❓ Question regarding the progress of road upgrades in the northern suburbs and their impact on job creation. The Minister's response highlights the government's commitment to these projects, contrasting it with the previous government's focus.
AnsweredQoN 104Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
ROADS — NORTHERN
SUBURBS
104. Ms S.E. WINTON to the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's commitment to deliver job-creating, congestion-busting road
projects across Western Australia.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on the $65 million upgrades to Wanneroo Road and
Ocean Reef Road, as well as the widening of Reid Highway?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house how this adds to this government's record
of delivering infrastructure for the northern suburbs and creating jobs across
my electorate?
SUBURBS
104. Ms S.E. WINTON to the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's commitment to deliver job-creating, congestion-busting road
projects across Western Australia.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on the $65 million upgrades to Wanneroo Road and
Ocean Reef Road, as well as the widening of Reid Highway?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house how this adds to this government's record
of delivering infrastructure for the northern suburbs and creating jobs across
my electorate?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Wanneroo for
that question.
(1)–(2) Of
course, I was out there on Sunday with the member for Wanneroo, the member for
Kingsley and my good friend the member for Moore, Ian Goodenough, to announce
the new overpass at Wanneroo Road and Ocean Reef Road. This project would not
be happening if the other side was still in government. When we won government,
we negotiated the Roe 8 funds to address congestion in the suburbs and in the
regions. That is what we did.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : I know that members of the opposition
do not like this project. They do not like addressing congestion in the
northern suburbs. They want to pour it all into one project called Roe 8.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman!
Ms
R. SAFFIOTI : They do not want to
address these projects in the northern suburbs. Let us go through the projects.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, that is your last warning.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The Wanneroo
Road and Ocean Reef Road project would not be happening under a Liberal
government. That is one of the key congestion points across the network.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, I call you to order for the first time. I warned you three times.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It will
reduce waiting times. It is about making sure that people can travel east to
west and north to south easier in our northern suburbs.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, I call you to order for the second time.
Ms
R. SAFFIOTI : Member for Wanneroo,
member for Kingsley and member for Butler, the Wanneroo Road and Joondalup
Drive overpass and the widening of Wanneroo Road are projects that are really
delivering in our northern suburbs. Again, this project would not be happening
under a Liberal government, as the opposition has again reaffirmed its
obsession with Roe 8. Do not worry about the facts! Do not worry about what is
happening across the suburbs! Its sole commitment to reducing congestion is Roe
8. Of course, this project will reduce congestion and create jobs; 350
jobs will be created. This is the agenda of the Labor government—creating
jobs and focusing on the issues that matter, not playing in the gutter like the
Leader of the Opposition and the member for Scarborough, who used social media
to attack the Premier's wife and kids. It is disgusting. It has never
been seen before.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister,
through the Chair.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It has never
been seen before—an opposition using social media to attack the Premier's
wife and children. It is an absolute disgrace. It is something that I have
never witnessed. Let us face it; if we had done it to any of you, we would
never have heard the end of it!
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, you are on two.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : That is a disgrace.
This government is getting on with the job.
Point of Order
Dr D.J.
HONEY : Under standing order 78, this is utterly irrelevant to the
question.
The SPEAKER : Sit down. That
is not a point of order.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It is not
utterly irrelevant, because it is focusing on the job at hand. This government
is focused on the issues that matter in the suburbs—reducing
congestion, creating jobs and making sure that the suburbs that were ignored
under the previous government get the attention they deserve.
that question.
(1)–(2) Of
course, I was out there on Sunday with the member for Wanneroo, the member for
Kingsley and my good friend the member for Moore, Ian Goodenough, to announce
the new overpass at Wanneroo Road and Ocean Reef Road. This project would not
be happening if the other side was still in government. When we won government,
we negotiated the Roe 8 funds to address congestion in the suburbs and in the
regions. That is what we did.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : I know that members of the opposition
do not like this project. They do not like addressing congestion in the
northern suburbs. They want to pour it all into one project called Roe 8.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman!
Ms
R. SAFFIOTI : They do not want to
address these projects in the northern suburbs. Let us go through the projects.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, that is your last warning.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The Wanneroo
Road and Ocean Reef Road project would not be happening under a Liberal
government. That is one of the key congestion points across the network.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, I call you to order for the first time. I warned you three times.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It will
reduce waiting times. It is about making sure that people can travel east to
west and north to south easier in our northern suburbs.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, I call you to order for the second time.
Ms
R. SAFFIOTI : Member for Wanneroo,
member for Kingsley and member for Butler, the Wanneroo Road and Joondalup
Drive overpass and the widening of Wanneroo Road are projects that are really
delivering in our northern suburbs. Again, this project would not be happening
under a Liberal government, as the opposition has again reaffirmed its
obsession with Roe 8. Do not worry about the facts! Do not worry about what is
happening across the suburbs! Its sole commitment to reducing congestion is Roe
8. Of course, this project will reduce congestion and create jobs; 350
jobs will be created. This is the agenda of the Labor government—creating
jobs and focusing on the issues that matter, not playing in the gutter like the
Leader of the Opposition and the member for Scarborough, who used social media
to attack the Premier's wife and kids. It is disgusting. It has never
been seen before.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister,
through the Chair.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It has never
been seen before—an opposition using social media to attack the Premier's
wife and children. It is an absolute disgrace. It is something that I have
never witnessed. Let us face it; if we had done it to any of you, we would
never have heard the end of it!
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, you are on two.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : That is a disgrace.
This government is getting on with the job.
Point of Order
Dr D.J.
HONEY : Under standing order 78, this is utterly irrelevant to the
question.
The SPEAKER : Sit down. That
is not a point of order.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It is not
utterly irrelevant, because it is focusing on the job at hand. This government
is focused on the issues that matter in the suburbs—reducing
congestion, creating jobs and making sure that the suburbs that were ignored
under the previous government get the attention they deserve.
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