❓ The Premier addresses the economic benefits of the Wheatstone LNG project for WA, particularly Onslow, while contrasting it with the federal government's handling of live animal exports and highlighting local content improvements compared to the Gorgon project.
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wheatstone liquefied natural gas project
I refer to today’s announcement that the Environmental Protection Authority has conditionally approved Chevron Corporation’s Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project in the Pilbara. Will the minister outline to the house how this project will contribute to the unprecedented investment cycle underway in the state’s resources industry and how it will benefit the wider Western Australian community and, more specifically, the community of Onslow in my electorate? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I refer to today’s announcement that the Environmental Protection Authority has conditionally approved Chevron Corporation’s Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project in the Pilbara. Will the minister outline to the house how this project will contribute to the unprecedented investment cycle underway in the state’s resources industry and how it will benefit the wider Western Australian community and, more specifically, the community of Onslow in my electorate? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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I thank the member for North West for the question. This is indeed great news for Onslow and the Pilbara. This announcement comes at a time when so much of the North West of the state is in a state of shock because of Labor’s approach from Canberra on live animal exports. Thank goodness we have a Minister for Agriculture and Food who is prepared to get off his seat and go to Indonesia and do what the Australian government fails to do. What has happened in the cattle industry has probably put back Australian–Indonesian relations 20 years. At least someone in Australia is willing to get up there and restore the relationship. Good on him! Good luck, minister! Getting back to Wheatstone, it is good news that the Environmental Protection Authority has given environmental approval, with a lot of quite appropriate and strict conditions, for the Wheatstone project headed by Chevron. There are number of aspects to do with this project, of which environmental approval is one. The others are work on infrastructure for Onslow and for the site, and benefits for both Aboriginal people and the township of Onslow. I look forward to concluding those negotiations, with the member for North West and the Minister for Regional Development. This project is a great outcome for Onslow. It is a big project—8.9 million tonnes of LNG, going to 25 million tonnes of LNG, which makes the project larger than Gorgon. The project is a $20 billion investment that, significantly, establishes Ashburton north as a new industry site in the Pilbara that is well separated from the town of Onslow and properly designed as a multi-user site. The site will be owned by the Western Australia government and Chevron and others will lease land and be able to develop their project. This is a good development project with high environmental standards; it is well-planned, thought out in advance and separated from towns. Mr F.M. Logan : How does it rate the local content, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the member for North West for the question. This is indeed great news for Onslow and the Pilbara. This announcement comes at a time when so much of the North West of the state is in a state of shock because of Labor’s approach from Canberra on live animal exports. Thank goodness we have a Minister for Agriculture and Food who is prepared to get off his seat and go to Indonesia and do what the Australian government fails to do. What has happened in the cattle industry has probably put back Australian–Indonesian relations 20 years. At least someone in Australia is willing to get up there and restore the relationship. Good on him! Good luck, minister! Getting back to Wheatstone, it is good news that the Environmental Protection Authority has given environmental approval, with a lot of quite appropriate and strict conditions, for the Wheatstone project headed by Chevron. There are number of aspects to do with this project, of which environmental approval is one. The others are work on infrastructure for Onslow and for the site, and benefits for both Aboriginal people and the township of Onslow. I look forward to concluding those negotiations, with the member for North West and the Minister for Regional Development. This project is a great outcome for Onslow. It is a big project—8.9 million tonnes of LNG, going to 25 million tonnes of LNG, which makes the project larger than Gorgon. The project is a $20 billion investment that, significantly, establishes Ashburton north as a new industry site in the Pilbara that is well separated from the town of Onslow and properly designed as a multi-user site. The site will be owned by the Western Australia government and Chevron and others will lease land and be able to develop their project. This is a good development project with high environmental standards; it is well-planned, thought out in advance and separated from towns. Mr F.M. Logan : How does it rate the local content, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
I thank the member for North West for the question. This is indeed great news for Onslow and the Pilbara. This announcement comes at a time when so much of the North West of the state is in a state of shock because of Labor’s approach from Canberra on live animal exports. Thank goodness we have a Minister for Agriculture and Food who is prepared to get off his seat and go to Indonesia and do what the Australian government fails to do. What has happened in the cattle industry has probably put back Australian–Indonesian relations 20 years. At least someone in Australia is willing to get up there and restore the relationship. Good on him! Good luck, minister! Getting back to Wheatstone, it is good news that the Environmental Protection Authority has given environmental approval, with a lot of quite appropriate and strict conditions, for the Wheatstone project headed by Chevron. There are number of aspects to do with this project, of which environmental approval is one. The others are work on infrastructure for Onslow and for the site, and benefits for both Aboriginal people and the township of Onslow. I look forward to concluding those negotiations, with the member for North West and the Minister for Regional Development. This project is a great outcome for Onslow. It is a big project—8.9 million tonnes of LNG, going to 25 million tonnes of LNG, which makes the project larger than Gorgon. The project is a $20 billion investment that, significantly, establishes Ashburton north as a new industry site in the Pilbara that is well separated from the town of Onslow and properly designed as a multi-user site. The site will be owned by the Western Australia government and Chevron and others will lease land and be able to develop their project. This is a good development project with high environmental standards; it is well-planned, thought out in advance and separated from towns. Mr F.M. Logan : How does it rate the local content, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
Getting back to Wheatstone, it is good news that the Environmental Protection Authority has given environmental approval, with a lot of quite appropriate and strict conditions, for the Wheatstone project headed by Chevron. There are number of aspects to do with this project, of which environmental approval is one. The others are work on infrastructure for Onslow and for the site, and benefits for both Aboriginal people and the township of Onslow. I look forward to concluding those negotiations, with the member for North West and the Minister for Regional Development. This project is a great outcome for Onslow. It is a big project—8.9 million tonnes of LNG, going to 25 million tonnes of LNG, which makes the project larger than Gorgon. The project is a $20 billion investment that, significantly, establishes Ashburton north as a new industry site in the Pilbara that is well separated from the town of Onslow and properly designed as a multi-user site. The site will be owned by the Western Australia government and Chevron and others will lease land and be able to develop their project. This is a good development project with high environmental standards; it is well-planned, thought out in advance and separated from towns. Mr F.M. Logan : How does it rate the local content, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
This is a good development project with high environmental standards; it is well-planned, thought out in advance and separated from towns. Mr F.M. Logan : How does it rate the local content, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
Mr F.M. Logan : How does it rate the local content, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the member for North West for the question. This is indeed great news for Onslow and the Pilbara. This announcement comes at a time when so much of the North West of the state is in a state of shock because of Labor’s approach from Canberra on live animal exports. Thank goodness we have a Minister for Agriculture and Food who is prepared to get off his seat and go to Indonesia and do what the Australian government fails to do. What has happened in the cattle industry has probably put back Australian–Indonesian relations 20 years. At least someone in Australia is willing to get up there and restore the relationship. Good on him! Good luck, minister! Getting back to Wheatstone, it is good news that the Environmental Protection Authority has given environmental approval, with a lot of quite appropriate and strict conditions, for the Wheatstone project headed by Chevron. There are number of aspects to do with this project, of which environmental approval is one. The others are work on infrastructure for Onslow and for the site, and benefits for both Aboriginal people and the township of Onslow. I look forward to concluding those negotiations, with the member for North West and the Minister for Regional Development. This project is a great outcome for Onslow. It is a big project—8.9 million tonnes of LNG, going to 25 million tonnes of LNG, which makes the project larger than Gorgon. The project is a $20 billion investment that, significantly, establishes Ashburton north as a new industry site in the Pilbara that is well separated from the town of Onslow and properly designed as a multi-user site. The site will be owned by the Western Australia government and Chevron and others will lease land and be able to develop their project. This is a good development project with high environmental standards; it is well-planned, thought out in advance and separated from towns. Mr F.M. Logan : How does it rate the local content, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
I thank the member for North West for the question. This is indeed great news for Onslow and the Pilbara. This announcement comes at a time when so much of the North West of the state is in a state of shock because of Labor’s approach from Canberra on live animal exports. Thank goodness we have a Minister for Agriculture and Food who is prepared to get off his seat and go to Indonesia and do what the Australian government fails to do. What has happened in the cattle industry has probably put back Australian–Indonesian relations 20 years. At least someone in Australia is willing to get up there and restore the relationship. Good on him! Good luck, minister! Getting back to Wheatstone, it is good news that the Environmental Protection Authority has given environmental approval, with a lot of quite appropriate and strict conditions, for the Wheatstone project headed by Chevron. There are number of aspects to do with this project, of which environmental approval is one. The others are work on infrastructure for Onslow and for the site, and benefits for both Aboriginal people and the township of Onslow. I look forward to concluding those negotiations, with the member for North West and the Minister for Regional Development. This project is a great outcome for Onslow. It is a big project—8.9 million tonnes of LNG, going to 25 million tonnes of LNG, which makes the project larger than Gorgon. The project is a $20 billion investment that, significantly, establishes Ashburton north as a new industry site in the Pilbara that is well separated from the town of Onslow and properly designed as a multi-user site. The site will be owned by the Western Australia government and Chevron and others will lease land and be able to develop their project. This is a good development project with high environmental standards; it is well-planned, thought out in advance and separated from towns. Mr F.M. Logan : How does it rate the local content, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
Getting back to Wheatstone, it is good news that the Environmental Protection Authority has given environmental approval, with a lot of quite appropriate and strict conditions, for the Wheatstone project headed by Chevron. There are number of aspects to do with this project, of which environmental approval is one. The others are work on infrastructure for Onslow and for the site, and benefits for both Aboriginal people and the township of Onslow. I look forward to concluding those negotiations, with the member for North West and the Minister for Regional Development. This project is a great outcome for Onslow. It is a big project—8.9 million tonnes of LNG, going to 25 million tonnes of LNG, which makes the project larger than Gorgon. The project is a $20 billion investment that, significantly, establishes Ashburton north as a new industry site in the Pilbara that is well separated from the town of Onslow and properly designed as a multi-user site. The site will be owned by the Western Australia government and Chevron and others will lease land and be able to develop their project. This is a good development project with high environmental standards; it is well-planned, thought out in advance and separated from towns. Mr F.M. Logan : How does it rate the local content, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
This is a good development project with high environmental standards; it is well-planned, thought out in advance and separated from towns. Mr F.M. Logan : How does it rate the local content, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
Mr F.M. Logan : How does it rate the local content, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member for Cockburn will find that we will be far better placed on this than we were on the Gorgon project, bearing in mind that it is on the mainland. In conclusion, this project will bring a further domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market. I stress in closing that the company, Chevron Australia and its partners, has yet to make its final investment decision, although I am optimistic that will be made before the end of this calendar year.
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