Mr ELFERINK - 2009-02-18
Last year, and after some delays, and misleading statements I might add, you finally admitted …
Ms Lawrie: Not true.
Mr ELFERINK: Do you know what I am talking about? You do not have a clue. You do not even know what the question is about.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Treasurer, cease interjecting so that we can hear the question, please.
Mr ELFERINK: Minister, last year and after some delays, and misleading statements, I might add, you finally admitted that the completion of the Blacktip gas project would be delayed from 1 January, the date nominated by the Chief Minister, to April. Can you update the House as to whether the completion of this project is still scheduled for April and, if not, is this just another example of the void between what you promise as a government and what you deliver?
ANSWER
Mr Henderson: Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Mr ELFERINK: A point of order, Madam Speaker!
Madam SPEAKER: I think the question was directed to the Minister for Essential Services.
Mr ELFERINK: Yes, and while I appreciate the Chief Minister …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! I add that it was very hard to hear the question. Minister for Essential Services.
Mr KNIGHT: Madam Speaker, I am delighted to answer this question because, again, the opposition has verballed me. What I stated, and what he asserted late last year, was that the pipeline was not on track. The pipeline has been completed, as of 1 January when it was supposed to be completed. To understand the project, APT construct the pipeline, ENI construct the gas plant, and Power and Water have a gas sales agreement with ENI. The pipeline is in place. ENI have acknowledged that …
Members interjecting
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Mr KNIGHT: We have fuel supplies …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Port Darwin!
Mr ELFERINK: A point of order, Madam Speaker! The question is quite obvious: do we have the gas or do we not have the gas?
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Port Darwin, resume your seat.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Port Darwin, just contain yourself. You asked quite a long and involved question. The minister is answering the question.
Mr KNIGHT: Thank you, Madam Speaker. We have fuel supplies; we will have continued fuel supplies. We will not run out of power. We have contingencies in place. We have a gas sales agreement with ENI. I cannot go into the details of that agreement, but we do have a gas sales agreement. We will be receiving gas from Blacktip. We do have contingencies in place and those contingencies will supply power for Darwin through Channel Island Power Station.
Mr ELFERINK: A supplementary question, Madam Speaker.
Madam SPEAKER: There is no supplementary.
Mr ELFERINK: When? When are you …
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Port Darwin, resume your seat.
Ms Lawrie: Not true.
Mr ELFERINK: Do you know what I am talking about? You do not have a clue. You do not even know what the question is about.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Treasurer, cease interjecting so that we can hear the question, please.
Mr ELFERINK: Minister, last year and after some delays, and misleading statements, I might add, you finally admitted that the completion of the Blacktip gas project would be delayed from 1 January, the date nominated by the Chief Minister, to April. Can you update the House as to whether the completion of this project is still scheduled for April and, if not, is this just another example of the void between what you promise as a government and what you deliver?
ANSWER
Mr Henderson: Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Mr ELFERINK: A point of order, Madam Speaker!
Madam SPEAKER: I think the question was directed to the Minister for Essential Services.
Mr ELFERINK: Yes, and while I appreciate the Chief Minister …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! I add that it was very hard to hear the question. Minister for Essential Services.
Mr KNIGHT: Madam Speaker, I am delighted to answer this question because, again, the opposition has verballed me. What I stated, and what he asserted late last year, was that the pipeline was not on track. The pipeline has been completed, as of 1 January when it was supposed to be completed. To understand the project, APT construct the pipeline, ENI construct the gas plant, and Power and Water have a gas sales agreement with ENI. The pipeline is in place. ENI have acknowledged that …
Members interjecting
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Mr KNIGHT: We have fuel supplies …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Port Darwin!
Mr ELFERINK: A point of order, Madam Speaker! The question is quite obvious: do we have the gas or do we not have the gas?
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Port Darwin, resume your seat.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Port Darwin, just contain yourself. You asked quite a long and involved question. The minister is answering the question.
Mr KNIGHT: Thank you, Madam Speaker. We have fuel supplies; we will have continued fuel supplies. We will not run out of power. We have contingencies in place. We have a gas sales agreement with ENI. I cannot go into the details of that agreement, but we do have a gas sales agreement. We will be receiving gas from Blacktip. We do have contingencies in place and those contingencies will supply power for Darwin through Channel Island Power Station.
Mr ELFERINK: A supplementary question, Madam Speaker.
Madam SPEAKER: There is no supplementary.
Mr ELFERINK: When? When are you …
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Port Darwin, resume your seat.
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