ESPERANCE PORT — THIRD PARTY ACCESS
422. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Ports:
I refer to the answers provided to
question without notice 402, asked by me yesterday, and I again ask the
minister to table a copy of the third-party access rules that apply at the port
of Esperance.
(1) What specific
cargo-handling infrastructure at the port of Esperance is subject to exclusive
access arrangements?
(2) I again ask
whether it is the government's intention to provide prospective iron
ore exporters through the port of Esperance with royalty relief and
concessional handling rate arrangements, as has been the case previously?
(3) If no to (2), why not?
(4) In the case
in which royalty relief was provided to exporters at the port of Esperance, was
the relief capped at a specific price per tonne of ore?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I am advised additional advice is being sought
from the Southern Ports Authority in regards to the member's request.
(1) The iron ore
storage sheds are leased/licensed with ''use it or lose it''
clauses; the railcar dumper has a third-party
access arrangement based on spare capacity; the site conveyors and ship loader
are multi-user infrastructure; and the ship berth is multi-user
infrastructure.
(2)–(4) Royalty rates are
not set by the Minister for Ports.
By way of information for the
member, I have a corrected answer to one of the questions he asked yesterday,
and I will provide that at the end of question time.