❓ Mr. Love asks the Minister for Transport to meet with Bellevue residents regarding traffic modelling and compensation related to the Robinson Road closure. The Minister's response avoids the specific question, instead focusing on the government's achievements in rail manufacturing and criticizing the opposition's past actions.
AnsweredQoN 265Legislative Assembly
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ROBINSON ROAD CLOSURE — BELLEVUE
265. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Transport:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister meet with members of the Bellevue Residents and Ratepayers
Association to discuss the traffic modelling and the effect it will have on
their businesses in the area, and what compensation plans might be offered to
them?
265. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Transport:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister meet with members of the Bellevue Residents and Ratepayers
Association to discuss the traffic modelling and the effect it will have on
their businesses in the area, and what compensation plans might be offered to
them?
AnswerView source ↗
Residents met with me at a forum
that I gave before the election. As I said, I know that not everyone supports
everything we do, but the feedback that I get around the place is, ''Thank
you for getting these jobs back to Western Australia. Thanks for defying the
doubters.'' The Liberal and National Parties were the biggest doubters. It was not easy getting rail manufacturing up from
the two per cent that the former government left us to over 50 per cent.
It was not easy to get that done, but I am so proud that we are creating local
jobs and local opportunities. I am really proud that we brought rail
manufacturing back to WA after the Liberal and National Parties sold Westrail Freight, closed the Midland Workshops and
wanted to shut down the AvonLink . Can members believe that ? When
I came to government, one of the first things I had to do was overturn the
National Party's decision to shut the AvonLink . That is what I had
to do.
Mr R.S. Love : There was no
such decision. We kept it open.
Ms
R. SAFFIOTI : There had been a decision.
There was no funding in the forward estimates and one of the first things that
I had to do was reverse the National Party's decision to shut down the AvonLink .
We know that the opposition does not
like rail lines and rail manufacturing, but we are proud of Metronet and we are
proud of what we are delivering.
that I gave before the election. As I said, I know that not everyone supports
everything we do, but the feedback that I get around the place is, ''Thank
you for getting these jobs back to Western Australia. Thanks for defying the
doubters.'' The Liberal and National Parties were the biggest doubters. It was not easy getting rail manufacturing up from
the two per cent that the former government left us to over 50 per cent.
It was not easy to get that done, but I am so proud that we are creating local
jobs and local opportunities. I am really proud that we brought rail
manufacturing back to WA after the Liberal and National Parties sold Westrail Freight, closed the Midland Workshops and
wanted to shut down the AvonLink . Can members believe that ? When
I came to government, one of the first things I had to do was overturn the
National Party's decision to shut the AvonLink . That is what I had
to do.
Mr R.S. Love : There was no
such decision. We kept it open.
Ms
R. SAFFIOTI : There had been a decision.
There was no funding in the forward estimates and one of the first things that
I had to do was reverse the National Party's decision to shut down the AvonLink .
We know that the opposition does not
like rail lines and rail manufacturing, but we are proud of Metronet and we are
proud of what we are delivering.
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