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ECONOMICS & INDUSTRY STANDING COMMITTEE MINUTES Meeting No.1 Wednesday 15 May 2013 Present: Mr Ian Blayney, MLA Mr Vince Catania, MLA Mr Fran Logan, MLA Mr Jan Norberger, MLA Mr Peter Tinley, MLA Meeting of the Committee The Economics & Industry Standing Committee met at 8.50 am in Room 2 of the Legislative Assembly Committee Office, on Levell of 11 Harvest Terrace, West Perth. 1 Business 1.1 Election of a Committee Chairman. The Acting Principal Research Officer called for nominations for the role of Committee Chairman. Mr Jan Norberger nominated Mr Ian Blayney. There being no other nominations, Mr Blayney was declared Committee Chairman. 1.2 Election of a Committee Deputy Chairman. The Chairman called for nominations for the role of Committee Deputy Chairman. Hon Fran Logan self-nominated for the role; this nomination was seconded by Mr Vince Catania. There being no other nominations, Hon Mr Logan was declared Deputy Chairman. 1.3 Committee membership. Noted. lof2 Economics and Industry Standing Committee 1.4 Committee Terms of Reference and portfolio responsibilities Noted. 1.5 Committee work program Resolved to write to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Hon Michael Sutherland, MLA, to seek funding to enable the Committee and its Acting Principal Research Officer to attend the breakfast panel discussion Western Australia's Energy Market Future at the University of Western Australia Club on Wednesday 12 June 2013. 2 Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 9.00 am. The Committee is next scheduled to meet at 10.00 am on Wednesday 22 May 2013. MR IAN BLAYNEY, MLA MR MICHAEL BURTON CHAIRMAN ACTING PRINCIPAL RESEARCH OFFICER 2of2 ECONOMICS & INDUSTRY STANDING COMMITTEE MINUTES Meeting No. 2 Wednesday 22 May 2013 Present: Mr Ian Blayney, MLA Mr Vince Catania, MLA Mr Fran Logan, MLA Mr Jan Norberger, MLA Mr Peter Tinley, MLA Meeting of the Committee The Economics & Industry Standing Committee met at 10.15 am in Room 4 of the Legislative Assembly Committee Office, on Levell of 11 Harvest Terrace, West Perth. 1 Minutes The minutes of Meeting No.1 (15 May 2013) having been considered, were confirmed. 2 Business 2.1 Committee working procedures Resolved that the Committee Chairman is authorised as the sole media spokesman for the Committee. Resolved that the Committee Secretariat is authorised to make any required typographical and/or grammatical corrections to settled material, including letters and reports for tabling. Resolved that the Committee Secretariat is authorised to liaise with media representatives as is appropriate for publicising the work of the Committee, at the direction of the Committee Chairman. Economics and Industry Standing Committee 2.2 Committee confidentiality The Committee noted the Findings, recommendations and Chairman's Foreword to Procedure and Privileges Committee Report: Inquiry into the Member for Murchison-Eyre's Unauthorised Release of Committee Documents and Related Matters 2.3 Floating liquefied natural gas Resolved to accept the offer of an informal briefing by Mr John Dagostino, Government Relations Advisor, Shell Development (Australia), to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and any other Committee Members who are able to attend at 8am on Thursday 23 May 2013. Resolved that the Committee Chairman is authorised to informally meet with persons relevant to the work of the Committee. The Committee must be given advance email notice of any such meeting, and the Chairman must report back to the Committee as to the substance of any such meeting in due course. Resolved to undertake an inquiry into the economic implications of floating liquefied natural gas operations with the following terms of reference: The Committee will identify the manner in which the use of floating liquefied natural gas operations will impact upon the following sectors of the Western Australian economy: • Engineering and design; • Fabrication and manufacturing; • Construction and ancillary services; and • Domestic gas supply and industrial gas users. The Committee will also identify the extent to which the use of floating liquefied natural gas operations will impact upon state revenue in Western Australia. Resolved to write to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Hon Michael /---, , Sutherland, MLA, to seek funding to enable a person with specialised \,") knowledge that can assist the inquiry to - as soon as is practicable - be seconded to the Committee Secretariat for a period of six months, with the possibility of an extension to this six months 2.4 Committee work program Noted. 3 Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 11.25 am. The Committee is next scheduled to meet at 10 00 i;:::;s+;oe2013. ~Y-. MR IAN BLAYNEY, MLA M~C~ B:RTON CHAIRMAN ACTING PRINCIPAL RESEARCH OFFICER ECONOMICS & INDUSTRY STANDING COMMITTEE MINUTES Meeting No.3 Wednesday 12 June 2013 Present: Mr Ian Blayney, MLA, Chairman Mr Fran Logan, MLA, Deputy Chairman Mr Jan Norberger, MLA Mr Peter Tinley, MLA Apologies: Mr Vince Catania, MLA Meeting of the Committee The Economics & Industry Standing Committee met at 10.01 am in the Swan Mace Room within the Parliament of Western Australia. 1 Minutes The minutes of Meeting No.2 (22 May 2013) having been considered, were confirmed. 2 Correspondence 2.1 UWA Breakfast by the Bay Letter from the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of22 May 2013 Noted. 2.2 Inquiry into the economic implications of floating liquefied natural gas operations News article of27 May 2013: High costs put $150b LNG projects at risk News article of27 May 2013: Union rejects LNG wage claim News article of28 May 2013: Costs a challenge: Shell Economics and Industry Standing Committee News article of28 May 2013: Fastfix n eeded for LNG costs News article of28 May 2013: FLNG not the industry's great saviour News article of28 May 2013: Labor split over union wage excess News article of28 May 2013: Lack of an energy policy will hurt our economy News article of28 May 2013: Price gap threatens LNG exports to Asia News article of28 May 2013: Productivity a foreign concept News article of28 May 2013: Browse on trackfor new LNG plan News article of28 May 2013: Threats to our LNG future News article of28 May 2013: Warning as cheap PNG labour temps Exxon News article of28 May 2013: Woodside to tell why it axed Kimberley LNG News article of7June 2013: Premier talks up Asian gas trade File note of24 May 2013 presentation by Mr Vivek Chandra of Kerogen Consultants File note of27 May 2013 meeting with Mr David Harrison ofUWA Noted. 3 Business 3.1 Inquiry into the economic implications of floating liquefied natural gas operations Resolved to seek funding to advertise a call for submissions in aid of the inquiry in the Saturday edition of The West Australian, as well as weekday editions of The Australian and The Financial Review, and WA Business News. A media release should be issued simultaneously with the advertised call for submissions. Secretariat to make contact with Inpex and ConocoPhillips so as to arrange a site visit to the Darwin liquefied natural gas plant in the Northern Territory. Secretariat to make contact with ATCO and Horizon Power Stations so as to arrange a site visit to the Karratha Power Station. Secretariat to make contact with Australian Marine Complex so as to arrange a site visit to the AMC in Fremantle. 3.2 Committee work program Resolved to invite the attendance of representatives of: • DomGas Alliance: • Engineers Australia; • Australian Steel Industries; and • The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union To brief the Committee on their respective views regarding the Committee's inquiry, at a meeting on Friday 28 June 2013. Economics and industry Standing Committee 4 Dispatched correspondence Letter to the Speaker of23 May 2013: Committee inquiry into the economic implications offloating liquefied natural gas operations Media release of23 May 2013: Committee inquiry into the economic implications of floating liquefied natural gas operations Letter to Ms Anne Pickard, Country Chair, Shell in Australia, of23 May 2013: Committee inquiry into the economic implications offloating liquefied natural gas operations Letter to Mr Bill Tinapple, Executive Director (Petroleum), Department of Mines and Petroleum, of5 June 2013: Committee inquiry into the economic implications of floating liquefied natural gas operations Letter to Ms Gail McGowan, Acting Deputy Director General (Resources and Industry Development), Department ofState Development, of 5 June 2013: Committee inquiry into the economic implications offloating liquefied natural gas operations Letter to Mr Reg Howard-Smith, Chief Executive, The Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA Inc., of5 June 2013: Committee inquiry into the economic implications of floating liquefied natural gas operations Letters to each of the Chairs of the Standing Committees of the 39th Parliament, of6 June 2013: Committee inquiry into the economic implications offloating liquefied natural gas operations Noted. 5 Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 11.15 am. The Committee is next scheduled to meet at 10.00 am on Wednesday 19 June 2013, for briefings by Mr Bill Tinapple of the Department of Mines and Petroleum and Ms Gail McGowan of the Department of State Development. MR IAN BLAYNEY, MLA MR MICHAEL BURTON CHAIRMAN ACTING PRINCIPAL RESEARCH OFFICER ECONOMICS & INDUSTRY STANDING COMMITTEE MINUTES Meeting No. 4 Wednesday 19 June 2013 Present: Mr Ian Blayney, MLA, Chairman Mr Fran Logan, MLA, Deputy Chairman Mr Jan Norberger, MLA Mr Peter Tinley, MLA Mr Vince Catania, MLA Meeting of the Committee The Economics & Industry Standing Committee met at 10.05 am in the Legislative Assembly Committee Room within the Parliament of Western Australia. 1 Minutes The minutes of Meeting NO.3 (12 June 2013) having been considered, were confirmed. 2 Correspondence 2.1 Inquiry into the economic implications of floating liquefied natural gas operations Letter from Mr David Harrison, Chief Advisor (Corporate and GovernmentAf!airs), Office of the Vice-Chancellor, UWA, of7 June 2013, attaching news article of4 June 2013 "High-tech solutions on resources will keep WA afloat" Noted.
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