❓ Debate over allocating state royalties to regional infrastructure. Grylls (Nationals) questions Carpenter (Premier) on why existing royalties aren't quarantined like future Gorgon/Pluto royalties. Carpenter deflects, criticising Nationals' past record.
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REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS
I refer to the Premier’s strong endorsement of federal Labor’s plan to quarantine $100 million in royalties from the future Gorgon and Pluto project to meet Western Australia’s infrastructure demands. Given that Gorgon and Pluto royalties will not come on-stream for years, why does he not have a similar policy to quarantine a percentage of the state’s existing royalty flow of $2.5 billion to meet regional infrastructure needs where demand is at a crisis point and these funds are immediately available? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
I refer to the Premier’s strong endorsement of federal Labor’s plan to quarantine $100 million in royalties from the future Gorgon and Pluto project to meet Western Australia’s infrastructure demands. Given that Gorgon and Pluto royalties will not come on-stream for years, why does he not have a similar policy to quarantine a percentage of the state’s existing royalty flow of $2.5 billion to meet regional infrastructure needs where demand is at a crisis point and these funds are immediately available? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I am not sure that I quite followed the Leader of the National Party’s line of logic. We are talking about Gorgon and Pluto royalties. Is he talking about royalties from resource projects in general? Mr B.J. Grylls : The state government currently gets a $2.5 billion royalty flow. Why don’t you quarantine some of that for regional infrastructure? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not see the logic. The question is whether regional Western Australia gets sufficient return for the amount of wealth that is generated from those regions. For example, the Barrow Island - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I am not sure that I quite followed the Leader of the National Party’s line of logic. We are talking about Gorgon and Pluto royalties. Is he talking about royalties from resource projects in general? Mr B.J. Grylls : The state government currently gets a $2.5 billion royalty flow. Why don’t you quarantine some of that for regional infrastructure? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not see the logic. The question is whether regional Western Australia gets sufficient return for the amount of wealth that is generated from those regions. For example, the Barrow Island - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
I am not sure that I quite followed the Leader of the National Party’s line of logic. We are talking about Gorgon and Pluto royalties. Is he talking about royalties from resource projects in general? Mr B.J. Grylls : The state government currently gets a $2.5 billion royalty flow. Why don’t you quarantine some of that for regional infrastructure? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not see the logic. The question is whether regional Western Australia gets sufficient return for the amount of wealth that is generated from those regions. For example, the Barrow Island - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr B.J. Grylls : The state government currently gets a $2.5 billion royalty flow. Why don’t you quarantine some of that for regional infrastructure? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not see the logic. The question is whether regional Western Australia gets sufficient return for the amount of wealth that is generated from those regions. For example, the Barrow Island - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not see the logic. The question is whether regional Western Australia gets sufficient return for the amount of wealth that is generated from those regions. For example, the Barrow Island - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I am not sure that I quite followed the Leader of the National Party’s line of logic. We are talking about Gorgon and Pluto royalties. Is he talking about royalties from resource projects in general? Mr B.J. Grylls : The state government currently gets a $2.5 billion royalty flow. Why don’t you quarantine some of that for regional infrastructure? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not see the logic. The question is whether regional Western Australia gets sufficient return for the amount of wealth that is generated from those regions. For example, the Barrow Island - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
I am not sure that I quite followed the Leader of the National Party’s line of logic. We are talking about Gorgon and Pluto royalties. Is he talking about royalties from resource projects in general? Mr B.J. Grylls : The state government currently gets a $2.5 billion royalty flow. Why don’t you quarantine some of that for regional infrastructure? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not see the logic. The question is whether regional Western Australia gets sufficient return for the amount of wealth that is generated from those regions. For example, the Barrow Island - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr B.J. Grylls : The state government currently gets a $2.5 billion royalty flow. Why don’t you quarantine some of that for regional infrastructure? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not see the logic. The question is whether regional Western Australia gets sufficient return for the amount of wealth that is generated from those regions. For example, the Barrow Island - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not see the logic. The question is whether regional Western Australia gets sufficient return for the amount of wealth that is generated from those regions. For example, the Barrow Island - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
The SPEAKER : I call the members for Roe and Murray to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Barrow Island is a vastly different concept to the state of Western Australia. If we take the Leader of the National Party’s logic to its natural extreme we will spend the entire proceeds of the royalties that flow from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island. That would be a rather foolish over-expenditure. Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr T.K. Waldron interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It is, exactly; that is how simplistic it is. We need to ensure that the state government gets a fair share of the royalties that flow from projects in this state that are of national significance, and there has never been recognition from the current federal government that we should, and there is recognition from the alternative government. The Leader of the National Party just acknowledged that in his question and that is good. He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He acknowledged that the federal Labor alternative government has recognised that there is a strong case for royalty flows into Western Australia from these projects. I agree with the Leader of the National Party; that is one of the reasons we will support Kevin Rudd, and I am glad the Leader of the National Party will also. He will have to concede that the alternative provides us with nothing - does it? Of course, within the state jurisdiction there is always the challenge of providing sufficient resources for infrastructure in regional WA, and, as we have debated many times in this Parliament before, there has never been a state government that has done more for regional Western Australia than the one that is in power now. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is the member for Avon still a member of the National Party? That was the party that, when in government, saw the complete and utter destruction of the grain freight rail network, as far as the state goes. It saw the deterioration of the Western Power network in his own electorate. He stood around and said nothing while the Western Power network in his electorate deteriorated to the point at which the poles were catching fire and destroying farms. An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
An opposition member interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Massive backlog! There was a massive backlog of infrastructure spend required in Western Australia. At last we have a government that is stepping up to the plate.
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