Tonsley Railway Station

Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (15:31): My question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. Why did Goldthorpe Planning arrange a listening-post event for Monday 10 June at the Tonsley station, given that Tonsley trains do not run on public holidays?

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning) (15:32): I thank the member for her question. I would note that there are actually a number of workshops and drop-in sessions and other ways for people to get involved, and next Monday is one day. Here is the thing about the Tonsley train station: the people who use it live pretty close to it and so, even though the trains may not run, the people who live in proximity to that station, who would be the people who would walk to, ride to or be dropped off at the station, would be in proximity.

We also know that it's a time when people may not be at work, so it's an opportunity to capture a different audience, as opposed to an audience who may be caught at different times of the day or night. I can reassure that there are a number of ways, in person as well as online, to be able to get information. I think that the consultation process we are undertaking is first rate.