❓ Minister MacTiernan responds to a question about the Opposition's road promises, highlighting inconsistencies and potential budgetary implications. She accuses the Opposition of making different promises in different locations and questions their financial planning.
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Can the minister provide an update on road promises by the Opposition and what the budgetary implications would be? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for the question, because he certainly knows the benefit of delivering on projects rather than just making promises. A very interesting story is emerging. In a media statement delivered in December 2002, the Leader of the Opposition said that the Liberal Party would build Roe Highway stage 8 and the Fremantle eastern bypass at a combined cost of over $250 million in the first term of government if it were to win the next election. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition, in a practice that has now become his modus operandi, had a very different story to tell. He had obviously forgotten his previous commitment of $250 million to the not needed Fremantle eastern bypass and Roe Highway stage 8. In the Geraldton Guardian he said this - Indian Ocean Drive is the only road project we’ve said we’ll immediately build. That is another $40 million promise, but a different story. The Leader of the Opposition has been developing that MO over some time. A different town, a different story! Mr M.W. Trenorden: Tell us about the Peel deviation. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will get to the Peel deviation very quickly. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition was in Bunbury where he had a different story to tell. He said he would bring forward the port access road, which is a $40 million project. That was the third project. This is a beauty: the Opposition is now saying that it will fund the Peel deviation in its first term of government. Hon Murray Criddle, in a media statement, said that the Opposition would start this project in 2006, which is a commitment of $150 million to $170 million. All up these commitments during the first term of government - this is just the start; we will have to wait and see what those opposite will be doing around the great southern and the wheatbelt - Mr M.W. Trenorden: How much has the rail project blown out in the past couple of years? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question, because he certainly knows the benefit of delivering on projects rather than just making promises. A very interesting story is emerging. In a media statement delivered in December 2002, the Leader of the Opposition said that the Liberal Party would build Roe Highway stage 8 and the Fremantle eastern bypass at a combined cost of over $250 million in the first term of government if it were to win the next election. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition, in a practice that has now become his modus operandi, had a very different story to tell. He had obviously forgotten his previous commitment of $250 million to the not needed Fremantle eastern bypass and Roe Highway stage 8. In the Geraldton Guardian he said this - Indian Ocean Drive is the only road project we’ve said we’ll immediately build. That is another $40 million promise, but a different story. The Leader of the Opposition has been developing that MO over some time. A different town, a different story! Mr M.W. Trenorden: Tell us about the Peel deviation. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will get to the Peel deviation very quickly. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition was in Bunbury where he had a different story to tell. He said he would bring forward the port access road, which is a $40 million project. That was the third project. This is a beauty: the Opposition is now saying that it will fund the Peel deviation in its first term of government. Hon Murray Criddle, in a media statement, said that the Opposition would start this project in 2006, which is a commitment of $150 million to $170 million. All up these commitments during the first term of government - this is just the start; we will have to wait and see what those opposite will be doing around the great southern and the wheatbelt - Mr M.W. Trenorden: How much has the rail project blown out in the past couple of years? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
I thank the member for the question, because he certainly knows the benefit of delivering on projects rather than just making promises. A very interesting story is emerging. In a media statement delivered in December 2002, the Leader of the Opposition said that the Liberal Party would build Roe Highway stage 8 and the Fremantle eastern bypass at a combined cost of over $250 million in the first term of government if it were to win the next election. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition, in a practice that has now become his modus operandi, had a very different story to tell. He had obviously forgotten his previous commitment of $250 million to the not needed Fremantle eastern bypass and Roe Highway stage 8. In the Geraldton Guardian he said this - Indian Ocean Drive is the only road project we’ve said we’ll immediately build. That is another $40 million promise, but a different story. The Leader of the Opposition has been developing that MO over some time. A different town, a different story! Mr M.W. Trenorden: Tell us about the Peel deviation. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will get to the Peel deviation very quickly. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition was in Bunbury where he had a different story to tell. He said he would bring forward the port access road, which is a $40 million project. That was the third project. This is a beauty: the Opposition is now saying that it will fund the Peel deviation in its first term of government. Hon Murray Criddle, in a media statement, said that the Opposition would start this project in 2006, which is a commitment of $150 million to $170 million. All up these commitments during the first term of government - this is just the start; we will have to wait and see what those opposite will be doing around the great southern and the wheatbelt - Mr M.W. Trenorden: How much has the rail project blown out in the past couple of years? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: Tell us about the Peel deviation. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will get to the Peel deviation very quickly. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition was in Bunbury where he had a different story to tell. He said he would bring forward the port access road, which is a $40 million project. That was the third project. This is a beauty: the Opposition is now saying that it will fund the Peel deviation in its first term of government. Hon Murray Criddle, in a media statement, said that the Opposition would start this project in 2006, which is a commitment of $150 million to $170 million. All up these commitments during the first term of government - this is just the start; we will have to wait and see what those opposite will be doing around the great southern and the wheatbelt - Mr M.W. Trenorden: How much has the rail project blown out in the past couple of years? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will get to the Peel deviation very quickly. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition was in Bunbury where he had a different story to tell. He said he would bring forward the port access road, which is a $40 million project. That was the third project. This is a beauty: the Opposition is now saying that it will fund the Peel deviation in its first term of government. Hon Murray Criddle, in a media statement, said that the Opposition would start this project in 2006, which is a commitment of $150 million to $170 million. All up these commitments during the first term of government - this is just the start; we will have to wait and see what those opposite will be doing around the great southern and the wheatbelt - Mr M.W. Trenorden: How much has the rail project blown out in the past couple of years? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: How much has the rail project blown out in the past couple of years? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question, because he certainly knows the benefit of delivering on projects rather than just making promises. A very interesting story is emerging. In a media statement delivered in December 2002, the Leader of the Opposition said that the Liberal Party would build Roe Highway stage 8 and the Fremantle eastern bypass at a combined cost of over $250 million in the first term of government if it were to win the next election. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition, in a practice that has now become his modus operandi, had a very different story to tell. He had obviously forgotten his previous commitment of $250 million to the not needed Fremantle eastern bypass and Roe Highway stage 8. In the Geraldton Guardian he said this - Indian Ocean Drive is the only road project we’ve said we’ll immediately build. That is another $40 million promise, but a different story. The Leader of the Opposition has been developing that MO over some time. A different town, a different story! Mr M.W. Trenorden: Tell us about the Peel deviation. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will get to the Peel deviation very quickly. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition was in Bunbury where he had a different story to tell. He said he would bring forward the port access road, which is a $40 million project. That was the third project. This is a beauty: the Opposition is now saying that it will fund the Peel deviation in its first term of government. Hon Murray Criddle, in a media statement, said that the Opposition would start this project in 2006, which is a commitment of $150 million to $170 million. All up these commitments during the first term of government - this is just the start; we will have to wait and see what those opposite will be doing around the great southern and the wheatbelt - Mr M.W. Trenorden: How much has the rail project blown out in the past couple of years? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
I thank the member for the question, because he certainly knows the benefit of delivering on projects rather than just making promises. A very interesting story is emerging. In a media statement delivered in December 2002, the Leader of the Opposition said that the Liberal Party would build Roe Highway stage 8 and the Fremantle eastern bypass at a combined cost of over $250 million in the first term of government if it were to win the next election. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition, in a practice that has now become his modus operandi, had a very different story to tell. He had obviously forgotten his previous commitment of $250 million to the not needed Fremantle eastern bypass and Roe Highway stage 8. In the Geraldton Guardian he said this - Indian Ocean Drive is the only road project we’ve said we’ll immediately build. That is another $40 million promise, but a different story. The Leader of the Opposition has been developing that MO over some time. A different town, a different story! Mr M.W. Trenorden: Tell us about the Peel deviation. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will get to the Peel deviation very quickly. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition was in Bunbury where he had a different story to tell. He said he would bring forward the port access road, which is a $40 million project. That was the third project. This is a beauty: the Opposition is now saying that it will fund the Peel deviation in its first term of government. Hon Murray Criddle, in a media statement, said that the Opposition would start this project in 2006, which is a commitment of $150 million to $170 million. All up these commitments during the first term of government - this is just the start; we will have to wait and see what those opposite will be doing around the great southern and the wheatbelt - Mr M.W. Trenorden: How much has the rail project blown out in the past couple of years? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: Tell us about the Peel deviation. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will get to the Peel deviation very quickly. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition was in Bunbury where he had a different story to tell. He said he would bring forward the port access road, which is a $40 million project. That was the third project. This is a beauty: the Opposition is now saying that it will fund the Peel deviation in its first term of government. Hon Murray Criddle, in a media statement, said that the Opposition would start this project in 2006, which is a commitment of $150 million to $170 million. All up these commitments during the first term of government - this is just the start; we will have to wait and see what those opposite will be doing around the great southern and the wheatbelt - Mr M.W. Trenorden: How much has the rail project blown out in the past couple of years? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will get to the Peel deviation very quickly. Two months later the Leader of the Opposition was in Bunbury where he had a different story to tell. He said he would bring forward the port access road, which is a $40 million project. That was the third project. This is a beauty: the Opposition is now saying that it will fund the Peel deviation in its first term of government. Hon Murray Criddle, in a media statement, said that the Opposition would start this project in 2006, which is a commitment of $150 million to $170 million. All up these commitments during the first term of government - this is just the start; we will have to wait and see what those opposite will be doing around the great southern and the wheatbelt - Mr M.W. Trenorden: How much has the rail project blown out in the past couple of years? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: How much has the rail project blown out in the past couple of years? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Well may the National Party want to stop this. This is another demonstration of the National Party not being able to deliver for the country. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the National Party! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: These projects amount to $500 million and three-quarters of them are in the metropolitan area, just like what happened during their last term of government.
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