❓ Question regarding the potential negative impacts of proposed changes to the Australind train service, particularly for vulnerable passengers, and accusations of ulterior motives related to the Perth-Mandurah rail link. The Minister's response is largely dismissive and deflective, focusing on perceived exaggerations and political point-scoring.
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AUSTRALIND TRAIN SERVICE
I refer to the minister’s plan to cut to cut the Australind train service and force people in the south west to get onto buses and then transfer to the Perth-Mandurah rail link. (1) Is the minister aware that this proposal could cause serious problems for elderly and disabled people, as well as children travelling alone, who would need to embark and disembark from buses and trains and have the inconvenience of changing midway through the trip? (2) Is it the case that the minister is pursuing this change to force people onto the Perth-Mandurah rail link so that she can increase the passenger numbers on her pet project? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
I refer to the minister’s plan to cut to cut the Australind train service and force people in the south west to get onto buses and then transfer to the Perth-Mandurah rail link. (1) Is the minister aware that this proposal could cause serious problems for elderly and disabled people, as well as children travelling alone, who would need to embark and disembark from buses and trains and have the inconvenience of changing midway through the trip? (2) Is it the case that the minister is pursuing this change to force people onto the Perth-Mandurah rail link so that she can increase the passenger numbers on her pet project? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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(1)-(2) I am glad the Perth-Mandurah railway has been brought to the fore again as being at fault for causing the Iraq war, bird flu and heavy rain at Lake Grace! What was the latest? There was some problem with the Esperance port the other day, and that got tied into the Perth-Mandurah rail! I am glad the member for Bunbury used the word “proposal”, because that is all this is. We went to Bunbury and put a proposition to the local community that we believe we can get a better configuration of public transport - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
(1) Is the minister aware that this proposal could cause serious problems for elderly and disabled people, as well as children travelling alone, who would need to embark and disembark from buses and trains and have the inconvenience of changing midway through the trip? (2) Is it the case that the minister is pursuing this change to force people onto the Perth-Mandurah rail link so that she can increase the passenger numbers on her pet project? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I am glad the Perth-Mandurah railway has been brought to the fore again as being at fault for causing the Iraq war, bird flu and heavy rain at Lake Grace! What was the latest? There was some problem with the Esperance port the other day, and that got tied into the Perth-Mandurah rail! I am glad the member for Bunbury used the word “proposal”, because that is all this is. We went to Bunbury and put a proposition to the local community that we believe we can get a better configuration of public transport - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
(2) Is it the case that the minister is pursuing this change to force people onto the Perth-Mandurah rail link so that she can increase the passenger numbers on her pet project? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I am glad the Perth-Mandurah railway has been brought to the fore again as being at fault for causing the Iraq war, bird flu and heavy rain at Lake Grace! What was the latest? There was some problem with the Esperance port the other day, and that got tied into the Perth-Mandurah rail! I am glad the member for Bunbury used the word “proposal”, because that is all this is. We went to Bunbury and put a proposition to the local community that we believe we can get a better configuration of public transport - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I am glad the Perth-Mandurah railway has been brought to the fore again as being at fault for causing the Iraq war, bird flu and heavy rain at Lake Grace! What was the latest? There was some problem with the Esperance port the other day, and that got tied into the Perth-Mandurah rail! I am glad the member for Bunbury used the word “proposal”, because that is all this is. We went to Bunbury and put a proposition to the local community that we believe we can get a better configuration of public transport - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
(1)-(2) I am glad the Perth-Mandurah railway has been brought to the fore again as being at fault for causing the Iraq war, bird flu and heavy rain at Lake Grace! What was the latest? There was some problem with the Esperance port the other day, and that got tied into the Perth-Mandurah rail! I am glad the member for Bunbury used the word “proposal”, because that is all this is. We went to Bunbury and put a proposition to the local community that we believe we can get a better configuration of public transport - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
(1) Is the minister aware that this proposal could cause serious problems for elderly and disabled people, as well as children travelling alone, who would need to embark and disembark from buses and trains and have the inconvenience of changing midway through the trip? (2) Is it the case that the minister is pursuing this change to force people onto the Perth-Mandurah rail link so that she can increase the passenger numbers on her pet project? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I am glad the Perth-Mandurah railway has been brought to the fore again as being at fault for causing the Iraq war, bird flu and heavy rain at Lake Grace! What was the latest? There was some problem with the Esperance port the other day, and that got tied into the Perth-Mandurah rail! I am glad the member for Bunbury used the word “proposal”, because that is all this is. We went to Bunbury and put a proposition to the local community that we believe we can get a better configuration of public transport - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
(2) Is it the case that the minister is pursuing this change to force people onto the Perth-Mandurah rail link so that she can increase the passenger numbers on her pet project? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I am glad the Perth-Mandurah railway has been brought to the fore again as being at fault for causing the Iraq war, bird flu and heavy rain at Lake Grace! What was the latest? There was some problem with the Esperance port the other day, and that got tied into the Perth-Mandurah rail! I am glad the member for Bunbury used the word “proposal”, because that is all this is. We went to Bunbury and put a proposition to the local community that we believe we can get a better configuration of public transport - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) I am glad the Perth-Mandurah railway has been brought to the fore again as being at fault for causing the Iraq war, bird flu and heavy rain at Lake Grace! What was the latest? There was some problem with the Esperance port the other day, and that got tied into the Perth-Mandurah rail! I am glad the member for Bunbury used the word “proposal”, because that is all this is. We went to Bunbury and put a proposition to the local community that we believe we can get a better configuration of public transport - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
(1)-(2) I am glad the Perth-Mandurah railway has been brought to the fore again as being at fault for causing the Iraq war, bird flu and heavy rain at Lake Grace! What was the latest? There was some problem with the Esperance port the other day, and that got tied into the Perth-Mandurah rail! I am glad the member for Bunbury used the word “proposal”, because that is all this is. We went to Bunbury and put a proposition to the local community that we believe we can get a better configuration of public transport - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
The SPEAKER : Order! I am sure the member for Vasse has some interesting things to say, but this is not the appropriate time. I call the member to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : “Mr AvonLink” also has something interesting to say. Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Mr T. Buswell : I was only thinking about it! You are always on my mind! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The reality is that we are spending around $7.5 million a year on providing these services. Frankly, I do not believe that the community of Bunbury - or, indeed, the entire community up and down that line - is getting a very good deal out of this. The situation with the morning service is that only 48 people on average use that service every weekday. The number is even less on weekends. In a community of 30 000 people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
The SPEAKER : Order! Minister, please take a seat. I want to correct my last comment. It was actually the member for Avon, not the member for Vasse. I call the member for Leschenault to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In a community of 30 000 people, it seemed to us that the fact that only 48 people each morning were using this service was a pretty good indication that it was not actually hitting the spot. We have made it very clear that we have no intention, whatever may be the outcome of this consultation, of discontinuing the Australind service. We are giving the community that option. The right thing to do is to give the community alternatives and to ask people whether, in addition to an Australind service, they would also like - Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order and urge him to stop. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Whenever I hear the member for Avon, I think of bozone. Bozone is a substance that surrounds particularly stupid people; it prevents a bright idea from penetrating their brain. The member for Avon is Mr Bozone; and, unlike the ozone layer, there is no sign whatsoever of the bozone layer breaking down in the men’s party. The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
The government has put a good proposition to the community. At the end of the day, if the 30 000 people of Bunbury want to stick with the services as they are currently configured, that is what we will do. However, the right thing for the government to do is to give them that option.
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