❓ Mrs. Harvey questions the Premier about potential job losses related to the Westport Taskforce's outer harbour project and the shelved Roe 8-9 project. The Premier avoids directly answering the job loss question, instead promoting the long-term benefits of the Kwinana port and criticising the Liberal Party's stance.
AnsweredQoN 508Legislative Assembly
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WESTPORT TASKFORCE —
AUTOMATED OUTER HARBOUR
508. Mrs
L.M. HARVEY to the Premier:
At
the upcoming election, the automated outer harbour, and the inner harbour, with
the job-creating Roe 8–9 project , will be major points of
difference between the parties. Will the Premier, in an open and transparent
way, outline to the community how many local jobs will be lost under the two
scenarios for the outer harbour?
AUTOMATED OUTER HARBOUR
508. Mrs
L.M. HARVEY to the Premier:
At
the upcoming election, the automated outer harbour, and the inner harbour, with
the job-creating Roe 8–9 project , will be major points of
difference between the parties. Will the Premier, in an open and transparent
way, outline to the community how many local jobs will be lost under the two
scenarios for the outer harbour?
AnswerView source ↗
We
outlined the Westport Taskforce plan yesterday, and it is a very significant
investment, and a very significant day for
Western Australia. We actually have to work towards long-term visions for these
things, long-term infrastructure, making
sure we deal with bottlenecks, making sure we actually provide world class
twenty-first century infrastructure for freight and trade for Western Australia.
That was the position of both sides of politics for decades. Troy Buswell came
in here during the term of the last government and lauded it. That was the
future. We would have a modern container
port in Kwinana to deal with the container and freight needs of the state for
the future—for centuries to come . That was what Troy Buswell
had to say. Richard Court had the same thing to say. It was a bipartisan
position. What we find now is the Liberal Party in Western Australia
just wants to play politics with these things. I mean, honestly, having trucks
running into the centre of the city to a boutique and very old port that is
going to fill is not the way of the future.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : You need to
actually look bigger and better and brighter than what you are. What is more is
that to keep Fremantle as the port for Western Australia, with the road freight
and rail infrastructure required to be built, the upgrades to Fremantle port
will be double the cost of building a new port in Kwinana.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The Liberal
Party just wants to play politics. We are about providing a long-term future
for freight and trade that will create thousands of jobs for Western Australia.
I will tell members what. When we go to cities around the world, they have
modern infrastructure, and ports that take the traffic out of the heart of the
city. When you go to European cities or advanced Asian economies or advanced
American cities, that is what they do. What we have with the Liberal Party is
troglodytes. They are ignoring what Troy Buswell had to say and what Richard
Court had to say and what was a bipartisan position for many, many years.
outlined the Westport Taskforce plan yesterday, and it is a very significant
investment, and a very significant day for
Western Australia. We actually have to work towards long-term visions for these
things, long-term infrastructure, making
sure we deal with bottlenecks, making sure we actually provide world class
twenty-first century infrastructure for freight and trade for Western Australia.
That was the position of both sides of politics for decades. Troy Buswell came
in here during the term of the last government and lauded it. That was the
future. We would have a modern container
port in Kwinana to deal with the container and freight needs of the state for
the future—for centuries to come . That was what Troy Buswell
had to say. Richard Court had the same thing to say. It was a bipartisan
position. What we find now is the Liberal Party in Western Australia
just wants to play politics with these things. I mean, honestly, having trucks
running into the centre of the city to a boutique and very old port that is
going to fill is not the way of the future.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : You need to
actually look bigger and better and brighter than what you are. What is more is
that to keep Fremantle as the port for Western Australia, with the road freight
and rail infrastructure required to be built, the upgrades to Fremantle port
will be double the cost of building a new port in Kwinana.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The Liberal
Party just wants to play politics. We are about providing a long-term future
for freight and trade that will create thousands of jobs for Western Australia.
I will tell members what. When we go to cities around the world, they have
modern infrastructure, and ports that take the traffic out of the heart of the
city. When you go to European cities or advanced Asian economies or advanced
American cities, that is what they do. What we have with the Liberal Party is
troglodytes. They are ignoring what Troy Buswell had to say and what Richard
Court had to say and what was a bipartisan position for many, many years.
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