❓ Minister MacTiernan outlines progress on major road projects in regional WA, highlighting completed and ongoing works while contrasting the current government's investment with the previous coalition's record. The response includes some political point-scoring and addresses interjections from the opposition.
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MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS — REGIONAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Can the minister advise the house of the progress of major road projects in regional Western Australia? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
Can the minister advise the house of the progress of major road projects in regional Western Australia? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for the question. I understand that he is a man with a great interest in roads and he gets lots of them in his electorate, as, Mr Speaker, of course you do also. We hear a lot from opposition members, who have recently been jumping up and down saying that the government is not building any country roads. I can only presume that the only forays of opposition members into the country are to their holiday houses in Bunker Bay, because they appear to be totally unaware of all the magnificent projects that are going on around the state. Indeed, in December, during the parliamentary break, I was very pleased to open the port access road, Gubinge Road, which is a project — Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Mr Speaker, can you protect me from these boys? I am not saying that they are in a club. I am sure that they do not get on well enough to be in any club. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. I understand that he is a man with a great interest in roads and he gets lots of them in his electorate, as, Mr Speaker, of course you do also. We hear a lot from opposition members, who have recently been jumping up and down saying that the government is not building any country roads. I can only presume that the only forays of opposition members into the country are to their holiday houses in Bunker Bay, because they appear to be totally unaware of all the magnificent projects that are going on around the state. Indeed, in December, during the parliamentary break, I was very pleased to open the port access road, Gubinge Road, which is a project — Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Mr Speaker, can you protect me from these boys? I am not saying that they are in a club. I am sure that they do not get on well enough to be in any club. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
I thank the member for the question. I understand that he is a man with a great interest in roads and he gets lots of them in his electorate, as, Mr Speaker, of course you do also. We hear a lot from opposition members, who have recently been jumping up and down saying that the government is not building any country roads. I can only presume that the only forays of opposition members into the country are to their holiday houses in Bunker Bay, because they appear to be totally unaware of all the magnificent projects that are going on around the state. Indeed, in December, during the parliamentary break, I was very pleased to open the port access road, Gubinge Road, which is a project — Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Mr Speaker, can you protect me from these boys? I am not saying that they are in a club. I am sure that they do not get on well enough to be in any club. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Mr Speaker, can you protect me from these boys? I am not saying that they are in a club. I am sure that they do not get on well enough to be in any club. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Mr Speaker, can you protect me from these boys? I am not saying that they are in a club. I am sure that they do not get on well enough to be in any club. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. I understand that he is a man with a great interest in roads and he gets lots of them in his electorate, as, Mr Speaker, of course you do also. We hear a lot from opposition members, who have recently been jumping up and down saying that the government is not building any country roads. I can only presume that the only forays of opposition members into the country are to their holiday houses in Bunker Bay, because they appear to be totally unaware of all the magnificent projects that are going on around the state. Indeed, in December, during the parliamentary break, I was very pleased to open the port access road, Gubinge Road, which is a project — Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Mr Speaker, can you protect me from these boys? I am not saying that they are in a club. I am sure that they do not get on well enough to be in any club. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
I thank the member for the question. I understand that he is a man with a great interest in roads and he gets lots of them in his electorate, as, Mr Speaker, of course you do also. We hear a lot from opposition members, who have recently been jumping up and down saying that the government is not building any country roads. I can only presume that the only forays of opposition members into the country are to their holiday houses in Bunker Bay, because they appear to be totally unaware of all the magnificent projects that are going on around the state. Indeed, in December, during the parliamentary break, I was very pleased to open the port access road, Gubinge Road, which is a project — Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Mr Speaker, can you protect me from these boys? I am not saying that they are in a club. I am sure that they do not get on well enough to be in any club. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Mr Speaker, can you protect me from these boys? I am not saying that they are in a club. I am sure that they do not get on well enough to be in any club. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Mr Speaker, can you protect me from these boys? I am not saying that they are in a club. I am sure that they do not get on well enough to be in any club. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know you are very interested in the roads that we are building. We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
We have opened Gubinge Road in Broome. The member for Kimberley assisted me in December when we also opened another extremely important project, which was the finalisation of the sealing of the Beagle Bay-Cape Leveque road, which has long been the aspiration of that community and has finally been achieved. Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Mr J.H.D. Day : Fifty kays! The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
The SPEAKER : The member for Darling Range is on very thin ice talking about my road! I warn him against it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We are spending about $130 million on stage 2 of the Karratha-Tom Price road. Bearing in mind that for eight years the coalition government did nothing, we have already completed stage 1 at a cost of $26 million and now we are on to stage 2. This is a very hard road project. I am very proud of the way in which Main Roads and the alliance team are proceeding with it. It will be completed this year. The Mt Barker bypass is an important project and it will be completed in 2008. Stage 1 of Indian Ocean Drive is about to be completed, and stage 2 is about to begin commencement. Of course, members of the opposition do not go to Karratha. I was looking at the duplication of the Dampier Highway last week, which is well underway. Of course, the Bunbury highway is proceeding very well and is a tremendous project. We have a whole raft of other projects underway, such as the southern transport corridor stage 2, which is currently out for tender. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Hillarys to order and I call the member for Roe to order for the third time. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I think it is a case of road envy, Mr Speaker! We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
We are spending around 64 per cent of the state’s road funding on regional roads, which compares very favourably with the 51 per cent that those opposite spent during their last term in government.
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