❓ WESTERN AUSTRALIAN JOBS ACT 488. Dr M.D. NAHAN to the Premier: Before I get to my question, I would like to acknowledge the staff and primary school kids who are with us today from the Mandurah Cathol
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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN JOBS ACT
488. Dr M.D. NAHAN to the Premier:
Before I get to my question, I would like to acknowledge the
staff and primary school kids who are with us today from the Mandurah Catholic
College in the seat of Dawesville.
I refer to the Premier's so-called Western Australian
Jobs Act, which requires Western Australian participation plans for all
tenderers of WA government contracts, and the Labor Party's policy of
purchasing polling booth material from New South Wales, as witnessed in the
campaign for the seat of Darling Range on the weekend. Why were Western Australian
suppliers overlooked by the Labor Party, and can the Premier explain how his
government has any credibility on Western Australian jobs given his own party
has ignored his advice?
Mr D.A. Templeman : Have a look
at the bridge to the stadium, mate!
The SPEAKER : Excuse me,
members! The Premier is on his feet.
488. Dr M.D. NAHAN to the Premier:
Before I get to my question, I would like to acknowledge the
staff and primary school kids who are with us today from the Mandurah Catholic
College in the seat of Dawesville.
I refer to the Premier's so-called Western Australian
Jobs Act, which requires Western Australian participation plans for all
tenderers of WA government contracts, and the Labor Party's policy of
purchasing polling booth material from New South Wales, as witnessed in the
campaign for the seat of Darling Range on the weekend. Why were Western Australian
suppliers overlooked by the Labor Party, and can the Premier explain how his
government has any credibility on Western Australian jobs given his own party
has ignored his advice?
Mr D.A. Templeman : Have a look
at the bridge to the stadium, mate!
The SPEAKER : Excuse me,
members! The Premier is on his feet.
AnswerView source ↗
It is a Thursday and it is the last
sitting day before the school holidays. I think the Leader of the Opposition
needs a holiday—I really do. I really think he needs to have a bit of a
break and maybe get things back together.
Mr S.K. L'Estrange interjected.
The SPEAKER : I know we are in
a jovial mood before the holidays, but we will do it quietly.
Mr M. McGOWAN : He is in a jovial
mood, Mr Speaker, and that is why he has given me a joke question in the last
question time of this autumn session of 2018. If he wants an answer about
election material, maybe he should ask the party itself. But I can tell him
that we are the government that passed a jobs bill to ensure that we have high
levels of local content with government contracts out there. I can tell him
that because I saw the photos myself of all the cement being poured onto the
Matagarup Bridge. It is Western Australian cement. We know where you were
getting your cement from! You were getting your cement from Malaysia when you
were going to build the bridge. We have used Western Australian cement and that
bridge is being built here in Western Australia by Western Australians. We
stand on our record of ensuring that Western Australian industry gets the lion's
share of jobs in Western Australia. We are working very hard on achieving that.
For instance, tomorrow I will be making an important announcement with Rio
Tinto about Western Australian jobs. Last week we saw BHP and South Flank
development announce $5 billion worth of work to be undertaken. We have seen
all the efforts by this government to ensure that Woodside brings Browse gas
onshore here in Western Australia and Scarborough gas onshore here in Western Australia
to create jobs for Western Australians. We have seen every single minister out
there working hard to make sure that Western Australia's economy
improves. What do we see today? We see job vacancy advertisements going up
again. This morning I was down at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western
Australia. I wish I had brought the magazine because it is the second last
edition of Business Pulse , with the Treasurer of Western Australia on
the front cover and the words ''the budget we love''. People at
the CCI were cheering when I raised that down there this morning. I made a speech
to them about the fact that we are bringing in an unsolicited bids–market-led
proposal arrangement for Western Australia. It has been missing for so long. I was
able to talk to them about Infrastructure WA, which is all designed so that we
have proper use of government resources and a proper capital works plan for the
long time. This is a government that cares about Western Australian jobs. The
Liberal Party sent those contracts to Malaysia!
sitting day before the school holidays. I think the Leader of the Opposition
needs a holiday—I really do. I really think he needs to have a bit of a
break and maybe get things back together.
Mr S.K. L'Estrange interjected.
The SPEAKER : I know we are in
a jovial mood before the holidays, but we will do it quietly.
Mr M. McGOWAN : He is in a jovial
mood, Mr Speaker, and that is why he has given me a joke question in the last
question time of this autumn session of 2018. If he wants an answer about
election material, maybe he should ask the party itself. But I can tell him
that we are the government that passed a jobs bill to ensure that we have high
levels of local content with government contracts out there. I can tell him
that because I saw the photos myself of all the cement being poured onto the
Matagarup Bridge. It is Western Australian cement. We know where you were
getting your cement from! You were getting your cement from Malaysia when you
were going to build the bridge. We have used Western Australian cement and that
bridge is being built here in Western Australia by Western Australians. We
stand on our record of ensuring that Western Australian industry gets the lion's
share of jobs in Western Australia. We are working very hard on achieving that.
For instance, tomorrow I will be making an important announcement with Rio
Tinto about Western Australian jobs. Last week we saw BHP and South Flank
development announce $5 billion worth of work to be undertaken. We have seen
all the efforts by this government to ensure that Woodside brings Browse gas
onshore here in Western Australia and Scarborough gas onshore here in Western Australia
to create jobs for Western Australians. We have seen every single minister out
there working hard to make sure that Western Australia's economy
improves. What do we see today? We see job vacancy advertisements going up
again. This morning I was down at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western
Australia. I wish I had brought the magazine because it is the second last
edition of Business Pulse , with the Treasurer of Western Australia on
the front cover and the words ''the budget we love''. People at
the CCI were cheering when I raised that down there this morning. I made a speech
to them about the fact that we are bringing in an unsolicited bids–market-led
proposal arrangement for Western Australia. It has been missing for so long. I was
able to talk to them about Infrastructure WA, which is all designed so that we
have proper use of government resources and a proper capital works plan for the
long time. This is a government that cares about Western Australian jobs. The
Liberal Party sent those contracts to Malaysia!
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