JANDAKOT AIRPORT

792. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure:

(1) Has the government received any proposals from the owners of Jandakot Airport to relocate general aviation activities to another site; and, if so, what would be the future of the Jandakot Airport land?

(2) What is the government’s position on the future of Jandakot Airport and the location of general aviation facilities to service the metropolitan area?

Hon KATE DOUST replied:

On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the member for some notice of this question.

(1) Yes. This government has been approached by Jandakot Airport Holdings about a concept to relocate Jandakot Airport . The commonwealth government, as the owner of the land, has not clarified its position on the relocation of the airport or the future use of the airport land.

(2) This government is not convinced that there is a need to relocate Jandakot Airport . The state government believes there is a case for retaining a general aviation facility within the metropolitan area.