❓ Question regarding the denial of emergency funding for coastal erosion at Quinns Rocks Beach compared to funding allocated to Busselton. The Minister denies any link between his former residence in Busselton and the funding decision, stating the Busselton project was initiated by a previous government.
AnsweredQoN 789Legislative Assembly
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QUINNS ROCKS BEACH — EROSION
789. Mr J.R. QUIGLEY to the
Minister for Transport:
With these images I am showing the house, I draw the minister's
attention to the dire state of Quinns Rocks Beach, which is eroding rapidly and
placing roads and houses in danger.
(1) Has the
minister's decision to refuse approximately $1.7 million in emergency
funding to the City of Wanneroo changed?
(2) Why has
Busselton received $28 million for seawalls and coastal erosion, yet the City
of Wanneroo was denied a significantly smaller sum for assistance?
789. Mr J.R. QUIGLEY to the
Minister for Transport:
With these images I am showing the house, I draw the minister's
attention to the dire state of Quinns Rocks Beach, which is eroding rapidly and
placing roads and houses in danger.
(1) Has the
minister's decision to refuse approximately $1.7 million in emergency
funding to the City of Wanneroo changed?
(2) Why has
Busselton received $28 million for seawalls and coastal erosion, yet the City
of Wanneroo was denied a significantly smaller sum for assistance?
AnswerView source ↗
(1) No.
Ms
M.M. Quirk : Where do you live?
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : I beg your pardon, member for Girrawheen. I live in
Busselton.
The member has raised a very good point. I suspected that at
some stage, although the member does not have the courage to say it fully, that
a member of the opposition would attempt to link my former address in Busselton
with works currently going on at Port Geographe. But the member for Girrawheen
does not have the courage to stand up and put that on the record; she just
mumbles it under her breath like she does every day about a whole range of
inane stuff.
Let me put on this on the record.
For as long as I owned a property in the vicinity of that development, any
issue in government to do with that development was handled by the Minister for
Planning.
Mr
B.S. Wyatt : Have you got a guilty conscience?
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : No, I do not have a guilty conscience, but I am not going to
let members mumble under their breath like that.
Mr B.S. Wyatt :
No-one has even raised it!
Mr T.R. BUSWELL :
The member for Girrawheen most certainly did raise it.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Victoria Park!
Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Victoria Park. I call you to order for the
second time. Minister, you have explained that. Let us come back to the
question.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : The answer to the first question is no.
(2) The money the
member for Butler is talking about in relation to the Port Geographe
development did not go to the City of Busselton. The state government is
spending that money to fix up seawalls that were approved by a former state
government. In fact, Bob Pearce was the minister who approved it. That money
for the Port Geographe development flowed out of the end of a long process. The
Port Geographe task force looked into it. The process was initiated by Alannah MacTiernan
when she was the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. The working group
was initially chaired by Hon Adele Farina .
When there was a change in government, its subsequent chairman was Hon Barry
House. The investment flowed out of that process. It is entirely unrelated.
Member for Butler, last week when I drove along the foreshore in Busselton, I
saw that the City of Busselton is actually doing what the City of Wanneroo
should be doing at its own expense —
Mr
J.R. Quigley interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Butler, you will have a chance to ask a supplementary.
Mr
J.R. Quigley : Thank you; I will do.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : At the city's own expense, it was filling sandbags to
protect coastal assets.
Ms
M.M. Quirk : Where do you live?
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : I beg your pardon, member for Girrawheen. I live in
Busselton.
The member has raised a very good point. I suspected that at
some stage, although the member does not have the courage to say it fully, that
a member of the opposition would attempt to link my former address in Busselton
with works currently going on at Port Geographe. But the member for Girrawheen
does not have the courage to stand up and put that on the record; she just
mumbles it under her breath like she does every day about a whole range of
inane stuff.
Let me put on this on the record.
For as long as I owned a property in the vicinity of that development, any
issue in government to do with that development was handled by the Minister for
Planning.
Mr
B.S. Wyatt : Have you got a guilty conscience?
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : No, I do not have a guilty conscience, but I am not going to
let members mumble under their breath like that.
Mr B.S. Wyatt :
No-one has even raised it!
Mr T.R. BUSWELL :
The member for Girrawheen most certainly did raise it.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Victoria Park!
Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Victoria Park. I call you to order for the
second time. Minister, you have explained that. Let us come back to the
question.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : The answer to the first question is no.
(2) The money the
member for Butler is talking about in relation to the Port Geographe
development did not go to the City of Busselton. The state government is
spending that money to fix up seawalls that were approved by a former state
government. In fact, Bob Pearce was the minister who approved it. That money
for the Port Geographe development flowed out of the end of a long process. The
Port Geographe task force looked into it. The process was initiated by Alannah MacTiernan
when she was the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. The working group
was initially chaired by Hon Adele Farina .
When there was a change in government, its subsequent chairman was Hon Barry
House. The investment flowed out of that process. It is entirely unrelated.
Member for Butler, last week when I drove along the foreshore in Busselton, I
saw that the City of Busselton is actually doing what the City of Wanneroo
should be doing at its own expense —
Mr
J.R. Quigley interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Butler, you will have a chance to ask a supplementary.
Mr
J.R. Quigley : Thank you; I will do.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : At the city's own expense, it was filling sandbags to
protect coastal assets.
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