Benefits
Economic modelling carried out in 2008 as part of the environmental impact assessment process, forecast the following macroeconomic impacts (based on a 30-year period):
- 6000 jobs in Western Australia at the peak of the construction phase
- more than 3500 direct and indirect jobs sustaining throughout the life of the project
- an increase in national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of A$64.3 billion (in net present value terms)
- A$33 billion of expenditure on locally purchased goods and services
- additional government revenue of about A$40 billion (in 2009 dollars)
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