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Question Without Notice No. 282 asked in the Legislative Council on 12 April 2018 by Hon Robin Chapple

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

WOODSIDE — KARRATHA GAS PLANT — ELECTRICAL FAULT

282. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the minister representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:

I refer to my question without notice 31 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 May 2017 to the minister representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, regarding Woodside's Karratha gas plant and the electrical fault incident and the answer provided for part (2).

(1) Has the investigation concluded?

(2) If no to (1), when will it be finalised?

(3) If yes to (1), what was the cause of the incident?

(4) Will the minister table the report from the investigation?

(5) If yes to (4), when?

(6) If no to (4), why not?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question. The material for this answer has been provided by the Minister for Mines and Petroleum.

(1) Yes.

(2) Not applicable.

(3) It was an earth fault in an air compressor motor.

(4) No.

(5) Not applicable.

(6) The investigation report is not the property of the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.