Kwinana

So two or three years ago, I wrote an energy policy for the opposition that said we would build a 300 megawatt gas-fired power station to keep the lights on in Western Australia.

through the transition, and the government's now adopted that policy in full, in its entirety, and it's now put the application in for a 300 megawatt gas-fired power station in Kwinana to the EPA, the Environmental Protection Authority.

So good to see the Labor Party catching up there a bit, but there's an issue here, Jas, that is the supply of gas.

So they need additional gas if they're going to have additional gas-fired generation, and the Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline When we've got a high demand, a peak of demand in electricity, that gas is going flat out and there's no spare reserve in Kwinana.

So they're going to have to provide not just the generation capacity, but the extra gas.

So I'm happy to work with the government to try and tell them how to do that.

What were you doing? Like a stevedore.

So it was for the Gorgon Project out of Kwinana.

And I was sitting on a bus, and I just started scribbling on a helmet.

And then somebody wanted me to scribble on their helmet, and then it just went from there.

Premier Roger Cook said the work, which includes replacing 44.5km of the historic pipeline, will employ 330 people.

He said the new pipes will be manufactured in Kwinana.

Mr Cook said by manufacturing the pipeline in WA we're backing local industry today and with a lifespan of up to 150 years we're delivering the water security and economic foundations the Goldfields and Wheatbilt will rely on for generations to come.

The upgrade investment will also provide greater security to the mining industry in the gold fields with 7.2 million litres of water on top of the current capacity.