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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 575 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 21 September 2022 by Mr R.S. Love

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

FORRESTFIELD–AIRPORT LINK — FIREFIGHTING

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

I have a supplementary question. Can the minister explain why the firefighters themselves are expressing concerns about the safety aspects of the soon to be open Forrestfield–Airport Link?

Ms R. SAFFIOTI replied:

As I said, we are working very constructively with the Department of Fire and Emergency Services. There have been significant training exercises and there continue to be exercises to make sure that we are ready to go. As I said, if the member wants to undermine it, he can do it. He has undermined every part of Metronet. He comes in here today to move a motion to criticise it again. He tries to say that he wants to appeal to densely populated areas, but he has undermined every project and he continues to do so. The Nationals WA is offended by everything. It plays the country–city divide on everything. I am proud of the work that is undertaken by those people across the state. Over 10 000 workers are currently delivering Metronet. Members opposite insult every road project, they insult the workers and the teams and the contracting companies, and then they wonder why no-one wants to talk to them. They insult them all! This is a truly magnificent project. Already I know that other states will be jealous of the quality of this project. It will be a grand statement and something that all Western Australians will be proud of. When we open on that community day, we are going to have a lot of activities. There will be a sausage sizzle, there will be rides, there will be a lot of activities to show all Western Australians—families living in the area and families across the suburbs—that this is the project. We will be inviting people from densely populated areas. The member might want to come along so that he can appeal to them! They will be proud of the project that we have delivered.

The SPEAKER: Members, that concludes question time. I remind members that there will be a dinner break between 6.00 and 7.00 this evening.