WA Labor calls on Turnbull to scrap Perth Freight Link
Federal Member for Perth Alannah MacTiernan and WA Labor Leader Mark McGowan. Picture: Marie Nirme
Labour is stepping up its calls for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to scrap, or at the very least review, the controversial $1.76 billion Perth Freight Link project.
WA opposition MPs want Mr Turnbull to abandon the project, with state Labor leader Mark McGowan saying $1 billion in Commonwealth funding pledged by former prime minister Tony Abbott was a “captain’s call” and should instead be used for urban rail.
On Wednesday, Labor Member for Perth Alannah MacTiernan said Mr Turnbull “must prove Australia is truly under new management” and commit to an immediate review of federal funding for the project, which also has the Greens up in arms because it will cut a swathe through the Beeliar wetlands.
Originally published as ALP pressures Turnbull on Perth Freight Link
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