Details the cost and container volume associated with the McGowan Government's freight on rail subsidy from January 2018 to June 2020, and the percentage of freight moved on rail in WA for the 2019-20 financial year.

AnsweredQoN 6397Legislative Assembly
Asked
10 September 2020
Portfolio
Transport

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I refer to the McGowan Government’s increase to the freight on rail subsidy which took effect on 1 January 2018, and I ask: (a) Since 1 January 2018, what has been the total cost of the subsidy for each month; (b) Since 1 January 2018, for each month how many containers have been moved; and (c) What is the current percentage of freight moved on rail in WA?

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Answered
13 October 2020
Responded by
Minister for Transport
Response time
8 days
(a) The amount of rail subsidy paid each month between January 2018 and June 2020:
$284,100; $355,100; $369,750; $428,200; $387,100; $449,350; $402,200; $384,500; $547,600; $466,450; $470,900; $512,250; $427,350; $498,450; $624,200; $474,450; $489,000; $632,000; $487,750; $472,350; $648,650; $494,700; $452,950; $567,250; $443,450; $552,350; $477,900; $409,050; $494,250; $376,900
(b) Container volumes between January 2018 and June 2020 in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs):
10,083; 10,172; 10,809; 10,494; 12,200; 11,448; 11,658; 11,912; 12,825; 13,792; 13,217; 11,676; 12,834; 13,153; 14,120; 14,336; 14,256; 14,218; 14,376; 13,159; 13,991; 15,007; 12,317; 13,422; 14,056; 12,716; 14,189; 11,462; 10,446; 11,620
(c)  The average for the 2019-20 financial year is 20 per cent.

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