❓ Mr Love asks about contingency plans for regional fuel access if major customers deplete contracted amounts and the spot market is dry. The Premier responds by referencing the COVID-19 pandemic response and emphasising collaboration and unity.
AnsweredQoN 130Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Fuel supply—Regions
130. Mr Shane Love to
the Premier:
I have a
supplementary question.
If those major
customers continue to suck up all those contracted amounts and there is no
meaningful amount of fuel on the spot market, what contingency plans will the
Premier introduce to ensure that regional Western Australians have access to
fuel?
130. Mr Shane Love to
the Premier:
I have a
supplementary question.
If those major
customers continue to suck up all those contracted amounts and there is no
meaningful amount of fuel on the spot market, what contingency plans will the
Premier introduce to ensure that regional Western Australians have access to
fuel?
AnswerView source ↗
We will do what we
did last time we had an international incident that impacted Western Australia
in a profound manner. The COVID-19 pandemic was a shock to the system in
relation to medical supply chains and economic activity. What we did then was
to work together with a unity of purpose to make sure that, as a community, the
Western Australian community and economy would get through the challenges.
The fuel security round
table yesterday, which I attended with the Deputy Premier; Minister for
Transport and the Minister for Energy and Decarbonisation, was a good
opportunity to start bringing people together to be part of a united community
effort to resolve the challenges that we face. Mr Speaker, we will make sure
that we get through this together and united by doing that unique Western
Australian thing of collaborating and working together as a community that
understands our experiences are unique. In this situation, they are unique as
well. We have a vast state that is highly dependent upon fuel supplies and the
logistics that connect our communities. For instance, our fly-in fly-out
industry, which underpins the mining industry, which underpins the national
economy, will need supplies to make sure that we can keep our mines working
during this time of challenges. Our farming industry, which is important to
making sure we have food on the table in the evening when we go home at night,
relies upon fuel supplies to make sure it can keep the machinery going.
Mr Shane Love interjected.
The Speaker: Leader of the Nationals!
Mr Roger Cook: Of course, Mr Speaker, we heard
yesterday that over the next three weeks our farmers will need to be in a
position to start seeding for the coming winter.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Mr Roger Cook: That is why it is important that we
work together to make sure we come up with solutions together to make sure we
can get through this together.
did last time we had an international incident that impacted Western Australia
in a profound manner. The COVID-19 pandemic was a shock to the system in
relation to medical supply chains and economic activity. What we did then was
to work together with a unity of purpose to make sure that, as a community, the
Western Australian community and economy would get through the challenges.
The fuel security round
table yesterday, which I attended with the Deputy Premier; Minister for
Transport and the Minister for Energy and Decarbonisation, was a good
opportunity to start bringing people together to be part of a united community
effort to resolve the challenges that we face. Mr Speaker, we will make sure
that we get through this together and united by doing that unique Western
Australian thing of collaborating and working together as a community that
understands our experiences are unique. In this situation, they are unique as
well. We have a vast state that is highly dependent upon fuel supplies and the
logistics that connect our communities. For instance, our fly-in fly-out
industry, which underpins the mining industry, which underpins the national
economy, will need supplies to make sure that we can keep our mines working
during this time of challenges. Our farming industry, which is important to
making sure we have food on the table in the evening when we go home at night,
relies upon fuel supplies to make sure it can keep the machinery going.
Mr Shane Love interjected.
The Speaker: Leader of the Nationals!
Mr Roger Cook: Of course, Mr Speaker, we heard
yesterday that over the next three weeks our farmers will need to be in a
position to start seeding for the coming winter.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Mr Roger Cook: That is why it is important that we
work together to make sure we come up with solutions together to make sure we
can get through this together.
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