Trish Cook (Bullwinkel, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Shire of Mundaring put in an application for the Brooking Road extension and the Falls Road bridge replacement in Parkerville in my electorate of Bullwinkel. They submitted that in January 2025. The successful outcome of this project was announced on 6 August, and the council was informed of that decision then. I'm pleased to clarify that the Australian government has committed nearly $1½ million towards the project under our Safer Local Roads and Infrastructure Program. This was a direct request from the Shire of Mundaring to this program. It's federal funding based on improving bushfire evacuation routes and emergency vehicle access, making our communities safer for existing residents. The state government is also contributing, along with the shire's contribution of $690,000, a great example of governments working together at the three levels.

There has been some miscommunication circulating about this project that it is somehow linked to the state based North Stoneville urban development proposal, and this is untrue; it's completely unrelated. I want to reaffirm my longstanding opposition to the North Stoneville urban development proposal as it is. My voting is on the record, and it's a matter that is publicly available and has been consistent. As federal member, I continue to engage with community and councils.

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