Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Introduction
[1]
Proof Journals of the Senate No. 106—13 August
2015, p. 2939.
[2]
Proof Journals of the Senate No. 126—12 November 2015, p. 3375.
[3]
Proof Journals of the Senate No. 142—29 February 2016, p. 3837.
[4]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 71,
p. 3.
[5]
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 71,
p. 3.
[6]
Infrastructure Australia, Submission 15, p. 2. The committee
notes that Infrastructure Australia's Assessment Brief was not attached to its
submission (Submission 15), and thanks the Town of Fremantle for
bringing it to the attention to the committee as part of their submission. See Town
of Fremantle, Submission 57, Attachment 2. See also the Department of
Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 71, p. 11.
[7]
Proof Journals of the Senate No. 103 - 10 August 2015, p. 2882.
[8]
Proof Journals of the Senate No. 104 -11 August 2015, p. 2894.
[9]
See the letter from Mr Philip Davies, Chief Executive Officer,
Infrastructure Australia, to Dr Rosemary Laing, Clerk of the Senate
responding to the order of the Senate of 10 August 2015 at appendix 3
of this report.
Chapter 2 - Background to the Perth Freight Link project
[1] 'Infrastructure Growth
Package - addition to the Infrastructure Investment Programme for new
investments' in Commonwealth Budget 2014-15: Budget Paper
No. 2: Expense Measures, p. 175.
[2] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull,
'Perth Freight Link to improve road safety and ease
port access' Media release, 12 April 2016.
[3] Department of
Infrastructure and Regional Development, 'Perth Freight Link' at http://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/projects/ProjectDetails.aspx?Project_id=052776-14WA-PKG (accessed 20 October 2015).
[4] Note: this report follows
the project outline provided by the Department of Infrastructure and Regional
Development, Submission 71, p. 9. Some other witnesses and submitters
refer to phases of the Freight Link project in different ways, although there
is broad agreement that stage 1 covers the Roe Highway extension (known as Roe
8, as it is the eighth set of works extending the highway), and stage 2 covers
works on Stock Road. See, for example, Perth Freight Link: Business Case
Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 3.
[5] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 3.
[6] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 20.
[7] Department of Infrastructure
and Regional Development, Submission 71, p. 9.
[8] Main Roads WA, 'Planning
Myth: Roe 8 is a road to nowhere' at https://project.mainroads.
wa.gov.au/roe8/mythbusters/Pages/Planning.aspx (accessed 9 November 2015).
[9] 'Premier Colin Barnett
says contentious Roe Highway extension will not be built in this term of
government', ABC Online, 16 Oct 2013 at www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-16/roe-highway-delay/5026812 (accessed 16 December 2015).
[10] Department of
Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 71, p. 9.
[11] Department of
Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 71, p. 9.
[12] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, 'Perth Freight Link to improve road safety and ease port
access' Media release, 12 April 2016.
[13] Department of
Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 71, p. 9.
[14] Australian Government, Perth
Freight Link: Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 3.
[15] Department of
Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 71, p. 10.
[16] The charge would be applied
to Austroads vehicle classes 3-12 using the network. See Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), pp 25-26; see also
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 71, p.
10.
[17] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 25. See also
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 71, p.
9.
[18] Perth
Freight Link: Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 27.
[19] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), pp 3, 28. Note that
the estimates stated in this Executive Summary were prepared well before the
announcement of additional funds in April 2016 for tunnelling parts of the
route. The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister, 'Perth Freight Link to improve
road safety and ease port access' Media release, 12 April 2016.
[20] Infrastructure Australia,
2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link, p. 1.
[21]
Submission 71, p. 9. For an outline of P50 and P90 approaches see
Dr Fiona Tan and Tariro Makwasha, 'Best practice' cost estimation in land
transport infrastructure projects' Australasian Transport Research Forum
2010 Proceedings, 29 September-1 October 2010.
[22] Infrastructure Australia,
2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link, p. 1.
[23] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 28.
[24] 'Infrastructure Growth
Package - addition to the Infrastructure Investment Programme for new
investments' in Commonwealth Budget 2014-15: Budget Paper No. 2: Expense
Measures, p. 175.
[25] See 'Nation Building
Program - next phase' in Commonwealth Budget 2013-14: Budget Paper
No. 2: Expense Measures, p. 227. Note: the figure of $59 million for these
upgrades was not contained in Budget Papers, but was outlined by the then
Minister for Infrastructure, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Building
Australia's Future, Media Release, 14 May 2013.
[26] Government of Western
Australia, Budget 2015-16: Budget Paper No. 2 Budget Statements Volume 2,
p. 818.
[27] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 28.
[28] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 3; see also Main
Roads Western Australia, 'Urban Projects: Perth Freight Link' www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/
BuildingRoads/Projects/UrbanProjects/Pages/Perth-Freight-Link.aspx (accessed
20 October 2015). Note for this and following references to this page
that it is no longer available at Main Roads WA's website.
[29] 'Nation Building Program -
next phase' in Commonwealth Budget 2013-14: Budget Paper
No. 2: Expense Measures, p. 227.
[30]
COAG, 2014-15 National Partnership Agreement on Land Transport
Infrastructure Projects (Western Australia) at http://federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/npa/infrastructure.aspx (accessed
23 October 2015).
[31] Mr Roland Pittar, General
Manager, North West Roads, Department of Infrastructure and Regional
Development, Committee Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 71.
[32]
COAG, 2014-15 National Partnership Agreement on Land Transport
Infrastructure Projects (Western Australia) at http://federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/npa/infrastructure.aspx (accessed
23 October 2015).
[33] Joe
Spagnolo, 'Roe 8: Turnbull Government agrees to $300 million deal' in The
Sunday Times, 6 December 2015 at www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/roe-8-set-to-proceed-after-commonwealth-agrees-to-300m-deal/news-story/74607184a1dfaa77c2b065af932bfafe#load-story-comments (accessed 7 December 2015).
[34] This issue is discussed
further below. See The Hon Colin Barnett, Premier of Western Australia quoted
in Rebecca Carmody, 'Perth Freight Link: Colin Barnett shelves 'incredibly
expensive' second section', ABC Online, 1 November 2015 at http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-01/colin-barnett-parks-stage-two-of-perth-freight-link/6903282 (accessed 2 November 2015).
[35] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 25.
[36] Department of
Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 71, p. 10.
[37] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 3.
[38] Department of
Infrastructure and Regional Development, 'Perth Freight Link' at http://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/projects/ProjectDetails.aspx?Project_id=052776-14WA-PKG (accessed 20 October 2015).
[39] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 3; in its
submission, the department clarified this BCR is 'based on the P50 cost
estimate and a 7 per cent discount rate'. See Department of
Infrastructure and Regional Development, Submission 71, p. 11.
[40] This table is reproduced in
this report as figure 3. See also Perth Freight Link: Business Case
Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 29.
[41] Infrastructure Australia,
2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link, pp 3-4.
[42] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 3.
[43] Main Roads Western
Australia, 'Perth Freight Link' at www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/
BuildingRoads/Projects/UrbanProjects/Pages/Perth-Freight-Link.aspx (accessed
15 September 2015).
[44] Department of Infrastructure
and Regional Development, 'Perth Freight Link' at http://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/projects/ProjectDetails.aspx?Project_id=052776-14WA-PKG (accessed 20 October 2015).
[45] Infrastructure Australia,
2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link, pp 3-4.
[46] Main Roads Western
Australia, 'Perth Freight Link' at www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/
BuildingRoads/Projects/UrbanProjects/Pages/Perth-Freight-Link.aspx (accessed
27 October 2015). Note that some stages of the Freight Link have been
delayed as discussed later in this report.
[47] Main
Roads Western Australia, 'Perth Freight Link' at www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/
BuildingRoads/Projects/UrbanProjects/Pages/Perth-Freight-Link.aspx (accessed
27 October 2015).
[48] The Hon Colin Barnett,
Premier, and the Hon Dean Nalder, Minister for Transport, Preferred
proponent named for Roe 8, Media Release, 27 October 2015.
[49] Main Roads Western
Australia, 'Perth Freight Link' at www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/
BuildingRoads/Projects/UrbanProjects/Pages/Perth-Freight-Link.aspx (accessed
27 October 2015).
[50] Alliance contracts refer to
agreements where 'a public sector agency delivers the project collaboratively
with private sector parties in procuring major capital assets, and agrees to
take uncapped risks and share opportunities'. See National Alliance
Contracting Guidelines: Policy Principles (September 2015), p. 3. See Main
Roads Western Australia, 'Perth Freight Link' at www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/BuildingRoads/Projects/UrbanProjects/Pages/Perth-Freight-Link.aspx (accessed
27 October 2015). See also the Hon Colin Barnett, Premier, and the
Hon Dean Nalder, Minister for Transport, Preferred proponent named for
Roe 8, Media Release, 27 October 2015.
[51] The Hon Colin Barnett,
Premier of Western Australia quoted in Rebecca Carmody, 'Perth Freight Link:
Colin Barnett shelves 'incredibly expensive' second section', ABC Online,
1 November 2015 at http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-01/colin-barnett-parks-stage-two-of-perth-freight-link/6903282 (accessed 2 November 2015).
[52] Mr Roland Pittar, General
Manager, North West Roads, Department of Infrastructure and Regional
Development, Committee Hansard¸ 7 October 2015, p. 71.
[53] Note: the approvals process
will be discussed in greater depth in chapter 3.
[54] Infrastructure Australia, Submission
15, p. 2.
[55] Infrastructure Australia, Submission
15, p. 2.
[56] Infrastructure Australia,
2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link, p. 4.
[57] Infrastructure Australia,
2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link, p. 1. Note that
Infrastructure Australia's pipeline has four ratings: 'Early Stage' (indicating
a defined issue needing to be addressed, but with a solution yet to be found);
'Real Potential' (where considerable analysis of potential solutions to
significant infrastructure problems has been undertaken); 'Threshold' (see
above); and 'Ready to Proceed' (for projects that 'meet all of Infrastructure
Australia's criteria'). Infrastructure Australia's Priority List at http://infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/projects/files/IPL_Web_update.pdf (accessed
28 October 2015).
[58] Infrastructure Australia,
2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link, p. 4.
[59] This assessment was made
before conditional environmental approval for the Freight Link was granted by
Western Australia. Infrastructure Australia, 2014-2015 Assessment Brief:
Perth Freight Link, p. 4.
[60] This assessment brief noted
that the proponents of this project estimated capital costs of
$100 million for these upgrades (based on a P90 estimate) as well as a BCR
of 1.6 to 1 (P50, 7 per cent discount). This estimate
is substantially less than the $118 million committed by Commonwealth and state
to these works, as discussed above. See Infrastructure Australia, Assessment
Brief: Leach Highway Fremantle Upgrade (June 2013), p. 3.
[61] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 3.
[62] Main Roads Western
Australia, 'Perth Freight Link' at www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/
BuildingRoads/Projects/UrbanProjects/Pages/Perth-Freight-Link.aspx (accessed
27 October 2015).
[63] The Hon Dean Nalder MLA,
Western Australian Minister for Transport, Environmental approval for Roe 8,
Media Release, 22 October 2015.
[64] David Weber, 'Roe 8
approval challenged in Supreme Court as wetlands group seeks to prevent highway
extension', ABC Online, 10 September 2015 at www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-10/roe-8-approval-challenged-in-supreme-court/6766362 (accessed 20 October 2015).
[65] Main Roads Western
Australia, 'Urban Projects: Perth Freight Link' www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/BuildingRoads/Projects/UrbanProjects/Pages/Perth-Freight-Link.aspx (accessed 20 October 2015).
[66] Charlotte Hamlyn and Briana
Shepherd, 'Roe 8: New court fight over Perth Freight Link stage one set to
begin', ABC Online, 29 March 2016 at www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-30/roe-8-perth-freight-link-highway-extension-supreme-court-appeal/7283560 (accessed 4 April 2016); 'Roe 8:
WA Government to seek new environmental approvals', ABC Online, 22 Jan
2016 at www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-22/wa-government-to-seek-new-roe-8-environment-approvals/7108014 (accessed 4 April 2016).
[67]
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Estimates
Proof Committee Hansard, 8 February 2016, p. 37.
Chapter 3 - Concerns about the development and proposed benefits of the Perth Freight Link
[1] Note concerns about the
lack of consultation with local governments, the business and agricultural
sectors, employment stakeholders and the wider community are discussed in the
following chapter, as well as other negative effects the Freight Link would
have on local communities.
[2] 'Infrastructure Growth
Package - addition to the Infrastructure Investment Programme for new
investments' in Commonwealth Budget 2014-15: Budget Paper No. 2:
Expense Measures, p. 175.
[3] Mr
Roland Pittar, General Manager, North West Roads, Department of Infrastructure
and Regional Development, Committee Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 70.
[4] Infrastructure Australia,
2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link, p. 2.
[5] From around mid-March
2014. See Perth Freight Link - Joint Press Conference of Senator Mathias
Cormann, Minister for Finance and Acting Assistant Treasurer, the
Hon Jamie Briggs MP, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and
Regional Development, and the Hon Dean Nalder MP, Western Australian
Minister for Transport and Finance, 19 May 2014.
[6] Western Australian
Parliament Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations, 2014–15
Budget Estimates Hearings: Session Four: Main Roads Western Australia,
12 June 2014, p. 6.
[7] Submission 5, p.
1.
[8] See following chapter for
a more detailed discussion of the lack of consultation on the Freight Link
proposal with local communities.
[9] Committee Hansard,
7 October 2015, p. 2.
[10] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 3.
[11] As noted in the previous
chapter, this assessment estimated capital costs for the Freight Link at $1.742
billion, based on more cautious assumptions than used by the Business Case. See
Infrastructure Australia, 2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link,
p. 4.
[12] See, for example: Ms Maureen
Flynn, Submission 58, p. 3; Mr Dafydd Emmanuel, Submission 77,
p. 2; Dr Sajni Gudka, Submission 84, pp 3-4; Ms Colleen
Ryman, Submission 110, pp 3-4 and Mr Clint Shaw, Submission
129, p. 1.
[13] Professor Peter Newman, Submission
5 - Attachment 1 (Peter Newman and Cole Hendrigan, Perth Freight Link:
Making the Right Investment in Perth's Freight Task: A Position Paper for the
City of Fremantle), p. vii.
[14] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, 'Perth Freight Link to improve road safety and ease port
access' Media release, 12 April 2016.
[15] Mr Paul Roe, Director,
Financing and Funding Policy, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard,
7 October 2015, p. 75.
[16] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, pp 2-3.
[17] Submission 5 -
Attachment 1 (Peter Newman and Cole Hendrigan, Perth Freight Link:
Making the Right Investment in Perth's Freight Task: A Position Paper for the
City of Fremantle), p. 17.
[18] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 9.
[19] Submission 221, p. 2
[20] Colin Barnett, Premier of
Western Australia quoted in Rebecca Carmody, 'Perth Freight Link: Colin Barnett
shelves 'incredibly expensive' second section', ABC Online, 1 November 2015 at http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-01/colin-barnett-parks-stage-two-of-perth-freight-link/6903282 (accessed 2 November 2015).
[21] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 45.
[22] Submission 5 -
Attachment 1 (Peter Newman and Cole Hendrigan, Perth Freight Link:
Making the Right Investment in Perth's Freight Task: A Position Paper for the
City of Fremantle), p. 17.
[23] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 3.
[24] See chapter 2.
[25] Mr Roland Pittar, Mr Roland
Pittar, General Manager, North West Roads, Department of Infrastructure and
Regional Development, Committee Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 73.
[26] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 54. See also Councillor O'Neill, Committee Hansard,
7 October 2015, p. 3. Note social and environmental factors are discussed
later in this report.
[27] Infrastructure Australia,
2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link, p. 3.
[28] Infrastructure Australia,
2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link, p. 3.
[29] Submission 71, p. 5.
[30] Town of East Fremantle, Submission
57, Attachment 1 (Western Australian Planning Commission, Fremantle
Ports Outer Harbour Project Information Brochure, [2004]) p. 1 and Fremantle
Port Authority Annual Report 2014, p. 28.
[31]
Mr Joe Branco, North Lake Residents, Submission 4, Attachment 2
(Main Roads WA, Northern Transport Access Naval Base/Kwinana Port Site
(Rowley Road Extension) [June 2003]), p. 2.
[32] Proof Committee Hansard,
20 March 2016, p. 34.
[33] Mr Christopher Brown,
Organiser, West Australian Branch, Maritime Union of Australia, Committee
Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 36.
[34] Submission 74, p. 2
[35] Note: proposals for a
second port have used a range of descriptors for its location, including:
'Kwinana' (the name of the suburb); the 'Fremantle Ports Outer Harbour' (as
opposed to the existing port at the Fremantle Inner Harbour); 'Naval Base'
(referring to facilities currently located at Kwinana); or as the port at
'Cockburn Sound' (the body of water).
[36] Proof Committee Hansard,
20 March 2016, p. 2.
[37] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 36.
[38] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 12.
[39] Mr Christopher Brown,
Organiser, West Australian Branch, Maritime Union of Australia, Committee
Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 34.
[40] Proof Committee Hansard,
20 March 2016, p. 2.
[41] City of Kwinana, Indian
Ocean Gateway Consultative Draft (August 2015), p. 5. See also City of
Kwinana, Submission 75, p. 2.
[42] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 4.
[43] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 2.
[44] Proof Committee Hansard,
20 March 2016, p. 2.
[45] See evidence given by: members of the Kwinana Industries
Council and Mr Aaron Begley, Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer, Matrix Composites & Engineering, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 March 2016, pp
12-15 and p. 20
respectively.
[46] Proof Committee Hansard,
20 March 2016, p. 12.
[47] Proof Committee Hansard,
20 March 2016, p. 12.
[48] Mr Chris Oughton, Director,
Kwinana Industries Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 March 2016,
p. 10.
[49]
See: Mr Roy Duncanson, Executive Chair, Agribusiness Council of Australia
Ltd and Mr Dale Park, Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard,
20 March 2016, p. 38 and pp 3-4 respectively.
[50] Proof Committee Hansard,
20 March 2016, p. 5.
[51] Proof Committee Hansard,
20 March 2016, p. 5.
[52] Ms Joanne Abiss, CEO, City
of Kwinana, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 March 2016, p. 5.
[53] Mr Chris Oughton, Director,
Kwinana Industries Council, Proof Committee Hansard,
20 March 2016, p. 12.
[54] Additional information
provided by Sustainable Transport Coalition of WA on 1 April 2016, pp 1-2.
[55] For example, see evidence
given by: Dr Cole Hendrigan, Private Capacity; Dr Brad Pettitt, Mayor, City of
Fremantle; Mr Christopher Brown, Organiser, MUA; and Mr Roland Pittar, General
Manager, North West Roads, Department of Infrastructure and Regional
Development, Committee Hansard, 7 October 2015. pp 18, 19, 35 and 79
respectively.
[56] Mr Christopher Brown,
Organiser, West Australian Branch, Maritime Union of Australia, Committee
Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 36.
[57] Fremantle Port Authority
Annual Report 2015, p. 56.
[58] Sub 74, p. 3. See also
Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald, 'Infra funds tip January kick-off for
Freo port' in Australian Financial Review, 12 October 2015.
[59] Mr Christopher Brown,
Organiser, West Australian Branch, Maritime Union of Australia, Committee
Hansard, 7 October 2015, pp 35-36.
[60] Ms Joanne Abiss, CEO, City
of Kwinana, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 March 2016, p. 6.
[61] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 62.
[62] Mr Christopher Brown,
Organiser, West Australian Branch, Maritime Union of Australia, Committee
Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 34
[63] Infrastructure Australia,
2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight Link, p. 3.
[64] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 20.
[65] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 60.
[66] Fremantle Port Authority
Annual Report 2015, p. 56.
[67] Professor Peter Newman, Submission
5 - Attachment 1 (Peter Newman and Cole Hendrigan, Perth Freight Link:
Making the Right Investment in Perth's Freight Task: A Position Paper for the
City of Fremantle), pp 62-63.
[68] For example, see evidence
given by Dr Brad
Pettitt, Mayor, City of Fremantle and Mr Christopher
Brown, Organiser, West Australian Branch, Maritime Union of Australia, Committee
Hansard, 7 October 2015, pp 20 and 35 respectively.
[69] Mr Christopher Brown,
Organiser, West Australian Branch, Maritime Union of Australia, Committee
Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 35.
[70] Professor Peter Newman, Submission
5 - Attachment 1 (Peter Newman and Cole Hendrigan, Perth Freight Link:
Making the Right Investment in Perth's Freight Task: A Position Paper for the
City of Fremantle), pp 62-63.
[71] Mr Christopher Brown,
Organiser, West Australian Branch, Maritime Union of Australia, Committee
Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 35.
[72] Professor Peter Newman, Submission
5 - Attachment 1 (Peter Newman and Cole Hendrigan, Perth Freight Link:
Making the Right Investment in Perth's Freight Task: A Position Paper for the
City of Fremantle), pp 62-63.
Chapter 4 - Concerns raised by local governments and communities
[1] Dr
Brad Pettitt, Mayor of the Town of Fremantle; Councillor Logan Howlett,
Mayor of the City of Cockburn and Councillor Jim O'Neil, Mayor of the Town of
East Fremantle, Committee Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 7.
[2] Committee Hansard,
7 October 2015, p. 7.
[3] Mr Marten Tieleman, Director
Corporate Services, City of Melville, Committee
Hansard,
7 October 2015, p. 25.
[4] Mr
Christopher Brown, Organiser, West Australian Branch, Maritime Union of
Australia, Committee Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 41.
[5] Main Roads WA, 'Roe 8 –
Myth Busters – Consultation' at https://project.mainroads.wa.gov.au/
roe8/mythbusters/Pages/Consultation.aspx (accessed 31 October 2015).
[6] Committee Hansard,
7 October 2015, p. 67.
[7] Committee Hansard,
7 October 2015, pp 44-45.
[8] Committee Hansard,
7 October 2015, p. 67.
[9] For example, see: North
Lake Residents, Submission 4, p. 3; Ms Rachael Durston, Submission 33,
p. 1; Save Beeliar Wetlands Inc., Submission 73, Attachment 1 (Letter to
the Hon Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment), p. 1; Mr Clayton Ellis, Submission
80, p. 2; Dr Danielle Brady, Submission 81, p. 1; Dr Nandi
Chinna, Submission 111, p. 5; Urban Bushland Council WA Inc., Submission
136¸ pp 1-4; Dr Felicity McGeorge, Submission 177, p. 1 and the
Aboriginal Heritage Action Alliance, Submission 222, p. 14.
[10] Sinclair Knight &
Partners et al (1988) cited in North Lake Residents, Submission 4,
p. 2.
[11] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 68.
[12] Public Environmental
Review: Roe Highway Extension, pp 45, 356.
[13] Western
Australian Environmental Protection Authority, EPA Section 16 Advice - Roe
Highway Stage 8 (3 February 2003) www.epa.wa.gov.au/News/mediaStmnts/Pages/
1571_EPASection16Advice-RoeHighwayStage8.aspx (accessed 8 December 2015).
[14] Laura Gartry, 'Perth
Freight Link: EPA admits ignoring own policy in Roe 8 approval', ABC Online,
30 November 2015, at www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-30/epa-admits-ignoring-own-policy-in-roe-8-approval/6987584 (accessed 8 December 2015).
[15] Submission 81, p. 2.
[16] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 55.
[17] 'Roe 8: WA Government to
seek new environmental approvals', ABC Online¸ 22 January 2016 at www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-22/wa-government-to-seek-new-roe-8-environment-approvals/7108014 (accessed 4 February 2016).
[18] See chapter 2.
[19] North Lake Residents, Submission
4, p. 2 and Attachment 1 (Letter from the National Trust of Australia (WA),
17 September 2011).
[20] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 8.
[21] Submission 175, p.
1. The significance of this myth was also noted by: Mrs Anouk Graf, Submission
61, p. 4; Ms Jo Divine, Submission 217, p. 1 and
the Aboriginal Heritage Action Alliance, Submission 222, p. 22.
[22] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 66.
[23] Main Roads Western
Australia, 'Perth Freight Link' at www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/
BuildingRoads/Projects/UrbanProjects/Pages/Perth-Freight-Link.aspx (accessed
15 September 2015).
[24] David Weber, 'Roe Highway
Indigenous consultation criticised amid concern for North, Bibra Lake sacred
sites', ABC Online at www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-01/roe-highway-lakes-consultation-criticised-by-traditional-owners/6741616?WT.ac=statenews_wa (accessed 3 November 2015).
[25] Submission 175, p.
1.
[26] 'Roe 8: Aboriginal heritage
appeal drawn up against Perth Freight Link extension' ABC Online, 22
January 2016 available at www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-22/roe-8-perth-freight-link-aboriginal-heritage-appeal/7108804 (accessed 5 February 2016).
[27] See Ms Sue Carter
Submission 43, p. 4; Ms Alison Bolas, Submission 52, Attachment 1,
p, 1 and Ms Christine Cooper, Chairperson, Bibra Lake Residents
Association Inc, Committee Hansard, 7 October 2015, p. 45.
[28] Class A denotes exceptional
significance and essential to the heritage of the locality. See Heritage Council WA,
'Randwick Stables' at http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/
Public/Inventory/Details/8dd9ae39-dc82-46d9-96a3-7c458d275b04 (accessed 3 November 2015).
[29] See Ms Alison Bolas, Submission
52, Attachment 1, p, 1; Friends of Clontarf Hill, Submission 79,
p. 5; Ms Jo Devine, Submission 217, p. 2 and Mr David Goodall, Submission 220, p.
1.
[30] See Ms Tania Smirke, Submission
32; Mr Kevin Gleeson, Submission 69.
[31] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 45. Note that Ms Smirke provided a copy of this letter to the
committee, which can be found at appendix 4 of this report.
[32] Submission 69, p. 1.
[33] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 45.
[34] For example, see Main Roads
Western Australia, 'Perth Freight Link' at www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/BuildingRoads/Projects/UrbanProjects/Pages/Perth-Freight-Link.aspx (accessed
15 September 2015).
[35] Perth Freight Link:
Business Case Executive Summary (December 2014), p. 23.
[36] Submission 184, p. 3.
[37] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 45.
[38] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, pp 44-45
[39] Environmental Protection
Authority, Environmental values associated with the alignment of Roe Highway
(Stage 8), Bulletin 1088 (2003), p. 15.
[40] Committee Hansard, 7
October 2015, p. 7.
[41]
Submission 5 - Attachment 1 (Peter Newman and Cole Hendrigan, Perth
Freight Link: Making the Right Investment in Perth's Freight Task: A Position
Paper for the City of Fremantle), pp 21-29.
Chapter 5 - Committee view and recommendations
[1]
Infrastructure Australia, 2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight
Link, p. 2.
[2]
Professor Peter Newman, Submission 5, p. 1.
[3] Rural And
Regional Affairs And Transport Legislation Committee, Estimates Proof
Committee Hansard, 8 February 2016, p. 37.
[4]
Colin Barnett, Premier of Western Australia quoted in Rebecca Carmody,
'Perth Freight Link: Colin Barnett shelves 'incredibly expensive' second
section', ABC Online, 1 November 2015 at http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-01/colin-barnett-parks-stage-two-of-perth-freight-link/6903282
(accessed 2 November 2015).
[5]
Infrastructure Australia, 2014-2015 Assessment Brief: Perth Freight
Link, p. 3.
[6]
The Coalition’s policy to deliver the infrastructure for the 21st
century, Coalition policy document, Election 2013, p. 2.
[7]
The Coalition’s policy to deliver the infrastructure for the 21st
century, Coalition policy document, Election 2013, p. 2 (accessed 5 April
2016).
[8]
Auditor-General, Approval and Administration of Commonwealth Funding
for the East West Link Project (December 2015).