❓ Mrs. Clarke asks about the progress and impact of the Metronet Lakelands train station project. The Minister for Transport responds by outlining the project's features, benefits for commuters, and its role in supporting jobs and economic recovery, while also criticising the opposition's stance.
AnsweredQoN 350Legislative Assembly
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METRONET PROJECTS
350. Mrs R.M.J. CLARKE to the Minister for Transport:
I, too, would like to acknowledge
the students from Brunswick Junction Primary School. It is always a pleasure
having students here from my electorate.
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's record investment in job-creating transport projects
across Western Australia, including the new Metronet Lakelands train station.
(1) Can the minister update the
house on the work underway to deliver this project?
(2) What will it mean for our
growing suburbs in the south?
(3) Can the minister
outline to the house how this project will support local jobs, local businesses
and the local economy?
350. Mrs R.M.J. CLARKE to the Minister for Transport:
I, too, would like to acknowledge
the students from Brunswick Junction Primary School. It is always a pleasure
having students here from my electorate.
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's record investment in job-creating transport projects
across Western Australia, including the new Metronet Lakelands train station.
(1) Can the minister update the
house on the work underway to deliver this project?
(2) What will it mean for our
growing suburbs in the south?
(3) Can the minister
outline to the house how this project will support local jobs, local businesses
and the local economy?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(3) I
thank the member for Murray–Wellington for the question. The latest
Metronet project to get underway is the new Lakelands train station. This train
station will support the community around Mandurah and Lakelands and even through Pinjarra in the electorate of the member for
Murray–Wellington. We have to do a lot to try to support
commuters in the Mandurah area. There is a gap of about 23 kilometres between
Mandurah and Warnbro. This new train station in the north Mandurah area will
support the community that lives around the Lakelands district. Work is
underway.
The train station will include 400
parking bays. It will include a new bus interchange, new storage for bikes and
also a pedestrian overpass. That project, together with the multistorey car
park in Mandurah, is all about making it easier to catch public transport
through the entire area. Early next year, the government will also introduce
the new two-zone cap in that area. That two-zone cap will see thousands of
dollars of savings for people who live in the electorate of the member for
Dawesville. These are all projects that support people catching public transport
and they support jobs.
As the Premier outlined, we have a challenge
when it comes to skills, but we are working with industry to support a pipeline
of work, not just for today, but for the next five to 10 years. It is a program
of works. Whether it be civil infrastructure
or facilitating new developments, it is about supporting a pipeline of work ,
giving industry the confidence to train people, to employ Western Australians,
to buy that equipment, and to make sure we can continue our economic recovery.
The economic recovery has not stopped, and it is not going to stop. It is a long-term
project to make sure we can continue to drive jobs. The Liberal Party believes
the economic recovery is over, that we should stop projects and scrap the
significant development pathway. That is the Liberal Party's policy. In
today's grievance we heard the member for Cottesloe say that we should not support new developments
because economic recovery is over. That is what Liberal Party members
believe. No wonder no-one trusts them to be in government. They cannot be
trusted.
Dr A.D. Buti : They can't
be trusted to be in opposition!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The member
for Armadale is right, actually—do not trust them at all! That is a good
point.
Opposition members think the economic
recovery is over. However, the government is working with industry to sustain
job creation, to ensure we have a pipeline of work and ensure we create new
projects directly and facilitate new developments to create long-term jobs for
all Western Australians.
thank the member for Murray–Wellington for the question. The latest
Metronet project to get underway is the new Lakelands train station. This train
station will support the community around Mandurah and Lakelands and even through Pinjarra in the electorate of the member for
Murray–Wellington. We have to do a lot to try to support
commuters in the Mandurah area. There is a gap of about 23 kilometres between
Mandurah and Warnbro. This new train station in the north Mandurah area will
support the community that lives around the Lakelands district. Work is
underway.
The train station will include 400
parking bays. It will include a new bus interchange, new storage for bikes and
also a pedestrian overpass. That project, together with the multistorey car
park in Mandurah, is all about making it easier to catch public transport
through the entire area. Early next year, the government will also introduce
the new two-zone cap in that area. That two-zone cap will see thousands of
dollars of savings for people who live in the electorate of the member for
Dawesville. These are all projects that support people catching public transport
and they support jobs.
As the Premier outlined, we have a challenge
when it comes to skills, but we are working with industry to support a pipeline
of work, not just for today, but for the next five to 10 years. It is a program
of works. Whether it be civil infrastructure
or facilitating new developments, it is about supporting a pipeline of work ,
giving industry the confidence to train people, to employ Western Australians,
to buy that equipment, and to make sure we can continue our economic recovery.
The economic recovery has not stopped, and it is not going to stop. It is a long-term
project to make sure we can continue to drive jobs. The Liberal Party believes
the economic recovery is over, that we should stop projects and scrap the
significant development pathway. That is the Liberal Party's policy. In
today's grievance we heard the member for Cottesloe say that we should not support new developments
because economic recovery is over. That is what Liberal Party members
believe. No wonder no-one trusts them to be in government. They cannot be
trusted.
Dr A.D. Buti : They can't
be trusted to be in opposition!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The member
for Armadale is right, actually—do not trust them at all! That is a good
point.
Opposition members think the economic
recovery is over. However, the government is working with industry to sustain
job creation, to ensure we have a pipeline of work and ensure we create new
projects directly and facilitate new developments to create long-term jobs for
all Western Australians.
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