❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about the status, completion date, and public release of the Platform and Signalling Upgrade Program business case, and the impact of not proceeding with the upgrades. The Minister refers to a publicly available summary report and criticises the Liberal Party's past behaviour regarding access to business cases.
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I refer to the Platform and Signalling Upgrade Program business case, which includes the upgrades needed to fit longer trains for the Fremantle, Armadale and Midland Lines, and I ask: (a) what is the current status of the business case; (b) when is the business case expected to be completed; (c) will the Minister commit to making the full business case report public either before a funding commitment based on the findings are made, or when a funding commitment is made; and (d) should the upgrades canvassed above not take place, what will be the impact on the passenger train system?
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14 October 2025
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport
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(a)-(d) A Major Infrastructure Proposal Assessment has been carried out by Infrastructure WA for Phases 1 and 2 of the Platform and Signalling Upgrade Program, and the Summary Assessment Report is available from their website.
I table a copy of this document.
I remind the Member that successive leaders of the Liberal Party refused to allow this Government – the one responsible for constructing and opening it – access to the business case for the Forrestfield–Airport Link project.
I table a copy of this document.
I remind the Member that successive leaders of the Liberal Party refused to allow this Government – the one responsible for constructing and opening it – access to the business case for the Forrestfield–Airport Link project.
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