❓ Question regarding the Minister's support for funding the grain freight rail network, contrasting the Nationals WA policy with the Liberal Party's stance. The Minister's answer deflects and accuses the questioner of misleading the house, while vaguely supporting keeping grain on rail.
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GRAIN FREIGHT RAIL NETWORK
I refer to a recent media statement by National Party members Hon Max Trenorden, Hon Colin Holt and Hon Mia Davies calling on the Minister for Transport to fund the grain freight rail network. They say a number of things, including — “This State Government has a responsibility to allocate funding for this critical piece of infrastructure,” They say they have been inundated with calls from people in their electorates and state — The Nationals WA are opposed to the closure of any rail lines. I refer also to the minister’s comments in Parliament yesterday that he was comfortable with the decision by industry to move from rail to road and that he accepted that some lines will close, including lines in his electorate — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Armadale! I would like to hear the question. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The question is: who is the minister supporting? Is he supporting the Nationals WA, which has a clear pre-election and post-election policy to fund the rail rescue package, or is he supporting the Premier and the Liberal Party, which say that they will not support giving money to the private provider? The SPEAKER : I think that the question is seeking an opinion. I do not think it asks for the provision of information. If the minister is prepared to answer it, he is on his feet. Mr B.J. GRYLLS
I refer to a recent media statement by National Party members Hon Max Trenorden, Hon Colin Holt and Hon Mia Davies calling on the Minister for Transport to fund the grain freight rail network. They say a number of things, including — “This State Government has a responsibility to allocate funding for this critical piece of infrastructure,” They say they have been inundated with calls from people in their electorates and state — The Nationals WA are opposed to the closure of any rail lines. I refer also to the minister’s comments in Parliament yesterday that he was comfortable with the decision by industry to move from rail to road and that he accepted that some lines will close, including lines in his electorate — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Armadale! I would like to hear the question. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The question is: who is the minister supporting? Is he supporting the Nationals WA, which has a clear pre-election and post-election policy to fund the rail rescue package, or is he supporting the Premier and the Liberal Party, which say that they will not support giving money to the private provider? The SPEAKER : I think that the question is seeking an opinion. I do not think it asks for the provision of information. If the minister is prepared to answer it, he is on his feet. Mr B.J. GRYLLS
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I am happy to provide an answer to the question because it shows that the member for Armadale is prepared to mislead the house about the debate that we had yesterday in this chamber. We were involved in a long and logical debate with members on both sides of Parliament. We talked about the issues concerning the grain freight network in Western Australia and looked at the way to move forward. During that debate, it was revealed that the previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure took to cabinet a submission to fund grain infrastructure in Western Australia. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Armadale! I would like to hear the question. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The question is: who is the minister supporting? Is he supporting the Nationals WA, which has a clear pre-election and post-election policy to fund the rail rescue package, or is he supporting the Premier and the Liberal Party, which say that they will not support giving money to the private provider? The SPEAKER : I think that the question is seeking an opinion. I do not think it asks for the provision of information. If the minister is prepared to answer it, he is on his feet. Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I am happy to provide an answer to the question because it shows that the member for Armadale is prepared to mislead the house about the debate that we had yesterday in this chamber. We were involved in a long and logical debate with members on both sides of Parliament. We talked about the issues concerning the grain freight network in Western Australia and looked at the way to move forward. During that debate, it was revealed that the previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure took to cabinet a submission to fund grain infrastructure in Western Australia. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The question is: who is the minister supporting? Is he supporting the Nationals WA, which has a clear pre-election and post-election policy to fund the rail rescue package, or is he supporting the Premier and the Liberal Party, which say that they will not support giving money to the private provider? The SPEAKER : I think that the question is seeking an opinion. I do not think it asks for the provision of information. If the minister is prepared to answer it, he is on his feet. Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I am happy to provide an answer to the question because it shows that the member for Armadale is prepared to mislead the house about the debate that we had yesterday in this chamber. We were involved in a long and logical debate with members on both sides of Parliament. We talked about the issues concerning the grain freight network in Western Australia and looked at the way to move forward. During that debate, it was revealed that the previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure took to cabinet a submission to fund grain infrastructure in Western Australia. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : I think that the question is seeking an opinion. I do not think it asks for the provision of information. If the minister is prepared to answer it, he is on his feet. Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I am happy to provide an answer to the question because it shows that the member for Armadale is prepared to mislead the house about the debate that we had yesterday in this chamber. We were involved in a long and logical debate with members on both sides of Parliament. We talked about the issues concerning the grain freight network in Western Australia and looked at the way to move forward. During that debate, it was revealed that the previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure took to cabinet a submission to fund grain infrastructure in Western Australia. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I am happy to provide an answer to the question because it shows that the member for Armadale is prepared to mislead the house about the debate that we had yesterday in this chamber. We were involved in a long and logical debate with members on both sides of Parliament. We talked about the issues concerning the grain freight network in Western Australia and looked at the way to move forward. During that debate, it was revealed that the previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure took to cabinet a submission to fund grain infrastructure in Western Australia. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
I am happy to provide an answer to the question because it shows that the member for Armadale is prepared to mislead the house about the debate that we had yesterday in this chamber. We were involved in a long and logical debate with members on both sides of Parliament. We talked about the issues concerning the grain freight network in Western Australia and looked at the way to move forward. During that debate, it was revealed that the previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure took to cabinet a submission to fund grain infrastructure in Western Australia. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Armadale! I would like to hear the question. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The question is: who is the minister supporting? Is he supporting the Nationals WA, which has a clear pre-election and post-election policy to fund the rail rescue package, or is he supporting the Premier and the Liberal Party, which say that they will not support giving money to the private provider? The SPEAKER : I think that the question is seeking an opinion. I do not think it asks for the provision of information. If the minister is prepared to answer it, he is on his feet. Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I am happy to provide an answer to the question because it shows that the member for Armadale is prepared to mislead the house about the debate that we had yesterday in this chamber. We were involved in a long and logical debate with members on both sides of Parliament. We talked about the issues concerning the grain freight network in Western Australia and looked at the way to move forward. During that debate, it was revealed that the previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure took to cabinet a submission to fund grain infrastructure in Western Australia. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The question is: who is the minister supporting? Is he supporting the Nationals WA, which has a clear pre-election and post-election policy to fund the rail rescue package, or is he supporting the Premier and the Liberal Party, which say that they will not support giving money to the private provider? The SPEAKER : I think that the question is seeking an opinion. I do not think it asks for the provision of information. If the minister is prepared to answer it, he is on his feet. Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I am happy to provide an answer to the question because it shows that the member for Armadale is prepared to mislead the house about the debate that we had yesterday in this chamber. We were involved in a long and logical debate with members on both sides of Parliament. We talked about the issues concerning the grain freight network in Western Australia and looked at the way to move forward. During that debate, it was revealed that the previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure took to cabinet a submission to fund grain infrastructure in Western Australia. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : I think that the question is seeking an opinion. I do not think it asks for the provision of information. If the minister is prepared to answer it, he is on his feet. Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I am happy to provide an answer to the question because it shows that the member for Armadale is prepared to mislead the house about the debate that we had yesterday in this chamber. We were involved in a long and logical debate with members on both sides of Parliament. We talked about the issues concerning the grain freight network in Western Australia and looked at the way to move forward. During that debate, it was revealed that the previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure took to cabinet a submission to fund grain infrastructure in Western Australia. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I am happy to provide an answer to the question because it shows that the member for Armadale is prepared to mislead the house about the debate that we had yesterday in this chamber. We were involved in a long and logical debate with members on both sides of Parliament. We talked about the issues concerning the grain freight network in Western Australia and looked at the way to move forward. During that debate, it was revealed that the previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure took to cabinet a submission to fund grain infrastructure in Western Australia. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
I am happy to provide an answer to the question because it shows that the member for Armadale is prepared to mislead the house about the debate that we had yesterday in this chamber. We were involved in a long and logical debate with members on both sides of Parliament. We talked about the issues concerning the grain freight network in Western Australia and looked at the way to move forward. During that debate, it was revealed that the previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure took to cabinet a submission to fund grain infrastructure in Western Australia. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : It was under consideration. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : What happened to that cabinet submission? Nothing happened to that cabinet submission. The opposition has absolutely no relevance in that debate. Since then, there have been major changes to the grain industry in Western Australia through deregulation, which has fundamentally changed the task of transporting goods. The member for Armadale’s comments today have highlighted the fact that my five new colleagues in the upper house think independently, stand up for their electorates and put forward what they want to. Do any members opposite think independently? No. None of them can think independently. Good on the members of the National Party for getting out in the community, representing the community and putting the issue back on to the government to deal with. The government will do that. I am working closely with the Minister for Transport to achieve that outcome. I agree with my colleagues that we would like to keep as much grain on rail as is absolutely possible. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : However, despite the investment in the rail network, individual businesses may continue to transport their grain by road. Currently, 50 per cent of the freight task is undertaken by trucks. Let us consider where this is coming from. The previous government put in place the Grain Infrastructure Group to understand this issue. The GIG process — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The GIG process resulted in a cabinet decision that was rejected by the former government. On the same day, it is alleged that the motion to build the sapphire clock tower at Mandurah train station was agreed to and funded and the motion to build the public arch on the way to Mandurah was passed, but the investment in the grain network never occurred. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : I am very confident that we are heading towards a resolution of this issue. The Minister for Transport has my support. The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
The SPEAKER : Before I allow the member for Armadale to ask a supplementary question, I call the member for North West formally for the second time and the member for Albany for the first time.
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