❓ Question regarding the potential closure of Doodlakine railway station due to safety concerns with the new platform and the proposed solution of allocating passengers to specific carriages to avoid overhang issues at the road-rail intersection.
AnsweredQoN 1053Legislative Council
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I refer to the original capital of Australia - Doodlakine! Is it true that Doodlakine railway station is about to be closed; and, if so, why? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Frank Hough for the question. In the normal course of events, I would have asked for this matter to be referred to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. However, the member has correctly identified this as a matter that falls within the broader jurisdiction of the Minister for the Midwest. It is certainly the case that I have been advised of events surrounding the matter that the member has raised. Hon Barry House: The Government has dorothy dix questions and we have doodly questions! Hon KIM CHANCE: No, not at all. This is a difficult question. It has been raised with me by the Shire of Kellerberrin, local residents in Doodlakine - some of whom are not related to me - and, most importantly, the Wheatbelt Development Commission. My advice from the Wheatbelt Development Commission is that safety issues have been raised about the new Doodlakine platform. The member will be aware that the old Doodlakine platform was at the Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd facility a kilometre or two east of town. A new platform facility was made available in town for the convenience of Prospector patrons. The concern that has been raised is a safety concern; in particular, when the Prospector is in three-car configuration and it stops at the central town platform, it provides an overhang across the North Doodlakine road-rail intersection. I have made the appropriate approaches to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about this matter and am awaiting her response. However, in the meantime we have hit on a solution to the problem. We have suggested that when people make a booking for Doodlakine, their tickets be allocated in the third of the three carriages, which would mean there would be no overhang across the level crossing. We know that we have proposed a complex solution and that it will take some time to work its way through the bureaucracy. However, we are hopeful our admittedly complicated and Machiavellian solution will be ultimately understood and adopted and that we will continue to satisfy the need of all those faithful Westrail patrons in Doodlakine.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Frank Hough for the question. In the normal course of events, I would have asked for this matter to be referred to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. However, the member has correctly identified this as a matter that falls within the broader jurisdiction of the Minister for the Midwest. It is certainly the case that I have been advised of events surrounding the matter that the member has raised. Hon Barry House: The Government has dorothy dix questions and we have doodly questions! Hon KIM CHANCE: No, not at all. This is a difficult question. It has been raised with me by the Shire of Kellerberrin, local residents in Doodlakine - some of whom are not related to me - and, most importantly, the Wheatbelt Development Commission. My advice from the Wheatbelt Development Commission is that safety issues have been raised about the new Doodlakine platform. The member will be aware that the old Doodlakine platform was at the Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd facility a kilometre or two east of town. A new platform facility was made available in town for the convenience of Prospector patrons. The concern that has been raised is a safety concern; in particular, when the Prospector is in three-car configuration and it stops at the central town platform, it provides an overhang across the North Doodlakine road-rail intersection. I have made the appropriate approaches to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about this matter and am awaiting her response. However, in the meantime we have hit on a solution to the problem. We have suggested that when people make a booking for Doodlakine, their tickets be allocated in the third of the three carriages, which would mean there would be no overhang across the level crossing. We know that we have proposed a complex solution and that it will take some time to work its way through the bureaucracy. However, we are hopeful our admittedly complicated and Machiavellian solution will be ultimately understood and adopted and that we will continue to satisfy the need of all those faithful Westrail patrons in Doodlakine.
I thank Hon Frank Hough for the question. In the normal course of events, I would have asked for this matter to be referred to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. However, the member has correctly identified this as a matter that falls within the broader jurisdiction of the Minister for the Midwest. It is certainly the case that I have been advised of events surrounding the matter that the member has raised. Hon Barry House: The Government has dorothy dix questions and we have doodly questions! Hon KIM CHANCE: No, not at all. This is a difficult question. It has been raised with me by the Shire of Kellerberrin, local residents in Doodlakine - some of whom are not related to me - and, most importantly, the Wheatbelt Development Commission. My advice from the Wheatbelt Development Commission is that safety issues have been raised about the new Doodlakine platform. The member will be aware that the old Doodlakine platform was at the Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd facility a kilometre or two east of town. A new platform facility was made available in town for the convenience of Prospector patrons. The concern that has been raised is a safety concern; in particular, when the Prospector is in three-car configuration and it stops at the central town platform, it provides an overhang across the North Doodlakine road-rail intersection. I have made the appropriate approaches to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about this matter and am awaiting her response. However, in the meantime we have hit on a solution to the problem. We have suggested that when people make a booking for Doodlakine, their tickets be allocated in the third of the three carriages, which would mean there would be no overhang across the level crossing. We know that we have proposed a complex solution and that it will take some time to work its way through the bureaucracy. However, we are hopeful our admittedly complicated and Machiavellian solution will be ultimately understood and adopted and that we will continue to satisfy the need of all those faithful Westrail patrons in Doodlakine.
Hon Barry House: The Government has dorothy dix questions and we have doodly questions! Hon KIM CHANCE: No, not at all. This is a difficult question. It has been raised with me by the Shire of Kellerberrin, local residents in Doodlakine - some of whom are not related to me - and, most importantly, the Wheatbelt Development Commission. My advice from the Wheatbelt Development Commission is that safety issues have been raised about the new Doodlakine platform. The member will be aware that the old Doodlakine platform was at the Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd facility a kilometre or two east of town. A new platform facility was made available in town for the convenience of Prospector patrons. The concern that has been raised is a safety concern; in particular, when the Prospector is in three-car configuration and it stops at the central town platform, it provides an overhang across the North Doodlakine road-rail intersection. I have made the appropriate approaches to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about this matter and am awaiting her response. However, in the meantime we have hit on a solution to the problem. We have suggested that when people make a booking for Doodlakine, their tickets be allocated in the third of the three carriages, which would mean there would be no overhang across the level crossing. We know that we have proposed a complex solution and that it will take some time to work its way through the bureaucracy. However, we are hopeful our admittedly complicated and Machiavellian solution will be ultimately understood and adopted and that we will continue to satisfy the need of all those faithful Westrail patrons in Doodlakine.
Hon KIM CHANCE: No, not at all. This is a difficult question. It has been raised with me by the Shire of Kellerberrin, local residents in Doodlakine - some of whom are not related to me - and, most importantly, the Wheatbelt Development Commission. My advice from the Wheatbelt Development Commission is that safety issues have been raised about the new Doodlakine platform. The member will be aware that the old Doodlakine platform was at the Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd facility a kilometre or two east of town. A new platform facility was made available in town for the convenience of Prospector patrons. The concern that has been raised is a safety concern; in particular, when the Prospector is in three-car configuration and it stops at the central town platform, it provides an overhang across the North Doodlakine road-rail intersection. I have made the appropriate approaches to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about this matter and am awaiting her response. However, in the meantime we have hit on a solution to the problem. We have suggested that when people make a booking for Doodlakine, their tickets be allocated in the third of the three carriages, which would mean there would be no overhang across the level crossing. We know that we have proposed a complex solution and that it will take some time to work its way through the bureaucracy. However, we are hopeful our admittedly complicated and Machiavellian solution will be ultimately understood and adopted and that we will continue to satisfy the need of all those faithful Westrail patrons in Doodlakine.
I have made the appropriate approaches to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about this matter and am awaiting her response. However, in the meantime we have hit on a solution to the problem. We have suggested that when people make a booking for Doodlakine, their tickets be allocated in the third of the three carriages, which would mean there would be no overhang across the level crossing. We know that we have proposed a complex solution and that it will take some time to work its way through the bureaucracy. However, we are hopeful our admittedly complicated and Machiavellian solution will be ultimately understood and adopted and that we will continue to satisfy the need of all those faithful Westrail patrons in Doodlakine.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Frank Hough for the question. In the normal course of events, I would have asked for this matter to be referred to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. However, the member has correctly identified this as a matter that falls within the broader jurisdiction of the Minister for the Midwest. It is certainly the case that I have been advised of events surrounding the matter that the member has raised. Hon Barry House: The Government has dorothy dix questions and we have doodly questions! Hon KIM CHANCE: No, not at all. This is a difficult question. It has been raised with me by the Shire of Kellerberrin, local residents in Doodlakine - some of whom are not related to me - and, most importantly, the Wheatbelt Development Commission. My advice from the Wheatbelt Development Commission is that safety issues have been raised about the new Doodlakine platform. The member will be aware that the old Doodlakine platform was at the Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd facility a kilometre or two east of town. A new platform facility was made available in town for the convenience of Prospector patrons. The concern that has been raised is a safety concern; in particular, when the Prospector is in three-car configuration and it stops at the central town platform, it provides an overhang across the North Doodlakine road-rail intersection. I have made the appropriate approaches to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about this matter and am awaiting her response. However, in the meantime we have hit on a solution to the problem. We have suggested that when people make a booking for Doodlakine, their tickets be allocated in the third of the three carriages, which would mean there would be no overhang across the level crossing. We know that we have proposed a complex solution and that it will take some time to work its way through the bureaucracy. However, we are hopeful our admittedly complicated and Machiavellian solution will be ultimately understood and adopted and that we will continue to satisfy the need of all those faithful Westrail patrons in Doodlakine.
I thank Hon Frank Hough for the question. In the normal course of events, I would have asked for this matter to be referred to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. However, the member has correctly identified this as a matter that falls within the broader jurisdiction of the Minister for the Midwest. It is certainly the case that I have been advised of events surrounding the matter that the member has raised. Hon Barry House: The Government has dorothy dix questions and we have doodly questions! Hon KIM CHANCE: No, not at all. This is a difficult question. It has been raised with me by the Shire of Kellerberrin, local residents in Doodlakine - some of whom are not related to me - and, most importantly, the Wheatbelt Development Commission. My advice from the Wheatbelt Development Commission is that safety issues have been raised about the new Doodlakine platform. The member will be aware that the old Doodlakine platform was at the Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd facility a kilometre or two east of town. A new platform facility was made available in town for the convenience of Prospector patrons. The concern that has been raised is a safety concern; in particular, when the Prospector is in three-car configuration and it stops at the central town platform, it provides an overhang across the North Doodlakine road-rail intersection. I have made the appropriate approaches to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about this matter and am awaiting her response. However, in the meantime we have hit on a solution to the problem. We have suggested that when people make a booking for Doodlakine, their tickets be allocated in the third of the three carriages, which would mean there would be no overhang across the level crossing. We know that we have proposed a complex solution and that it will take some time to work its way through the bureaucracy. However, we are hopeful our admittedly complicated and Machiavellian solution will be ultimately understood and adopted and that we will continue to satisfy the need of all those faithful Westrail patrons in Doodlakine.
Hon Barry House: The Government has dorothy dix questions and we have doodly questions! Hon KIM CHANCE: No, not at all. This is a difficult question. It has been raised with me by the Shire of Kellerberrin, local residents in Doodlakine - some of whom are not related to me - and, most importantly, the Wheatbelt Development Commission. My advice from the Wheatbelt Development Commission is that safety issues have been raised about the new Doodlakine platform. The member will be aware that the old Doodlakine platform was at the Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd facility a kilometre or two east of town. A new platform facility was made available in town for the convenience of Prospector patrons. The concern that has been raised is a safety concern; in particular, when the Prospector is in three-car configuration and it stops at the central town platform, it provides an overhang across the North Doodlakine road-rail intersection. I have made the appropriate approaches to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about this matter and am awaiting her response. However, in the meantime we have hit on a solution to the problem. We have suggested that when people make a booking for Doodlakine, their tickets be allocated in the third of the three carriages, which would mean there would be no overhang across the level crossing. We know that we have proposed a complex solution and that it will take some time to work its way through the bureaucracy. However, we are hopeful our admittedly complicated and Machiavellian solution will be ultimately understood and adopted and that we will continue to satisfy the need of all those faithful Westrail patrons in Doodlakine.
Hon KIM CHANCE: No, not at all. This is a difficult question. It has been raised with me by the Shire of Kellerberrin, local residents in Doodlakine - some of whom are not related to me - and, most importantly, the Wheatbelt Development Commission. My advice from the Wheatbelt Development Commission is that safety issues have been raised about the new Doodlakine platform. The member will be aware that the old Doodlakine platform was at the Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd facility a kilometre or two east of town. A new platform facility was made available in town for the convenience of Prospector patrons. The concern that has been raised is a safety concern; in particular, when the Prospector is in three-car configuration and it stops at the central town platform, it provides an overhang across the North Doodlakine road-rail intersection. I have made the appropriate approaches to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about this matter and am awaiting her response. However, in the meantime we have hit on a solution to the problem. We have suggested that when people make a booking for Doodlakine, their tickets be allocated in the third of the three carriages, which would mean there would be no overhang across the level crossing. We know that we have proposed a complex solution and that it will take some time to work its way through the bureaucracy. However, we are hopeful our admittedly complicated and Machiavellian solution will be ultimately understood and adopted and that we will continue to satisfy the need of all those faithful Westrail patrons in Doodlakine.
I have made the appropriate approaches to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about this matter and am awaiting her response. However, in the meantime we have hit on a solution to the problem. We have suggested that when people make a booking for Doodlakine, their tickets be allocated in the third of the three carriages, which would mean there would be no overhang across the level crossing. We know that we have proposed a complex solution and that it will take some time to work its way through the bureaucracy. However, we are hopeful our admittedly complicated and Machiavellian solution will be ultimately understood and adopted and that we will continue to satisfy the need of all those faithful Westrail patrons in Doodlakine.
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