Alannah Mactiernan (Perth, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

This is a road that is not going to be built. This is five kilometres of road which they are estimating will cost $850 million. It is not part of a comprehensive metropolitan freight link. In fact, it is the reverse. When the metropolitan freight network plan was developed when I was in government in 2004, this road was comprehensively demonstrated not to represent value for money and, indeed, not to be conducive to good planning.

Government members interjecting—

Mr Deputy Speaker, I crave your indulgence. These blokes have done nothing but sit there trying to distract me. I am not going to be distracted. I crave your protection.

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