❓ Questioning the Minister's refusal to match federal funding for the Peel deviation project, citing prior calls for federal commitment and a potential link to cost overruns on the Perth-Mandurah railway. The Minister defends the State's actions, highlighting ongoing dialogue with the Commonwealth and project timelines.
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I refer the minister to her statement during the estimates committee hearings: when asked whether the State Government would match the Commonwealth Government’s $150 million commitment to start the Peel deviation in 2006, she responded - No, we have made it very clear that we are not in a financial position to do that. . . . We have made it clear that we do not have those funds to commit until 2008. (1) Having issued seven press releases and made 15 statements in this House calling on the federal Government to commit funding for the Peel deviation, why is the minister now refusing to provide matching state funding for this project? (2) Will the minister now admit that the only reason that this Government is not in a financial position to start the Peel deviation is the $400 million blow-out in the cost of the Perth-Mandurah railway? Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
No, we have made it very clear that we are not in a financial position to do that. . . . We have made it clear that we do not have those funds to commit until 2008. (1) Having issued seven press releases and made 15 statements in this House calling on the federal Government to commit funding for the Peel deviation, why is the minister now refusing to provide matching state funding for this project? (2) Will the minister now admit that the only reason that this Government is not in a financial position to start the Peel deviation is the $400 million blow-out in the cost of the Perth-Mandurah railway? Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
. . . We have made it clear that we do not have those funds to commit until 2008. (1) Having issued seven press releases and made 15 statements in this House calling on the federal Government to commit funding for the Peel deviation, why is the minister now refusing to provide matching state funding for this project? (2) Will the minister now admit that the only reason that this Government is not in a financial position to start the Peel deviation is the $400 million blow-out in the cost of the Perth-Mandurah railway? Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
We have made it clear that we do not have those funds to commit until 2008. (1) Having issued seven press releases and made 15 statements in this House calling on the federal Government to commit funding for the Peel deviation, why is the minister now refusing to provide matching state funding for this project? (2) Will the minister now admit that the only reason that this Government is not in a financial position to start the Peel deviation is the $400 million blow-out in the cost of the Perth-Mandurah railway? Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
(1) Having issued seven press releases and made 15 statements in this House calling on the federal Government to commit funding for the Peel deviation, why is the minister now refusing to provide matching state funding for this project? (2) Will the minister now admit that the only reason that this Government is not in a financial position to start the Peel deviation is the $400 million blow-out in the cost of the Perth-Mandurah railway? Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
(2) Will the minister now admit that the only reason that this Government is not in a financial position to start the Peel deviation is the $400 million blow-out in the cost of the Perth-Mandurah railway? Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
(1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
No, we have made it very clear that we are not in a financial position to do that. . . . We have made it clear that we do not have those funds to commit until 2008. (1) Having issued seven press releases and made 15 statements in this House calling on the federal Government to commit funding for the Peel deviation, why is the minister now refusing to provide matching state funding for this project? (2) Will the minister now admit that the only reason that this Government is not in a financial position to start the Peel deviation is the $400 million blow-out in the cost of the Perth-Mandurah railway? Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
. . . We have made it clear that we do not have those funds to commit until 2008. (1) Having issued seven press releases and made 15 statements in this House calling on the federal Government to commit funding for the Peel deviation, why is the minister now refusing to provide matching state funding for this project? (2) Will the minister now admit that the only reason that this Government is not in a financial position to start the Peel deviation is the $400 million blow-out in the cost of the Perth-Mandurah railway? Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
We have made it clear that we do not have those funds to commit until 2008. (1) Having issued seven press releases and made 15 statements in this House calling on the federal Government to commit funding for the Peel deviation, why is the minister now refusing to provide matching state funding for this project? (2) Will the minister now admit that the only reason that this Government is not in a financial position to start the Peel deviation is the $400 million blow-out in the cost of the Perth-Mandurah railway? Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
(1) Having issued seven press releases and made 15 statements in this House calling on the federal Government to commit funding for the Peel deviation, why is the minister now refusing to provide matching state funding for this project? (2) Will the minister now admit that the only reason that this Government is not in a financial position to start the Peel deviation is the $400 million blow-out in the cost of the Perth-Mandurah railway? Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
(2) Will the minister now admit that the only reason that this Government is not in a financial position to start the Peel deviation is the $400 million blow-out in the cost of the Perth-Mandurah railway? Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Several members interjected. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT: Mr Speaker, you might not have been paying attention, but when the member asked the question she was immediately inundated by interjections from male members opposite. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Mr C.J. BARNETT: I am sick of this verballing of female members. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
The SPEAKER: I will tell members what I am sick of. It is people speaking while I am on my feet. I call to order the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education and the Minister for State Development. Questions without Notice Resumed Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
I look forward to not being verballed by the Leader of the Opposition, because we know he is nothing if not consistent. (1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
(1)-(2) I have made it clear in this House that we started attempting a dialogue with the Commonwealth in 2001. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I crave your protection, Mr Speaker. I am but a poor, frail female, and I get so upset by these men. We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
We have tabled time and time again correspondence that we have had with the federal Government. It is true that it is an enormous $340 million project. It is not one that either the federal or the State Government could find money for overnight. Because we knew that this was such a large project and that it required the involvement of both the federal and State Governments, we tried very early on to establish this dialogue. Unfortunately, we just kept on getting told by the Commonwealth that it would not talk to us about it because it wanted more detail. Miraculously, in the lead-up to a federal election in the most marginal seat of Canning, all these requirements that had been imposed on us suddenly vanished and there was $150 million available. Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Mr C.J. Barnett: We have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months. What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition may have been dealing with the federal Government for 12 months - Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Mr C.J. Barnett: What have you been doing? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will tell him. I have tabled the documents time after time. I am presuming that the Leader of the Opposition does not have a filing system, so we will table them again this afternoon during the debate. Those documents going back to 2001 show quite clearly a course of conduct in which we have sought to get the Commonwealth engaged. We are very pleased that we now finally have a commitment, although not for a full half, and we will be going back to the Commonwealth to seek those funds. Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Dr G.I. Gallop: I think there might be a federal election on the way. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I think there is. It is quite evident from the way in which the funding has been provided that the Commonwealth accepts that this project cannot commence until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Commonwealth will not put its money in until that time. Even if we were to match the Commonwealth’s timing regime, the project could not start until 2007. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: Why? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: We will set this out during the debate this afternoon. The Commonwealth has basically put the vast bulk of its funding in the year 2008-09. We cannot construct a little bit of the road, stop and then come back a year later and finish it off. It must be done as a continuous project. We are committed to undertaking the Peel deviation. We are committed to working with the Commonwealth. We believe that we can successfully work with the time frame that the Commonwealth Government has given us to deliver this road.
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