❓ Opposition Leader Mark McGowan questions the Premier regarding the City of Vincent's exclusion from transport planning, alleging it's retaliation for opposing council mergers. The Premier defends his position, stating Vincent missed an opportunity by not merging with Perth.
AnsweredQoN 354Legislative Assembly
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CITY OF VINCENT — TRANSPORT PLANNING —
LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM
354. Mr M. McGOWAN to the Premier:
I refer to the report in today's Guardian Express , headlined ''City
left on the side of the road''.
(1) Why should
the people of Vincent be excluded from decision-making on transport matters as
payback for the community's opposition to the Premier's forced
council merger plan?
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members! Member for Murray–Wellington, I call you to order
for the first time. Start again, please, Leader of the Opposition.
Mr
M. McGOWAN : I will start again.
I refer to the report in today's Guardian Express , headlined ''City
left on the side of the road''.
(1) Why should
the people of Vincent be excluded from decision-making on transport matters as
payback for the community's opposition to the Premier's forced
local council merger plan?
(2) Why would the
Premier say, ''Vincent has given up their opportunity to be centre stage'',
and thus link transport planning to the issue of his failed agenda of forced
council mergers?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM
354. Mr M. McGOWAN to the Premier:
I refer to the report in today's Guardian Express , headlined ''City
left on the side of the road''.
(1) Why should
the people of Vincent be excluded from decision-making on transport matters as
payback for the community's opposition to the Premier's forced
council merger plan?
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members! Member for Murray–Wellington, I call you to order
for the first time. Start again, please, Leader of the Opposition.
Mr
M. McGOWAN : I will start again.
I refer to the report in today's Guardian Express , headlined ''City
left on the side of the road''.
(1) Why should
the people of Vincent be excluded from decision-making on transport matters as
payback for the community's opposition to the Premier's forced
local council merger plan?
(2) Why would the
Premier say, ''Vincent has given up their opportunity to be centre stage'',
and thus link transport planning to the issue of his failed agenda of forced
council mergers?
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(1)–(2) I
have not seen that article, but I remember talking to a reporter recently. I
think it is a great pity that Vincent did not stick to its original policy of
becoming part of the City of Perth. The people of Vincent would have been well
represented, and being an inter-city suburban area that is rapidly being
transformed into the fringe of the capital city and becoming more commercial,
with professional offices and the like in that area, would have taken the
residents of Vincent right into the heart of decision-making around the capital
city and the immediate area. I think they missed an opportunity, to be honest.
Having met the mayor of Vincent during some of the discussions when he was so
strongly in favour of Vincent becoming part of the City of Perth, I was
surprised when suddenly Vincent pulled out. Maybe it did so for some short-term
reason. I do not know what that might be. Vincent and its residents, in my
view, missed the opportunity to be at the very centre of urban planning for the
central business district and surrounding areas. I think they will live to
regret that. It is an unfortunate decision but it was their decision and their
responsibility, and a mistake, in my view.
have not seen that article, but I remember talking to a reporter recently. I
think it is a great pity that Vincent did not stick to its original policy of
becoming part of the City of Perth. The people of Vincent would have been well
represented, and being an inter-city suburban area that is rapidly being
transformed into the fringe of the capital city and becoming more commercial,
with professional offices and the like in that area, would have taken the
residents of Vincent right into the heart of decision-making around the capital
city and the immediate area. I think they missed an opportunity, to be honest.
Having met the mayor of Vincent during some of the discussions when he was so
strongly in favour of Vincent becoming part of the City of Perth, I was
surprised when suddenly Vincent pulled out. Maybe it did so for some short-term
reason. I do not know what that might be. Vincent and its residents, in my
view, missed the opportunity to be at the very centre of urban planning for the
central business district and surrounding areas. I think they will live to
regret that. It is an unfortunate decision but it was their decision and their
responsibility, and a mistake, in my view.
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