❓ WA Minister criticises the federal government's AusLink funding allocation to WA, arguing it's disproportionately low considering the state's size, economic contribution, and infrastructure needs.
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I refer the minister to last week’s comments by the Opposition in this Chamber that the federal Government’s AusLink package was generous to Western Australia. Is this true? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. It truly was a surprising statement by the Opposition in the Parliament last week that Western Australia’s share of AusLink funding was very generous. I will put some of the facts on the table. Of the $6.2 billion offered around Australia for transport infrastructure upgrades, Western Australia will receive simply $432 million. That is just 6.9 per cent of AusLink’s allocation. On what basis does the Opposition claim that that is a generous offer? Western Australia is one-third of the nation’s land mass, it produces 30 per cent of the nation’s exports by value, and it generates $23 billion worth of revenue for the Commonwealth each year. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It truly was a surprising statement by the Opposition in the Parliament last week that Western Australia’s share of AusLink funding was very generous. I will put some of the facts on the table. Of the $6.2 billion offered around Australia for transport infrastructure upgrades, Western Australia will receive simply $432 million. That is just 6.9 per cent of AusLink’s allocation. On what basis does the Opposition claim that that is a generous offer? Western Australia is one-third of the nation’s land mass, it produces 30 per cent of the nation’s exports by value, and it generates $23 billion worth of revenue for the Commonwealth each year. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. It truly was a surprising statement by the Opposition in the Parliament last week that Western Australia’s share of AusLink funding was very generous. I will put some of the facts on the table. Of the $6.2 billion offered around Australia for transport infrastructure upgrades, Western Australia will receive simply $432 million. That is just 6.9 per cent of AusLink’s allocation. On what basis does the Opposition claim that that is a generous offer? Western Australia is one-third of the nation’s land mass, it produces 30 per cent of the nation’s exports by value, and it generates $23 billion worth of revenue for the Commonwealth each year. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
It truly was a surprising statement by the Opposition in the Parliament last week that Western Australia’s share of AusLink funding was very generous. I will put some of the facts on the table. Of the $6.2 billion offered around Australia for transport infrastructure upgrades, Western Australia will receive simply $432 million. That is just 6.9 per cent of AusLink’s allocation. On what basis does the Opposition claim that that is a generous offer? Western Australia is one-third of the nation’s land mass, it produces 30 per cent of the nation’s exports by value, and it generates $23 billion worth of revenue for the Commonwealth each year. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It truly was a surprising statement by the Opposition in the Parliament last week that Western Australia’s share of AusLink funding was very generous. I will put some of the facts on the table. Of the $6.2 billion offered around Australia for transport infrastructure upgrades, Western Australia will receive simply $432 million. That is just 6.9 per cent of AusLink’s allocation. On what basis does the Opposition claim that that is a generous offer? Western Australia is one-third of the nation’s land mass, it produces 30 per cent of the nation’s exports by value, and it generates $23 billion worth of revenue for the Commonwealth each year. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. It truly was a surprising statement by the Opposition in the Parliament last week that Western Australia’s share of AusLink funding was very generous. I will put some of the facts on the table. Of the $6.2 billion offered around Australia for transport infrastructure upgrades, Western Australia will receive simply $432 million. That is just 6.9 per cent of AusLink’s allocation. On what basis does the Opposition claim that that is a generous offer? Western Australia is one-third of the nation’s land mass, it produces 30 per cent of the nation’s exports by value, and it generates $23 billion worth of revenue for the Commonwealth each year. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
It truly was a surprising statement by the Opposition in the Parliament last week that Western Australia’s share of AusLink funding was very generous. I will put some of the facts on the table. Of the $6.2 billion offered around Australia for transport infrastructure upgrades, Western Australia will receive simply $432 million. That is just 6.9 per cent of AusLink’s allocation. On what basis does the Opposition claim that that is a generous offer? Western Australia is one-third of the nation’s land mass, it produces 30 per cent of the nation’s exports by value, and it generates $23 billion worth of revenue for the Commonwealth each year. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
The SPEAKER: Order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Listen to them. They are not Western Australians; they are the poodles of the coalition in the federal Government. The poodles do not want to listen, but the people of Western Australia do. Western Australia has 25 per cent of the national highway. At the base level we can say that we have 10 per cent of the population. The federal Government can ignore the size of our State and our economic contribution, but at the very least it should give us the money on a pro rata basis of population. On that basis we are entitled to at least $190 million more. I could go on. The facts are truly extraordinary. The federal Government will invest $1.8 billion in rail projects across the nation and what do we get? We get $14 million. That is less than 0.8 per cent. It is not eight per cent; it is 0.8 per cent. We have a list of projects that we want to proceed with that will take us up to that base level, and that base level is at least 10 per cent of the national pie. We want an extra $20 million for the Peel deviation; we want the federal Government to go halves. We want to upgrade the North West Coastal Highway, which links the Burrup with Perth. That is not even a road that the federal Government has included in the national transport network. Mildura, which is the dried fruit capital of Victoria, and Shepparton, which is the canned fruit capital of Victoria, are included in the national transport network, but not the number one premier area in your seat, Mr Speaker. The powerhouse of the economic development of this State is not included in the national transport plan. We want roads to Bunbury. We want the port access road. We want upgrades to our rail system. We want upgrades to the standard gauge line to Kalgoorlie so that our fantastic Prospector does not have to stop to let the freight trains go by. We want these upgrades. Of that $1.8 billion of commonwealth money, $14 million is not enough. We ask these lackeys, these poodles, to stand up and be proud Western Australians and fight for Western Australia.
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