❓ The Minister details positive outcomes from consultations with Rockingham residents regarding railway project design improvements, while also criticizing the Opposition's inconsistent stance on the project's scope and cost.
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Will the minister advise the House of the outcomes of consultation with Rockingham residents with regard to the Government’s visionary railway project? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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We have had some very positive outcomes in Rockingham. I compliment the members for Rockingham and Peel for their efforts in working with the local authority and the community on ways in which we can improve the project, which goes right through the heart of residential Rockingham. Mr C.J. Barnett: It does not at all. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In the past six months we have consulted with the people of Rockingham on the detail of the railway’s design and have come up with a range of improvements, which I will share with the House. The improvements include: the removal of the planned pedestrian footbridge at Glenway Loop; the development of a pedestrian network linking the four quadrants surrounding the Ennis Avenue and Ray Street intersections; the selection of noise wall materials and wall height; replacement of an earth bund in the Garden Island highway reserve with noise walls located alongside the railway tracks on both the Hillman and Woodbridge sites of the reserve; and the reduction in the height of the proposed Ennis Avenue and Ray Street noise wall that would have to be raised to provide for a possible Rockingham city centre transit system. Mr C.J. Barnett: Possible! I thought it was a certainty. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: We have had some very positive outcomes in Rockingham. I compliment the members for Rockingham and Peel for their efforts in working with the local authority and the community on ways in which we can improve the project, which goes right through the heart of residential Rockingham. Mr C.J. Barnett: It does not at all. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In the past six months we have consulted with the people of Rockingham on the detail of the railway’s design and have come up with a range of improvements, which I will share with the House. The improvements include: the removal of the planned pedestrian footbridge at Glenway Loop; the development of a pedestrian network linking the four quadrants surrounding the Ennis Avenue and Ray Street intersections; the selection of noise wall materials and wall height; replacement of an earth bund in the Garden Island highway reserve with noise walls located alongside the railway tracks on both the Hillman and Woodbridge sites of the reserve; and the reduction in the height of the proposed Ennis Avenue and Ray Street noise wall that would have to be raised to provide for a possible Rockingham city centre transit system. Mr C.J. Barnett: Possible! I thought it was a certainty. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
We have had some very positive outcomes in Rockingham. I compliment the members for Rockingham and Peel for their efforts in working with the local authority and the community on ways in which we can improve the project, which goes right through the heart of residential Rockingham. Mr C.J. Barnett: It does not at all. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In the past six months we have consulted with the people of Rockingham on the detail of the railway’s design and have come up with a range of improvements, which I will share with the House. The improvements include: the removal of the planned pedestrian footbridge at Glenway Loop; the development of a pedestrian network linking the four quadrants surrounding the Ennis Avenue and Ray Street intersections; the selection of noise wall materials and wall height; replacement of an earth bund in the Garden Island highway reserve with noise walls located alongside the railway tracks on both the Hillman and Woodbridge sites of the reserve; and the reduction in the height of the proposed Ennis Avenue and Ray Street noise wall that would have to be raised to provide for a possible Rockingham city centre transit system. Mr C.J. Barnett: Possible! I thought it was a certainty. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Mr C.J. Barnett: It does not at all. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In the past six months we have consulted with the people of Rockingham on the detail of the railway’s design and have come up with a range of improvements, which I will share with the House. The improvements include: the removal of the planned pedestrian footbridge at Glenway Loop; the development of a pedestrian network linking the four quadrants surrounding the Ennis Avenue and Ray Street intersections; the selection of noise wall materials and wall height; replacement of an earth bund in the Garden Island highway reserve with noise walls located alongside the railway tracks on both the Hillman and Woodbridge sites of the reserve; and the reduction in the height of the proposed Ennis Avenue and Ray Street noise wall that would have to be raised to provide for a possible Rockingham city centre transit system. Mr C.J. Barnett: Possible! I thought it was a certainty. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In the past six months we have consulted with the people of Rockingham on the detail of the railway’s design and have come up with a range of improvements, which I will share with the House. The improvements include: the removal of the planned pedestrian footbridge at Glenway Loop; the development of a pedestrian network linking the four quadrants surrounding the Ennis Avenue and Ray Street intersections; the selection of noise wall materials and wall height; replacement of an earth bund in the Garden Island highway reserve with noise walls located alongside the railway tracks on both the Hillman and Woodbridge sites of the reserve; and the reduction in the height of the proposed Ennis Avenue and Ray Street noise wall that would have to be raised to provide for a possible Rockingham city centre transit system. Mr C.J. Barnett: Possible! I thought it was a certainty. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Possible! I thought it was a certainty. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: We have had some very positive outcomes in Rockingham. I compliment the members for Rockingham and Peel for their efforts in working with the local authority and the community on ways in which we can improve the project, which goes right through the heart of residential Rockingham. Mr C.J. Barnett: It does not at all. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In the past six months we have consulted with the people of Rockingham on the detail of the railway’s design and have come up with a range of improvements, which I will share with the House. The improvements include: the removal of the planned pedestrian footbridge at Glenway Loop; the development of a pedestrian network linking the four quadrants surrounding the Ennis Avenue and Ray Street intersections; the selection of noise wall materials and wall height; replacement of an earth bund in the Garden Island highway reserve with noise walls located alongside the railway tracks on both the Hillman and Woodbridge sites of the reserve; and the reduction in the height of the proposed Ennis Avenue and Ray Street noise wall that would have to be raised to provide for a possible Rockingham city centre transit system. Mr C.J. Barnett: Possible! I thought it was a certainty. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
We have had some very positive outcomes in Rockingham. I compliment the members for Rockingham and Peel for their efforts in working with the local authority and the community on ways in which we can improve the project, which goes right through the heart of residential Rockingham. Mr C.J. Barnett: It does not at all. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In the past six months we have consulted with the people of Rockingham on the detail of the railway’s design and have come up with a range of improvements, which I will share with the House. The improvements include: the removal of the planned pedestrian footbridge at Glenway Loop; the development of a pedestrian network linking the four quadrants surrounding the Ennis Avenue and Ray Street intersections; the selection of noise wall materials and wall height; replacement of an earth bund in the Garden Island highway reserve with noise walls located alongside the railway tracks on both the Hillman and Woodbridge sites of the reserve; and the reduction in the height of the proposed Ennis Avenue and Ray Street noise wall that would have to be raised to provide for a possible Rockingham city centre transit system. Mr C.J. Barnett: Possible! I thought it was a certainty. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Mr C.J. Barnett: It does not at all. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In the past six months we have consulted with the people of Rockingham on the detail of the railway’s design and have come up with a range of improvements, which I will share with the House. The improvements include: the removal of the planned pedestrian footbridge at Glenway Loop; the development of a pedestrian network linking the four quadrants surrounding the Ennis Avenue and Ray Street intersections; the selection of noise wall materials and wall height; replacement of an earth bund in the Garden Island highway reserve with noise walls located alongside the railway tracks on both the Hillman and Woodbridge sites of the reserve; and the reduction in the height of the proposed Ennis Avenue and Ray Street noise wall that would have to be raised to provide for a possible Rockingham city centre transit system. Mr C.J. Barnett: Possible! I thought it was a certainty. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In the past six months we have consulted with the people of Rockingham on the detail of the railway’s design and have come up with a range of improvements, which I will share with the House. The improvements include: the removal of the planned pedestrian footbridge at Glenway Loop; the development of a pedestrian network linking the four quadrants surrounding the Ennis Avenue and Ray Street intersections; the selection of noise wall materials and wall height; replacement of an earth bund in the Garden Island highway reserve with noise walls located alongside the railway tracks on both the Hillman and Woodbridge sites of the reserve; and the reduction in the height of the proposed Ennis Avenue and Ray Street noise wall that would have to be raised to provide for a possible Rockingham city centre transit system. Mr C.J. Barnett: Possible! I thought it was a certainty. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Possible! I thought it was a certainty. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will implement a Rockingham city centre transit system. While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
While I am on my feet, I comment on the confusion people in Rockingham now have about the commitment of the Opposition to this rail project. We are getting some very mixed messages. On 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition said on radio that if the Liberal Party got into government, it would reinstate the loop into Rockingham. We changed that part of the project. A loop into Rockingham would add $70 million to the cost and mean that every second train would bypass Rockingham altogether. It certainly had not sorted out - Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Under our proposal, the rail line and every single train will go right into the residential heart of Rockingham. Under the Opposition’s proposal, which will cost $70 million, the rail line will avoid Rockingham, although a loop will take every second train into Rockingham. The Leader of the Opposition said that in the middle of last week. By the weekend, the Opposition spokesperson on transport, the member for Carine, was arguing that, rather than spending an extra $70 million as the budget bandit had proposed, the rail project should be either delayed or downsized. The budget bandit wants to spend an extra $70 million, and the member for Carine says that we should downsize and delay this project. The one thing that is clear about the Opposition is that it cannot be trusted to build this railway.
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