❓ Mr. Healy asks about progress on the Thornlie-Cockburn rail line and other Metronet projects. The Minister for Transport responds by highlighting numerous ongoing projects and criticising the opposition's past inaction and current proposals.
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THORNLIE–COCKBURN
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9. Mr T.J. HEALY to the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's commitment to creating thousands of local jobs by building
Metronet, including the Thornlie–Cockburn line and delivering an
unprecedented expansion of Perth's rail network. Can the minister
update the house on the work now underway to deliver the Thornlie–Cockburn
rail line and how this government is pushing ahead with its other job-creating
Metronet projects?
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9. Mr T.J. HEALY to the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's commitment to creating thousands of local jobs by building
Metronet, including the Thornlie–Cockburn line and delivering an
unprecedented expansion of Perth's rail network. Can the minister
update the house on the work now underway to deliver the Thornlie–Cockburn
rail line and how this government is pushing ahead with its other job-creating
Metronet projects?
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I
thank the member for Southern River for that question. It has been a very busy
summer. I am not sure what the opposition has been doing, but we have
been out there getting the job done. An unprecedented number of projects are
starting throughout Western Australia. The new Bayswater train station is
underway, which, of course, incorporates the new Ellenbrook rail line, as are
the Yanchep and Thornlie rail lines.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, I call you to order for the second time.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The contract
has been signed and the project is underway. A contract has been signed for
railcar procurement, with 246 new railcars being built out there in Bellevue.
The contract has been signed for the new
Australind railcars and we have been upgrading regional Australind train
stations. Cookernup, North Dandalup and Yarloop stations have all been
upgraded. The Denny Avenue project is underway. The location has been
determined for the Midland station. Planning is underway and it will start by
the end of this year. Planning is well underway for the Byford extension. The
Forrestfield and Bayswater rail line is well underway. Members opposite started
the tunnel project in 2012, and when we won government in 2017, not one metre
of tunnelling had commenced under them. It was five years of doing nothing—eight
and a half years of doing nothing! I know that a lot of works are underway. It
is unprecedented. There are thousands of jobs out there. The opposition wants
us to cancel contracts. It wants us to rip up contracts with mid-tier
contractors and risk Western Australian jobs. We are getting on with the job,
with unprecedented levels of work around Western Australia. We are proud of
creating jobs and delivering new infrastructure for WA.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
thank the member for Southern River for that question. It has been a very busy
summer. I am not sure what the opposition has been doing, but we have
been out there getting the job done. An unprecedented number of projects are
starting throughout Western Australia. The new Bayswater train station is
underway, which, of course, incorporates the new Ellenbrook rail line, as are
the Yanchep and Thornlie rail lines.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, I call you to order for the second time.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The contract
has been signed and the project is underway. A contract has been signed for
railcar procurement, with 246 new railcars being built out there in Bellevue.
The contract has been signed for the new
Australind railcars and we have been upgrading regional Australind train
stations. Cookernup, North Dandalup and Yarloop stations have all been
upgraded. The Denny Avenue project is underway. The location has been
determined for the Midland station. Planning is underway and it will start by
the end of this year. Planning is well underway for the Byford extension. The
Forrestfield and Bayswater rail line is well underway. Members opposite started
the tunnel project in 2012, and when we won government in 2017, not one metre
of tunnelling had commenced under them. It was five years of doing nothing—eight
and a half years of doing nothing! I know that a lot of works are underway. It
is unprecedented. There are thousands of jobs out there. The opposition wants
us to cancel contracts. It wants us to rip up contracts with mid-tier
contractors and risk Western Australian jobs. We are getting on with the job,
with unprecedented levels of work around Western Australia. We are proud of
creating jobs and delivering new infrastructure for WA.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
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