❓ Minister MacTiernan reports on discussions regarding a proposed golf course in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, highlighting concerns about its financial feasibility and criticising the previous government's handling of the project and the behaviour of the local member, Mr. Birney.
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KALGOORLIE-BOULDER, PROPOSED GOLF COURSE
During the minister’s visit to Kalgoorlie-Boulder for the recent cabinet meeting, she met with local government and golf club representatives to discuss a proposed golf course. Will the minister report on those discussions? Ms MacTIERNAN
During the minister’s visit to Kalgoorlie-Boulder for the recent cabinet meeting, she met with local government and golf club representatives to discuss a proposed golf course. Will the minister report on those discussions? Ms MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for some notice of this question and for the opportunity to tell the Parliament what happened at that meeting, of what we have subsequently advised the council and what the public should know about this project. I can see the member for Kalgoorlie doing the eagle rock in his seat! It has become very evident to me that he might like doing the eagle rock, but he is not crazy about the revolution. In fact he has not even realised that the revolution has occurred and that the Liberals are not in government but that the Labor Party is in government. I arrived at the city council chambers in Kalgoorlie and was met by the chief executive officer, who said apologetically that Matt Birney had arrived, he was not invited but he would not leave. I said that that was okay. Someone asked whether we should throw him out, but I said that was not necessary and that we would be happy to meet in another room. Eventually someone approached Mr Birney, who raced off and issued a press release saying that I was a disgrace because I had ejected him from a meeting. Many people in Kalgoorlie told me that I had done the right thing. Having been in opposition for eight years, I know it involves hard work, so I do not begrudge the member for Kalgoorlie trying to get his 15 minutes of fame. However, I advise him not to behave like a complete and utter prat. He should hang in and keep working. I explained to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder that a feasible project had not been approved by the previous Government. The 36-hole golf course proposal had been announced infamously at the Star and Garter Hotel. The previous member for Kalgoorlie had not been invited to any of the deliberations on this matter, and I do not recall being invited by the Court Government to its meetings, nor did I expect to be. The proposal was for a $17 million golf course to be funded largely from the sale of residential lots in the north west section of Kalgoorlie. Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question and for the opportunity to tell the Parliament what happened at that meeting, of what we have subsequently advised the council and what the public should know about this project. I can see the member for Kalgoorlie doing the eagle rock in his seat! It has become very evident to me that he might like doing the eagle rock, but he is not crazy about the revolution. In fact he has not even realised that the revolution has occurred and that the Liberals are not in government but that the Labor Party is in government. I arrived at the city council chambers in Kalgoorlie and was met by the chief executive officer, who said apologetically that Matt Birney had arrived, he was not invited but he would not leave. I said that that was okay. Someone asked whether we should throw him out, but I said that was not necessary and that we would be happy to meet in another room. Eventually someone approached Mr Birney, who raced off and issued a press release saying that I was a disgrace because I had ejected him from a meeting. Many people in Kalgoorlie told me that I had done the right thing. Having been in opposition for eight years, I know it involves hard work, so I do not begrudge the member for Kalgoorlie trying to get his 15 minutes of fame. However, I advise him not to behave like a complete and utter prat. He should hang in and keep working. I explained to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder that a feasible project had not been approved by the previous Government. The 36-hole golf course proposal had been announced infamously at the Star and Garter Hotel. The previous member for Kalgoorlie had not been invited to any of the deliberations on this matter, and I do not recall being invited by the Court Government to its meetings, nor did I expect to be. The proposal was for a $17 million golf course to be funded largely from the sale of residential lots in the north west section of Kalgoorlie. Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
I thank the member for some notice of this question and for the opportunity to tell the Parliament what happened at that meeting, of what we have subsequently advised the council and what the public should know about this project. I can see the member for Kalgoorlie doing the eagle rock in his seat! It has become very evident to me that he might like doing the eagle rock, but he is not crazy about the revolution. In fact he has not even realised that the revolution has occurred and that the Liberals are not in government but that the Labor Party is in government. I arrived at the city council chambers in Kalgoorlie and was met by the chief executive officer, who said apologetically that Matt Birney had arrived, he was not invited but he would not leave. I said that that was okay. Someone asked whether we should throw him out, but I said that was not necessary and that we would be happy to meet in another room. Eventually someone approached Mr Birney, who raced off and issued a press release saying that I was a disgrace because I had ejected him from a meeting. Many people in Kalgoorlie told me that I had done the right thing. Having been in opposition for eight years, I know it involves hard work, so I do not begrudge the member for Kalgoorlie trying to get his 15 minutes of fame. However, I advise him not to behave like a complete and utter prat. He should hang in and keep working. I explained to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder that a feasible project had not been approved by the previous Government. The 36-hole golf course proposal had been announced infamously at the Star and Garter Hotel. The previous member for Kalgoorlie had not been invited to any of the deliberations on this matter, and I do not recall being invited by the Court Government to its meetings, nor did I expect to be. The proposal was for a $17 million golf course to be funded largely from the sale of residential lots in the north west section of Kalgoorlie. Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
I arrived at the city council chambers in Kalgoorlie and was met by the chief executive officer, who said apologetically that Matt Birney had arrived, he was not invited but he would not leave. I said that that was okay. Someone asked whether we should throw him out, but I said that was not necessary and that we would be happy to meet in another room. Eventually someone approached Mr Birney, who raced off and issued a press release saying that I was a disgrace because I had ejected him from a meeting. Many people in Kalgoorlie told me that I had done the right thing. Having been in opposition for eight years, I know it involves hard work, so I do not begrudge the member for Kalgoorlie trying to get his 15 minutes of fame. However, I advise him not to behave like a complete and utter prat. He should hang in and keep working. I explained to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder that a feasible project had not been approved by the previous Government. The 36-hole golf course proposal had been announced infamously at the Star and Garter Hotel. The previous member for Kalgoorlie had not been invited to any of the deliberations on this matter, and I do not recall being invited by the Court Government to its meetings, nor did I expect to be. The proposal was for a $17 million golf course to be funded largely from the sale of residential lots in the north west section of Kalgoorlie. Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
I explained to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder that a feasible project had not been approved by the previous Government. The 36-hole golf course proposal had been announced infamously at the Star and Garter Hotel. The previous member for Kalgoorlie had not been invited to any of the deliberations on this matter, and I do not recall being invited by the Court Government to its meetings, nor did I expect to be. The proposal was for a $17 million golf course to be funded largely from the sale of residential lots in the north west section of Kalgoorlie. Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
The proposal was for a $17 million golf course to be funded largely from the sale of residential lots in the north west section of Kalgoorlie. Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question and for the opportunity to tell the Parliament what happened at that meeting, of what we have subsequently advised the council and what the public should know about this project. I can see the member for Kalgoorlie doing the eagle rock in his seat! It has become very evident to me that he might like doing the eagle rock, but he is not crazy about the revolution. In fact he has not even realised that the revolution has occurred and that the Liberals are not in government but that the Labor Party is in government. I arrived at the city council chambers in Kalgoorlie and was met by the chief executive officer, who said apologetically that Matt Birney had arrived, he was not invited but he would not leave. I said that that was okay. Someone asked whether we should throw him out, but I said that was not necessary and that we would be happy to meet in another room. Eventually someone approached Mr Birney, who raced off and issued a press release saying that I was a disgrace because I had ejected him from a meeting. Many people in Kalgoorlie told me that I had done the right thing. Having been in opposition for eight years, I know it involves hard work, so I do not begrudge the member for Kalgoorlie trying to get his 15 minutes of fame. However, I advise him not to behave like a complete and utter prat. He should hang in and keep working. I explained to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder that a feasible project had not been approved by the previous Government. The 36-hole golf course proposal had been announced infamously at the Star and Garter Hotel. The previous member for Kalgoorlie had not been invited to any of the deliberations on this matter, and I do not recall being invited by the Court Government to its meetings, nor did I expect to be. The proposal was for a $17 million golf course to be funded largely from the sale of residential lots in the north west section of Kalgoorlie. Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
I thank the member for some notice of this question and for the opportunity to tell the Parliament what happened at that meeting, of what we have subsequently advised the council and what the public should know about this project. I can see the member for Kalgoorlie doing the eagle rock in his seat! It has become very evident to me that he might like doing the eagle rock, but he is not crazy about the revolution. In fact he has not even realised that the revolution has occurred and that the Liberals are not in government but that the Labor Party is in government. I arrived at the city council chambers in Kalgoorlie and was met by the chief executive officer, who said apologetically that Matt Birney had arrived, he was not invited but he would not leave. I said that that was okay. Someone asked whether we should throw him out, but I said that was not necessary and that we would be happy to meet in another room. Eventually someone approached Mr Birney, who raced off and issued a press release saying that I was a disgrace because I had ejected him from a meeting. Many people in Kalgoorlie told me that I had done the right thing. Having been in opposition for eight years, I know it involves hard work, so I do not begrudge the member for Kalgoorlie trying to get his 15 minutes of fame. However, I advise him not to behave like a complete and utter prat. He should hang in and keep working. I explained to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder that a feasible project had not been approved by the previous Government. The 36-hole golf course proposal had been announced infamously at the Star and Garter Hotel. The previous member for Kalgoorlie had not been invited to any of the deliberations on this matter, and I do not recall being invited by the Court Government to its meetings, nor did I expect to be. The proposal was for a $17 million golf course to be funded largely from the sale of residential lots in the north west section of Kalgoorlie. Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
I arrived at the city council chambers in Kalgoorlie and was met by the chief executive officer, who said apologetically that Matt Birney had arrived, he was not invited but he would not leave. I said that that was okay. Someone asked whether we should throw him out, but I said that was not necessary and that we would be happy to meet in another room. Eventually someone approached Mr Birney, who raced off and issued a press release saying that I was a disgrace because I had ejected him from a meeting. Many people in Kalgoorlie told me that I had done the right thing. Having been in opposition for eight years, I know it involves hard work, so I do not begrudge the member for Kalgoorlie trying to get his 15 minutes of fame. However, I advise him not to behave like a complete and utter prat. He should hang in and keep working. I explained to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder that a feasible project had not been approved by the previous Government. The 36-hole golf course proposal had been announced infamously at the Star and Garter Hotel. The previous member for Kalgoorlie had not been invited to any of the deliberations on this matter, and I do not recall being invited by the Court Government to its meetings, nor did I expect to be. The proposal was for a $17 million golf course to be funded largely from the sale of residential lots in the north west section of Kalgoorlie. Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
I explained to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder that a feasible project had not been approved by the previous Government. The 36-hole golf course proposal had been announced infamously at the Star and Garter Hotel. The previous member for Kalgoorlie had not been invited to any of the deliberations on this matter, and I do not recall being invited by the Court Government to its meetings, nor did I expect to be. The proposal was for a $17 million golf course to be funded largely from the sale of residential lots in the north west section of Kalgoorlie. Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
The proposal was for a $17 million golf course to be funded largely from the sale of residential lots in the north west section of Kalgoorlie. Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Mr Birney: It will be $64 million from LandCorp’s bank account. Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Ms MacTIERNAN: The member for Kalgoorlie is new and probably does not know that LandCorp has a hurdle rate of return. It is required by legislation imposed by the previous coalition Government to satisfy economic conditions. Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Mr Barnett: Is this a ministerial statement? The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition should allow the question to be answered. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Ms MacTIERNAN: I will quickly read a couple of items from the minutes of LandCorp dated 21 November 2000 that refer to the golf course proposal. I will happily table the document. The minutes state that LandCorp and DOLA valuers had confirmed the project was a high risk given the volatile nature of the Kalgoorlie residential market place. Thus, in calculating the en globo value of the North West Sector residential land, 2000 lots, the application of a discount rate to reflect that risk lead to a value well below that required to fund a new golf course complex; the approximate cost of which is $16 million. A high discount rate applied to a long-term project that resulted in a large write down in en globo value. A market value of less than the cost of constructing the golf complex is the likely outcome. The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
The minutes continue, and I am happy to table it. Point of Order Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN: I ask that the document be tabled. Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
Ms MacTiernan: I already said that I would table it. The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
The SPEAKER: That document is to be tabled. Ministers should be more precise with their answers so that we can get through more questions. Perhaps some of the interjections on my left hand side extend the answers; I ask that those interjections also desist. Questions without Notice Resumed [See paper No 317.]
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