❓ Question regarding the annual operating costs of the proposed fast, direct railway compared to the previous government's Kenwick deviation. The Minister provides a detailed cost comparison, highlighting savings with the new plan.
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In the House last week the minister confirmed that the significant benefits of the fast, direct railway can be delivered for the same capital cost of the previous Government’s very flawed Kenwick deviation. Will the minister provide the House with a comparison of the annual operating cost of the two routes? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. I appreciate that, on behalf of the people of the south west corridor and Mandurah, the member is making sure that we focus properly on this rail issue. I am very pleased the member for Mandurah is asking these questions, because important issues need to be brought out. Members opposite, particularly the opposition spokesperson on transport and the Leader of the National Party, are racing around the State complaining about the rail project, but they are too gutless to raise a single question in this Parliament, because they know they will be creamed. We had this nonsense about the taxis. Why did the opposition spokesperson on transport not ask me that question? She was too scared of engaging in debate on that issue, so she put the question to the Premier! Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am pleased the member for Mandurah is filling the breach and ensuring that this project gets proper scrutiny, because the Opposition is too scared to do so. That is not surprising, because the Opposition is still out there flogging a lemon. It is still going to the public trying to sell the benefits of the Kenwick deviation. Last week, through the careful questioning of the member for Mandurah, we were able to present the picture of how we will be able to build this far superior rail system for virtually the same price as the Kenwick deviation. Members may recall that we spoke particularly about the $75 million-plus Criddle National Party busway, which somehow or other never cracks a mention in all of its media statements around the State but that we, through the questioning of the member for Mandurah, have been able to bring into public view. Having examined so thoroughly last week the capital costs of the project and having shown that there is very little difference between the two, what we want to show today - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I appreciate that, on behalf of the people of the south west corridor and Mandurah, the member is making sure that we focus properly on this rail issue. I am very pleased the member for Mandurah is asking these questions, because important issues need to be brought out. Members opposite, particularly the opposition spokesperson on transport and the Leader of the National Party, are racing around the State complaining about the rail project, but they are too gutless to raise a single question in this Parliament, because they know they will be creamed. We had this nonsense about the taxis. Why did the opposition spokesperson on transport not ask me that question? She was too scared of engaging in debate on that issue, so she put the question to the Premier! Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am pleased the member for Mandurah is filling the breach and ensuring that this project gets proper scrutiny, because the Opposition is too scared to do so. That is not surprising, because the Opposition is still out there flogging a lemon. It is still going to the public trying to sell the benefits of the Kenwick deviation. Last week, through the careful questioning of the member for Mandurah, we were able to present the picture of how we will be able to build this far superior rail system for virtually the same price as the Kenwick deviation. Members may recall that we spoke particularly about the $75 million-plus Criddle National Party busway, which somehow or other never cracks a mention in all of its media statements around the State but that we, through the questioning of the member for Mandurah, have been able to bring into public view. Having examined so thoroughly last week the capital costs of the project and having shown that there is very little difference between the two, what we want to show today - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I appreciate that, on behalf of the people of the south west corridor and Mandurah, the member is making sure that we focus properly on this rail issue. I am very pleased the member for Mandurah is asking these questions, because important issues need to be brought out. Members opposite, particularly the opposition spokesperson on transport and the Leader of the National Party, are racing around the State complaining about the rail project, but they are too gutless to raise a single question in this Parliament, because they know they will be creamed. We had this nonsense about the taxis. Why did the opposition spokesperson on transport not ask me that question? She was too scared of engaging in debate on that issue, so she put the question to the Premier! Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am pleased the member for Mandurah is filling the breach and ensuring that this project gets proper scrutiny, because the Opposition is too scared to do so. That is not surprising, because the Opposition is still out there flogging a lemon. It is still going to the public trying to sell the benefits of the Kenwick deviation. Last week, through the careful questioning of the member for Mandurah, we were able to present the picture of how we will be able to build this far superior rail system for virtually the same price as the Kenwick deviation. Members may recall that we spoke particularly about the $75 million-plus Criddle National Party busway, which somehow or other never cracks a mention in all of its media statements around the State but that we, through the questioning of the member for Mandurah, have been able to bring into public view. Having examined so thoroughly last week the capital costs of the project and having shown that there is very little difference between the two, what we want to show today - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am pleased the member for Mandurah is filling the breach and ensuring that this project gets proper scrutiny, because the Opposition is too scared to do so. That is not surprising, because the Opposition is still out there flogging a lemon. It is still going to the public trying to sell the benefits of the Kenwick deviation. Last week, through the careful questioning of the member for Mandurah, we were able to present the picture of how we will be able to build this far superior rail system for virtually the same price as the Kenwick deviation. Members may recall that we spoke particularly about the $75 million-plus Criddle National Party busway, which somehow or other never cracks a mention in all of its media statements around the State but that we, through the questioning of the member for Mandurah, have been able to bring into public view. Having examined so thoroughly last week the capital costs of the project and having shown that there is very little difference between the two, what we want to show today - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am pleased the member for Mandurah is filling the breach and ensuring that this project gets proper scrutiny, because the Opposition is too scared to do so. That is not surprising, because the Opposition is still out there flogging a lemon. It is still going to the public trying to sell the benefits of the Kenwick deviation. Last week, through the careful questioning of the member for Mandurah, we were able to present the picture of how we will be able to build this far superior rail system for virtually the same price as the Kenwick deviation. Members may recall that we spoke particularly about the $75 million-plus Criddle National Party busway, which somehow or other never cracks a mention in all of its media statements around the State but that we, through the questioning of the member for Mandurah, have been able to bring into public view. Having examined so thoroughly last week the capital costs of the project and having shown that there is very little difference between the two, what we want to show today - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I appreciate that, on behalf of the people of the south west corridor and Mandurah, the member is making sure that we focus properly on this rail issue. I am very pleased the member for Mandurah is asking these questions, because important issues need to be brought out. Members opposite, particularly the opposition spokesperson on transport and the Leader of the National Party, are racing around the State complaining about the rail project, but they are too gutless to raise a single question in this Parliament, because they know they will be creamed. We had this nonsense about the taxis. Why did the opposition spokesperson on transport not ask me that question? She was too scared of engaging in debate on that issue, so she put the question to the Premier! Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am pleased the member for Mandurah is filling the breach and ensuring that this project gets proper scrutiny, because the Opposition is too scared to do so. That is not surprising, because the Opposition is still out there flogging a lemon. It is still going to the public trying to sell the benefits of the Kenwick deviation. Last week, through the careful questioning of the member for Mandurah, we were able to present the picture of how we will be able to build this far superior rail system for virtually the same price as the Kenwick deviation. Members may recall that we spoke particularly about the $75 million-plus Criddle National Party busway, which somehow or other never cracks a mention in all of its media statements around the State but that we, through the questioning of the member for Mandurah, have been able to bring into public view. Having examined so thoroughly last week the capital costs of the project and having shown that there is very little difference between the two, what we want to show today - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I appreciate that, on behalf of the people of the south west corridor and Mandurah, the member is making sure that we focus properly on this rail issue. I am very pleased the member for Mandurah is asking these questions, because important issues need to be brought out. Members opposite, particularly the opposition spokesperson on transport and the Leader of the National Party, are racing around the State complaining about the rail project, but they are too gutless to raise a single question in this Parliament, because they know they will be creamed. We had this nonsense about the taxis. Why did the opposition spokesperson on transport not ask me that question? She was too scared of engaging in debate on that issue, so she put the question to the Premier! Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am pleased the member for Mandurah is filling the breach and ensuring that this project gets proper scrutiny, because the Opposition is too scared to do so. That is not surprising, because the Opposition is still out there flogging a lemon. It is still going to the public trying to sell the benefits of the Kenwick deviation. Last week, through the careful questioning of the member for Mandurah, we were able to present the picture of how we will be able to build this far superior rail system for virtually the same price as the Kenwick deviation. Members may recall that we spoke particularly about the $75 million-plus Criddle National Party busway, which somehow or other never cracks a mention in all of its media statements around the State but that we, through the questioning of the member for Mandurah, have been able to bring into public view. Having examined so thoroughly last week the capital costs of the project and having shown that there is very little difference between the two, what we want to show today - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am pleased the member for Mandurah is filling the breach and ensuring that this project gets proper scrutiny, because the Opposition is too scared to do so. That is not surprising, because the Opposition is still out there flogging a lemon. It is still going to the public trying to sell the benefits of the Kenwick deviation. Last week, through the careful questioning of the member for Mandurah, we were able to present the picture of how we will be able to build this far superior rail system for virtually the same price as the Kenwick deviation. Members may recall that we spoke particularly about the $75 million-plus Criddle National Party busway, which somehow or other never cracks a mention in all of its media statements around the State but that we, through the questioning of the member for Mandurah, have been able to bring into public view. Having examined so thoroughly last week the capital costs of the project and having shown that there is very little difference between the two, what we want to show today - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I am pleased the member for Mandurah is filling the breach and ensuring that this project gets proper scrutiny, because the Opposition is too scared to do so. That is not surprising, because the Opposition is still out there flogging a lemon. It is still going to the public trying to sell the benefits of the Kenwick deviation. Last week, through the careful questioning of the member for Mandurah, we were able to present the picture of how we will be able to build this far superior rail system for virtually the same price as the Kenwick deviation. Members may recall that we spoke particularly about the $75 million-plus Criddle National Party busway, which somehow or other never cracks a mention in all of its media statements around the State but that we, through the questioning of the member for Mandurah, have been able to bring into public view. Having examined so thoroughly last week the capital costs of the project and having shown that there is very little difference between the two, what we want to show today - Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This is four times the amount of detail that the Opposition ever released during its eight years in government. Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Four times now? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Four times, as I will demonstrate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Today we want to look at the ongoing operational savings that will be made as a result of the fast direct link. As a result of the significant travel time saving that we will be able to deliver, we will need only 93 railcars and not the 117 that would have been required for the Kenwick deviation. That means there will be incredible savings on train crews, security, maintenance and electricity costs. The original operating costs that were proposed under the Kenwick deviation, adjusted for the consumer price index, were $31 million a year. As time has gone on and we have been able to get better and more cogent estimates, the cost of the Kenwick deviation is now estimated to be $41 million a year. The operating cost for the fast direct rail will be $24 million. Therefore, members can see that on the most recent estimates there will be a saving of $17 million a year. Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Mr C.J. Barnett: I feel better! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Absolutely! Not only will we be able to deliver a fast, direct, first class, car-competitive rail system, but also we will do it at a saving of $17 million a year.
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