❓ Hon. Norman Moore questions the government's response to the Varanus Island gas explosion, focusing on electricity supply, gas allocation, and alternative gas sources. The Minister's response indicates incomplete information and ongoing investigation.
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APACHE ENERGY GAS PLANT EXPLOSION
I have a supplementary question. I refer the minister to the gas supply problem as a result of the gas-pipe explosion on Varanus Island. (1) How much electricity can Verve provide for the south west interconnected system without using gas; and how does that figure compare to the SWIS peak winter demand? (2) Why has the government not offered any contracted Verve gas supply to meet industry needs to prevent job losses and to meet the community need for power and clean hospital laundry? (3) Does the government know where Alinta sources gas for the Paddington gold mine to replace its lost gas supply from Apache? (4) How much extra gas can the North West Shelf venture and other gas suppliers provide on a daily basis for domestic state needs; and how much extra gas is being supplied already to meet the gas shortfall from Varanus Island? Hon KIM CHANCE
I have a supplementary question. I refer the minister to the gas supply problem as a result of the gas-pipe explosion on Varanus Island. (1) How much electricity can Verve provide for the south west interconnected system without using gas; and how does that figure compare to the SWIS peak winter demand? (2) Why has the government not offered any contracted Verve gas supply to meet industry needs to prevent job losses and to meet the community need for power and clean hospital laundry? (3) Does the government know where Alinta sources gas for the Paddington gold mine to replace its lost gas supply from Apache? (4) How much extra gas can the North West Shelf venture and other gas suppliers provide on a daily basis for domestic state needs; and how much extra gas is being supplied already to meet the gas shortfall from Varanus Island? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
(1) How much electricity can Verve provide for the south west interconnected system without using gas; and how does that figure compare to the SWIS peak winter demand? (2) Why has the government not offered any contracted Verve gas supply to meet industry needs to prevent job losses and to meet the community need for power and clean hospital laundry? (3) Does the government know where Alinta sources gas for the Paddington gold mine to replace its lost gas supply from Apache? (4) How much extra gas can the North West Shelf venture and other gas suppliers provide on a daily basis for domestic state needs; and how much extra gas is being supplied already to meet the gas shortfall from Varanus Island? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
(2) Why has the government not offered any contracted Verve gas supply to meet industry needs to prevent job losses and to meet the community need for power and clean hospital laundry? (3) Does the government know where Alinta sources gas for the Paddington gold mine to replace its lost gas supply from Apache? (4) How much extra gas can the North West Shelf venture and other gas suppliers provide on a daily basis for domestic state needs; and how much extra gas is being supplied already to meet the gas shortfall from Varanus Island? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
(3) Does the government know where Alinta sources gas for the Paddington gold mine to replace its lost gas supply from Apache? (4) How much extra gas can the North West Shelf venture and other gas suppliers provide on a daily basis for domestic state needs; and how much extra gas is being supplied already to meet the gas shortfall from Varanus Island? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
(4) How much extra gas can the North West Shelf venture and other gas suppliers provide on a daily basis for domestic state needs; and how much extra gas is being supplied already to meet the gas shortfall from Varanus Island? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
(1) How much electricity can Verve provide for the south west interconnected system without using gas; and how does that figure compare to the SWIS peak winter demand? (2) Why has the government not offered any contracted Verve gas supply to meet industry needs to prevent job losses and to meet the community need for power and clean hospital laundry? (3) Does the government know where Alinta sources gas for the Paddington gold mine to replace its lost gas supply from Apache? (4) How much extra gas can the North West Shelf venture and other gas suppliers provide on a daily basis for domestic state needs; and how much extra gas is being supplied already to meet the gas shortfall from Varanus Island? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
(2) Why has the government not offered any contracted Verve gas supply to meet industry needs to prevent job losses and to meet the community need for power and clean hospital laundry? (3) Does the government know where Alinta sources gas for the Paddington gold mine to replace its lost gas supply from Apache? (4) How much extra gas can the North West Shelf venture and other gas suppliers provide on a daily basis for domestic state needs; and how much extra gas is being supplied already to meet the gas shortfall from Varanus Island? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
(3) Does the government know where Alinta sources gas for the Paddington gold mine to replace its lost gas supply from Apache? (4) How much extra gas can the North West Shelf venture and other gas suppliers provide on a daily basis for domestic state needs; and how much extra gas is being supplied already to meet the gas shortfall from Varanus Island? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
(4) How much extra gas can the North West Shelf venture and other gas suppliers provide on a daily basis for domestic state needs; and how much extra gas is being supplied already to meet the gas shortfall from Varanus Island? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition. Again I advise that in relation to this question I do have an answer but there are issues with the answer that I want to get checked thoroughly. Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
Hon Norman Moore : Does the Minister for Energy know what the answers are? Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
Hon KIM CHANCE : I am sure he does. As everyone is aware, the Minister for Energy is under an enormous amount of pressure. Some of the information raised in the question is in fact publicly available information and I am sure that we can provide that information quite quickly. Other information is not available at this stage. It is going to take a little while to obtain that. I am in discussion with the Minister for Energy so that we can get both questions answered with a reasonable degree of promptness.
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