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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Road Safety

Ms HUTCHESSON (Waite) (14:39): My question is to the Minister for Road Safety. Can the minister inform the house about the progress of any road safety election commitments in the electorate of Waite?

The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS (Cheltenham—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services) (14:39): It is an absolute pleasure to do so, and I commend the member for Waite for her question. On the theme of election commitments, can I commend the member for Waite for her extraordinary advocacy for her community.

One of those election commitments, clearly ignored by the government at the time, was to install safety measures for the Upper Sturt CFS station. The Upper Sturt CFS station, one that I visited recently with the member for Waite, was crying out for years for a very simple yet very complicated ask, it would seem, to install some safety lighting not only to protect them but to protect commuters on that road right out the front.

The member for Waite would know more than others in this chamber just what is required of the Upper Sturt station because the member for Waite is a CFS volunteer at Upper Sturt CFS station. As it is put to me by the loyal and dedicated members of the Upper Sturt CFS, not only is the member for Waite a firefighter but she is an outstanding firefighter. She is one who dedicates herself—and I must commend the member for Hammond for his service as a CFS volunteer.

Can I report to you, Mr Speaker, that recently I had the pleasure of attending the CFS in Upper Sturt to proudly open the new safety lights installed by this government—shock, horror—in pursuit and in execution and delivery of an election commitment of ours. We are in the job of delivering election commitments on this side of the house.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Schubert!

The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS: Whether it is safety for our CFS volunteers, whether it's managing—

Mrs Hurn: Just forget about ramping.

The SPEAKER: Member for Schubert! The minister has the call.

The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS: —whether it's a generational investment in our health system, but the truth is that whether it is something as minor as a lighting upgrade for the Upper Sturt CFS or whether it is something as major as fixing messes that the former government has left us in generational investments, in capital investment, on this side of the house we are proud to stand up and ask the community that we seek to represent what they would like to see from us and get on with the job of delivering it.

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