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❓ Hon Steve Martin questions the Minister for Transport regarding claims about the Liberal Party's stance on train manufacturing and requests specific details on local content percentages in Alstom's train manufacturing, which the Minister avoids answering directly, citing commercial sensitivity and accusing the Liberal Party of opposing local manufacturing.

AnsweredQoN 1247Legislative Council

Asked

24 February 2026

Member

Hon Steve Martin

Portfolio

Transport

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I refer to the Minister's misleading statement to the media at the opening of the Byford station that "the Liberal Party is arguing for foreign-made trains", and I note the repeated and ongoing refusal of the Minister to share the results of the 10+ audit reports to prove the local content percentage of manufacturing of the trains, or to allow the information to be accessed by FOI, and I ask: (a) for each completed Alstom Participation Plan report to date, what is the percentage of WA local content reached in terms of the manufacturing of the trains; and (b) for each report in (a), what is this split in dollar terms?

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Answered

5 May 2026

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport

Response time

9 days

(a)-(b) The Liberal Party shut down local rail manufacturing and continues to oppose local rail manufacturing.
The requested information is commercially sensitive. The Public Transport Authority confirms Alstom is meeting its contractual obligations under the contract.

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