❓ Opposition questions the Premier's commitment to transparency, citing failures to release financial details for key projects. The Premier defends the government's record and cites commercial sensitivities.
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY — TABLING OF DOCUMENTS
I refer to the Premier’s 2008 election promise to respect fair, open and accountable government. I note that on many occasions the government has failed to abide by this promise, including failing to release the state development agreement for Oakajee, failing to release the financial analysis underlying the Karratha desalination plant and failing to provide financial details relating to the Muja A and B power plant refurbishments. Given that the Auditor General has already reprimanded the Minister for Transport for failing to provide documents to Parliament — (1) When will the Premier stop breaking this election promise and stop supporting secret and sneaky government practices? (2) Will the Premier table the Oakajee state agreement today and the financial analysis into the Karratha desalination plant, and provide all the financial details, including the names of the financiers, relating to the refurbishment of the Muja A and B power stations? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I refer to the Premier’s 2008 election promise to respect fair, open and accountable government. I note that on many occasions the government has failed to abide by this promise, including failing to release the state development agreement for Oakajee, failing to release the financial analysis underlying the Karratha desalination plant and failing to provide financial details relating to the Muja A and B power plant refurbishments. Given that the Auditor General has already reprimanded the Minister for Transport for failing to provide documents to Parliament — (1) When will the Premier stop breaking this election promise and stop supporting secret and sneaky government practices? (2) Will the Premier table the Oakajee state agreement today and the financial analysis into the Karratha desalination plant, and provide all the financial details, including the names of the financiers, relating to the refurbishment of the Muja A and B power stations? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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Well done to Peter Siddle on taking a hat-trick. That is excellent. He is an Australian who is doing some good. (1)–(2) This government does stand for honesty and integrity in government. We do. I guess the public will judge us on our record on that. The Oakajee state development agreement is a matter that we are currently debating. It has confidentiality provisions within it. Oakajee Port and Rail is trying to negotiate contracts with iron ore mines and customers and for the procurement of supply and equipment. It is not in the interests of either Oakajee Port and Rail or the project to divulge the details of the state development agreement. If all goes well and the Oakajee project proceeds, which I hope it does, I anticipate that there will be a formal state agreement covering the Oakajee port, rail — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
(1) When will the Premier stop breaking this election promise and stop supporting secret and sneaky government practices? (2) Will the Premier table the Oakajee state agreement today and the financial analysis into the Karratha desalination plant, and provide all the financial details, including the names of the financiers, relating to the refurbishment of the Muja A and B power stations? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Well done to Peter Siddle on taking a hat-trick. That is excellent. He is an Australian who is doing some good. (1)–(2) This government does stand for honesty and integrity in government. We do. I guess the public will judge us on our record on that. The Oakajee state development agreement is a matter that we are currently debating. It has confidentiality provisions within it. Oakajee Port and Rail is trying to negotiate contracts with iron ore mines and customers and for the procurement of supply and equipment. It is not in the interests of either Oakajee Port and Rail or the project to divulge the details of the state development agreement. If all goes well and the Oakajee project proceeds, which I hope it does, I anticipate that there will be a formal state agreement covering the Oakajee port, rail — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
(2) Will the Premier table the Oakajee state agreement today and the financial analysis into the Karratha desalination plant, and provide all the financial details, including the names of the financiers, relating to the refurbishment of the Muja A and B power stations? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Well done to Peter Siddle on taking a hat-trick. That is excellent. He is an Australian who is doing some good. (1)–(2) This government does stand for honesty and integrity in government. We do. I guess the public will judge us on our record on that. The Oakajee state development agreement is a matter that we are currently debating. It has confidentiality provisions within it. Oakajee Port and Rail is trying to negotiate contracts with iron ore mines and customers and for the procurement of supply and equipment. It is not in the interests of either Oakajee Port and Rail or the project to divulge the details of the state development agreement. If all goes well and the Oakajee project proceeds, which I hope it does, I anticipate that there will be a formal state agreement covering the Oakajee port, rail — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Well done to Peter Siddle on taking a hat-trick. That is excellent. He is an Australian who is doing some good. (1)–(2) This government does stand for honesty and integrity in government. We do. I guess the public will judge us on our record on that. The Oakajee state development agreement is a matter that we are currently debating. It has confidentiality provisions within it. Oakajee Port and Rail is trying to negotiate contracts with iron ore mines and customers and for the procurement of supply and equipment. It is not in the interests of either Oakajee Port and Rail or the project to divulge the details of the state development agreement. If all goes well and the Oakajee project proceeds, which I hope it does, I anticipate that there will be a formal state agreement covering the Oakajee port, rail — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Well done to Peter Siddle on taking a hat-trick. That is excellent. He is an Australian who is doing some good. (1)–(2) This government does stand for honesty and integrity in government. We do. I guess the public will judge us on our record on that. The Oakajee state development agreement is a matter that we are currently debating. It has confidentiality provisions within it. Oakajee Port and Rail is trying to negotiate contracts with iron ore mines and customers and for the procurement of supply and equipment. It is not in the interests of either Oakajee Port and Rail or the project to divulge the details of the state development agreement. If all goes well and the Oakajee project proceeds, which I hope it does, I anticipate that there will be a formal state agreement covering the Oakajee port, rail — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
(1)–(2) This government does stand for honesty and integrity in government. We do. I guess the public will judge us on our record on that. The Oakajee state development agreement is a matter that we are currently debating. It has confidentiality provisions within it. Oakajee Port and Rail is trying to negotiate contracts with iron ore mines and customers and for the procurement of supply and equipment. It is not in the interests of either Oakajee Port and Rail or the project to divulge the details of the state development agreement. If all goes well and the Oakajee project proceeds, which I hope it does, I anticipate that there will be a formal state agreement covering the Oakajee port, rail — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
(1) When will the Premier stop breaking this election promise and stop supporting secret and sneaky government practices? (2) Will the Premier table the Oakajee state agreement today and the financial analysis into the Karratha desalination plant, and provide all the financial details, including the names of the financiers, relating to the refurbishment of the Muja A and B power stations? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Well done to Peter Siddle on taking a hat-trick. That is excellent. He is an Australian who is doing some good. (1)–(2) This government does stand for honesty and integrity in government. We do. I guess the public will judge us on our record on that. The Oakajee state development agreement is a matter that we are currently debating. It has confidentiality provisions within it. Oakajee Port and Rail is trying to negotiate contracts with iron ore mines and customers and for the procurement of supply and equipment. It is not in the interests of either Oakajee Port and Rail or the project to divulge the details of the state development agreement. If all goes well and the Oakajee project proceeds, which I hope it does, I anticipate that there will be a formal state agreement covering the Oakajee port, rail — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
(2) Will the Premier table the Oakajee state agreement today and the financial analysis into the Karratha desalination plant, and provide all the financial details, including the names of the financiers, relating to the refurbishment of the Muja A and B power stations? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Well done to Peter Siddle on taking a hat-trick. That is excellent. He is an Australian who is doing some good. (1)–(2) This government does stand for honesty and integrity in government. We do. I guess the public will judge us on our record on that. The Oakajee state development agreement is a matter that we are currently debating. It has confidentiality provisions within it. Oakajee Port and Rail is trying to negotiate contracts with iron ore mines and customers and for the procurement of supply and equipment. It is not in the interests of either Oakajee Port and Rail or the project to divulge the details of the state development agreement. If all goes well and the Oakajee project proceeds, which I hope it does, I anticipate that there will be a formal state agreement covering the Oakajee port, rail — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Well done to Peter Siddle on taking a hat-trick. That is excellent. He is an Australian who is doing some good. (1)–(2) This government does stand for honesty and integrity in government. We do. I guess the public will judge us on our record on that. The Oakajee state development agreement is a matter that we are currently debating. It has confidentiality provisions within it. Oakajee Port and Rail is trying to negotiate contracts with iron ore mines and customers and for the procurement of supply and equipment. It is not in the interests of either Oakajee Port and Rail or the project to divulge the details of the state development agreement. If all goes well and the Oakajee project proceeds, which I hope it does, I anticipate that there will be a formal state agreement covering the Oakajee port, rail — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Well done to Peter Siddle on taking a hat-trick. That is excellent. He is an Australian who is doing some good. (1)–(2) This government does stand for honesty and integrity in government. We do. I guess the public will judge us on our record on that. The Oakajee state development agreement is a matter that we are currently debating. It has confidentiality provisions within it. Oakajee Port and Rail is trying to negotiate contracts with iron ore mines and customers and for the procurement of supply and equipment. It is not in the interests of either Oakajee Port and Rail or the project to divulge the details of the state development agreement. If all goes well and the Oakajee project proceeds, which I hope it does, I anticipate that there will be a formal state agreement covering the Oakajee port, rail — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
(1)–(2) This government does stand for honesty and integrity in government. We do. I guess the public will judge us on our record on that. The Oakajee state development agreement is a matter that we are currently debating. It has confidentiality provisions within it. Oakajee Port and Rail is trying to negotiate contracts with iron ore mines and customers and for the procurement of supply and equipment. It is not in the interests of either Oakajee Port and Rail or the project to divulge the details of the state development agreement. If all goes well and the Oakajee project proceeds, which I hope it does, I anticipate that there will be a formal state agreement covering the Oakajee port, rail — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $680 million of public money and you will not table the agreement. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will repeat what I said because the Leader of the Opposition does not seem to grasp it. If all goes well and the project gets to the stage of progressing, which I hope it does, and I have confidence that it will, I anticipate coming into Parliament with a state agreement act covering the rail infrastructure, the port development and the creation of the industrial estate. That will come before Parliament. That will be the parliamentary process. The project is not yet at the stage of introducing a state agreement into Parliament. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the state development agreement then? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : No? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I may well at that stage. Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr T.G. Stephens : You have give given us 1 000 pages this week and just one day to look at them. Is that what you will do with Oakajee? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : That bill has been in the Parliament for a week. That is seven days by my counting. Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr T.G. Stephens : What about the Fortescue one? Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is the wrong bill. I hope the Labor Party supports the expansion of the Fortescue project, just as it supported the expansion of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the money that provided to the state. The Karratha desalination plant — Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Which is a purely public project; there can’t be any commercial implications there. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a public project that will be handled by the Water Corporation. Yesterday during a debate on this issue I said that although that project involves relatively modest amounts of water in a sense, it will provide water security for the Pilbara. Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr F.M. Logan : It is very expensive water. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is notionally expensive but it is doubtful whether it will cost the amount that has been quoted. Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : If we had the analysis, we could see that. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Cabinet made a decision to proceed with building a desalination plant to give Karratha a secure water supply. It is now up to the Minister for Water Resources and the Water Corporation to initiate the process to go to tender and the like. That is yet to start but it is about to get underway. Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr F.M. Logan : It is an expression of interest process. We want to compare one with the other. Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : When the opposition gets back into government, it can do the job of governing. The opposition is over there and this government will do the job of governing as an executive government. As we make decisions and contracts are awarded, we will bring them to the public in an accountable way. Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : What about Muja A and B? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do not have the details for Muja A and B and so I will not comment on that. Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr E.S. Ripper : There is a financial arrangement but you won’t provide the details. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait and see whether that project even goes ahead.
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