Mr WOOD - 2012-12-04
With AACo now commencing the construction of its abattoir at Livingstone, could you say if your government has promised either cash or in-kind support to enable the abattoir to commence? If so, could you say what the support us and what the value of that support is?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, we have committed to working with them. There has been no direct request for a specific input but we have agreed to work with them to make sure there is capacity at the port. Right here and now, things are okay. We will have a long-term plan which we will not delay in progressing to provide greater capacity for freight that is refrigerated and frozen to be able to be stored adequately at the port. Right now it is adequate, but we will work to upgrade the capacity of our port to increase exports from the region with that link to the Ord, ultimately, which has a whole new food strategy for the north.
We are thinking broadly. We are thinking about increasing our productivity, and strategic plans to allow this capacity to be realised through a fresh look at our port, and a proper reassessment for the capacity of that port.
That was the substance of discussions only two weeks ago with Simon Crean. He has agreed the port is primary in the need to elevate the capacity for the white paper to become real when we have national contribution to the development of the port, a key item of infrastructure.
With AACo, the focus is to ensure the capacity we see today will add greater value into the future.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, we have committed to working with them. There has been no direct request for a specific input but we have agreed to work with them to make sure there is capacity at the port. Right here and now, things are okay. We will have a long-term plan which we will not delay in progressing to provide greater capacity for freight that is refrigerated and frozen to be able to be stored adequately at the port. Right now it is adequate, but we will work to upgrade the capacity of our port to increase exports from the region with that link to the Ord, ultimately, which has a whole new food strategy for the north.
We are thinking broadly. We are thinking about increasing our productivity, and strategic plans to allow this capacity to be realised through a fresh look at our port, and a proper reassessment for the capacity of that port.
That was the substance of discussions only two weeks ago with Simon Crean. He has agreed the port is primary in the need to elevate the capacity for the white paper to become real when we have national contribution to the development of the port, a key item of infrastructure.
With AACo, the focus is to ensure the capacity we see today will add greater value into the future.
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