❓ The Minister addresses claims of local government opposition to the Southern Rail Link, highlighting support from several mayors and the Property Council for the direct route. She emphasizes the benefits for Rockingham and the overall transport network.
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SOUTHERN RAIL LINK, ROUTE
The Opposition has claimed that local government is opposed to the Gallop Government’s visionary plans to take the Mandurah-Rockingham-Perth rail line via the direct route into the City of Perth. Can the minister comment on this issue, given her recent consultative meetings and resultant feedback? Ms MacTIERNAN
The Opposition has claimed that local government is opposed to the Gallop Government’s visionary plans to take the Mandurah-Rockingham-Perth rail line via the direct route into the City of Perth. Can the minister comment on this issue, given her recent consultative meetings and resultant feedback? Ms MacTIERNAN
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I am pleased to provide more accurate information. Yesterday a statement was issued by the Mayors of Cockburn, Kwinana and Mandurah, which reads - The Mayors of the City of Cockburn, Town of Kwinana and City of Mandurah have distanced themselves from a statement issued through the WA Municipal Association for the State Government to halt development on the Perth to Mandurah rail link. Cockburn Mayor Stephen Lee, - Mr Omodei: The Cockburn Mayor is the next Labor candidate. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will not say for whom the President of the Western Australian Municipal Association is the next candidate. It continues - Kwinana Mayor John Slinger and Mandurah Mayor Keith Homes have publicly supported the direct rail line along the Kwinana Freeway. They said that the Freeway route would provide the fastest link to Perth CBD for all communities along the South Western Corridor. Mr Pendal: Of course they would because you cracked the whip. Ms MacTIERNAN: They support it because it will provide the fastest link. Last night we had very constructive discussions with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Chief Executive Officer of the City of Rockingham. They have agreed that a rapid transit system linking the new Rockingham station with the city foreshore, city centre and Murdoch campus will offer great benefits to the city of Rockingham. Rather than closing off options, the location of the new rail link, and adding to it a rapid transit system, will enable Rockingham for the first time to take advantage of its premier asset, which is of course its foreshore. I am also pleased to advise the House that we are getting support from a lot of other quarters, including the Western Australian division of the Property Council of Australia, which does not comprise noted Labor supporters. I will quote a statement put out by Mr Joe Lenzo on this very matter. He said - The Property Council is pleased to see the new rail link cutting travel time to and from Perth city. The proposed reforms go further, creating train stations in central Perth that will improve links between the southern, northern and eastern suburbs . . . In short, the new rail plan will consolidate Perth’s role as a key transport hub for the suburbs and the regions. It seems that the Opposition is becoming increasingly isolated and is very much stuck on the wrong track.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I am pleased to provide more accurate information. Yesterday a statement was issued by the Mayors of Cockburn, Kwinana and Mandurah, which reads - The Mayors of the City of Cockburn, Town of Kwinana and City of Mandurah have distanced themselves from a statement issued through the WA Municipal Association for the State Government to halt development on the Perth to Mandurah rail link. Cockburn Mayor Stephen Lee, - Mr Omodei: The Cockburn Mayor is the next Labor candidate. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will not say for whom the President of the Western Australian Municipal Association is the next candidate. It continues - Kwinana Mayor John Slinger and Mandurah Mayor Keith Homes have publicly supported the direct rail line along the Kwinana Freeway. They said that the Freeway route would provide the fastest link to Perth CBD for all communities along the South Western Corridor. Mr Pendal: Of course they would because you cracked the whip. Ms MacTIERNAN: They support it because it will provide the fastest link. Last night we had very constructive discussions with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Chief Executive Officer of the City of Rockingham. They have agreed that a rapid transit system linking the new Rockingham station with the city foreshore, city centre and Murdoch campus will offer great benefits to the city of Rockingham. Rather than closing off options, the location of the new rail link, and adding to it a rapid transit system, will enable Rockingham for the first time to take advantage of its premier asset, which is of course its foreshore. I am also pleased to advise the House that we are getting support from a lot of other quarters, including the Western Australian division of the Property Council of Australia, which does not comprise noted Labor supporters. I will quote a statement put out by Mr Joe Lenzo on this very matter. He said - The Property Council is pleased to see the new rail link cutting travel time to and from Perth city. The proposed reforms go further, creating train stations in central Perth that will improve links between the southern, northern and eastern suburbs . . . In short, the new rail plan will consolidate Perth’s role as a key transport hub for the suburbs and the regions. It seems that the Opposition is becoming increasingly isolated and is very much stuck on the wrong track.
I am pleased to provide more accurate information. Yesterday a statement was issued by the Mayors of Cockburn, Kwinana and Mandurah, which reads - The Mayors of the City of Cockburn, Town of Kwinana and City of Mandurah have distanced themselves from a statement issued through the WA Municipal Association for the State Government to halt development on the Perth to Mandurah rail link. Cockburn Mayor Stephen Lee, - Mr Omodei: The Cockburn Mayor is the next Labor candidate. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will not say for whom the President of the Western Australian Municipal Association is the next candidate. It continues - Kwinana Mayor John Slinger and Mandurah Mayor Keith Homes have publicly supported the direct rail line along the Kwinana Freeway. They said that the Freeway route would provide the fastest link to Perth CBD for all communities along the South Western Corridor. Mr Pendal: Of course they would because you cracked the whip. Ms MacTIERNAN: They support it because it will provide the fastest link. Last night we had very constructive discussions with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Chief Executive Officer of the City of Rockingham. They have agreed that a rapid transit system linking the new Rockingham station with the city foreshore, city centre and Murdoch campus will offer great benefits to the city of Rockingham. Rather than closing off options, the location of the new rail link, and adding to it a rapid transit system, will enable Rockingham for the first time to take advantage of its premier asset, which is of course its foreshore. I am also pleased to advise the House that we are getting support from a lot of other quarters, including the Western Australian division of the Property Council of Australia, which does not comprise noted Labor supporters. I will quote a statement put out by Mr Joe Lenzo on this very matter. He said - The Property Council is pleased to see the new rail link cutting travel time to and from Perth city. The proposed reforms go further, creating train stations in central Perth that will improve links between the southern, northern and eastern suburbs . . . In short, the new rail plan will consolidate Perth’s role as a key transport hub for the suburbs and the regions. It seems that the Opposition is becoming increasingly isolated and is very much stuck on the wrong track.
Cockburn Mayor Stephen Lee, -
Ms MacTIERNAN: I will not say for whom the President of the Western Australian Municipal Association is the next candidate. It continues - Kwinana Mayor John Slinger and Mandurah Mayor Keith Homes have publicly supported the direct rail line along the Kwinana Freeway. They said that the Freeway route would provide the fastest link to Perth CBD for all communities along the South Western Corridor. Mr Pendal: Of course they would because you cracked the whip. Ms MacTIERNAN: They support it because it will provide the fastest link. Last night we had very constructive discussions with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Chief Executive Officer of the City of Rockingham. They have agreed that a rapid transit system linking the new Rockingham station with the city foreshore, city centre and Murdoch campus will offer great benefits to the city of Rockingham. Rather than closing off options, the location of the new rail link, and adding to it a rapid transit system, will enable Rockingham for the first time to take advantage of its premier asset, which is of course its foreshore. I am also pleased to advise the House that we are getting support from a lot of other quarters, including the Western Australian division of the Property Council of Australia, which does not comprise noted Labor supporters. I will quote a statement put out by Mr Joe Lenzo on this very matter. He said - The Property Council is pleased to see the new rail link cutting travel time to and from Perth city. The proposed reforms go further, creating train stations in central Perth that will improve links between the southern, northern and eastern suburbs . . . In short, the new rail plan will consolidate Perth’s role as a key transport hub for the suburbs and the regions. It seems that the Opposition is becoming increasingly isolated and is very much stuck on the wrong track.
They said that the Freeway route would provide the fastest link to Perth CBD for all communities along the South Western Corridor.
Ms MacTIERNAN: They support it because it will provide the fastest link. Last night we had very constructive discussions with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Chief Executive Officer of the City of Rockingham. They have agreed that a rapid transit system linking the new Rockingham station with the city foreshore, city centre and Murdoch campus will offer great benefits to the city of Rockingham. Rather than closing off options, the location of the new rail link, and adding to it a rapid transit system, will enable Rockingham for the first time to take advantage of its premier asset, which is of course its foreshore. I am also pleased to advise the House that we are getting support from a lot of other quarters, including the Western Australian division of the Property Council of Australia, which does not comprise noted Labor supporters. I will quote a statement put out by Mr Joe Lenzo on this very matter. He said - The Property Council is pleased to see the new rail link cutting travel time to and from Perth city. The proposed reforms go further, creating train stations in central Perth that will improve links between the southern, northern and eastern suburbs . . . In short, the new rail plan will consolidate Perth’s role as a key transport hub for the suburbs and the regions. It seems that the Opposition is becoming increasingly isolated and is very much stuck on the wrong track.
I am also pleased to advise the House that we are getting support from a lot of other quarters, including the Western Australian division of the Property Council of Australia, which does not comprise noted Labor supporters. I will quote a statement put out by Mr Joe Lenzo on this very matter. He said - The Property Council is pleased to see the new rail link cutting travel time to and from Perth city. The proposed reforms go further, creating train stations in central Perth that will improve links between the southern, northern and eastern suburbs . . . In short, the new rail plan will consolidate Perth’s role as a key transport hub for the suburbs and the regions. It seems that the Opposition is becoming increasingly isolated and is very much stuck on the wrong track.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I am pleased to provide more accurate information. Yesterday a statement was issued by the Mayors of Cockburn, Kwinana and Mandurah, which reads - The Mayors of the City of Cockburn, Town of Kwinana and City of Mandurah have distanced themselves from a statement issued through the WA Municipal Association for the State Government to halt development on the Perth to Mandurah rail link. Cockburn Mayor Stephen Lee, - Mr Omodei: The Cockburn Mayor is the next Labor candidate. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will not say for whom the President of the Western Australian Municipal Association is the next candidate. It continues - Kwinana Mayor John Slinger and Mandurah Mayor Keith Homes have publicly supported the direct rail line along the Kwinana Freeway. They said that the Freeway route would provide the fastest link to Perth CBD for all communities along the South Western Corridor. Mr Pendal: Of course they would because you cracked the whip. Ms MacTIERNAN: They support it because it will provide the fastest link. Last night we had very constructive discussions with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Chief Executive Officer of the City of Rockingham. They have agreed that a rapid transit system linking the new Rockingham station with the city foreshore, city centre and Murdoch campus will offer great benefits to the city of Rockingham. Rather than closing off options, the location of the new rail link, and adding to it a rapid transit system, will enable Rockingham for the first time to take advantage of its premier asset, which is of course its foreshore. I am also pleased to advise the House that we are getting support from a lot of other quarters, including the Western Australian division of the Property Council of Australia, which does not comprise noted Labor supporters. I will quote a statement put out by Mr Joe Lenzo on this very matter. He said - The Property Council is pleased to see the new rail link cutting travel time to and from Perth city. The proposed reforms go further, creating train stations in central Perth that will improve links between the southern, northern and eastern suburbs . . . In short, the new rail plan will consolidate Perth’s role as a key transport hub for the suburbs and the regions. It seems that the Opposition is becoming increasingly isolated and is very much stuck on the wrong track.
I am pleased to provide more accurate information. Yesterday a statement was issued by the Mayors of Cockburn, Kwinana and Mandurah, which reads - The Mayors of the City of Cockburn, Town of Kwinana and City of Mandurah have distanced themselves from a statement issued through the WA Municipal Association for the State Government to halt development on the Perth to Mandurah rail link. Cockburn Mayor Stephen Lee, - Mr Omodei: The Cockburn Mayor is the next Labor candidate. Ms MacTIERNAN: I will not say for whom the President of the Western Australian Municipal Association is the next candidate. It continues - Kwinana Mayor John Slinger and Mandurah Mayor Keith Homes have publicly supported the direct rail line along the Kwinana Freeway. They said that the Freeway route would provide the fastest link to Perth CBD for all communities along the South Western Corridor. Mr Pendal: Of course they would because you cracked the whip. Ms MacTIERNAN: They support it because it will provide the fastest link. Last night we had very constructive discussions with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Chief Executive Officer of the City of Rockingham. They have agreed that a rapid transit system linking the new Rockingham station with the city foreshore, city centre and Murdoch campus will offer great benefits to the city of Rockingham. Rather than closing off options, the location of the new rail link, and adding to it a rapid transit system, will enable Rockingham for the first time to take advantage of its premier asset, which is of course its foreshore. I am also pleased to advise the House that we are getting support from a lot of other quarters, including the Western Australian division of the Property Council of Australia, which does not comprise noted Labor supporters. I will quote a statement put out by Mr Joe Lenzo on this very matter. He said - The Property Council is pleased to see the new rail link cutting travel time to and from Perth city. The proposed reforms go further, creating train stations in central Perth that will improve links between the southern, northern and eastern suburbs . . . In short, the new rail plan will consolidate Perth’s role as a key transport hub for the suburbs and the regions. It seems that the Opposition is becoming increasingly isolated and is very much stuck on the wrong track.
Cockburn Mayor Stephen Lee, -
Ms MacTIERNAN: I will not say for whom the President of the Western Australian Municipal Association is the next candidate. It continues - Kwinana Mayor John Slinger and Mandurah Mayor Keith Homes have publicly supported the direct rail line along the Kwinana Freeway. They said that the Freeway route would provide the fastest link to Perth CBD for all communities along the South Western Corridor. Mr Pendal: Of course they would because you cracked the whip. Ms MacTIERNAN: They support it because it will provide the fastest link. Last night we had very constructive discussions with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Chief Executive Officer of the City of Rockingham. They have agreed that a rapid transit system linking the new Rockingham station with the city foreshore, city centre and Murdoch campus will offer great benefits to the city of Rockingham. Rather than closing off options, the location of the new rail link, and adding to it a rapid transit system, will enable Rockingham for the first time to take advantage of its premier asset, which is of course its foreshore. I am also pleased to advise the House that we are getting support from a lot of other quarters, including the Western Australian division of the Property Council of Australia, which does not comprise noted Labor supporters. I will quote a statement put out by Mr Joe Lenzo on this very matter. He said - The Property Council is pleased to see the new rail link cutting travel time to and from Perth city. The proposed reforms go further, creating train stations in central Perth that will improve links between the southern, northern and eastern suburbs . . . In short, the new rail plan will consolidate Perth’s role as a key transport hub for the suburbs and the regions. It seems that the Opposition is becoming increasingly isolated and is very much stuck on the wrong track.
They said that the Freeway route would provide the fastest link to Perth CBD for all communities along the South Western Corridor.
Ms MacTIERNAN: They support it because it will provide the fastest link. Last night we had very constructive discussions with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Chief Executive Officer of the City of Rockingham. They have agreed that a rapid transit system linking the new Rockingham station with the city foreshore, city centre and Murdoch campus will offer great benefits to the city of Rockingham. Rather than closing off options, the location of the new rail link, and adding to it a rapid transit system, will enable Rockingham for the first time to take advantage of its premier asset, which is of course its foreshore. I am also pleased to advise the House that we are getting support from a lot of other quarters, including the Western Australian division of the Property Council of Australia, which does not comprise noted Labor supporters. I will quote a statement put out by Mr Joe Lenzo on this very matter. He said - The Property Council is pleased to see the new rail link cutting travel time to and from Perth city. The proposed reforms go further, creating train stations in central Perth that will improve links between the southern, northern and eastern suburbs . . . In short, the new rail plan will consolidate Perth’s role as a key transport hub for the suburbs and the regions. It seems that the Opposition is becoming increasingly isolated and is very much stuck on the wrong track.
I am also pleased to advise the House that we are getting support from a lot of other quarters, including the Western Australian division of the Property Council of Australia, which does not comprise noted Labor supporters. I will quote a statement put out by Mr Joe Lenzo on this very matter. He said - The Property Council is pleased to see the new rail link cutting travel time to and from Perth city. The proposed reforms go further, creating train stations in central Perth that will improve links between the southern, northern and eastern suburbs . . . In short, the new rail plan will consolidate Perth’s role as a key transport hub for the suburbs and the regions. It seems that the Opposition is becoming increasingly isolated and is very much stuck on the wrong track.
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