❓ Mr Hill asks about regional road funding. Ms MacTiernan defends the government's record, highlighting significant investment in rural roads and specific projects, while criticising the National Party's claims and research capabilities.
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REGIONAL ROAD FUNDING
Can the minister shed light on the National Party’s assertions that WA regions are missing out on road funding? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
Can the minister shed light on the National Party’s assertions that WA regions are missing out on road funding? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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I can understand members of the National Party being a little worried because their whole campaign, indeed, their existence and their future as a political party, is under jeopardy because of the extraordinary focus that the Carpenter and Gallop government has had on the regions, as the member for Geraldton well knows. Members of the National Party are running around saying that there is nothing in the budget for roads in rural Western Australia. We need to put a few facts on the table because we know, lovely people though they are in the National Party, that research is not one of their fortes. Therefore, we will assist them with a bit of research that we have done. In 2006-07 - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Learn to read a budget. In 2006-07, we will spend $570.8 million on roads in Western Australia. That is state money that will be spent on roads. Of that, 67 per cent will be spent on rural roads; that is, $383.4 million. It is extraordinary, is it not? Never has such a percentage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I can understand members of the National Party being a little worried because their whole campaign, indeed, their existence and their future as a political party, is under jeopardy because of the extraordinary focus that the Carpenter and Gallop government has had on the regions, as the member for Geraldton well knows. Members of the National Party are running around saying that there is nothing in the budget for roads in rural Western Australia. We need to put a few facts on the table because we know, lovely people though they are in the National Party, that research is not one of their fortes. Therefore, we will assist them with a bit of research that we have done. In 2006-07 - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Learn to read a budget. In 2006-07, we will spend $570.8 million on roads in Western Australia. That is state money that will be spent on roads. Of that, 67 per cent will be spent on rural roads; that is, $383.4 million. It is extraordinary, is it not? Never has such a percentage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
I can understand members of the National Party being a little worried because their whole campaign, indeed, their existence and their future as a political party, is under jeopardy because of the extraordinary focus that the Carpenter and Gallop government has had on the regions, as the member for Geraldton well knows. Members of the National Party are running around saying that there is nothing in the budget for roads in rural Western Australia. We need to put a few facts on the table because we know, lovely people though they are in the National Party, that research is not one of their fortes. Therefore, we will assist them with a bit of research that we have done. In 2006-07 - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Learn to read a budget. In 2006-07, we will spend $570.8 million on roads in Western Australia. That is state money that will be spent on roads. Of that, 67 per cent will be spent on rural roads; that is, $383.4 million. It is extraordinary, is it not? Never has such a percentage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Learn to read a budget. In 2006-07, we will spend $570.8 million on roads in Western Australia. That is state money that will be spent on roads. Of that, 67 per cent will be spent on rural roads; that is, $383.4 million. It is extraordinary, is it not? Never has such a percentage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Learn to read a budget. In 2006-07, we will spend $570.8 million on roads in Western Australia. That is state money that will be spent on roads. Of that, 67 per cent will be spent on rural roads; that is, $383.4 million. It is extraordinary, is it not? Never has such a percentage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I can understand members of the National Party being a little worried because their whole campaign, indeed, their existence and their future as a political party, is under jeopardy because of the extraordinary focus that the Carpenter and Gallop government has had on the regions, as the member for Geraldton well knows. Members of the National Party are running around saying that there is nothing in the budget for roads in rural Western Australia. We need to put a few facts on the table because we know, lovely people though they are in the National Party, that research is not one of their fortes. Therefore, we will assist them with a bit of research that we have done. In 2006-07 - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Learn to read a budget. In 2006-07, we will spend $570.8 million on roads in Western Australia. That is state money that will be spent on roads. Of that, 67 per cent will be spent on rural roads; that is, $383.4 million. It is extraordinary, is it not? Never has such a percentage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
I can understand members of the National Party being a little worried because their whole campaign, indeed, their existence and their future as a political party, is under jeopardy because of the extraordinary focus that the Carpenter and Gallop government has had on the regions, as the member for Geraldton well knows. Members of the National Party are running around saying that there is nothing in the budget for roads in rural Western Australia. We need to put a few facts on the table because we know, lovely people though they are in the National Party, that research is not one of their fortes. Therefore, we will assist them with a bit of research that we have done. In 2006-07 - Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Learn to read a budget. In 2006-07, we will spend $570.8 million on roads in Western Australia. That is state money that will be spent on roads. Of that, 67 per cent will be spent on rural roads; that is, $383.4 million. It is extraordinary, is it not? Never has such a percentage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Learn to read a budget. In 2006-07, we will spend $570.8 million on roads in Western Australia. That is state money that will be spent on roads. Of that, 67 per cent will be spent on rural roads; that is, $383.4 million. It is extraordinary, is it not? Never has such a percentage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Learn to read a budget. In 2006-07, we will spend $570.8 million on roads in Western Australia. That is state money that will be spent on roads. Of that, 67 per cent will be spent on rural roads; that is, $383.4 million. It is extraordinary, is it not? Never has such a percentage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Let us look at some of the roads. I know that the member for Merredin will say, “There was nothing for the Pilbara!” Mr Speaker, as you would well know, the famous Fred’s route is - The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
The SPEAKER : Members should not laugh. It might be the last one I get! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : No, we have more planned for you, Mr Speaker! There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
There is $62 million in the budget this year - not tomorrow but this year - for the Karratha-Tom Price road. There are great projects in the Kimberley. There is $5.2 million for the much-needed Broome bypass on the Broome highway, and there is $3.2 million for continued improvements to the Derby Highway. In the south west, there is $11.6 million for the Bridgetown bypass. There is $5.1 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway, plus another $5 million, making a total of $10 million for upgrades to the South Western Highway. Of course, there is $2 million to start the Bunbury port access road. There is $4.5 million to begin the construction of the Mt Barker northern bypass, and another $2 million will be spent on Muirs Highway upgrades. The list goes on. Sixty-seven per cent of the road budget will go to rural WA, and those guys opposite cannot find it.
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