Tier 3 rail lines—Business cases
109. Hon Dr Steve Thomas to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to my questions without notice 194, 241, 667, 691, 877 and 976 asked in 2022, questions without notice 58, 774 and 1492 asked in 2023 and questions without notice 1222 and 1315 asked in 2024 that finally in 2024 confirmed the completion of business cases for the proposed tier 3 lines of Quairading–York, Kulin via Yilliminning to Narrogin and Kondinin via Narembeen to west Merredin. In an apparent information vacuum, I ask the following.
(1) What government detail of consideration or status has been undertaken and accorded to the three completed business cases and by whom?(2) Have any of the completed business cases been prepared for or submitted to Infrastructure Australia and, if so, when?(3) When will the business cases for each of the proposed three lines be made publicly available, and when will the minister table them?(4) Has the government sought support from either the federal government or opposition for federal funding for the resurrection of these lines and, if not, why not?Hon Samantha Rowe replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the Minister for Transport.
(1)–(4) The investigative study into the capital cost and economic analysis of the Narrogin, Kulin and Wickepin tier 3 lines is being assessed and evaluated within the current environment.