❓ The WA government acknowledges and supports the Parkeston freight terminal proposal, highlighting its potential benefits and outlining steps taken to progress it. The response also criticises the federal government's transport funding allocation to WA.
AnsweredQoN 788Legislative Council
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(1) Is the Government aware of the proposal for a freight terminal at Parkeston? (2) What action has it taken to progress this proposal? Hon KEN TRAVERS
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I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) The Government is keen to pursue the proposal to establish a terminal at Parkeston, as it would allow far more freight to be carried around the goldfields by rail. The proposal could allow up to 3 000 tonnes of cargo to be transferred from road to rail each year, which would relieve the burden on the roads around the goldfields. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure discussed this issue with Kalgoorlie Consolidated Goldmines and consultant Mr Graham McCarey while in Kalgoorlie this week. He is proposing another meeting with key stakeholders in the near future. The minister has committed the Department for Planning and Infrastructure to work with the key stakeholders to further develop the engineering studies and business case for the proposal. It is time that the State and federal Governments worked together to deliver this terminal for the people of Kalgoorlie and it is time that the federal Government started to give Western Australia its fair share of transport funding. Western Australia is a third of the nation’s land mass, its exports earn 30 per cent of the nation’s wealth, it generates $23 billion in revenue each year for the Commonwealth and it contains 25 per cent of the national highway and 10 per cent of its population. Despite WA’s importance, the federal coalition Government has provided it with less than 6.9 per cent of the total transport pie. It is a national disgrace. The Parkeston terminal here in Kalgoorlie presents another opportunity for the Howard Government to show real support for WA’s wealth-generating areas.
(2) What action has it taken to progress this proposal? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) The Government is keen to pursue the proposal to establish a terminal at Parkeston, as it would allow far more freight to be carried around the goldfields by rail. The proposal could allow up to 3 000 tonnes of cargo to be transferred from road to rail each year, which would relieve the burden on the roads around the goldfields. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure discussed this issue with Kalgoorlie Consolidated Goldmines and consultant Mr Graham McCarey while in Kalgoorlie this week. He is proposing another meeting with key stakeholders in the near future. The minister has committed the Department for Planning and Infrastructure to work with the key stakeholders to further develop the engineering studies and business case for the proposal. It is time that the State and federal Governments worked together to deliver this terminal for the people of Kalgoorlie and it is time that the federal Government started to give Western Australia its fair share of transport funding. Western Australia is a third of the nation’s land mass, its exports earn 30 per cent of the nation’s wealth, it generates $23 billion in revenue each year for the Commonwealth and it contains 25 per cent of the national highway and 10 per cent of its population. Despite WA’s importance, the federal coalition Government has provided it with less than 6.9 per cent of the total transport pie. It is a national disgrace. The Parkeston terminal here in Kalgoorlie presents another opportunity for the Howard Government to show real support for WA’s wealth-generating areas.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) The Government is keen to pursue the proposal to establish a terminal at Parkeston, as it would allow far more freight to be carried around the goldfields by rail. The proposal could allow up to 3 000 tonnes of cargo to be transferred from road to rail each year, which would relieve the burden on the roads around the goldfields. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure discussed this issue with Kalgoorlie Consolidated Goldmines and consultant Mr Graham McCarey while in Kalgoorlie this week. He is proposing another meeting with key stakeholders in the near future. The minister has committed the Department for Planning and Infrastructure to work with the key stakeholders to further develop the engineering studies and business case for the proposal. It is time that the State and federal Governments worked together to deliver this terminal for the people of Kalgoorlie and it is time that the federal Government started to give Western Australia its fair share of transport funding. Western Australia is a third of the nation’s land mass, its exports earn 30 per cent of the nation’s wealth, it generates $23 billion in revenue each year for the Commonwealth and it contains 25 per cent of the national highway and 10 per cent of its population. Despite WA’s importance, the federal coalition Government has provided it with less than 6.9 per cent of the total transport pie. It is a national disgrace. The Parkeston terminal here in Kalgoorlie presents another opportunity for the Howard Government to show real support for WA’s wealth-generating areas.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) The Government is keen to pursue the proposal to establish a terminal at Parkeston, as it would allow far more freight to be carried around the goldfields by rail. The proposal could allow up to 3 000 tonnes of cargo to be transferred from road to rail each year, which would relieve the burden on the roads around the goldfields. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure discussed this issue with Kalgoorlie Consolidated Goldmines and consultant Mr Graham McCarey while in Kalgoorlie this week. He is proposing another meeting with key stakeholders in the near future. The minister has committed the Department for Planning and Infrastructure to work with the key stakeholders to further develop the engineering studies and business case for the proposal. It is time that the State and federal Governments worked together to deliver this terminal for the people of Kalgoorlie and it is time that the federal Government started to give Western Australia its fair share of transport funding. Western Australia is a third of the nation’s land mass, its exports earn 30 per cent of the nation’s wealth, it generates $23 billion in revenue each year for the Commonwealth and it contains 25 per cent of the national highway and 10 per cent of its population. Despite WA’s importance, the federal coalition Government has provided it with less than 6.9 per cent of the total transport pie. It is a national disgrace. The Parkeston terminal here in Kalgoorlie presents another opportunity for the Howard Government to show real support for WA’s wealth-generating areas.
(1)-(2) The Government is keen to pursue the proposal to establish a terminal at Parkeston, as it would allow far more freight to be carried around the goldfields by rail. The proposal could allow up to 3 000 tonnes of cargo to be transferred from road to rail each year, which would relieve the burden on the roads around the goldfields. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure discussed this issue with Kalgoorlie Consolidated Goldmines and consultant Mr Graham McCarey while in Kalgoorlie this week. He is proposing another meeting with key stakeholders in the near future. The minister has committed the Department for Planning and Infrastructure to work with the key stakeholders to further develop the engineering studies and business case for the proposal. It is time that the State and federal Governments worked together to deliver this terminal for the people of Kalgoorlie and it is time that the federal Government started to give Western Australia its fair share of transport funding. Western Australia is a third of the nation’s land mass, its exports earn 30 per cent of the nation’s wealth, it generates $23 billion in revenue each year for the Commonwealth and it contains 25 per cent of the national highway and 10 per cent of its population. Despite WA’s importance, the federal coalition Government has provided it with less than 6.9 per cent of the total transport pie. It is a national disgrace. The Parkeston terminal here in Kalgoorlie presents another opportunity for the Howard Government to show real support for WA’s wealth-generating areas.
(2) What action has it taken to progress this proposal? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) The Government is keen to pursue the proposal to establish a terminal at Parkeston, as it would allow far more freight to be carried around the goldfields by rail. The proposal could allow up to 3 000 tonnes of cargo to be transferred from road to rail each year, which would relieve the burden on the roads around the goldfields. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure discussed this issue with Kalgoorlie Consolidated Goldmines and consultant Mr Graham McCarey while in Kalgoorlie this week. He is proposing another meeting with key stakeholders in the near future. The minister has committed the Department for Planning and Infrastructure to work with the key stakeholders to further develop the engineering studies and business case for the proposal. It is time that the State and federal Governments worked together to deliver this terminal for the people of Kalgoorlie and it is time that the federal Government started to give Western Australia its fair share of transport funding. Western Australia is a third of the nation’s land mass, its exports earn 30 per cent of the nation’s wealth, it generates $23 billion in revenue each year for the Commonwealth and it contains 25 per cent of the national highway and 10 per cent of its population. Despite WA’s importance, the federal coalition Government has provided it with less than 6.9 per cent of the total transport pie. It is a national disgrace. The Parkeston terminal here in Kalgoorlie presents another opportunity for the Howard Government to show real support for WA’s wealth-generating areas.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) The Government is keen to pursue the proposal to establish a terminal at Parkeston, as it would allow far more freight to be carried around the goldfields by rail. The proposal could allow up to 3 000 tonnes of cargo to be transferred from road to rail each year, which would relieve the burden on the roads around the goldfields. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure discussed this issue with Kalgoorlie Consolidated Goldmines and consultant Mr Graham McCarey while in Kalgoorlie this week. He is proposing another meeting with key stakeholders in the near future. The minister has committed the Department for Planning and Infrastructure to work with the key stakeholders to further develop the engineering studies and business case for the proposal. It is time that the State and federal Governments worked together to deliver this terminal for the people of Kalgoorlie and it is time that the federal Government started to give Western Australia its fair share of transport funding. Western Australia is a third of the nation’s land mass, its exports earn 30 per cent of the nation’s wealth, it generates $23 billion in revenue each year for the Commonwealth and it contains 25 per cent of the national highway and 10 per cent of its population. Despite WA’s importance, the federal coalition Government has provided it with less than 6.9 per cent of the total transport pie. It is a national disgrace. The Parkeston terminal here in Kalgoorlie presents another opportunity for the Howard Government to show real support for WA’s wealth-generating areas.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) The Government is keen to pursue the proposal to establish a terminal at Parkeston, as it would allow far more freight to be carried around the goldfields by rail. The proposal could allow up to 3 000 tonnes of cargo to be transferred from road to rail each year, which would relieve the burden on the roads around the goldfields. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure discussed this issue with Kalgoorlie Consolidated Goldmines and consultant Mr Graham McCarey while in Kalgoorlie this week. He is proposing another meeting with key stakeholders in the near future. The minister has committed the Department for Planning and Infrastructure to work with the key stakeholders to further develop the engineering studies and business case for the proposal. It is time that the State and federal Governments worked together to deliver this terminal for the people of Kalgoorlie and it is time that the federal Government started to give Western Australia its fair share of transport funding. Western Australia is a third of the nation’s land mass, its exports earn 30 per cent of the nation’s wealth, it generates $23 billion in revenue each year for the Commonwealth and it contains 25 per cent of the national highway and 10 per cent of its population. Despite WA’s importance, the federal coalition Government has provided it with less than 6.9 per cent of the total transport pie. It is a national disgrace. The Parkeston terminal here in Kalgoorlie presents another opportunity for the Howard Government to show real support for WA’s wealth-generating areas.
(1)-(2) The Government is keen to pursue the proposal to establish a terminal at Parkeston, as it would allow far more freight to be carried around the goldfields by rail. The proposal could allow up to 3 000 tonnes of cargo to be transferred from road to rail each year, which would relieve the burden on the roads around the goldfields. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure discussed this issue with Kalgoorlie Consolidated Goldmines and consultant Mr Graham McCarey while in Kalgoorlie this week. He is proposing another meeting with key stakeholders in the near future. The minister has committed the Department for Planning and Infrastructure to work with the key stakeholders to further develop the engineering studies and business case for the proposal. It is time that the State and federal Governments worked together to deliver this terminal for the people of Kalgoorlie and it is time that the federal Government started to give Western Australia its fair share of transport funding. Western Australia is a third of the nation’s land mass, its exports earn 30 per cent of the nation’s wealth, it generates $23 billion in revenue each year for the Commonwealth and it contains 25 per cent of the national highway and 10 per cent of its population. Despite WA’s importance, the federal coalition Government has provided it with less than 6.9 per cent of the total transport pie. It is a national disgrace. The Parkeston terminal here in Kalgoorlie presents another opportunity for the Howard Government to show real support for WA’s wealth-generating areas.
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