❓ Mr. Zempilas asks if the Burswood Park motorplex business case requires the racetrack to be on Crown Perth land. The Premier avoids a direct answer, criticising the previous government's lack of transparency regarding business cases for other projects.
AnsweredQoN 633Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Burswood Park motorplex—Business case
633. Mr Basil Zempilas to
the Premier:
I have a
supplementary question.
Does the business
case include the requirement for the racetrack or any of the new project to be
on land owned by Crown Perth?
633. Mr Basil Zempilas to
the Premier:
I have a
supplementary question.
Does the business
case include the requirement for the racetrack or any of the new project to be
on land owned by Crown Perth?
AnswerView source ↗
Mr Speaker, I am not
in a position to advise the member in relation to that—simply to say
that we are working through the final designs and the business case in relation
to this matter. This is what we have done in relation to Westport, and what we
have done in relation to a whole range of pieces of infrastructure. It is one
of the things that was notably absent under the last government when it came to
the development of the football stadium, and, of course, when it came to the
Forrestfield–Airport Link (FAL) and the Perth Freight Link (PFL). They
are both projects for which the government of the day refused to release the
business case. When the government then changed, they still refused to release
the business case to the new government.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Mr Roger Cook: We
wrote to the Leader of the Liberal Party at the time, as is the custom, to say,
"Can you please release the documents from cabinet confidentiality?",
and, lamentably, even though we were the ones then responsible for implementing
the piece of infrastructure, the Liberal Party refused. Mr Speaker, when it
comes to transparency, I will not be lectured by those opposite. We will
continue to make sure that we do the right thing, which is the thing we have
always done, and publish the summary of the business case.
Visitors
The Speaker: Before I give the call to member for
Mount Lawley, on behalf of the member for Scarborough, I acknowledge and
welcome students and staff from St Mary's Anglican Girls' School in Karrinyup
to the Speaker's gallery. Welcome.
in a position to advise the member in relation to that—simply to say
that we are working through the final designs and the business case in relation
to this matter. This is what we have done in relation to Westport, and what we
have done in relation to a whole range of pieces of infrastructure. It is one
of the things that was notably absent under the last government when it came to
the development of the football stadium, and, of course, when it came to the
Forrestfield–Airport Link (FAL) and the Perth Freight Link (PFL). They
are both projects for which the government of the day refused to release the
business case. When the government then changed, they still refused to release
the business case to the new government.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Mr Roger Cook: We
wrote to the Leader of the Liberal Party at the time, as is the custom, to say,
"Can you please release the documents from cabinet confidentiality?",
and, lamentably, even though we were the ones then responsible for implementing
the piece of infrastructure, the Liberal Party refused. Mr Speaker, when it
comes to transparency, I will not be lectured by those opposite. We will
continue to make sure that we do the right thing, which is the thing we have
always done, and publish the summary of the business case.
Visitors
The Speaker: Before I give the call to member for
Mount Lawley, on behalf of the member for Scarborough, I acknowledge and
welcome students and staff from St Mary's Anglican Girls' School in Karrinyup
to the Speaker's gallery. Welcome.
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