I’m not sure what would be worse if the Libs betrayed Ellenbrook by actually doing this or if it turned out to be just another liberal lie on public transport. Safe to say Frank Alban is the most hopeless member of State Parliament having cost his electorate almost a billion dollars in broken promises without even a obvious attempt by him to honor his major campaign promise. Pathetic liberal fail.

The first part of my answer is that Colin must have known where the money was coming from at the time – or he lied both about the train and the costings of his policy.

Secondly we are in this boom. A boom so good Colin opposed additional taxes on resource companies and created a future fund. You’d look a right prawn letting public transport decay and failing to honor election commitments while things were so good … Oh wait that is the stupidity and incompetence of Colin and the current government. Again thanks for highlighting how how dishonest and incompetent this Govt is.

Bird if one were to be objective I might agree with you on Ellenbrook being a second order – but Colin made it first order with his promise. But you are right he should be progressing the other projects as well as honoring his election commitments. This is the boom it is as good as it gets and Colin isn’t even competent enough to maintain sufficient rolling stock and to expand the bus fleet and overcome some of the problems created when Court semi privatized the bus fleet. More liberal incompetence there as per usual the risk and costs stayed with the State who unnecessarily poured state taxes into the pockets of private companies.

Finally as for foolish people who live out at Ellenbrook – they no doubt remember Ellenbrook as a Court Govt initiate and they probably remember that the State Govt through Dept of Housing and Works is one of the developers of Elkenbrook. They probably also remember the Perth – Darwin highway transport link that successive Govts have neglected to build.

And Allanah was right 6 months out from the last Election about a smarter Govt not doing Ellenbrook. But then both major parties promised the train line. If Frank was around he’d say Labor are still promising it. If West Swan looks in trouble they will promise it, if Rita will win easily I bet they won’t promise it.

Finally in respect of Liberal govt own goals and stupidity – one of the first acts of Crazy Colin’s govt was to cut tax for developers where they should have been increasing them with sufficient proper developer contribution requirements.

Fail – epic fail – liberal fail.

I actually reckon the Ellenbrook line is pretty second order as far as public transport expansion goes – it’d be cheaper and easier to extend (well, electrify) the Armadale line to Byford, build the Thornlie-Cockburn link to give the new suburbs around Canning Vale some stations, or extend the Joondalup line again (which is already happening). Even just spending a few million on extra buses and trains or improved timetables would be good. I haven’t got much sympathy for people who chose to buy property so far from anywhere at the top of a property bubble. Still, they’re there now and it’ll probably have to be built eventually. Cheers to property developers, helping create an unnecessary cost to the state govt.

Your pocket?

(The only time I’ve ever seen him he looked a bit lame going on about the WA version of the “Future Fund” while Uncle Colin was complaining about WA not getting its “share” of GST.)

The liberals had lots of pictures of trains at polling booths last election, even someone with the very limited abilities of the member for Swan Hills should have guessed it was an important promise.

But only in the second term ….. Despite the public and printed commitments to his electorate.

Good luck Ian…….

They have criticized some of the implementation and were keen to jump into bed with the WA Nats to form Gov last time.

Carpenter was a moron who thoroughly deserved to lose, still the worst in his cabinet, (including him) is a mile ahead of the very best in Colin’s cabinet of incompetence.

Also good luck to Ian in Swan Hills, he is up against possibly the worst MP in WA history who cost his electorate about a $1 billion through failing to even bother to fight to try and honor his commitment.

It’s actually hard to work out what exactly he has achieved in the last four years that would guarantee him reelection. I think the polls are starting to reflect this.

In addition the anti Canberra push he has relied upon seems to have run out off puff as people seem to want WA pollies focussing on WA and not Julia G?

The is no way McGowan should be so close based on the supposed hatred of all things labor but he is and seems to be running an effective opposition based on WA issues.

They have criticized some of the implementation and were keen to jump into bed with the WA Nats to form Gov last time.