Barnett spooked by Court ruling he must follow Government policy

Submitted by Eloise Dortch on Fri, 22/01/2016 - 15:20

Lynn and Cottesloe Resident oppose Roe 8In response to today’s announcement on Roe 8 Hon Lynn MacLaren MLC asked, “The Chief Justice ruled they have to refer to their own policies, why keep going back to court? Why not just follow government policy?”

“They will waste even more taxpayer money to prop up an already failed project by appealing a Supreme Court ruling on the Roe 8 decision,” the Greens WA transport spokeswoman said.

“It’s not surprising that the Minister for the Environment announced a new EPA Assessment for the Roe Highway stage 8 extension since that seems to be the only transport plan, discredited as it is, that the Barnett Government have.”

“Any observer would know by now that Roe 8 is environmentally and socially unacceptable, costly, and an inadequate solution to our transport problems.”

“There are no offsets that would make Roe 8 environmentally acceptable.”