❓ Minister Kierath provides an update on the $50m Midland redevelopment project, highlighting government investment and expected private sector involvement. He anticipates bipartisan support but accuses the opposition of policy plagiarism.
AnsweredQoN 86Legislative Assembly
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Will the minister please inform the House of the progress being made in the redevelopment of Midland? Mr KIERATH
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Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of releasing the draft plan for the $50m redevelopment of the former railway workshops yards in Midland. The draft plan covers some 145 hectares and includes the heritage buildings on the former workshops site. The Government will spend approximately $50m on planning, development and infrastructure and expects to attract around $200m of private investment into that site. This is a good example of another of the Government’s priorities. The Government plans not only up to elections, but also for the long term. This is a plan for the next 15 years for the people of Midland. I know that in the past, members opposite have viewed Midland as a safe Labor seat. Under Labor’s stewardship, it allowed the area to run down into a mess. It has taken a coalition Government to benefit the Labor people of Midland and to sort out the problems inherited by the former Labor Government, which did nothing but fiddle. This plan has been open for public comment. The Government has been keen to receive public and community input. I expect bipartisan support for this project because that has been the case so far. The point I want to make is, in this case, we may see bipartisanship go to new heights. Lately the Leader of the Opposition has sat back and waited for a good announcement by the Government. He has waited to see whether it is well received and, two weeks later, he has rejigged the policy and released it as a Labor initiative! Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
Mr KIERATH replied: Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of releasing the draft plan for the $50m redevelopment of the former railway workshops yards in Midland. The draft plan covers some 145 hectares and includes the heritage buildings on the former workshops site. The Government will spend approximately $50m on planning, development and infrastructure and expects to attract around $200m of private investment into that site. This is a good example of another of the Government’s priorities. The Government plans not only up to elections, but also for the long term. This is a plan for the next 15 years for the people of Midland. I know that in the past, members opposite have viewed Midland as a safe Labor seat. Under Labor’s stewardship, it allowed the area to run down into a mess. It has taken a coalition Government to benefit the Labor people of Midland and to sort out the problems inherited by the former Labor Government, which did nothing but fiddle. This plan has been open for public comment. The Government has been keen to receive public and community input. I expect bipartisan support for this project because that has been the case so far. The point I want to make is, in this case, we may see bipartisanship go to new heights. Lately the Leader of the Opposition has sat back and waited for a good announcement by the Government. He has waited to see whether it is well received and, two weeks later, he has rejigged the policy and released it as a Labor initiative! Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of releasing the draft plan for the $50m redevelopment of the former railway workshops yards in Midland. The draft plan covers some 145 hectares and includes the heritage buildings on the former workshops site. The Government will spend approximately $50m on planning, development and infrastructure and expects to attract around $200m of private investment into that site. This is a good example of another of the Government’s priorities. The Government plans not only up to elections, but also for the long term. This is a plan for the next 15 years for the people of Midland. I know that in the past, members opposite have viewed Midland as a safe Labor seat. Under Labor’s stewardship, it allowed the area to run down into a mess. It has taken a coalition Government to benefit the Labor people of Midland and to sort out the problems inherited by the former Labor Government, which did nothing but fiddle. This plan has been open for public comment. The Government has been keen to receive public and community input. I expect bipartisan support for this project because that has been the case so far. The point I want to make is, in this case, we may see bipartisanship go to new heights. Lately the Leader of the Opposition has sat back and waited for a good announcement by the Government. He has waited to see whether it is well received and, two weeks later, he has rejigged the policy and released it as a Labor initiative! Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
I know that in the past, members opposite have viewed Midland as a safe Labor seat. Under Labor’s stewardship, it allowed the area to run down into a mess. It has taken a coalition Government to benefit the Labor people of Midland and to sort out the problems inherited by the former Labor Government, which did nothing but fiddle. This plan has been open for public comment. The Government has been keen to receive public and community input. I expect bipartisan support for this project because that has been the case so far. The point I want to make is, in this case, we may see bipartisanship go to new heights. Lately the Leader of the Opposition has sat back and waited for a good announcement by the Government. He has waited to see whether it is well received and, two weeks later, he has rejigged the policy and released it as a Labor initiative! Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
The point I want to make is, in this case, we may see bipartisanship go to new heights. Lately the Leader of the Opposition has sat back and waited for a good announcement by the Government. He has waited to see whether it is well received and, two weeks later, he has rejigged the policy and released it as a Labor initiative! Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
Mr KIERATH replied: Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of releasing the draft plan for the $50m redevelopment of the former railway workshops yards in Midland. The draft plan covers some 145 hectares and includes the heritage buildings on the former workshops site. The Government will spend approximately $50m on planning, development and infrastructure and expects to attract around $200m of private investment into that site. This is a good example of another of the Government’s priorities. The Government plans not only up to elections, but also for the long term. This is a plan for the next 15 years for the people of Midland. I know that in the past, members opposite have viewed Midland as a safe Labor seat. Under Labor’s stewardship, it allowed the area to run down into a mess. It has taken a coalition Government to benefit the Labor people of Midland and to sort out the problems inherited by the former Labor Government, which did nothing but fiddle. This plan has been open for public comment. The Government has been keen to receive public and community input. I expect bipartisan support for this project because that has been the case so far. The point I want to make is, in this case, we may see bipartisanship go to new heights. Lately the Leader of the Opposition has sat back and waited for a good announcement by the Government. He has waited to see whether it is well received and, two weeks later, he has rejigged the policy and released it as a Labor initiative! Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of releasing the draft plan for the $50m redevelopment of the former railway workshops yards in Midland. The draft plan covers some 145 hectares and includes the heritage buildings on the former workshops site. The Government will spend approximately $50m on planning, development and infrastructure and expects to attract around $200m of private investment into that site. This is a good example of another of the Government’s priorities. The Government plans not only up to elections, but also for the long term. This is a plan for the next 15 years for the people of Midland. I know that in the past, members opposite have viewed Midland as a safe Labor seat. Under Labor’s stewardship, it allowed the area to run down into a mess. It has taken a coalition Government to benefit the Labor people of Midland and to sort out the problems inherited by the former Labor Government, which did nothing but fiddle. This plan has been open for public comment. The Government has been keen to receive public and community input. I expect bipartisan support for this project because that has been the case so far. The point I want to make is, in this case, we may see bipartisanship go to new heights. Lately the Leader of the Opposition has sat back and waited for a good announcement by the Government. He has waited to see whether it is well received and, two weeks later, he has rejigged the policy and released it as a Labor initiative! Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
I know that in the past, members opposite have viewed Midland as a safe Labor seat. Under Labor’s stewardship, it allowed the area to run down into a mess. It has taken a coalition Government to benefit the Labor people of Midland and to sort out the problems inherited by the former Labor Government, which did nothing but fiddle. This plan has been open for public comment. The Government has been keen to receive public and community input. I expect bipartisan support for this project because that has been the case so far. The point I want to make is, in this case, we may see bipartisanship go to new heights. Lately the Leader of the Opposition has sat back and waited for a good announcement by the Government. He has waited to see whether it is well received and, two weeks later, he has rejigged the policy and released it as a Labor initiative! Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
The point I want to make is, in this case, we may see bipartisanship go to new heights. Lately the Leader of the Opposition has sat back and waited for a good announcement by the Government. He has waited to see whether it is well received and, two weeks later, he has rejigged the policy and released it as a Labor initiative! Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
Ms MacTiernan interjected. Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
Mr KIERATH: What did the member for Armadale do with the appeals system? She rejigged 90 per cent of the coalition’s appeals system, repackaged it and launched it as Labor’s appeals policy. I predict that within a few weeks we will see a rejigged draft for Midland under the ALP banner. It will demonstrate the policy free zone in which members opposite operate.
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