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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 146 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 17 March 2022 by Mr R.S. Love

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

METRONET — CONSTRUCTION COSTS

146. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Transport:

I have a supplementary question. Some of these pressures have been around for some time, yet there is nothing reflected in the midyear fiscal outlook to account for increasing costs as outlined in this article. Why is that, and when is the minister going to reveal the actual increases?

The SPEAKER: Again we had a preamble, and we got a ''why is that'' and a ''when''. The preamble does not stand. Perhaps you can just answer, ''Why is that?''

Ms R. SAFFIOTI replied:

As I said, we acknowledge new budgets or new estimate to completes when they eventuate, materialise or crystallise. I do notice something. Despite a coalition government advertising about Metronet, despite the member for Moore acknowledging that the federal government is so supportive of Metronet, members opposite still have those awful little stickers on their vehicles—their anti-Metronet stickers. We have one for the member for Moore, the ''I love Metronet'' sticker. As he knows, the Nationals WA is very keen to win the hearts and minds of the suburbs.

A member interjected: The western suburbs!

Ms R. SAFFIOTI: Well, it has won those hearts and minds, but now it wants to move to the other suburbs and become a city-based party and a regional party. I urge the member for Moore to get on board, take a Metronet sticker and stop opposing. The Nationals are actually not supporting the Byford level crossing removal build that we will bring in this place today. The question was put from the member for Mount Lawley, ''Are you supporting it?'' The member for Moore said, ''We're not opposing it''. The opposition is not supporting the Metronet bill. When these cost pressures materialise, we reflect those in our financial documents.

The SPEAKER: I have asked ministers to keep answers to supplementaries as brief as possible as well.