not know why the member for North West’s compelling argument to invest in the Pilbara was ignored for so long by members opposite. His arguments have carried much weight with the new Liberal-National government, of which he is an important part. We welcome the fact that we have a local member on the ground in the Pilbara, making sure that the problems of the past are acted upon and rectified and making sure that the Pilbara gets the investment it needs to take its place as a major driver of the Australian economy. Tomorrow, the Premier and I will travel to the Pilbara and will visit both Hedland and Karratha. Most importantly, the heads of industry, such as Rio Tinto, Woodside, BHP Billiton, Chevron Corporation and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, will travel with us; and the heads of the land and property development sector of Western Australia will travel with them. We will ensure that the people responsible for land and property availability in the metropolitan area and the south west turn their minds, innovation and entrepreneurialism to the north and take up the opportunities that the government will make available. It is a unique event. For the first time the government is saying that the Pilbara deserves to have the focus of government. It will get the focus of government. The Premier has put his drive and innovation behind the Pilbara city’s concept. The Premier encouraged representatives of the Town of Port Hedland to travel to Darwin to look at the Darwin harbour-side development. The Town of Port Hedland is now ready to put to its community its vision for marina developments in Port Hedland. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I will respond to that. The questions that have been asked of me as Minister for Regional Development in the past two days have highlighted a little about what has happened in the Pilbara. The only problems members opposite have been able to find are with the $7 million infill sewerage program and the $8 million-a-year coastal shipping subsidy for the north west. A $400 million investment will be made in the east Kimberley, and $300 million will go to a revitalisation program. An Infrastructure Australia proposal for just under $500 million for infrastructure highlights that the Port Hedland port is a major driver of the Australian economy. This is the sort of investment, in partnership with the federal government, that is needed in that port. We look forward to continuing to partner with the commonwealth to deliver the type of infrastructure needed in the Pilbara. This area has been ignored for far too long. If members opposite, when they were in government, had done the planning in Onslow for the Gorgon project, as well as the planning in the Pilbara—Karratha, Hedland, Roebourne, Newman and Tom Price—we would be so much further ahead. We have started with a blank canvas because nothing has been done. We thank the member for North West for his drive to make sure that this happens. We will announce en globo superlots for the private development sector to move into the Pilbara. We will show visions of marinas in Dampier and Hedland. We will talk about opportunities for community development in Roebourne and areas of Hedland under the jurisdiction of the traditional owners. The member for Pilbara was the first one to get on board. He will be in seat 1A on the plane! He is trying to tie himself to this government because he knows that this government has a plan for his electorate. He has been in Parliament for about 45 years! At last something will be done in his electorate. At last his call has been heeded. It just goes to show that if members are diligent and stay for the long haul, eventually something will arrive. The member for Pilbara would never have thought it would arrive on the back of a Liberal-National government. He would never have thought that he would be sitting next to the Premier tomorrow and looking forward to the Premier outlining that project. In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
I thank the member for North West for the question and for his strong, ongoing lobbying for the Pilbara. I do not know why the member for North West’s compelling argument to invest in the Pilbara was ignored for so long by members opposite. His arguments have carried much weight with the new Liberal-National government, of which he is an important part. We welcome the fact that we have a local member on the ground in the Pilbara, making sure that the problems of the past are acted upon and rectified and making sure that the Pilbara gets the investment it needs to take its place as a major driver of the Australian economy. Tomorrow, the Premier and I will travel to the Pilbara and will visit both Hedland and Karratha. Most importantly, the heads of industry, such as Rio Tinto, Woodside, BHP Billiton, Chevron Corporation and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, will travel with us; and the heads of the land and property development sector of Western Australia will travel with them. We will ensure that the people responsible for land and property availability in the metropolitan area and the south west turn their minds, innovation and entrepreneurialism to the north and take up the opportunities that the government will make available. It is a unique event. For the first time the government is saying that the Pilbara deserves to have the focus of government. It will get the focus of government. The Premier has put his drive and innovation behind the Pilbara city’s concept. The Premier encouraged representatives of the Town of Port Hedland to travel to Darwin to look at the Darwin harbour-side development. The Town of Port Hedland is now ready to put to its community its vision for marina developments in Port Hedland. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I will respond to that. The questions that have been asked of me as Minister for Regional Development in the past two days have highlighted a little about what has happened in the Pilbara. The only problems members opposite have been able to find are with the $7 million infill sewerage program and the $8 million-a-year coastal shipping subsidy for the north west. A $400 million investment will be made in the east Kimberley, and $300 million will go to a revitalisation program. An Infrastructure Australia proposal for just under $500 million for infrastructure highlights that the Port Hedland port is a major driver of the Australian economy. This is the sort of investment, in partnership with the federal government, that is needed in that port. We look forward to continuing to partner with the commonwealth to deliver the type of infrastructure needed in the Pilbara. This area has been ignored for far too long. If members opposite, when they were in government, had done the planning in Onslow for the Gorgon project, as well as the planning in the Pilbara—Karratha, Hedland, Roebourne, Newman and Tom Price—we would be so much further ahead. We have started with a blank canvas because nothing has been done. We thank the member for North West for his drive to make sure that this happens. We will announce en globo superlots for the private development sector to move into the Pilbara. We will show visions of marinas in Dampier and Hedland. We will talk about opportunities for community development in Roebourne and areas of Hedland under the jurisdiction of the traditional owners. The member for Pilbara was the first one to get on board. He will be in seat 1A on the plane! He is trying to tie himself to this government because he knows that this government has a plan for his electorate. He has been in Parliament for about 45 years! At last something will be done in his electorate. At last his call has been heeded. It just goes to show that if members are diligent and stay for the long haul, eventually something will arrive. The member for Pilbara would never have thought it would arrive on the back of a Liberal-National government. He would never have thought that he would be sitting next to the Premier tomorrow and looking forward to the Premier outlining that project. In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
Tomorrow, the Premier and I will travel to the Pilbara and will visit both Hedland and Karratha. Most importantly, the heads of industry, such as Rio Tinto, Woodside, BHP Billiton, Chevron Corporation and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, will travel with us; and the heads of the land and property development sector of Western Australia will travel with them. We will ensure that the people responsible for land and property availability in the metropolitan area and the south west turn their minds, innovation and entrepreneurialism to the north and take up the opportunities that the government will make available. It is a unique event. For the first time the government is saying that the Pilbara deserves to have the focus of government. It will get the focus of government. The Premier has put his drive and innovation behind the Pilbara city’s concept. The Premier encouraged representatives of the Town of Port Hedland to travel to Darwin to look at the Darwin harbour-side development. The Town of Port Hedland is now ready to put to its community its vision for marina developments in Port Hedland. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I will respond to that. The questions that have been asked of me as Minister for Regional Development in the past two days have highlighted a little about what has happened in the Pilbara. The only problems members opposite have been able to find are with the $7 million infill sewerage program and the $8 million-a-year coastal shipping subsidy for the north west. A $400 million investment will be made in the east Kimberley, and $300 million will go to a revitalisation program. An Infrastructure Australia proposal for just under $500 million for infrastructure highlights that the Port Hedland port is a major driver of the Australian economy. This is the sort of investment, in partnership with the federal government, that is needed in that port. We look forward to continuing to partner with the commonwealth to deliver the type of infrastructure needed in the Pilbara. This area has been ignored for far too long. If members opposite, when they were in government, had done the planning in Onslow for the Gorgon project, as well as the planning in the Pilbara—Karratha, Hedland, Roebourne, Newman and Tom Price—we would be so much further ahead. We have started with a blank canvas because nothing has been done. We thank the member for North West for his drive to make sure that this happens. We will announce en globo superlots for the private development sector to move into the Pilbara. We will show visions of marinas in Dampier and Hedland. We will talk about opportunities for community development in Roebourne and areas of Hedland under the jurisdiction of the traditional owners. The member for Pilbara was the first one to get on board. He will be in seat 1A on the plane! He is trying to tie himself to this government because he knows that this government has a plan for his electorate. He has been in Parliament for about 45 years! At last something will be done in his electorate. At last his call has been heeded. It just goes to show that if members are diligent and stay for the long haul, eventually something will arrive. The member for Pilbara would never have thought it would arrive on the back of a Liberal-National government. He would never have thought that he would be sitting next to the Premier tomorrow and looking forward to the Premier outlining that project. In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I will respond to that. The questions that have been asked of me as Minister for Regional Development in the past two days have highlighted a little about what has happened in the Pilbara. The only problems members opposite have been able to find are with the $7 million infill sewerage program and the $8 million-a-year coastal shipping subsidy for the north west. A $400 million investment will be made in the east Kimberley, and $300 million will go to a revitalisation program. An Infrastructure Australia proposal for just under $500 million for infrastructure highlights that the Port Hedland port is a major driver of the Australian economy. This is the sort of investment, in partnership with the federal government, that is needed in that port. We look forward to continuing to partner with the commonwealth to deliver the type of infrastructure needed in the Pilbara. This area has been ignored for far too long. If members opposite, when they were in government, had done the planning in Onslow for the Gorgon project, as well as the planning in the Pilbara—Karratha, Hedland, Roebourne, Newman and Tom Price—we would be so much further ahead. We have started with a blank canvas because nothing has been done. We thank the member for North West for his drive to make sure that this happens. We will announce en globo superlots for the private development sector to move into the Pilbara. We will show visions of marinas in Dampier and Hedland. We will talk about opportunities for community development in Roebourne and areas of Hedland under the jurisdiction of the traditional owners. The member for Pilbara was the first one to get on board. He will be in seat 1A on the plane! He is trying to tie himself to this government because he knows that this government has a plan for his electorate. He has been in Parliament for about 45 years! At last something will be done in his electorate. At last his call has been heeded. It just goes to show that if members are diligent and stay for the long haul, eventually something will arrive. The member for Pilbara would never have thought it would arrive on the back of a Liberal-National government. He would never have thought that he would be sitting next to the Premier tomorrow and looking forward to the Premier outlining that project. In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I will respond to that. The questions that have been asked of me as Minister for Regional Development in the past two days have highlighted a little about what has happened in the Pilbara. The only problems members opposite have been able to find are with the $7 million infill sewerage program and the $8 million-a-year coastal shipping subsidy for the north west. A $400 million investment will be made in the east Kimberley, and $300 million will go to a revitalisation program. An Infrastructure Australia proposal for just under $500 million for infrastructure highlights that the Port Hedland port is a major driver of the Australian economy. This is the sort of investment, in partnership with the federal government, that is needed in that port. We look forward to continuing to partner with the commonwealth to deliver the type of infrastructure needed in the Pilbara. This area has been ignored for far too long. If members opposite, when they were in government, had done the planning in Onslow for the Gorgon project, as well as the planning in the Pilbara—Karratha, Hedland, Roebourne, Newman and Tom Price—we would be so much further ahead. We have started with a blank canvas because nothing has been done. We thank the member for North West for his drive to make sure that this happens. We will announce en globo superlots for the private development sector to move into the Pilbara. We will show visions of marinas in Dampier and Hedland. We will talk about opportunities for community development in Roebourne and areas of Hedland under the jurisdiction of the traditional owners. The member for Pilbara was the first one to get on board. He will be in seat 1A on the plane! He is trying to tie himself to this government because he knows that this government has a plan for his electorate. He has been in Parliament for about 45 years! At last something will be done in his electorate. At last his call has been heeded. It just goes to show that if members are diligent and stay for the long haul, eventually something will arrive. The member for Pilbara would never have thought it would arrive on the back of a Liberal-National government. He would never have thought that he would be sitting next to the Premier tomorrow and looking forward to the Premier outlining that project. In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
In all seriousness, tomorrow will be a very important day for the Pilbara. We look forward to putting the Pilbara on the map. There are journalists in the press gallery who have not been in the Pilbara in the past 20 years and there is a property development sector that has never cast its eyes north. At last the resource industry is looking to partner with government, and the government is determined to drive regional development and growth in the Pilbara. We look forward to rolling that out. It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
It gives me great pleasure on the last day of Parliament before the recess to table the “Royalties for Regions Progress Report December 2008-June 2009”. It is the first snapshot of what royalties for regions under the leadership of the Liberal-National government is delivering for regional Western Australia. We look forward to the support of members opposite. I am happy to note that last night the Royalties for Regions Bill was passed in the Legislative Council with the unanimous support of the opposition. Members opposite spent all their time bagging it but they were very quick to line up and vote for it. I thank members for their support. I table the report. [See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
[See paper 1687.] The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
The SPEAKER : I presume that the member for North West is asking for a supplementary question. Before I allow him to ask a supplementary question, I call the members for Collie-Preston and Kimberley formally for the second time and the member for Warnbro for the first time.
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