❓ Mr. Punch questions the Minister for Transport about federal funding for the Albany Ring Road and the competency of the federal member for O'Connor in securing support. The Minister's response focuses on the WA Labor government's commitment and criticizes the federal member's lack of action.
AnsweredQoN 194Legislative Assembly
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ALBANY RING-ROAD — FEDERAL FUNDING
194. Mr D.T. PUNCH to the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor government's $35 million
commitment towards a job-creating Albany ring-road.
(1) Can the
minister advise the house how much federal funding has been committed to this
project to date?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house what advice she has received about the competency
of the federal member for O'Connor in securing support for this vital
project?
194. Mr D.T. PUNCH to the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor government's $35 million
commitment towards a job-creating Albany ring-road.
(1) Can the
minister advise the house how much federal funding has been committed to this
project to date?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house what advice she has received about the competency
of the federal member for O'Connor in securing support for this vital
project?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
member for the question.
(1)–(2)
It is WA Labor that has put this project on the map. Before the election, the
member for Albany said that this was a priority.
Mr D.C. Nalder : Is it in the budget?
The SPEAKER : Member for Bateman, I call you to order
for the second time. You have not got control of the chamber. I would just like
to let you know.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : We put it on the map. We have $35 million
and the business case has been developed and put forward. Let us go through
this. When we won the election, no work had been done by the previous
government. The business case stage 1 —
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Like the Ellenbrook rail line—the
one that the member for Darling Range, although she was a member for the East
Metropolitan Region for eight and a half years, broke a promise on?
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Darling Range! I call you to
order for the second time.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The member
for Darling Range walks around the hills of the metropolitan area like it is a cocktail
party circuit but did nothing for eight and a half years.
Point of Order
Mrs A.K. HAYDEN : On the
reference to cocktails, I have no idea what the minister is talking about.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member! It is
not a point of order.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : I call you to
order for the third time. If you keep talking, you are going home.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : She was a member
for the East Metropolitan Region for eight and a half years and Parliamentary
Secretary to the Premier for some of that time. What did she do about the
Ellenbrook rail line?
Several members interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : She went out
and said that the funding for the new Midland rail station was in the budget.
Does the member for Midland remember that?
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : She said that
the funding for the new Midland rail station was in the budget.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Darling Range, you are on your last warning.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It was in the
budget and, under the member for Darling Range's government, the money
was taken out. That is what happened. When the member for Darling Range
interjects about the Ellenbrook rail line, she can expect us to respond.
On the Albany ring-road, we have
submitted the business cases and are doing the work to make sure we have got
Infrastructure Australia's attention. The Premier raises it in his
correspondence to the Prime Minister and I raise it with the Deputy Prime
Minister. We are working hard and I hope we can secure those funds. We will
keep working until we do.
What does the federal member for O'Connor
do? Nothing. He attacks the WA state government, the only party that puts it on
the map, and he is running around trying to blame us for the fact that he has
not done his job and put it on the agenda. I will tell Rick Wilson what; we are
onto it. We will keep working and will make sure we bring home the funds for
that vital bit of infrastructure.
member for the question.
(1)–(2)
It is WA Labor that has put this project on the map. Before the election, the
member for Albany said that this was a priority.
Mr D.C. Nalder : Is it in the budget?
The SPEAKER : Member for Bateman, I call you to order
for the second time. You have not got control of the chamber. I would just like
to let you know.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : We put it on the map. We have $35 million
and the business case has been developed and put forward. Let us go through
this. When we won the election, no work had been done by the previous
government. The business case stage 1 —
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Like the Ellenbrook rail line—the
one that the member for Darling Range, although she was a member for the East
Metropolitan Region for eight and a half years, broke a promise on?
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Darling Range! I call you to
order for the second time.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The member
for Darling Range walks around the hills of the metropolitan area like it is a cocktail
party circuit but did nothing for eight and a half years.
Point of Order
Mrs A.K. HAYDEN : On the
reference to cocktails, I have no idea what the minister is talking about.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member! It is
not a point of order.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : I call you to
order for the third time. If you keep talking, you are going home.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : She was a member
for the East Metropolitan Region for eight and a half years and Parliamentary
Secretary to the Premier for some of that time. What did she do about the
Ellenbrook rail line?
Several members interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : She went out
and said that the funding for the new Midland rail station was in the budget.
Does the member for Midland remember that?
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : She said that
the funding for the new Midland rail station was in the budget.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Darling Range, you are on your last warning.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It was in the
budget and, under the member for Darling Range's government, the money
was taken out. That is what happened. When the member for Darling Range
interjects about the Ellenbrook rail line, she can expect us to respond.
On the Albany ring-road, we have
submitted the business cases and are doing the work to make sure we have got
Infrastructure Australia's attention. The Premier raises it in his
correspondence to the Prime Minister and I raise it with the Deputy Prime
Minister. We are working hard and I hope we can secure those funds. We will
keep working until we do.
What does the federal member for O'Connor
do? Nothing. He attacks the WA state government, the only party that puts it on
the map, and he is running around trying to blame us for the fact that he has
not done his job and put it on the agenda. I will tell Rick Wilson what; we are
onto it. We will keep working and will make sure we bring home the funds for
that vital bit of infrastructure.
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