❓ A parliamentary question regarding the influx of urban development experts offering advice on improving Perth, and the value of their insights, prompting a response highlighting government initiatives and contrasting them with the opposition's past stances.
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PERTH DEVELOPMENTS - PROPHETS
Have there been any new prophets of Perth’s developments in the past few weeks, and is there any value in their visions? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
Have there been any new prophets of Perth’s developments in the past few weeks, and is there any value in their visions? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for the question. In the past couple of weeks we have been bombarded with prophets telling us what we can do to make Perth a better city. I start off from the proposition that Perth is a very good city. Always we can make it better. However, I am not sure that we need all the experts who have visited the state. Mr Charles Landry made a very sensible comment. He said that he wanted to see urban spread right throughout the metropolitan area and not just be confined to the central business district. We were very pleased that Mr Landry gave us great credit for our Network city plan for Perth, which does precisely that. We are delivering that through a raft of projects, be it the Armadale Redevelopment Authority, the Cockburn central project, the Murdoch program or all our transit-oriented development studies. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Vasse, Murray and Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We had that vision, which, of course, was steadfastly opposed by the opposition at the time. Mr Kennett also visited the state and he had a number of interesting things to say. One of his most interesting reflections was that the City of Perth had difficulty showing leadership because it was very small in real terms and had a small revenue base compared with that of most cities. He felt that that reduced its capacity to drive progress. We know that that particular manifestation of the City of Perth was driven by the visionaries in the opposition. Indeed, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition personally presided over the carving up of the City of Perth and creating the tiny towns. Having said that, I compliment the City of Perth because it has always cooperated with the state government. When we have needed to take over the planning powers for areas of Perth - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. In the past couple of weeks we have been bombarded with prophets telling us what we can do to make Perth a better city. I start off from the proposition that Perth is a very good city. Always we can make it better. However, I am not sure that we need all the experts who have visited the state. Mr Charles Landry made a very sensible comment. He said that he wanted to see urban spread right throughout the metropolitan area and not just be confined to the central business district. We were very pleased that Mr Landry gave us great credit for our Network city plan for Perth, which does precisely that. We are delivering that through a raft of projects, be it the Armadale Redevelopment Authority, the Cockburn central project, the Murdoch program or all our transit-oriented development studies. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Vasse, Murray and Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We had that vision, which, of course, was steadfastly opposed by the opposition at the time. Mr Kennett also visited the state and he had a number of interesting things to say. One of his most interesting reflections was that the City of Perth had difficulty showing leadership because it was very small in real terms and had a small revenue base compared with that of most cities. He felt that that reduced its capacity to drive progress. We know that that particular manifestation of the City of Perth was driven by the visionaries in the opposition. Indeed, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition personally presided over the carving up of the City of Perth and creating the tiny towns. Having said that, I compliment the City of Perth because it has always cooperated with the state government. When we have needed to take over the planning powers for areas of Perth - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
I thank the member for the question. In the past couple of weeks we have been bombarded with prophets telling us what we can do to make Perth a better city. I start off from the proposition that Perth is a very good city. Always we can make it better. However, I am not sure that we need all the experts who have visited the state. Mr Charles Landry made a very sensible comment. He said that he wanted to see urban spread right throughout the metropolitan area and not just be confined to the central business district. We were very pleased that Mr Landry gave us great credit for our Network city plan for Perth, which does precisely that. We are delivering that through a raft of projects, be it the Armadale Redevelopment Authority, the Cockburn central project, the Murdoch program or all our transit-oriented development studies. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Vasse, Murray and Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We had that vision, which, of course, was steadfastly opposed by the opposition at the time. Mr Kennett also visited the state and he had a number of interesting things to say. One of his most interesting reflections was that the City of Perth had difficulty showing leadership because it was very small in real terms and had a small revenue base compared with that of most cities. He felt that that reduced its capacity to drive progress. We know that that particular manifestation of the City of Perth was driven by the visionaries in the opposition. Indeed, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition personally presided over the carving up of the City of Perth and creating the tiny towns. Having said that, I compliment the City of Perth because it has always cooperated with the state government. When we have needed to take over the planning powers for areas of Perth - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Vasse, Murray and Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We had that vision, which, of course, was steadfastly opposed by the opposition at the time. Mr Kennett also visited the state and he had a number of interesting things to say. One of his most interesting reflections was that the City of Perth had difficulty showing leadership because it was very small in real terms and had a small revenue base compared with that of most cities. He felt that that reduced its capacity to drive progress. We know that that particular manifestation of the City of Perth was driven by the visionaries in the opposition. Indeed, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition personally presided over the carving up of the City of Perth and creating the tiny towns. Having said that, I compliment the City of Perth because it has always cooperated with the state government. When we have needed to take over the planning powers for areas of Perth - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
The SPEAKER : I call the members for Vasse, Murray and Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We had that vision, which, of course, was steadfastly opposed by the opposition at the time. Mr Kennett also visited the state and he had a number of interesting things to say. One of his most interesting reflections was that the City of Perth had difficulty showing leadership because it was very small in real terms and had a small revenue base compared with that of most cities. He felt that that reduced its capacity to drive progress. We know that that particular manifestation of the City of Perth was driven by the visionaries in the opposition. Indeed, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition personally presided over the carving up of the City of Perth and creating the tiny towns. Having said that, I compliment the City of Perth because it has always cooperated with the state government. When we have needed to take over the planning powers for areas of Perth - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We had that vision, which, of course, was steadfastly opposed by the opposition at the time. Mr Kennett also visited the state and he had a number of interesting things to say. One of his most interesting reflections was that the City of Perth had difficulty showing leadership because it was very small in real terms and had a small revenue base compared with that of most cities. He felt that that reduced its capacity to drive progress. We know that that particular manifestation of the City of Perth was driven by the visionaries in the opposition. Indeed, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition personally presided over the carving up of the City of Perth and creating the tiny towns. Having said that, I compliment the City of Perth because it has always cooperated with the state government. When we have needed to take over the planning powers for areas of Perth - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. In the past couple of weeks we have been bombarded with prophets telling us what we can do to make Perth a better city. I start off from the proposition that Perth is a very good city. Always we can make it better. However, I am not sure that we need all the experts who have visited the state. Mr Charles Landry made a very sensible comment. He said that he wanted to see urban spread right throughout the metropolitan area and not just be confined to the central business district. We were very pleased that Mr Landry gave us great credit for our Network city plan for Perth, which does precisely that. We are delivering that through a raft of projects, be it the Armadale Redevelopment Authority, the Cockburn central project, the Murdoch program or all our transit-oriented development studies. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Vasse, Murray and Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We had that vision, which, of course, was steadfastly opposed by the opposition at the time. Mr Kennett also visited the state and he had a number of interesting things to say. One of his most interesting reflections was that the City of Perth had difficulty showing leadership because it was very small in real terms and had a small revenue base compared with that of most cities. He felt that that reduced its capacity to drive progress. We know that that particular manifestation of the City of Perth was driven by the visionaries in the opposition. Indeed, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition personally presided over the carving up of the City of Perth and creating the tiny towns. Having said that, I compliment the City of Perth because it has always cooperated with the state government. When we have needed to take over the planning powers for areas of Perth - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
I thank the member for the question. In the past couple of weeks we have been bombarded with prophets telling us what we can do to make Perth a better city. I start off from the proposition that Perth is a very good city. Always we can make it better. However, I am not sure that we need all the experts who have visited the state. Mr Charles Landry made a very sensible comment. He said that he wanted to see urban spread right throughout the metropolitan area and not just be confined to the central business district. We were very pleased that Mr Landry gave us great credit for our Network city plan for Perth, which does precisely that. We are delivering that through a raft of projects, be it the Armadale Redevelopment Authority, the Cockburn central project, the Murdoch program or all our transit-oriented development studies. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Vasse, Murray and Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We had that vision, which, of course, was steadfastly opposed by the opposition at the time. Mr Kennett also visited the state and he had a number of interesting things to say. One of his most interesting reflections was that the City of Perth had difficulty showing leadership because it was very small in real terms and had a small revenue base compared with that of most cities. He felt that that reduced its capacity to drive progress. We know that that particular manifestation of the City of Perth was driven by the visionaries in the opposition. Indeed, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition personally presided over the carving up of the City of Perth and creating the tiny towns. Having said that, I compliment the City of Perth because it has always cooperated with the state government. When we have needed to take over the planning powers for areas of Perth - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Vasse, Murray and Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We had that vision, which, of course, was steadfastly opposed by the opposition at the time. Mr Kennett also visited the state and he had a number of interesting things to say. One of his most interesting reflections was that the City of Perth had difficulty showing leadership because it was very small in real terms and had a small revenue base compared with that of most cities. He felt that that reduced its capacity to drive progress. We know that that particular manifestation of the City of Perth was driven by the visionaries in the opposition. Indeed, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition personally presided over the carving up of the City of Perth and creating the tiny towns. Having said that, I compliment the City of Perth because it has always cooperated with the state government. When we have needed to take over the planning powers for areas of Perth - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
The SPEAKER : I call the members for Vasse, Murray and Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We had that vision, which, of course, was steadfastly opposed by the opposition at the time. Mr Kennett also visited the state and he had a number of interesting things to say. One of his most interesting reflections was that the City of Perth had difficulty showing leadership because it was very small in real terms and had a small revenue base compared with that of most cities. He felt that that reduced its capacity to drive progress. We know that that particular manifestation of the City of Perth was driven by the visionaries in the opposition. Indeed, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition personally presided over the carving up of the City of Perth and creating the tiny towns. Having said that, I compliment the City of Perth because it has always cooperated with the state government. When we have needed to take over the planning powers for areas of Perth - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We had that vision, which, of course, was steadfastly opposed by the opposition at the time. Mr Kennett also visited the state and he had a number of interesting things to say. One of his most interesting reflections was that the City of Perth had difficulty showing leadership because it was very small in real terms and had a small revenue base compared with that of most cities. He felt that that reduced its capacity to drive progress. We know that that particular manifestation of the City of Perth was driven by the visionaries in the opposition. Indeed, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition personally presided over the carving up of the City of Perth and creating the tiny towns. Having said that, I compliment the City of Perth because it has always cooperated with the state government. When we have needed to take over the planning powers for areas of Perth - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : In our time in government, we have made four expansions of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, taking over the planning powers for the power station, the riverside, the cultural centre and the Northbridge link. The City of Perth has been a willing partner in all of that. Of course, our own home-grown expert also made some comments. Of course, that expert is none other than the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to put the “wow” factor back into the city. Interestingly, he said that he wants a whole series of river precincts linked by fast ferry services to give ready access to the heart of the city. This man who is advocating fast ferry services, however, is exactly the same visionary who opposed providing fast train services. I will refer to a few quotes that the Leader of the Opposition, the “wow” man, made in Parliament just a couple of years ago. He said - The Perth to Mandurah railway is well and truly premature. The visionary went on - . . . this project is at least five years ahead of its time, and possibly 10, in that the infrastructure that is in place now is more than adequate to cater for the traffic that comes from Mandurah and goes north. Mr Speaker, no rail, no Perth-Bunbury highway! The greatest boon that has been delivered to central Perth is our railway, which will bring 70 000 people a day into the heart of the city.
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