❓ WA seeks fair share of federal road funding, highlighting WA's contribution to the national economy and transport network size. While an increase was secured, the state argues it remains underfunded and seeks collaboration on spending priorities.
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FEDERAL BUDGET - ROAD FUNDING
I wish to follow up on the comments the Premier made about the effect of the federal budget on the Western Australian economy. Given Western Australia’s continuing significant contribution to the national economy, will the minister advise whether the 2006 federal budget will finally deliver a fair share of road funding to our great state? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
I wish to follow up on the comments the Premier made about the effect of the federal budget on the Western Australian economy. Given Western Australia’s continuing significant contribution to the national economy, will the minister advise whether the 2006 federal budget will finally deliver a fair share of road funding to our great state? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for the question. He knows about the importance of road infrastructure in his electorate because of the delivery of Roe Highway stages 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the space of five years after a 10-year stall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call to order the members for Darling Range and Vasse. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am pleased to advise that the state government’s campaign to receive a fairer share for Western Australia has borne some fruit in the federal budget and that Western Australia has received an extra $323 million over the next four years. That takes Western Australia’s share of national funding for the National Land Transport Network from a pitiful 7.6 per cent to a slightly more respectable 9.7 per cent. However, although we are very appreciative that we are making progress, we must put this in context. Western Australia comprises one-third of the continent and it has 22.5 per cent of the national transport network. Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. He knows about the importance of road infrastructure in his electorate because of the delivery of Roe Highway stages 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the space of five years after a 10-year stall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call to order the members for Darling Range and Vasse. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am pleased to advise that the state government’s campaign to receive a fairer share for Western Australia has borne some fruit in the federal budget and that Western Australia has received an extra $323 million over the next four years. That takes Western Australia’s share of national funding for the National Land Transport Network from a pitiful 7.6 per cent to a slightly more respectable 9.7 per cent. However, although we are very appreciative that we are making progress, we must put this in context. Western Australia comprises one-third of the continent and it has 22.5 per cent of the national transport network. Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
I thank the member for the question. He knows about the importance of road infrastructure in his electorate because of the delivery of Roe Highway stages 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the space of five years after a 10-year stall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call to order the members for Darling Range and Vasse. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am pleased to advise that the state government’s campaign to receive a fairer share for Western Australia has borne some fruit in the federal budget and that Western Australia has received an extra $323 million over the next four years. That takes Western Australia’s share of national funding for the National Land Transport Network from a pitiful 7.6 per cent to a slightly more respectable 9.7 per cent. However, although we are very appreciative that we are making progress, we must put this in context. Western Australia comprises one-third of the continent and it has 22.5 per cent of the national transport network. Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call to order the members for Darling Range and Vasse. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am pleased to advise that the state government’s campaign to receive a fairer share for Western Australia has borne some fruit in the federal budget and that Western Australia has received an extra $323 million over the next four years. That takes Western Australia’s share of national funding for the National Land Transport Network from a pitiful 7.6 per cent to a slightly more respectable 9.7 per cent. However, although we are very appreciative that we are making progress, we must put this in context. Western Australia comprises one-third of the continent and it has 22.5 per cent of the national transport network. Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call to order the members for Darling Range and Vasse. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am pleased to advise that the state government’s campaign to receive a fairer share for Western Australia has borne some fruit in the federal budget and that Western Australia has received an extra $323 million over the next four years. That takes Western Australia’s share of national funding for the National Land Transport Network from a pitiful 7.6 per cent to a slightly more respectable 9.7 per cent. However, although we are very appreciative that we are making progress, we must put this in context. Western Australia comprises one-third of the continent and it has 22.5 per cent of the national transport network. Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am pleased to advise that the state government’s campaign to receive a fairer share for Western Australia has borne some fruit in the federal budget and that Western Australia has received an extra $323 million over the next four years. That takes Western Australia’s share of national funding for the National Land Transport Network from a pitiful 7.6 per cent to a slightly more respectable 9.7 per cent. However, although we are very appreciative that we are making progress, we must put this in context. Western Australia comprises one-third of the continent and it has 22.5 per cent of the national transport network. Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. He knows about the importance of road infrastructure in his electorate because of the delivery of Roe Highway stages 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the space of five years after a 10-year stall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call to order the members for Darling Range and Vasse. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am pleased to advise that the state government’s campaign to receive a fairer share for Western Australia has borne some fruit in the federal budget and that Western Australia has received an extra $323 million over the next four years. That takes Western Australia’s share of national funding for the National Land Transport Network from a pitiful 7.6 per cent to a slightly more respectable 9.7 per cent. However, although we are very appreciative that we are making progress, we must put this in context. Western Australia comprises one-third of the continent and it has 22.5 per cent of the national transport network. Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
I thank the member for the question. He knows about the importance of road infrastructure in his electorate because of the delivery of Roe Highway stages 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the space of five years after a 10-year stall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call to order the members for Darling Range and Vasse. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am pleased to advise that the state government’s campaign to receive a fairer share for Western Australia has borne some fruit in the federal budget and that Western Australia has received an extra $323 million over the next four years. That takes Western Australia’s share of national funding for the National Land Transport Network from a pitiful 7.6 per cent to a slightly more respectable 9.7 per cent. However, although we are very appreciative that we are making progress, we must put this in context. Western Australia comprises one-third of the continent and it has 22.5 per cent of the national transport network. Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call to order the members for Darling Range and Vasse. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am pleased to advise that the state government’s campaign to receive a fairer share for Western Australia has borne some fruit in the federal budget and that Western Australia has received an extra $323 million over the next four years. That takes Western Australia’s share of national funding for the National Land Transport Network from a pitiful 7.6 per cent to a slightly more respectable 9.7 per cent. However, although we are very appreciative that we are making progress, we must put this in context. Western Australia comprises one-third of the continent and it has 22.5 per cent of the national transport network. Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call to order the members for Darling Range and Vasse. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am pleased to advise that the state government’s campaign to receive a fairer share for Western Australia has borne some fruit in the federal budget and that Western Australia has received an extra $323 million over the next four years. That takes Western Australia’s share of national funding for the National Land Transport Network from a pitiful 7.6 per cent to a slightly more respectable 9.7 per cent. However, although we are very appreciative that we are making progress, we must put this in context. Western Australia comprises one-third of the continent and it has 22.5 per cent of the national transport network. Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am pleased to advise that the state government’s campaign to receive a fairer share for Western Australia has borne some fruit in the federal budget and that Western Australia has received an extra $323 million over the next four years. That takes Western Australia’s share of national funding for the National Land Transport Network from a pitiful 7.6 per cent to a slightly more respectable 9.7 per cent. However, although we are very appreciative that we are making progress, we must put this in context. Western Australia comprises one-third of the continent and it has 22.5 per cent of the national transport network. Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Mr D.T. Redman : It has 10 per cent of the population. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It does have 10 per cent of the population. The member is learning; that is a good boy! Western Australia also produces 30 per cent of the value of the nation’s exports. Although we are still not doing terribly well, it is certainly an improvement and we are very pleased about it. Western Australia remains grossly short changed in the maintenance of the national transport network. As I said, WA comprises 22.5 per cent of the network but receives only 10.6 per cent of the maintenance money. Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Dr K.D. Hames : What percentage of the expenditure is spent on the north west? The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Dawesville to order for the first time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : The extra $323 million over the next four years has the capacity to allow Western Australia to make a significant improvement to its transport infrastructure. However, that will occur only if we can have a proper dialogue with the federal government about where this money is to be spent. I am concerned that the proposals that are being put forward will not address the areas of need. They will not address those areas in which there is a massive increase in freight transport, which is where the money is needed. It is positive news and it is a move forward. However, it is important that we collaborate with the federal government on how to spend that money. If we can do that, we can provide benefits for their constituents and ours.
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