Energy Minister Chris Bowen spoke at the Portland Aluminium Smelter to announce the next steps for the Southern Ocean offshore wind industry.
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00:00to go to the next stage to develop the energy and jobs that this region so desperately needs,
00:07this smelter needs, and that our country needs.
00:24Hi everyone, I've just issued the first licence, the licence for the Southern Ocean Zone.
00:30It's the area here, it's proposed feasibility licence now open for 60 days of consultation,
00:351,700 construction jobs, 300 ongoing jobs, 1.6 billion dollars of local economic benefit,
00:41and we're going to make sure as much of that benefit as possible flows to local jobs,
00:44local businesses, local apprentices, lots more information to come over the next few years.