❓ Mr Hill asks about the outcome of the road train summit held to address conflicts arising from the expansion of road trains into Perth. Ms MacTiernan highlights the summit's success in fostering consensus among stakeholders, despite initial scepticism.
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ROAD TRAIN SUMMIT
The further expansion of road trains and long vehicles into the Perth metropolitan area allowed by the previous Government caused conflict and division between community groups, industry and regulators. When Labor came into office, the minister announced she would hold a road train summit to take into account the viewpoints of all the stakeholders involved. The first consensus conference has concluded. Could the minister tell us what the outcome was? Ms MacTIERNAN
The further expansion of road trains and long vehicles into the Perth metropolitan area allowed by the previous Government caused conflict and division between community groups, industry and regulators. When Labor came into office, the minister announced she would hold a road train summit to take into account the viewpoints of all the stakeholders involved. The first consensus conference has concluded. Could the minister tell us what the outcome was? Ms MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an interest in this issue because the fourth and final of these very innovative community conferences will be held in his electorate of Geraldton. Our first consensus conference was a great success. Initially, there was a good deal of scepticism. The Leader of the National Party was very sceptical about it. In the days leading up to the conference, the Livestock Transporters Association expressed concern that there would be a predetermined outcome; Mr Court from the Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia claimed that I had already shown my true colours; and the Road Transport Forum expressed concern that I was “anti-truck”. However, after our conference, where we had all the stakeholders together, we had a well-structured program - the residents, local government, the truck operators, the trucking companies, the industry groups, the Pastoralists and Graziers Association, the Western Australian Farmers Federation and everyone who had an interest in this issue - and full compliments to my ministerial staff who put that conference together. People got to consider the points of view of others and to express their own points of view. The evidence speaks for itself. The media release by the Road Transport Forum the next day stated that the industry rated the road train summit a success; it applauded the fact that there was a great deal of consensus and understanding from all parties; and it affirmed that the outcomes of the summit should ensure that Western Australia’s transport system would be able to continue to maintain its high level of productivity while at the same time dealing with safety and environmental issues. The Livestock Transporters Association ran a media release entitled “Road Train Consensus Summit: A Breakthrough in Consultation”, and congratulated me on my commitment and good faith by actively engaging with the summit during an intensive day. I was very pleased that the Deputy Leader of the National Party - Point of Order Mr BRADSHAW: In question time so far this year ministers have just gone on and on, and have not given the Opposition the opportunity to ask questions. It is about time the Government was pulled into line, and that questions were answered in a shorter time. The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, it is an opinion that ministers speak for too long. The next interjection may be to the effect that they do not answer the question. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms MacTIERNAN: I was just complimenting the Deputy Leader of the National Party for attending the road train summit in Katanning and making an important contribution. Members of the Greens (WA) also attended and contributed. The Government looks forward to the day when the Opposition finds itself able to participate in this process.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an interest in this issue because the fourth and final of these very innovative community conferences will be held in his electorate of Geraldton. Our first consensus conference was a great success. Initially, there was a good deal of scepticism. The Leader of the National Party was very sceptical about it. In the days leading up to the conference, the Livestock Transporters Association expressed concern that there would be a predetermined outcome; Mr Court from the Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia claimed that I had already shown my true colours; and the Road Transport Forum expressed concern that I was “anti-truck”. However, after our conference, where we had all the stakeholders together, we had a well-structured program - the residents, local government, the truck operators, the trucking companies, the industry groups, the Pastoralists and Graziers Association, the Western Australian Farmers Federation and everyone who had an interest in this issue - and full compliments to my ministerial staff who put that conference together. People got to consider the points of view of others and to express their own points of view. The evidence speaks for itself. The media release by the Road Transport Forum the next day stated that the industry rated the road train summit a success; it applauded the fact that there was a great deal of consensus and understanding from all parties; and it affirmed that the outcomes of the summit should ensure that Western Australia’s transport system would be able to continue to maintain its high level of productivity while at the same time dealing with safety and environmental issues. The Livestock Transporters Association ran a media release entitled “Road Train Consensus Summit: A Breakthrough in Consultation”, and congratulated me on my commitment and good faith by actively engaging with the summit during an intensive day. I was very pleased that the Deputy Leader of the National Party - Point of Order Mr BRADSHAW: In question time so far this year ministers have just gone on and on, and have not given the Opposition the opportunity to ask questions. It is about time the Government was pulled into line, and that questions were answered in a shorter time. The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, it is an opinion that ministers speak for too long. The next interjection may be to the effect that they do not answer the question. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms MacTIERNAN: I was just complimenting the Deputy Leader of the National Party for attending the road train summit in Katanning and making an important contribution. Members of the Greens (WA) also attended and contributed. The Government looks forward to the day when the Opposition finds itself able to participate in this process.
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an interest in this issue because the fourth and final of these very innovative community conferences will be held in his electorate of Geraldton. Our first consensus conference was a great success. Initially, there was a good deal of scepticism. The Leader of the National Party was very sceptical about it. In the days leading up to the conference, the Livestock Transporters Association expressed concern that there would be a predetermined outcome; Mr Court from the Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia claimed that I had already shown my true colours; and the Road Transport Forum expressed concern that I was “anti-truck”. However, after our conference, where we had all the stakeholders together, we had a well-structured program - the residents, local government, the truck operators, the trucking companies, the industry groups, the Pastoralists and Graziers Association, the Western Australian Farmers Federation and everyone who had an interest in this issue - and full compliments to my ministerial staff who put that conference together. People got to consider the points of view of others and to express their own points of view. The evidence speaks for itself. The media release by the Road Transport Forum the next day stated that the industry rated the road train summit a success; it applauded the fact that there was a great deal of consensus and understanding from all parties; and it affirmed that the outcomes of the summit should ensure that Western Australia’s transport system would be able to continue to maintain its high level of productivity while at the same time dealing with safety and environmental issues. The Livestock Transporters Association ran a media release entitled “Road Train Consensus Summit: A Breakthrough in Consultation”, and congratulated me on my commitment and good faith by actively engaging with the summit during an intensive day. I was very pleased that the Deputy Leader of the National Party - Point of Order Mr BRADSHAW: In question time so far this year ministers have just gone on and on, and have not given the Opposition the opportunity to ask questions. It is about time the Government was pulled into line, and that questions were answered in a shorter time. The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, it is an opinion that ministers speak for too long. The next interjection may be to the effect that they do not answer the question. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms MacTIERNAN: I was just complimenting the Deputy Leader of the National Party for attending the road train summit in Katanning and making an important contribution. Members of the Greens (WA) also attended and contributed. The Government looks forward to the day when the Opposition finds itself able to participate in this process.
The evidence speaks for itself. The media release by the Road Transport Forum the next day stated that the industry rated the road train summit a success; it applauded the fact that there was a great deal of consensus and understanding from all parties; and it affirmed that the outcomes of the summit should ensure that Western Australia’s transport system would be able to continue to maintain its high level of productivity while at the same time dealing with safety and environmental issues. The Livestock Transporters Association ran a media release entitled “Road Train Consensus Summit: A Breakthrough in Consultation”, and congratulated me on my commitment and good faith by actively engaging with the summit during an intensive day. I was very pleased that the Deputy Leader of the National Party - Point of Order Mr BRADSHAW: In question time so far this year ministers have just gone on and on, and have not given the Opposition the opportunity to ask questions. It is about time the Government was pulled into line, and that questions were answered in a shorter time. The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, it is an opinion that ministers speak for too long. The next interjection may be to the effect that they do not answer the question. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms MacTIERNAN: I was just complimenting the Deputy Leader of the National Party for attending the road train summit in Katanning and making an important contribution. Members of the Greens (WA) also attended and contributed. The Government looks forward to the day when the Opposition finds itself able to participate in this process.
I was very pleased that the Deputy Leader of the National Party - Point of Order Mr BRADSHAW: In question time so far this year ministers have just gone on and on, and have not given the Opposition the opportunity to ask questions. It is about time the Government was pulled into line, and that questions were answered in a shorter time. The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, it is an opinion that ministers speak for too long. The next interjection may be to the effect that they do not answer the question. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms MacTIERNAN: I was just complimenting the Deputy Leader of the National Party for attending the road train summit in Katanning and making an important contribution. Members of the Greens (WA) also attended and contributed. The Government looks forward to the day when the Opposition finds itself able to participate in this process.
The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, it is an opinion that ministers speak for too long. The next interjection may be to the effect that they do not answer the question. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms MacTIERNAN: I was just complimenting the Deputy Leader of the National Party for attending the road train summit in Katanning and making an important contribution. Members of the Greens (WA) also attended and contributed. The Government looks forward to the day when the Opposition finds itself able to participate in this process.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an interest in this issue because the fourth and final of these very innovative community conferences will be held in his electorate of Geraldton. Our first consensus conference was a great success. Initially, there was a good deal of scepticism. The Leader of the National Party was very sceptical about it. In the days leading up to the conference, the Livestock Transporters Association expressed concern that there would be a predetermined outcome; Mr Court from the Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia claimed that I had already shown my true colours; and the Road Transport Forum expressed concern that I was “anti-truck”. However, after our conference, where we had all the stakeholders together, we had a well-structured program - the residents, local government, the truck operators, the trucking companies, the industry groups, the Pastoralists and Graziers Association, the Western Australian Farmers Federation and everyone who had an interest in this issue - and full compliments to my ministerial staff who put that conference together. People got to consider the points of view of others and to express their own points of view. The evidence speaks for itself. The media release by the Road Transport Forum the next day stated that the industry rated the road train summit a success; it applauded the fact that there was a great deal of consensus and understanding from all parties; and it affirmed that the outcomes of the summit should ensure that Western Australia’s transport system would be able to continue to maintain its high level of productivity while at the same time dealing with safety and environmental issues. The Livestock Transporters Association ran a media release entitled “Road Train Consensus Summit: A Breakthrough in Consultation”, and congratulated me on my commitment and good faith by actively engaging with the summit during an intensive day. I was very pleased that the Deputy Leader of the National Party - Point of Order Mr BRADSHAW: In question time so far this year ministers have just gone on and on, and have not given the Opposition the opportunity to ask questions. It is about time the Government was pulled into line, and that questions were answered in a shorter time. The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, it is an opinion that ministers speak for too long. The next interjection may be to the effect that they do not answer the question. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms MacTIERNAN: I was just complimenting the Deputy Leader of the National Party for attending the road train summit in Katanning and making an important contribution. Members of the Greens (WA) also attended and contributed. The Government looks forward to the day when the Opposition finds itself able to participate in this process.
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an interest in this issue because the fourth and final of these very innovative community conferences will be held in his electorate of Geraldton. Our first consensus conference was a great success. Initially, there was a good deal of scepticism. The Leader of the National Party was very sceptical about it. In the days leading up to the conference, the Livestock Transporters Association expressed concern that there would be a predetermined outcome; Mr Court from the Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia claimed that I had already shown my true colours; and the Road Transport Forum expressed concern that I was “anti-truck”. However, after our conference, where we had all the stakeholders together, we had a well-structured program - the residents, local government, the truck operators, the trucking companies, the industry groups, the Pastoralists and Graziers Association, the Western Australian Farmers Federation and everyone who had an interest in this issue - and full compliments to my ministerial staff who put that conference together. People got to consider the points of view of others and to express their own points of view. The evidence speaks for itself. The media release by the Road Transport Forum the next day stated that the industry rated the road train summit a success; it applauded the fact that there was a great deal of consensus and understanding from all parties; and it affirmed that the outcomes of the summit should ensure that Western Australia’s transport system would be able to continue to maintain its high level of productivity while at the same time dealing with safety and environmental issues. The Livestock Transporters Association ran a media release entitled “Road Train Consensus Summit: A Breakthrough in Consultation”, and congratulated me on my commitment and good faith by actively engaging with the summit during an intensive day. I was very pleased that the Deputy Leader of the National Party - Point of Order Mr BRADSHAW: In question time so far this year ministers have just gone on and on, and have not given the Opposition the opportunity to ask questions. It is about time the Government was pulled into line, and that questions were answered in a shorter time. The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, it is an opinion that ministers speak for too long. The next interjection may be to the effect that they do not answer the question. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms MacTIERNAN: I was just complimenting the Deputy Leader of the National Party for attending the road train summit in Katanning and making an important contribution. Members of the Greens (WA) also attended and contributed. The Government looks forward to the day when the Opposition finds itself able to participate in this process.
The evidence speaks for itself. The media release by the Road Transport Forum the next day stated that the industry rated the road train summit a success; it applauded the fact that there was a great deal of consensus and understanding from all parties; and it affirmed that the outcomes of the summit should ensure that Western Australia’s transport system would be able to continue to maintain its high level of productivity while at the same time dealing with safety and environmental issues. The Livestock Transporters Association ran a media release entitled “Road Train Consensus Summit: A Breakthrough in Consultation”, and congratulated me on my commitment and good faith by actively engaging with the summit during an intensive day. I was very pleased that the Deputy Leader of the National Party - Point of Order Mr BRADSHAW: In question time so far this year ministers have just gone on and on, and have not given the Opposition the opportunity to ask questions. It is about time the Government was pulled into line, and that questions were answered in a shorter time. The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, it is an opinion that ministers speak for too long. The next interjection may be to the effect that they do not answer the question. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms MacTIERNAN: I was just complimenting the Deputy Leader of the National Party for attending the road train summit in Katanning and making an important contribution. Members of the Greens (WA) also attended and contributed. The Government looks forward to the day when the Opposition finds itself able to participate in this process.
I was very pleased that the Deputy Leader of the National Party - Point of Order Mr BRADSHAW: In question time so far this year ministers have just gone on and on, and have not given the Opposition the opportunity to ask questions. It is about time the Government was pulled into line, and that questions were answered in a shorter time. The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, it is an opinion that ministers speak for too long. The next interjection may be to the effect that they do not answer the question. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms MacTIERNAN: I was just complimenting the Deputy Leader of the National Party for attending the road train summit in Katanning and making an important contribution. Members of the Greens (WA) also attended and contributed. The Government looks forward to the day when the Opposition finds itself able to participate in this process.
The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, it is an opinion that ministers speak for too long. The next interjection may be to the effect that they do not answer the question. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms MacTIERNAN: I was just complimenting the Deputy Leader of the National Party for attending the road train summit in Katanning and making an important contribution. Members of the Greens (WA) also attended and contributed. The Government looks forward to the day when the Opposition finds itself able to participate in this process.
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