❓ Mr. Love questions the fairness of regional motorists funding Perth's METRONET. The Minister defends the government's investment in regional infrastructure, refuting a metro vs. regional divide.
AnsweredQoN 93Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
METRONET — MOTOR VEHICLE LICENCE FEE REVENUE
93. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Transport:
I
have a supplementary question. Does the minister confirm that, in her view, it
is fair for Western Australian motorists to pay for these rail lines,
especially the many regional motorists who may never benefit from this project?
93. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Transport:
I
have a supplementary question. Does the minister confirm that, in her view, it
is fair for Western Australian motorists to pay for these rail lines,
especially the many regional motorists who may never benefit from this project?
AnswerView source ↗
Members
may remember that yesterday I read out some comments made by the Leader of the
Opposition that the Nationals WA do not want to divide Western Australia.
The National Party set up a metro branch of the National Party, where its
members can be close to members of Parliament.
Point of Order
Mr V.A.
CATANIA : The answer that the Minister for Transport is providing has
nothing to do with the question that was asked by the member for Moore.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member, there is no point of order. The minister
is working her way through her response.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : In relation
to the question about who is paying for what, let us go through the state and
look at the projects that we are delivering that all motorists are paying for.
That includes the Albany ring-road, the Bunbury
Outer Ring Road, stages 1 and 2 of the Manuwarra Red Dog Highway, upgrades to
Great Northern Highway , projects in
the south west and the great southern region—projects around the state
worth billions of dollars. Members , which
government secured hundreds of millions of dollars for regional road safety in
this state? We did. The former government funded regional road safety
programs to the value of about $20 million a year. Do members know how much we
are spending this year? We are spending over $200 million. We are spending more
in regional WA than the opposition could ever dream of. It privatised Westrail
Freight. We are working with the commonwealth government to invest in our
regional rail lines. We are investing in regional rail, regional ports and
roads like people have never seen before.
Members opposite should not come in
here with that pathetic metro versus regional ploy. It does not work. We are
all Western Australians. The Leader of the Opposition stood up and said that
the Premier is too Western Australian. Maybe
we are all too Western Australian! We believe that all Western Australians
should benefit from road spending , and that is why that road spending is
happening across the state—in the goldfields, the Kimberley, the
Pilbara, the midwest, the south west, the
great southern and the wheatbelt. The wheatbelt has never seen that type of
expenditure before, and it is being done under this government. Members
opposite should not come in here with that pathetic, nasty metro versus region
debate because it does not work. Now their leader is saying that she wants to
appeal to the whole of WA. That type of language does not work.
may remember that yesterday I read out some comments made by the Leader of the
Opposition that the Nationals WA do not want to divide Western Australia.
The National Party set up a metro branch of the National Party, where its
members can be close to members of Parliament.
Point of Order
Mr V.A.
CATANIA : The answer that the Minister for Transport is providing has
nothing to do with the question that was asked by the member for Moore.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member, there is no point of order. The minister
is working her way through her response.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : In relation
to the question about who is paying for what, let us go through the state and
look at the projects that we are delivering that all motorists are paying for.
That includes the Albany ring-road, the Bunbury
Outer Ring Road, stages 1 and 2 of the Manuwarra Red Dog Highway, upgrades to
Great Northern Highway , projects in
the south west and the great southern region—projects around the state
worth billions of dollars. Members , which
government secured hundreds of millions of dollars for regional road safety in
this state? We did. The former government funded regional road safety
programs to the value of about $20 million a year. Do members know how much we
are spending this year? We are spending over $200 million. We are spending more
in regional WA than the opposition could ever dream of. It privatised Westrail
Freight. We are working with the commonwealth government to invest in our
regional rail lines. We are investing in regional rail, regional ports and
roads like people have never seen before.
Members opposite should not come in
here with that pathetic metro versus regional ploy. It does not work. We are
all Western Australians. The Leader of the Opposition stood up and said that
the Premier is too Western Australian. Maybe
we are all too Western Australian! We believe that all Western Australians
should benefit from road spending , and that is why that road spending is
happening across the state—in the goldfields, the Kimberley, the
Pilbara, the midwest, the south west, the
great southern and the wheatbelt. The wheatbelt has never seen that type of
expenditure before, and it is being done under this government. Members
opposite should not come in here with that pathetic, nasty metro versus region
debate because it does not work. Now their leader is saying that she wants to
appeal to the whole of WA. That type of language does not work.
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