❓ Mr. Dean questions the use of public funds for a 'private airstrip' near Tjukayirla Roadhouse. The Minister clarifies it's a designated emergency landing strip for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, not a private airstrip, and its use is restricted.
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(b) if the cost of construction of this private airstrip was met from Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding; (c) if a private airstrip has been constructed within the Great Central Road corridor in front of or near the Tjukayirla Roadhouse, whether the Minister is of the opinion that a road corridor is a suitable location for a private airstrip; (d) if the Minister is of the opinion that a road corridor is not a suitable location for a private airstrip, what measures will be taken to correct the situation; (e) if Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding has been used to fully or partly fund the construction of this private airstrip, is the Minister of the view that this is a proper purpose for the expenditure of such funding; and (f) if the Minister is of the opinion that the expenditure of Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding on the construction of a private airstrip is not a proper purpose for such expenditure, what action is proposed to recoup such expenditure tot he State Treasury?
(c) if a private airstrip has been constructed within the Great Central Road corridor in front of or near the Tjukayirla Roadhouse, whether the Minister is of the opinion that a road corridor is a suitable location for a private airstrip; (d) if the Minister is of the opinion that a road corridor is not a suitable location for a private airstrip, what measures will be taken to correct the situation; (e) if Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding has been used to fully or partly fund the construction of this private airstrip, is the Minister of the view that this is a proper purpose for the expenditure of such funding; and (f) if the Minister is of the opinion that the expenditure of Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding on the construction of a private airstrip is not a proper purpose for such expenditure, what action is proposed to recoup such expenditure tot he State Treasury?
(d) if the Minister is of the opinion that a road corridor is not a suitable location for a private airstrip, what measures will be taken to correct the situation; (e) if Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding has been used to fully or partly fund the construction of this private airstrip, is the Minister of the view that this is a proper purpose for the expenditure of such funding; and (f) if the Minister is of the opinion that the expenditure of Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding on the construction of a private airstrip is not a proper purpose for such expenditure, what action is proposed to recoup such expenditure tot he State Treasury?
(e) if Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding has been used to fully or partly fund the construction of this private airstrip, is the Minister of the view that this is a proper purpose for the expenditure of such funding; and (f) if the Minister is of the opinion that the expenditure of Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding on the construction of a private airstrip is not a proper purpose for such expenditure, what action is proposed to recoup such expenditure tot he State Treasury?
(f) if the Minister is of the opinion that the expenditure of Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding on the construction of a private airstrip is not a proper purpose for such expenditure, what action is proposed to recoup such expenditure tot he State Treasury?
(c) if a private airstrip has been constructed within the Great Central Road corridor in front of or near the Tjukayirla Roadhouse, whether the Minister is of the opinion that a road corridor is a suitable location for a private airstrip; (d) if the Minister is of the opinion that a road corridor is not a suitable location for a private airstrip, what measures will be taken to correct the situation; (e) if Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding has been used to fully or partly fund the construction of this private airstrip, is the Minister of the view that this is a proper purpose for the expenditure of such funding; and (f) if the Minister is of the opinion that the expenditure of Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding on the construction of a private airstrip is not a proper purpose for such expenditure, what action is proposed to recoup such expenditure tot he State Treasury?
(d) if the Minister is of the opinion that a road corridor is not a suitable location for a private airstrip, what measures will be taken to correct the situation; (e) if Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding has been used to fully or partly fund the construction of this private airstrip, is the Minister of the view that this is a proper purpose for the expenditure of such funding; and (f) if the Minister is of the opinion that the expenditure of Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding on the construction of a private airstrip is not a proper purpose for such expenditure, what action is proposed to recoup such expenditure tot he State Treasury?
(e) if Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding has been used to fully or partly fund the construction of this private airstrip, is the Minister of the view that this is a proper purpose for the expenditure of such funding; and (f) if the Minister is of the opinion that the expenditure of Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding on the construction of a private airstrip is not a proper purpose for such expenditure, what action is proposed to recoup such expenditure tot he State Treasury?
(f) if the Minister is of the opinion that the expenditure of Transform WA road funding, other road funding, or any other form of publicly sourced funding on the construction of a private airstrip is not a proper purpose for such expenditure, what action is proposed to recoup such expenditure tot he State Treasury?
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Answered
19 February 2002
Responded by
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
104 days
(a) - (f) The infrastructure referred to as a "private airstrip" is not an airstrip at all, but in fact a sealed section of road with markings to assist the Royal Flying Doctor Service to land there in a declared mercy flight and it is illegal for a private aircraft to land on a road unless the aircraft suffers an emergency engine failure and there are no other options.
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