❓ Hon Steve Martin questions the Minister for Transport regarding a $300 million cost escalation in the Thornlie-Cockburn Line project, seeking a breakdown of labour and materials cost increases between the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets. The Minister's answer refers to State Budget Papers.
AnsweredQoN 1027Legislative Council
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I refer to questions in pre-hearing Estimates, and the Minister's answer to questions on notice 599 and 745, seeking a detailed explanation, linked to the figure, of the causes of the $300 million escalation in cost of the Thornlie-Cockburn Line in a single year from 2024-25 to 2025-26, and I ask: (a) in relation to the $300 million budget blowout: (i) what was the total estimated cost figure for labour costs as of the 2024-25 Budget; (ii) what was the total estimated cost figure for labour costs as of the 2025-26 Budget; (iii) what was the total estimated cost figure for materials costs as of the 2024-25 Budget; and (iv) what was the total estimated cost figure for materials costs of the 2025-26 Budget?
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Answered
24 February 2026
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport
Response time
6 days
(a) Information relating to the cost of the METRONET projects can be found in the State Budget Papers.
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