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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 351 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 5 August 2021 by Mr R.S. Love

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA PROJECTS — BINDOON BYPASS

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

I refer to media reports that the minister is considering delaying projects that have not yet started and information conveyed by Main Roads Western Australia officials to a public meeting in the Shire of Chittering on Tuesday night.

(1) Can the minister confirm that the Bindoon bypass has been put on ice for at least two years?

(2) What other Western Australian projects on Infrastructure Australia's 2020–21 list of priority projects will be delayed?

(3) Will the minister release a full list of projects that she will delay, or even scrap, under her government's so-called smoothing of the projects pipeline?

Ms R. SAFFIOTI replied:

(1)–(3) We are not scrapping any projects, members. As I have outlined today, in many speeches and in a lot of communication, and as the Premier has outlined, we have seen an economic recovery beyond expectations. I think it was the Leader of the Opposition who said that we will not have enough jobs for Western Australians. We have a lot of jobs and we are trying to manage the economic impact of what is a boom in economic activity around Western Australia. It is a unique situation. As I have said and continue to say, we are working with industry to create a pipeline of work over the next five to seven years. That means working with industry and making sure that we have a continuum of work around Western Australiain regional Western Australia and in metropolitan Western Australia. Those negotiations are ongoing. As the Premier outlined, it was raised at the skills summit on Friday. We will continue to work with industry and we will outline our pipeline of work nearer to the budget.

I am very proud that we have so many Western Australians working today. I am very proud that we are getting more programs, such as encouraging Western Australians living in remote and regional Western Australia to get drivers' licences, and the Infrastructure Ready course and the heavy vehicle training course that we have introduced. All these programs will get as many people working as possible.

We will outline all those policies later. We are working with industry. We are not scrapping any projects. We are very proud of the program of works that we are delivering, and will continue to deliver over a longer time, to make sure that all Western Australians get the benefit of this economic recovery.