Legislative Council, Tuesday 8 April 2025

Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for INFRASTRUCTURE, Mr VINCENT

With regard to the government commitment to a new feasibility study of sea ports on King Island, predominantly Grassy port:

(1) Who has been engaged to conduct this study?

(2) Please provide the terms and scope of the work to be undertaken.

(3) What is the time line for reporting.

It may be the Minister for Infrastructure who is taking carriage of this one.

ANSWER

Mr President, I thank the member for the question. I shall give the Leader, in her last week here in the House, a bit of a spell from answering a question for a moment.

(1) I am very pleased to announce that respected local firm Burbury Consulting has been engaged to conduct the study.

(2) They will design and lead a stakeholder consultation process and understand any perceived shortcomings at the port of infrastructure and opportunities for improvement, and provide

(a) analysis of infrastructure and non infrastructure improvements and options;

(b) a multicriteria analysis of the proposed improvements;

(c) preliminary costings of the proposed improvements;

(d) a threshold for consideration for a larger port expansion;

(e) the value of shipping to the local economy;

(f) impacts, constraints and limitations of the broader supply chain, including shipping services;

(g) opportunities for improved levels of service and possible implementation ;

(h) recommendations for further assessment or investigations to be undertaken.

(3) The report is due to us on 30 May 2025.