❓ Question regarding conditions for federal funding of Roe Highway stages 6 & 7 and potential jeopardy of funding. Minister's answer deflects, focusing on progress and blaming opposition for jeopardizing stage 7 funding.
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I refer the minister to the federal coalition Government’s $76 million commitment under the roads of national importance program towards the construction of Roe Highway stages 6 and 7. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members, it is highly inappropriate to interject on a question. It means that question time is prolonged more than it should be. The whole purpose of question time is to ask questions, not to seek interjections. Ms K. HODSON-THOMAS: I ask - (1) What were the conditions to be met by the State Government, upon which the federal Government’s roads of national importance funding would be allocated for Roe Highway stages 6 and 7? (2) Is the minister aware of any reason that this federal funding may now be in jeopardy; and, if so, why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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(1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members, it is highly inappropriate to interject on a question. It means that question time is prolonged more than it should be. The whole purpose of question time is to ask questions, not to seek interjections. Ms K. HODSON-THOMAS: I ask - (1) What were the conditions to be met by the State Government, upon which the federal Government’s roads of national importance funding would be allocated for Roe Highway stages 6 and 7? (2) Is the minister aware of any reason that this federal funding may now be in jeopardy; and, if so, why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
The SPEAKER: Members, it is highly inappropriate to interject on a question. It means that question time is prolonged more than it should be. The whole purpose of question time is to ask questions, not to seek interjections. Ms K. HODSON-THOMAS: I ask - (1) What were the conditions to be met by the State Government, upon which the federal Government’s roads of national importance funding would be allocated for Roe Highway stages 6 and 7? (2) Is the minister aware of any reason that this federal funding may now be in jeopardy; and, if so, why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms K. HODSON-THOMAS: I ask - (1) What were the conditions to be met by the State Government, upon which the federal Government’s roads of national importance funding would be allocated for Roe Highway stages 6 and 7? (2) Is the minister aware of any reason that this federal funding may now be in jeopardy; and, if so, why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
(1) What were the conditions to be met by the State Government, upon which the federal Government’s roads of national importance funding would be allocated for Roe Highway stages 6 and 7? (2) Is the minister aware of any reason that this federal funding may now be in jeopardy; and, if so, why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
(2) Is the minister aware of any reason that this federal funding may now be in jeopardy; and, if so, why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
(1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members, it is highly inappropriate to interject on a question. It means that question time is prolonged more than it should be. The whole purpose of question time is to ask questions, not to seek interjections. Ms K. HODSON-THOMAS: I ask - (1) What were the conditions to be met by the State Government, upon which the federal Government’s roads of national importance funding would be allocated for Roe Highway stages 6 and 7? (2) Is the minister aware of any reason that this federal funding may now be in jeopardy; and, if so, why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
The SPEAKER: Members, it is highly inappropriate to interject on a question. It means that question time is prolonged more than it should be. The whole purpose of question time is to ask questions, not to seek interjections. Ms K. HODSON-THOMAS: I ask - (1) What were the conditions to be met by the State Government, upon which the federal Government’s roads of national importance funding would be allocated for Roe Highway stages 6 and 7? (2) Is the minister aware of any reason that this federal funding may now be in jeopardy; and, if so, why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms K. HODSON-THOMAS: I ask - (1) What were the conditions to be met by the State Government, upon which the federal Government’s roads of national importance funding would be allocated for Roe Highway stages 6 and 7? (2) Is the minister aware of any reason that this federal funding may now be in jeopardy; and, if so, why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
(1) What were the conditions to be met by the State Government, upon which the federal Government’s roads of national importance funding would be allocated for Roe Highway stages 6 and 7? (2) Is the minister aware of any reason that this federal funding may now be in jeopardy; and, if so, why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
(2) Is the minister aware of any reason that this federal funding may now be in jeopardy; and, if so, why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
(1)-(2) The funding was provided some years ago, in response to government requests. The Government has entered into the contract to commence construction of stage 6. Stage 4 of Roe Highway, which had lingered on for 10 years, will finally be completed, and the Government has finally given relief to the people of William Street, who are very grateful. The Government has also moved very swiftly to proceed with Roe Highway stage 5, and it is optimistic that that stage will be completed by May next year, at the latest. We do not let the grass grow under our feet. We have also entered into a contract for the construction of Roe Highway stage 6 and it will commence within the next couple of weeks. The question now is what will happen to Roe Highway stage 7. We are confident that the federal Government will continue to provide assistance. Members of the Liberal Party, including the member for Murdoch, and a number of councillors from the City of Melville have taken the very silly and short-sighted step of trying to persuade the federal Minister for Transport that he should cease funding for Roe Highway stage 7. I ask members to contemplate what that will do to their communities. They are playing politics with this road. They should go out and speak to the people in their electorates and explain - Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Mr M.F. Board interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Okay. It is extremely important that we finish Roe Highway stage 7. Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Mr M.F. Board: Right through to the port; that is what we want. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The former Government was never going to build that road right through. That is very interesting. The member for Carine really does help us a lot. It is sometimes difficult to have these dorothy dixers asked, but I can always rely on the member for Carine to lend the Government a helping hand. Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Back in 2000 I asked the then Government a question about what was happening with the Fremantle eastern bypass and received an answer stating that design work had commenced in March 1996 - the Government had let a $300 000 contract. Four and a half years later that stage still has not been completed. The reason given by the then Deputy Premier was that - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Hold on. When I asked the then Deputy Premier, four years after the contract had started, how come the design work had not been finished for the Fremantle eastern bypass, he said that the Government had realised there were additional issues to deal with, such as community concerns, environmental issues and alternative road layout concepts. When we came to government a year later there had been no progress. The previous Government had no intention of constructing the Fremantle eastern bypass. Its strategy for dealing with the very real traffic and freight problems that beset the southern suburbs was to leave a couple of lines on a map. We said that was not adequate. We wanted real solutions, not the sort of solutions that the then Government was never going to deliver.
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