❓ Hodson-Thomas questions MacTiernan about the Southern Rail Link plan, referencing conflicting statements regarding its development and public support. MacTiernan responds by providing historical context and defending the government's planning process.
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SOUTHERN RAIL LINK, GOVERNMENT’S PLAN
I remind the minister of her statement during question time yesterday that the Government had decided to go back to the drawing board to come up with a decent plan for the southern rail link from Mandurah to Perth. (1) Is the plan that is now being developed different from the master plan that the Premier referred to yesterday as being “overwhelmingly supported by the people of Western Australia”? (2) Does the Government have a plan for the southern rail link, or did the minister mislead the House yesterday? Ms MacTIERNAN
I remind the minister of her statement during question time yesterday that the Government had decided to go back to the drawing board to come up with a decent plan for the southern rail link from Mandurah to Perth. (1) Is the plan that is now being developed different from the master plan that the Premier referred to yesterday as being “overwhelmingly supported by the people of Western Australia”? (2) Does the Government have a plan for the southern rail link, or did the minister mislead the House yesterday? Ms MacTIERNAN
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(1)-(2) I will go through some history, because I think that members opposite are confused. Mr Johnson: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
(1) Is the plan that is now being developed different from the master plan that the Premier referred to yesterday as being “overwhelmingly supported by the people of Western Australia”? (2) Does the Government have a plan for the southern rail link, or did the minister mislead the House yesterday? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I will go through some history, because I think that members opposite are confused. Mr Johnson: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
(2) Does the Government have a plan for the southern rail link, or did the minister mislead the House yesterday? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I will go through some history, because I think that members opposite are confused. Mr Johnson: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I will go through some history, because I think that members opposite are confused. Mr Johnson: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
(1)-(2) I will go through some history, because I think that members opposite are confused. Mr Johnson: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Mr Johnson: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
(1) Is the plan that is now being developed different from the master plan that the Premier referred to yesterday as being “overwhelmingly supported by the people of Western Australia”? (2) Does the Government have a plan for the southern rail link, or did the minister mislead the House yesterday? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I will go through some history, because I think that members opposite are confused. Mr Johnson: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
(2) Does the Government have a plan for the southern rail link, or did the minister mislead the House yesterday? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I will go through some history, because I think that members opposite are confused. Mr Johnson: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I will go through some history, because I think that members opposite are confused. Mr Johnson: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
(1)-(2) I will go through some history, because I think that members opposite are confused. Mr Johnson: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Mr Johnson: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: I will answer the question. I will first use a parable, so that members opposite can understand - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
The SPEAKER: The member asked the minister to comment on what she said yesterday. If members do not like the question they should have a chat with the member who asked the question. The minister is endeavouring to answer the question as put. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: I am trying to give an explanation to our friends on the other side, who seem to have advanced cases of amnesia. In 1994 the previous Government introduced an amendment to the metropolitan region scheme to route the southern rail line through Kenwick. In 1995 it made a formal announcement that it would build a rail link via Kenwick. The former Government did not start the master plan phase until 1997, and the planning took a further two years. I have endeavoured to explain to opposition members, who seem determined not to understand, that the first step is to decide on a strategic plan and to follow that with detailed planning. We have built upon the work that was done under the previous regime. We undertook a further five months of work to test the possibility and the financial feasibility of running the rail line down the centre of the freeway. We found that this stacked up economically, and also from a transport planning point of view. Unlike the previous Government, which did nothing between 1995 and 1997, we are moving quickly. Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for South Perth to order for the first time. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: We are now entering the master plan phase. We will obviously use the work that was done by the previous Government on the line between Glen Iris and Mandurah. However, we are also developing a new master plan for the remainder of the south west rail extension. This is how it has always been done. That is what occurred with the northern suburbs rail link and what occurred under the former Government with the Kenwick option. There is nothing unusual about this; it is sound planning.
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