❓ Question regarding the Mount Henry Bridge's capacity to support a heavy rail line in addition to existing traffic, and the potential need for duplication and associated costs. The Minister's answer is lengthy and includes political commentary.
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MOUNT HENRY BRIDGE
(1) Is the Mount Henry Bridge capable of supporting a heavy rail line as well as the existing flow of public and private transport? (2) If not, will Mount Henry Bridge need to be duplicated? (3) If so, at what cost? Ms MacTIERNAN
(1) Is the Mount Henry Bridge capable of supporting a heavy rail line as well as the existing flow of public and private transport? (2) If not, will Mount Henry Bridge need to be duplicated? (3) If so, at what cost? Ms MacTIERNAN
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(1)-(3) I am very pleased - Mr Marlborough: Only just. You’re safe. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
(2) If not, will Mount Henry Bridge need to be duplicated? (3) If so, at what cost? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am very pleased - Mr Marlborough: Only just. You’re safe. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
(3) If so, at what cost? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am very pleased - Mr Marlborough: Only just. You’re safe. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am very pleased - Mr Marlborough: Only just. You’re safe. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
(1)-(3) I am very pleased - Mr Marlborough: Only just. You’re safe. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Mr Marlborough: Only just. You’re safe. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
(2) If not, will Mount Henry Bridge need to be duplicated? (3) If so, at what cost? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am very pleased - Mr Marlborough: Only just. You’re safe. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
(3) If so, at what cost? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am very pleased - Mr Marlborough: Only just. You’re safe. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am very pleased - Mr Marlborough: Only just. You’re safe. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
(1)-(3) I am very pleased - Mr Marlborough: Only just. You’re safe. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Mr Marlborough: Only just. You’re safe. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
The SPEAKER: Order! It is very difficult for the minister to be heard even by me among so many other conversations. If members wish to conduct private conversations, they should go outside. Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very pleased that the member for Carine has been let off the leash on this issue. We all know the rather extraordinary experience on 16 July when on seeing the member for Carine ask some questions on the Kenwick rail during a doorstop - Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Mr Pendal interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
The SPEAKER: Order, member for South Perth. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: The Leader of the Opposition sent her packing and she was told not to ask any more questions or to talk to the media on that issue. Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Mrs Hodson-Thomas: Why don’t you answer the question? Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: I am very glad the member for Carine has asked the question. She may not be aware of the previous Government’s proposal for the Mount Henry Bridge. In order to build the planned bus route down the centre of the Mount Henry Bridge, it would have been necessary to add to either side of the bridge. A number of car lanes were to be displaced by bus lanes. The previous Government’s proposal was to build two extra bridges on either side of the existing structure for those displaced car lanes. All we are proposing is to replace the buses with trains. We intend to put a train line down the middle of the freeway, and the two bridges that the previous Government was intending to construct will still be built. It is true that the existing bridge will need some reinforcement to take the trains. Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Mr Ainsworth: You will need some propping up as well. The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
The SPEAKER: Member for Roe! Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: The fundamental premise that the Opposition cannot understand is that it is absolutely ridiculous to build a $1.14 billion rail project, which is what it intended to do, that would not be able to compete with the motorcar. It was an extremely stupid decision. We have had to pick up the pieces. If we are to invest in a rail network, we want one that will work and that will get people out of their cars and onto the trains. That would not happen if we were to add up to 40 per cent on their journey time. The member for South Perth is concerned because a road which carries 130 000 cars a day travels through his suburb. He does not want to see that; he wants to see the sun. I do not know how much he wants us to spend on sinking that road, but his electorate will be a lot better off by having a rail system displacing some of those cars that are travelling through that suburb every day. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
The SPEAKER: Order! The level of noise is such that the minister has had to stop. The Opposition no doubt wants to ask as many questions as possible. I urge members to listen to the minister and to her answer that is about to be wound up. Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: We are putting in a system that will work. Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Mr Day interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
The SPEAKER: Member for Darling Range! Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
Ms MacTIERNAN: In the fullness of time we will have the capacity to provide stations for the member for South Perth. However, if the line went via Kenwick, there would not be a rail service to his electorate.
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Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.