❓ Mr Catania asks about the government's proactive work preparing for increased economic activity in the Pilbara. Mr Day responds by highlighting the government's efforts to increase residential land availability and improve planning processes, contrasting them with the previous government's record.
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PILBARA — ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Despite misleading comments made in media reports that the state government is not prepared for an economic revival in the Pilbara, what can the minister tell this house about the proactive work this government is doing to prepare for the expected increase in economic activity in the region? Mr J.H.D. DAY
Despite misleading comments made in media reports that the state government is not prepared for an economic revival in the Pilbara, what can the minister tell this house about the proactive work this government is doing to prepare for the expected increase in economic activity in the region? Mr J.H.D. DAY
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I thank the member for North West for the question. It is obviously of significant interest to him and to other members in the north west part of the state, as it is to the government and the Parliament as a whole. It is inevitable that there will be substantial growth pressures in the Pilbara as a result of what we clearly expect to be a sustained period of economic and industrial growth in the Pilbara in particular. In contrast to the record of the previous government, this government is ensuring that it is doing everything humanly possible to stay ahead of the game in providing sufficient land for development, particularly residential development, over the next few years. In 2006 there was a substantial growth in demand for housing in the Pilbara region but a significant undersupply. That led to housing becoming completely unaffordable for most people, if they could access any housing at all in many parts of the Pilbara. The previous government was very good at making big announcements and producing spin-doctored documents, but less good at following through. I will provide the house with some precise information about the present situation. In the past financial year, conditional approval was given to 968 residential lots in the Pilbara. As at June of this year, 1 635 residential lots had conditional subdivision approval in the Pilbara region. I am not suggesting that all the issues have been dealt with—indeed, they will be ongoing—but we are in a better situation than in 2006-07, when 873 lots had conditional approval and 1 036 had current conditional subdivision approval. There has been a substantial increase in the number of lots available for development. Obviously, it is up to the land development industry to get on and do the physical construction work that is necessary. To give an indication of the general direction that this government has been taking, over the 12 months that the government has been in office, I have made about 500 planning decisions across the state. In some cases these are of major significance while in others the impact is much smaller, but that is at least double the rate of the decision-making process under the previous government. To give some more precise information about what is happening in the Pilbara at the moment, the Department of Planning — Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: I thank the member for North West for the question. It is obviously of significant interest to him and to other members in the north west part of the state, as it is to the government and the Parliament as a whole. It is inevitable that there will be substantial growth pressures in the Pilbara as a result of what we clearly expect to be a sustained period of economic and industrial growth in the Pilbara in particular. In contrast to the record of the previous government, this government is ensuring that it is doing everything humanly possible to stay ahead of the game in providing sufficient land for development, particularly residential development, over the next few years. In 2006 there was a substantial growth in demand for housing in the Pilbara region but a significant undersupply. That led to housing becoming completely unaffordable for most people, if they could access any housing at all in many parts of the Pilbara. The previous government was very good at making big announcements and producing spin-doctored documents, but less good at following through. I will provide the house with some precise information about the present situation. In the past financial year, conditional approval was given to 968 residential lots in the Pilbara. As at June of this year, 1 635 residential lots had conditional subdivision approval in the Pilbara region. I am not suggesting that all the issues have been dealt with—indeed, they will be ongoing—but we are in a better situation than in 2006-07, when 873 lots had conditional approval and 1 036 had current conditional subdivision approval. There has been a substantial increase in the number of lots available for development. Obviously, it is up to the land development industry to get on and do the physical construction work that is necessary. To give an indication of the general direction that this government has been taking, over the 12 months that the government has been in office, I have made about 500 planning decisions across the state. In some cases these are of major significance while in others the impact is much smaller, but that is at least double the rate of the decision-making process under the previous government. To give some more precise information about what is happening in the Pilbara at the moment, the Department of Planning — Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
I thank the member for North West for the question. It is obviously of significant interest to him and to other members in the north west part of the state, as it is to the government and the Parliament as a whole. It is inevitable that there will be substantial growth pressures in the Pilbara as a result of what we clearly expect to be a sustained period of economic and industrial growth in the Pilbara in particular. In contrast to the record of the previous government, this government is ensuring that it is doing everything humanly possible to stay ahead of the game in providing sufficient land for development, particularly residential development, over the next few years. In 2006 there was a substantial growth in demand for housing in the Pilbara region but a significant undersupply. That led to housing becoming completely unaffordable for most people, if they could access any housing at all in many parts of the Pilbara. The previous government was very good at making big announcements and producing spin-doctored documents, but less good at following through. I will provide the house with some precise information about the present situation. In the past financial year, conditional approval was given to 968 residential lots in the Pilbara. As at June of this year, 1 635 residential lots had conditional subdivision approval in the Pilbara region. I am not suggesting that all the issues have been dealt with—indeed, they will be ongoing—but we are in a better situation than in 2006-07, when 873 lots had conditional approval and 1 036 had current conditional subdivision approval. There has been a substantial increase in the number of lots available for development. Obviously, it is up to the land development industry to get on and do the physical construction work that is necessary. To give an indication of the general direction that this government has been taking, over the 12 months that the government has been in office, I have made about 500 planning decisions across the state. In some cases these are of major significance while in others the impact is much smaller, but that is at least double the rate of the decision-making process under the previous government. To give some more precise information about what is happening in the Pilbara at the moment, the Department of Planning — Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
In contrast to the record of the previous government, this government is ensuring that it is doing everything humanly possible to stay ahead of the game in providing sufficient land for development, particularly residential development, over the next few years. In 2006 there was a substantial growth in demand for housing in the Pilbara region but a significant undersupply. That led to housing becoming completely unaffordable for most people, if they could access any housing at all in many parts of the Pilbara. The previous government was very good at making big announcements and producing spin-doctored documents, but less good at following through. I will provide the house with some precise information about the present situation. In the past financial year, conditional approval was given to 968 residential lots in the Pilbara. As at June of this year, 1 635 residential lots had conditional subdivision approval in the Pilbara region. I am not suggesting that all the issues have been dealt with—indeed, they will be ongoing—but we are in a better situation than in 2006-07, when 873 lots had conditional approval and 1 036 had current conditional subdivision approval. There has been a substantial increase in the number of lots available for development. Obviously, it is up to the land development industry to get on and do the physical construction work that is necessary. To give an indication of the general direction that this government has been taking, over the 12 months that the government has been in office, I have made about 500 planning decisions across the state. In some cases these are of major significance while in others the impact is much smaller, but that is at least double the rate of the decision-making process under the previous government. To give some more precise information about what is happening in the Pilbara at the moment, the Department of Planning — Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
I will provide the house with some precise information about the present situation. In the past financial year, conditional approval was given to 968 residential lots in the Pilbara. As at June of this year, 1 635 residential lots had conditional subdivision approval in the Pilbara region. I am not suggesting that all the issues have been dealt with—indeed, they will be ongoing—but we are in a better situation than in 2006-07, when 873 lots had conditional approval and 1 036 had current conditional subdivision approval. There has been a substantial increase in the number of lots available for development. Obviously, it is up to the land development industry to get on and do the physical construction work that is necessary. To give an indication of the general direction that this government has been taking, over the 12 months that the government has been in office, I have made about 500 planning decisions across the state. In some cases these are of major significance while in others the impact is much smaller, but that is at least double the rate of the decision-making process under the previous government. To give some more precise information about what is happening in the Pilbara at the moment, the Department of Planning — Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
To give an indication of the general direction that this government has been taking, over the 12 months that the government has been in office, I have made about 500 planning decisions across the state. In some cases these are of major significance while in others the impact is much smaller, but that is at least double the rate of the decision-making process under the previous government. To give some more precise information about what is happening in the Pilbara at the moment, the Department of Planning — Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
[See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: I thank the member for North West for the question. It is obviously of significant interest to him and to other members in the north west part of the state, as it is to the government and the Parliament as a whole. It is inevitable that there will be substantial growth pressures in the Pilbara as a result of what we clearly expect to be a sustained period of economic and industrial growth in the Pilbara in particular. In contrast to the record of the previous government, this government is ensuring that it is doing everything humanly possible to stay ahead of the game in providing sufficient land for development, particularly residential development, over the next few years. In 2006 there was a substantial growth in demand for housing in the Pilbara region but a significant undersupply. That led to housing becoming completely unaffordable for most people, if they could access any housing at all in many parts of the Pilbara. The previous government was very good at making big announcements and producing spin-doctored documents, but less good at following through. I will provide the house with some precise information about the present situation. In the past financial year, conditional approval was given to 968 residential lots in the Pilbara. As at June of this year, 1 635 residential lots had conditional subdivision approval in the Pilbara region. I am not suggesting that all the issues have been dealt with—indeed, they will be ongoing—but we are in a better situation than in 2006-07, when 873 lots had conditional approval and 1 036 had current conditional subdivision approval. There has been a substantial increase in the number of lots available for development. Obviously, it is up to the land development industry to get on and do the physical construction work that is necessary. To give an indication of the general direction that this government has been taking, over the 12 months that the government has been in office, I have made about 500 planning decisions across the state. In some cases these are of major significance while in others the impact is much smaller, but that is at least double the rate of the decision-making process under the previous government. To give some more precise information about what is happening in the Pilbara at the moment, the Department of Planning — Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
I thank the member for North West for the question. It is obviously of significant interest to him and to other members in the north west part of the state, as it is to the government and the Parliament as a whole. It is inevitable that there will be substantial growth pressures in the Pilbara as a result of what we clearly expect to be a sustained period of economic and industrial growth in the Pilbara in particular. In contrast to the record of the previous government, this government is ensuring that it is doing everything humanly possible to stay ahead of the game in providing sufficient land for development, particularly residential development, over the next few years. In 2006 there was a substantial growth in demand for housing in the Pilbara region but a significant undersupply. That led to housing becoming completely unaffordable for most people, if they could access any housing at all in many parts of the Pilbara. The previous government was very good at making big announcements and producing spin-doctored documents, but less good at following through. I will provide the house with some precise information about the present situation. In the past financial year, conditional approval was given to 968 residential lots in the Pilbara. As at June of this year, 1 635 residential lots had conditional subdivision approval in the Pilbara region. I am not suggesting that all the issues have been dealt with—indeed, they will be ongoing—but we are in a better situation than in 2006-07, when 873 lots had conditional approval and 1 036 had current conditional subdivision approval. There has been a substantial increase in the number of lots available for development. Obviously, it is up to the land development industry to get on and do the physical construction work that is necessary. To give an indication of the general direction that this government has been taking, over the 12 months that the government has been in office, I have made about 500 planning decisions across the state. In some cases these are of major significance while in others the impact is much smaller, but that is at least double the rate of the decision-making process under the previous government. To give some more precise information about what is happening in the Pilbara at the moment, the Department of Planning — Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
In contrast to the record of the previous government, this government is ensuring that it is doing everything humanly possible to stay ahead of the game in providing sufficient land for development, particularly residential development, over the next few years. In 2006 there was a substantial growth in demand for housing in the Pilbara region but a significant undersupply. That led to housing becoming completely unaffordable for most people, if they could access any housing at all in many parts of the Pilbara. The previous government was very good at making big announcements and producing spin-doctored documents, but less good at following through. I will provide the house with some precise information about the present situation. In the past financial year, conditional approval was given to 968 residential lots in the Pilbara. As at June of this year, 1 635 residential lots had conditional subdivision approval in the Pilbara region. I am not suggesting that all the issues have been dealt with—indeed, they will be ongoing—but we are in a better situation than in 2006-07, when 873 lots had conditional approval and 1 036 had current conditional subdivision approval. There has been a substantial increase in the number of lots available for development. Obviously, it is up to the land development industry to get on and do the physical construction work that is necessary. To give an indication of the general direction that this government has been taking, over the 12 months that the government has been in office, I have made about 500 planning decisions across the state. In some cases these are of major significance while in others the impact is much smaller, but that is at least double the rate of the decision-making process under the previous government. To give some more precise information about what is happening in the Pilbara at the moment, the Department of Planning — Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
I will provide the house with some precise information about the present situation. In the past financial year, conditional approval was given to 968 residential lots in the Pilbara. As at June of this year, 1 635 residential lots had conditional subdivision approval in the Pilbara region. I am not suggesting that all the issues have been dealt with—indeed, they will be ongoing—but we are in a better situation than in 2006-07, when 873 lots had conditional approval and 1 036 had current conditional subdivision approval. There has been a substantial increase in the number of lots available for development. Obviously, it is up to the land development industry to get on and do the physical construction work that is necessary. To give an indication of the general direction that this government has been taking, over the 12 months that the government has been in office, I have made about 500 planning decisions across the state. In some cases these are of major significance while in others the impact is much smaller, but that is at least double the rate of the decision-making process under the previous government. To give some more precise information about what is happening in the Pilbara at the moment, the Department of Planning — Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
To give an indication of the general direction that this government has been taking, over the 12 months that the government has been in office, I have made about 500 planning decisions across the state. In some cases these are of major significance while in others the impact is much smaller, but that is at least double the rate of the decision-making process under the previous government. To give some more precise information about what is happening in the Pilbara at the moment, the Department of Planning — Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr M. McGowan : Are you going to be at the Alannah MacTiernan highway opening? Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : We are talking about the Pilbara. The member should learn a bit of geography about Western Australia. The Forrest Highway opening is down that way, and the Pilbara is up that way. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Order! Take a seat, minister. Many members in this place may feel that they have a better answer to some of the questions that have been asked. The only person I want to hear from at the moment is the minister. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing information about what is being done about planning and the provision of housing lots in the Pilbara. The Department of Planning is playing a major role, for example, in assisting the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a local planning strategy. A Karratha town site strategy is under preparation in conjunction with the Shire of Roebourne and LandCorp, which will lay the foundations for a town of 50 000 or more people. Work is being done on the development of Port Hedland. The Port Hedland land use master plan, for example, was approved by the Town of Port Hedland and endorsed by the Planning Commission in September of last year. That provides strategic guidance for the growth of Port Hedland over the next 20 to 25 years. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am providing positive information about what is happening on planning and land development in the Pilbara and the opposition does not like it, for some reason. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Minister, I hope you are going to conclude your remarks fairly shortly. While I am on my feet, I call the member for Armadale formally for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am coming to a conclusion. To provide some more specific information about the work being undertaken by LandCorp, which is overseen by the Minister for Regional Development, for example, in Karratha 230 lots have been released in the town site over this year. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : All were contracted while we were in government. Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : I am talking about 2009. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale — Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr T.G. Stephens : She has been provoked. The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Many of us in here are often provoked, member for Pilbara, and I warn the member for Armadale to desist from further injection. I ask for some desistance just for the moment, if desistance is a word. I will take advice on that! Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : In South Hedland, a revitalisation program is underway, funded by the royalties for regions program, and that will see up to 600 new homes brought to the market once it is completed, with the initial sites being released over the next 12 months or so. In Onslow, 30 lots are being considered for release in the next 12 months or so, and work is also underway in Newman to provide additional housing. I have given only a few examples of the sort of work that is being undertaken by this government to ensure that we stay ahead of the game in relation to the major growth that is expected in the Pilbara. Point of Order Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The minister was quoting figures from an official document, and I ask that that document be tabled. The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Minister, if that is in fact an official document, I request that you table it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : Members, we have a relevant point of order in front of us, and that is all I want to hear about. Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr J.H.D. DAY : It is not really an official document; it is information prepared for a media response, and information provided by LandCorp. I am very happy to table this document because it will be of assistance in providing additional information to the opposition. Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
Mr T.G. STEPHENS : The minister was holding a document that had a clip around it, and he has separated the back page of that document. The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
The SPEAKER : I gave the call to the member for Willagee, and I have determined that it was a very relevant point of order. I heard the minister say that he is quite happy to table those documents that are relevant. I ask minister to do that, and then I will take the next question. [See paper 1279.]
[See paper 1279.]
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