❓ The Premier defends the government's city and regional revitalisation initiatives, contrasting them with the Opposition's perceived city-centric focus and questioning the expertise of their task force. He highlights ongoing projects like the southern suburbs railway and Northbridge link.
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REVITALISATION OF CITY AND REGIONS
My question without notice is to our visionary Premier. In light of the Leader of the Opposition’s new city-centric vision for Western Australia, can the Premier please advise the house of the government’s initiatives to revitalise our city and regions? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
My question without notice is to our visionary Premier. In light of the Leader of the Opposition’s new city-centric vision for Western Australia, can the Premier please advise the house of the government’s initiatives to revitalise our city and regions? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Kimberley for the question. I am sure she will be delighted that we do not have any intention of damming the Fitzroy River or producing a pipeline that would give us enormously expensive water at the expense of the environment up there. I listened to the Leader of the Opposition’s budget reply speech yesterday. I thought it was quite a measured speech. It was a lot better speech than the shadow Treasurer’s. It was at least befitting that of an opposition leader. There was an undeniable and very strong focus on the city. There was nothing - very little - for the regions, which surprised me, given that he is a regional member. I was even more surprised that his task force - he should not be criticised for establishing a task force for the development of Perth - should be chaired by yet another regional member. It is quite amazing that the regional members of the opposition have virtually no interest, it would seem to me, in what is going on in the regions but are totally focused on what is going on in the city. Maybe it is because those seats are shrinking in number. I was also somewhat perplexed by some of the membership of the task force. I am not criticising the task force itself or the work it is seeking to pursue, but I was a bit perplexed by some of the members on it. One of those members, I believe, was a person who proposed that the Mandurah-Perth railway - which I know the opposition has always opposed in its vision for the city of Perth - go underground at South Perth, under the Zoo, under the Swan River and under William Street. However, when the present government proposed a tunnel under the city, as opposed to a tunnel under the river and the Zoo, he then said that it could not be done; that skyscrapers would probably collapse, and we could not afford it. I am a bit sceptical about some of the expertise that the opposition is bringing into its task force. Mr P.D. Omodei : Can you name this person? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Peter Bruechle. I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Kimberley for the question. I am sure she will be delighted that we do not have any intention of damming the Fitzroy River or producing a pipeline that would give us enormously expensive water at the expense of the environment up there. I listened to the Leader of the Opposition’s budget reply speech yesterday. I thought it was quite a measured speech. It was a lot better speech than the shadow Treasurer’s. It was at least befitting that of an opposition leader. There was an undeniable and very strong focus on the city. There was nothing - very little - for the regions, which surprised me, given that he is a regional member. I was even more surprised that his task force - he should not be criticised for establishing a task force for the development of Perth - should be chaired by yet another regional member. It is quite amazing that the regional members of the opposition have virtually no interest, it would seem to me, in what is going on in the regions but are totally focused on what is going on in the city. Maybe it is because those seats are shrinking in number. I was also somewhat perplexed by some of the membership of the task force. I am not criticising the task force itself or the work it is seeking to pursue, but I was a bit perplexed by some of the members on it. One of those members, I believe, was a person who proposed that the Mandurah-Perth railway - which I know the opposition has always opposed in its vision for the city of Perth - go underground at South Perth, under the Zoo, under the Swan River and under William Street. However, when the present government proposed a tunnel under the city, as opposed to a tunnel under the river and the Zoo, he then said that it could not be done; that skyscrapers would probably collapse, and we could not afford it. I am a bit sceptical about some of the expertise that the opposition is bringing into its task force. Mr P.D. Omodei : Can you name this person? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Peter Bruechle. I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
I thank the member for Kimberley for the question. I am sure she will be delighted that we do not have any intention of damming the Fitzroy River or producing a pipeline that would give us enormously expensive water at the expense of the environment up there. I listened to the Leader of the Opposition’s budget reply speech yesterday. I thought it was quite a measured speech. It was a lot better speech than the shadow Treasurer’s. It was at least befitting that of an opposition leader. There was an undeniable and very strong focus on the city. There was nothing - very little - for the regions, which surprised me, given that he is a regional member. I was even more surprised that his task force - he should not be criticised for establishing a task force for the development of Perth - should be chaired by yet another regional member. It is quite amazing that the regional members of the opposition have virtually no interest, it would seem to me, in what is going on in the regions but are totally focused on what is going on in the city. Maybe it is because those seats are shrinking in number. I was also somewhat perplexed by some of the membership of the task force. I am not criticising the task force itself or the work it is seeking to pursue, but I was a bit perplexed by some of the members on it. One of those members, I believe, was a person who proposed that the Mandurah-Perth railway - which I know the opposition has always opposed in its vision for the city of Perth - go underground at South Perth, under the Zoo, under the Swan River and under William Street. However, when the present government proposed a tunnel under the city, as opposed to a tunnel under the river and the Zoo, he then said that it could not be done; that skyscrapers would probably collapse, and we could not afford it. I am a bit sceptical about some of the expertise that the opposition is bringing into its task force. Mr P.D. Omodei : Can you name this person? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Peter Bruechle. I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
I listened to the Leader of the Opposition’s budget reply speech yesterday. I thought it was quite a measured speech. It was a lot better speech than the shadow Treasurer’s. It was at least befitting that of an opposition leader. There was an undeniable and very strong focus on the city. There was nothing - very little - for the regions, which surprised me, given that he is a regional member. I was even more surprised that his task force - he should not be criticised for establishing a task force for the development of Perth - should be chaired by yet another regional member. It is quite amazing that the regional members of the opposition have virtually no interest, it would seem to me, in what is going on in the regions but are totally focused on what is going on in the city. Maybe it is because those seats are shrinking in number. I was also somewhat perplexed by some of the membership of the task force. I am not criticising the task force itself or the work it is seeking to pursue, but I was a bit perplexed by some of the members on it. One of those members, I believe, was a person who proposed that the Mandurah-Perth railway - which I know the opposition has always opposed in its vision for the city of Perth - go underground at South Perth, under the Zoo, under the Swan River and under William Street. However, when the present government proposed a tunnel under the city, as opposed to a tunnel under the river and the Zoo, he then said that it could not be done; that skyscrapers would probably collapse, and we could not afford it. I am a bit sceptical about some of the expertise that the opposition is bringing into its task force. Mr P.D. Omodei : Can you name this person? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Peter Bruechle. I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Can you name this person? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Peter Bruechle. I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Peter Bruechle. I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Kimberley for the question. I am sure she will be delighted that we do not have any intention of damming the Fitzroy River or producing a pipeline that would give us enormously expensive water at the expense of the environment up there. I listened to the Leader of the Opposition’s budget reply speech yesterday. I thought it was quite a measured speech. It was a lot better speech than the shadow Treasurer’s. It was at least befitting that of an opposition leader. There was an undeniable and very strong focus on the city. There was nothing - very little - for the regions, which surprised me, given that he is a regional member. I was even more surprised that his task force - he should not be criticised for establishing a task force for the development of Perth - should be chaired by yet another regional member. It is quite amazing that the regional members of the opposition have virtually no interest, it would seem to me, in what is going on in the regions but are totally focused on what is going on in the city. Maybe it is because those seats are shrinking in number. I was also somewhat perplexed by some of the membership of the task force. I am not criticising the task force itself or the work it is seeking to pursue, but I was a bit perplexed by some of the members on it. One of those members, I believe, was a person who proposed that the Mandurah-Perth railway - which I know the opposition has always opposed in its vision for the city of Perth - go underground at South Perth, under the Zoo, under the Swan River and under William Street. However, when the present government proposed a tunnel under the city, as opposed to a tunnel under the river and the Zoo, he then said that it could not be done; that skyscrapers would probably collapse, and we could not afford it. I am a bit sceptical about some of the expertise that the opposition is bringing into its task force. Mr P.D. Omodei : Can you name this person? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Peter Bruechle. I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
I thank the member for Kimberley for the question. I am sure she will be delighted that we do not have any intention of damming the Fitzroy River or producing a pipeline that would give us enormously expensive water at the expense of the environment up there. I listened to the Leader of the Opposition’s budget reply speech yesterday. I thought it was quite a measured speech. It was a lot better speech than the shadow Treasurer’s. It was at least befitting that of an opposition leader. There was an undeniable and very strong focus on the city. There was nothing - very little - for the regions, which surprised me, given that he is a regional member. I was even more surprised that his task force - he should not be criticised for establishing a task force for the development of Perth - should be chaired by yet another regional member. It is quite amazing that the regional members of the opposition have virtually no interest, it would seem to me, in what is going on in the regions but are totally focused on what is going on in the city. Maybe it is because those seats are shrinking in number. I was also somewhat perplexed by some of the membership of the task force. I am not criticising the task force itself or the work it is seeking to pursue, but I was a bit perplexed by some of the members on it. One of those members, I believe, was a person who proposed that the Mandurah-Perth railway - which I know the opposition has always opposed in its vision for the city of Perth - go underground at South Perth, under the Zoo, under the Swan River and under William Street. However, when the present government proposed a tunnel under the city, as opposed to a tunnel under the river and the Zoo, he then said that it could not be done; that skyscrapers would probably collapse, and we could not afford it. I am a bit sceptical about some of the expertise that the opposition is bringing into its task force. Mr P.D. Omodei : Can you name this person? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Peter Bruechle. I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
I listened to the Leader of the Opposition’s budget reply speech yesterday. I thought it was quite a measured speech. It was a lot better speech than the shadow Treasurer’s. It was at least befitting that of an opposition leader. There was an undeniable and very strong focus on the city. There was nothing - very little - for the regions, which surprised me, given that he is a regional member. I was even more surprised that his task force - he should not be criticised for establishing a task force for the development of Perth - should be chaired by yet another regional member. It is quite amazing that the regional members of the opposition have virtually no interest, it would seem to me, in what is going on in the regions but are totally focused on what is going on in the city. Maybe it is because those seats are shrinking in number. I was also somewhat perplexed by some of the membership of the task force. I am not criticising the task force itself or the work it is seeking to pursue, but I was a bit perplexed by some of the members on it. One of those members, I believe, was a person who proposed that the Mandurah-Perth railway - which I know the opposition has always opposed in its vision for the city of Perth - go underground at South Perth, under the Zoo, under the Swan River and under William Street. However, when the present government proposed a tunnel under the city, as opposed to a tunnel under the river and the Zoo, he then said that it could not be done; that skyscrapers would probably collapse, and we could not afford it. I am a bit sceptical about some of the expertise that the opposition is bringing into its task force. Mr P.D. Omodei : Can you name this person? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Peter Bruechle. I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Can you name this person? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Peter Bruechle. I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Peter Bruechle. I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
I will be holding my breath waiting for the outcome of the work of the task force. It might make for interesting reading, if ever the sort of expertise that told us that the tunnel underneath the city would bring the skyscrapers crashing down is brought to bear. This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
This government is delivering projects that will transform our city into a modern, vibrant capital. When I look around the city of Perth, it looks like a building site; there are so many projects going on. There are so many projects going on, in fact, that the construction industry is finding it difficult to digest them all at the one time. First, there is the southern suburbs railway, to which I believe the people of Western Australia will give great support and credit, and which will be remembered as the lasting and most magnificent contribution to public life of the member for Armadale; she will always be associated with the courageous decision that was required to drop the less than optimum original plan made by the previous government and go for the best plan. Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
Mr P.D. Omodei : So you admit the previous government had a plan. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes - to take the train up to Kenwick! It is unbelievable that somebody standing at Thomsons Lake who wanted to go to the city would have had to go through Kenwick. The southern suburbs railway, as opposed by the Leader of the Opposition, has also allowed the redevelopment of 140 William St, which will transform that part of the city, and has delivered an opportunity to develop the foreshore in a way that has not been conceived of before. Again I congratulate the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure for the vision she is bringing to bear. Stage 1 of what is somewhat ubiquitously known as the Northbridge link project is the Perth arena, a state-of-the-art indoor entertainment and sports venue. The government is delivering a transformed city. This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
This is not to mention that, unlike our opponents, we are actually doing things out in the regions - I cite Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland and Broome. In Geraldton, the port enhancement project and the Geraldton southern transport corridor have facilitated the foreshore revitalisation project. It is amazing what has happened in that city. That is just one example. I could go on but I know that you are expecting answers, as opposed to questions, to be somewhat truncated today, Mr Speaker, and I am quite happy to abide by that. However, the government has great vision for the city and gives great support to the regions, and that is why it is being supported.
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