❓ Question regarding the specifics of the rail extension to Clarkson as part of the larger Perth-Mandurah rail project. The Premier's answer details costs, timing, rolling stock, and station design, amidst significant interjections and political sparring.
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Earlier today the Premier announced that the State Government would invest $1.1b in the provision of a totally integrated rapid transit system linking Clarkson in the north to Mandurah in the south, which is a rail distance of some 115 kilometres. What specifically will be provided in the rail extension to Clarkson? Mr COURT
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I thank the member for Wanneroo for his question. There is a huge amount of interest today in the Perth-Mandurah component of the most significant public transport initiative undertaken in this State. The Government has achieved a responsible balance in its funding. The good news is that that component, from start to finish, including a service to Rockingham, will be operating in 2005. The northern extension to which the member referred will cost just under $100m with the infrastructure, land and additional rail cars to be purchased. We wanted that extension completed earlier; however, the stumbling block was the additional rail car sets required. We could complete that work much earlier than the southern extension. If we went out to tender for a small number of rail car sets, the indicative price - Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr COURT: I will speak to you, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT replied: I thank the member for Wanneroo for his question. There is a huge amount of interest today in the Perth-Mandurah component of the most significant public transport initiative undertaken in this State. The Government has achieved a responsible balance in its funding. The good news is that that component, from start to finish, including a service to Rockingham, will be operating in 2005. The northern extension to which the member referred will cost just under $100m with the infrastructure, land and additional rail cars to be purchased. We wanted that extension completed earlier; however, the stumbling block was the additional rail car sets required. We could complete that work much earlier than the southern extension. If we went out to tender for a small number of rail car sets, the indicative price - Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr COURT: I will speak to you, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
I thank the member for Wanneroo for his question. There is a huge amount of interest today in the Perth-Mandurah component of the most significant public transport initiative undertaken in this State. The Government has achieved a responsible balance in its funding. The good news is that that component, from start to finish, including a service to Rockingham, will be operating in 2005. The northern extension to which the member referred will cost just under $100m with the infrastructure, land and additional rail cars to be purchased. We wanted that extension completed earlier; however, the stumbling block was the additional rail car sets required. We could complete that work much earlier than the southern extension. If we went out to tender for a small number of rail car sets, the indicative price - Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr COURT: I will speak to you, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr COURT: I will speak to you, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: I will speak to you, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT replied: I thank the member for Wanneroo for his question. There is a huge amount of interest today in the Perth-Mandurah component of the most significant public transport initiative undertaken in this State. The Government has achieved a responsible balance in its funding. The good news is that that component, from start to finish, including a service to Rockingham, will be operating in 2005. The northern extension to which the member referred will cost just under $100m with the infrastructure, land and additional rail cars to be purchased. We wanted that extension completed earlier; however, the stumbling block was the additional rail car sets required. We could complete that work much earlier than the southern extension. If we went out to tender for a small number of rail car sets, the indicative price - Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr COURT: I will speak to you, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
I thank the member for Wanneroo for his question. There is a huge amount of interest today in the Perth-Mandurah component of the most significant public transport initiative undertaken in this State. The Government has achieved a responsible balance in its funding. The good news is that that component, from start to finish, including a service to Rockingham, will be operating in 2005. The northern extension to which the member referred will cost just under $100m with the infrastructure, land and additional rail cars to be purchased. We wanted that extension completed earlier; however, the stumbling block was the additional rail car sets required. We could complete that work much earlier than the southern extension. If we went out to tender for a small number of rail car sets, the indicative price - Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr COURT: I will speak to you, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr COURT: I will speak to you, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: I will speak to you, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bunbury! Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: The indicative price for a small tender for rail car sets was far too high. We will go out on 4 November with a large tender to enable us to bring down the cost significantly on the rail car sets. Those rail cars will be a new generation with speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, not the 110 kilometres an hour of other rail cars. This will enable us to maintain the frequency of service. The northern route will have an additional station at Greenwood. Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr Ripper: Are you buying or leasing the cars? Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: The proposal at this stage is to lease the rail cars, and a rail car depot will be built at Nowergup between Hester Avenue and Lukin Drive. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Bassendean to order. Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: Does the member want the Midland Workshops back? Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr Brown: You promised people in 1993 that you would not close them. Do you remember that? Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: I will digress for one moment. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
The SPEAKER: Order! I thought I had cautioned the minister yesterday. I am trying to allow some opportunity for genuine scrutiny, but I fail to understand why members must interject on matters little to do with the question at hand. That has happened with the member for Bassendean. The Premier has been diverted to another question. If the member for Bassendean wants to ask a question, it is easy: Stand up, and I will give him the call to ask his question. Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: As fate had it, a by-election was held in the area surrounding the Midland Workshops after that decision was made. That by-election saw Rhonda Parker become a member of this Parliament. In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
In relation to the northern extension, the Clarkson station is being designed around our livable neighbourhood strategy. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Several members interjected. Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: Have members noticed that members opposite are not in the slightest bit interested because they do not like good news? They like to knock, knock and carp, carp! The system is being built and is being properly funded. Are members opposite happy? The Leader of the House described members opposite yesterday as miserable. Can members not understand that Clarkson will get a magnificent new railway station, which will be designed to ensure that it has the appropriate park and ride, and kiss and ride facilities? It will be designed for pedestrians and cyclists as part of the livable neighbourhood strategy. Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Ms MacTiernan: It is to kiss the local member. Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr Kierath: We can kiss you goodbye. Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: The member for Armadale can launch the kiss and ride facility. Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr Marlborough interjected. Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: It will go past the neighbourhood of the member for Peel; he can open the railway station at Kwinana! Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr Marlborough: Thank you. Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Several members interjected. Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
Mr COURT: I have worked it as a pork barrel: When it gets to Mandurah in five years, my father will be aged 95 and will be able to catch up the train! I will be happy. There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
There will be 115 kilometres of magnificent rail network from Clarkson to Mandurah. I thank the Opposition for its support.
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