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WA Labor may not decide whether to axe the Roe Highway extension across Perth's Beeliar Wetlands until after the March state election, despite its demands to see the construction contract having been met.
Topics: states-and-territories, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, bibra-lake-6163, north-lake-6163, wa
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WA Labor will seek legal advice on the termination clause of the $330 million contract for Roe 8 before deciding whether it will axe the project if elected to government.
Topics: road-transport, urban-development-and-planning, political-parties, wa, fremantle-6160, beeliar-6164, bibra-lake-6163
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WA Labor attempts to deflect Premier Colin Barnett's prediction that it would finish the contentious Roe 8 transport project if it wins next year's state election, saying it needs to see the construction contract.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, north-lake-6163, bibra-lake-6163, palmyra-6157
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Palmyra residents who were told their houses would be demolished to allow for the Perth Freight Link fear the WA Government's decision to push on with Roe 8 has again placed their homes under threat.
Topics: states-and-territories, human-interest, palmyra-6157, perth-6000, fremantle-6160, beeliar-6164, bibra-lake-6163, north-lake-6163
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The WA Government is pressing ahead with its Roe 8 transport project, which now looms as a key issue ahead of the state election next March. But what is it and why has it proved so controversial?
Topics: states-and-territories, environmental-impact, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, north-lake-6163, bibra-lake-6163
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Environmental groups opposing the controversial Roe 8 project believe the Premier will expose WA to huge financial risks by signing construction contracts before a potential High Court challenge has been decided.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, road-transport, state-parliament, bibra-lake-6163, beeliar-6164, fremantle-6160, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe WA Transport Minister plays down legal advice about risks associated with signing contracts for the Roe 8 highway extension while legal action is pending, saying the risks can be managed by special agreements in contracts.
Topics: states-and-territories, road-transport, perth-6000, wa, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedA challenge by a traditional owner to the Aboriginal heritage approval given for the controversial Roe 8 highway extension through southern Perth is dismissed by a Supreme Court judge.
Topics: aboriginal, indigenous-culture, states-and-territories, history, beeliar-6164, perth-6000, bibra-lake-6163, north-lake-6163
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The legal battle over the WA Government's controversial Roe 8 highway extension continues, with the Save Beeliar Wetlands group taking its case to Australia's highest court.
Topics: federal---state-issues, courts-and-trials, environmental-impact, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, fremantle-6160, bibra-lake-6163
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is being urged by WA Labor to reconsider his Government's $1.2 billion commitment to the Perth Freight Link project.
Topics: federal---state-issues, federal-government, states-and-territories, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, fremantle-6160, bibra-lake-6163, wa
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The Federal Government decides to appeal against the release of sensitive documents relating to the Perth Freight Link project, with retired Labor MP Alannah MacTiernan lashing out at the move.
Topics: federal-government, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, urban-development-and-planning, perth-6000, fremantle-6160, palmyra-6157, beeliar-6164, wa
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| UpdatedContracts for Roe 8 construction will be signed "within a couple of months", the WA Premier confirms, despite calls to wait until after next year's state election - and with a new transport chief set to deliver the job.
Topics: government-and-politics, environmental-impact, perth-6000, beeliar-6164
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The West Australian and Federal governments are facing a new headache over the Perth Freight Link, with dozens of documents deemed sensitive set to be released.
Topics: government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, perth-6000, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedThe West Australian Government wins an appeal against a Supreme Court decision which ruled environmental approvals for Perth's controversial Roe 8 highway extension were invalid.
Topics: environment, environmental-management, government-and-politics, wa, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedLabor leader Bill Shorten says funding for the Perth Freight Link will be withdrawn if his party wins the federal election, while the WA Government is non-committal about whether the project would still go ahead.
Topics: federal---state-issues, state-parliament, beeliar-6164, beaconsfield-6162
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| UpdatedThe West Australian Government plans to push ahead with its $1.9 billion Perth Freight Link despite Labor's threat to axe the project if it wins next year's state election.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, environment, beeliar-6164, fremantle-6160
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A West Australian Government appeal against a Supreme Court decision to overturn the environmental approval for the controversial Roe 8 project is heard in a Perth court, with a ruling expected in a few months.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's peak business lobby group wants to see all approvals for the Perth Freight Link tunnel put in place as quickly as possible, saying the project will alleviate congestion and improve road safety, but not everyone agrees.
Topics: road-transport, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, white-gum-valley-6162
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Doubt remains over when the Perth Freight Link project will be built despite the Federal Government agreeing to provide extra funds to the heavy haulage route.
Topics: road-transport, government-and-politics, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, beaconsfield-6162
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The Senate votes to ask the auditor-general to investigate the funding behind the $1.6 billion Perth Freight Link, also known as Roe 8.
Topics: environment, environmental-policy, government-and-politics, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedA new Supreme Court challenge to the Roe 8 project in Perth is being prepared on Aboriginal heritage grounds, leaving the State Government facing a fresh battle against the highway extension.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, industry, road-transport, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government is set to appeal against a Supreme Court ruling that found environmental approvals for the Roe 8 project were invalid.
Topics: road-transport, industry, environment, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedThe decision to chop down a 300-year-old jarrah tree was related to "public safety", not the stalled Perth Freight Link project, Main Roads says.
Topics: state-parliament, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedThe WA Government appoints independent auditors to carry out a full review of the Environmental Protection Authority, in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling which found the agency's approval of the controversial Roe 8 highway extension was flawed.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, environment, wa, beeliar-6164
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Protesters opposed to Perth's controversial Roe 8 highway extension vow to make it a flashpoint at the next state election, if Premier Colin Barnett continues to push ahead with it.
Topics: state-parliament, environmental-impact, environmental-management, urban-development-and-planning, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, coolbellup-6163, fremantle-6160