❓ WA Minister MacTiernan criticises the Federal Government's lack of financial support for WA's export infrastructure, despite WA's significant contribution to the national economy. She highlights the pressure on regional communities and the need for investment in ports, roads, and rail.
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EXPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION
Is the federal government making any real contribution to the provision of vital export infrastructure in Western Australia? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
Is the federal government making any real contribution to the provision of vital export infrastructure in Western Australia? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. He knows first-hand about the pressure that has been put on the local communities of Western Australia as a result of the massive growth of our mining and other export activities. Western Australia is now producing in the order of 42 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. However, it is not getting anywhere near adequate assistance from the federal government - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : These are updated figures. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. He knows first-hand about the pressure that has been put on the local communities of Western Australia as a result of the massive growth of our mining and other export activities. Western Australia is now producing in the order of 42 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. However, it is not getting anywhere near adequate assistance from the federal government - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : These are updated figures. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. He knows first-hand about the pressure that has been put on the local communities of Western Australia as a result of the massive growth of our mining and other export activities. Western Australia is now producing in the order of 42 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. However, it is not getting anywhere near adequate assistance from the federal government - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : These are updated figures. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : These are updated figures. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : These are updated figures. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. He knows first-hand about the pressure that has been put on the local communities of Western Australia as a result of the massive growth of our mining and other export activities. Western Australia is now producing in the order of 42 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. However, it is not getting anywhere near adequate assistance from the federal government - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : These are updated figures. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. He knows first-hand about the pressure that has been put on the local communities of Western Australia as a result of the massive growth of our mining and other export activities. Western Australia is now producing in the order of 42 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. However, it is not getting anywhere near adequate assistance from the federal government - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : These are updated figures. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : These are updated figures. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : These are updated figures. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : More than 50 per cent of the volume of Australia’s exports is exported from Western Australia’s ports. Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the second time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Each of the seven regional ports from Broome to Esperance must be upgraded, and the state government is taking full responsibility for upgrading each of those facilities. In addition, there is enormous pressure on the road and rail links into each of the ports. We have seen no commitment whatsoever from the federal government to provide assistance to the state government for any of those projects. We have heard about the $19 billion the federal government will spend, most of which it appears will be spent in marginal seats in Queensland. This is a completely unacceptable set of circumstances. Western Australia is bringing home the bacon for the Australian economy and, as a result, our regional communities are under a lot of pressure. We need commonwealth assistance for our road and rail infrastructure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
The SPEAKER : If the member for Cottesloe does not want to be here, he can keep interjecting. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The mentor is back to his nasty, shifty self. Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
Another issue for regional Western Australia is the failed privatisation of the grain rail infrastructure. It now appears to be almost inevitable that 1 000 kilometres of grain rail will be closed. After Westrail was sold for a profit of some $300 million, the rail companies now want us to put $300 million into road and rail infrastructure to make it work. We need commonwealth assistance and a massive injection of commonwealth funds into regional road and rail infrastructure. I expect members opposite to support us in that request.
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