Mr MORTON (Tangney) (16:21): What a delight it is to stand here on the last sitting day before the WA state election and talk about the most important issue facing Western Australians: the Perth Freight Link, Roe 8 and Roe 9. Some people say that there is no difference between the two major political parties, but on this issue there is a great difference. There is a great story to tell as a Liberal in relation to the jobs we will create and how we are going to effectively get a freight link through to the Fremantle port. Very importantly, I am going to share with you some very important facts— Opposition members interjecting— Mr MORTON: You do not want to hear. You know about them, but you do not share them. Mr Josh Wilson interjecting— Mr MORTON: There has been a lot of misinformation, member for Fremantle, on some of these facts in relation to this project. The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Mr Goodenough ): Order! There is too much noise. Mr MORTON: I will start with what we know and what the member for Grayndler knows, and that is that this is a very important project that is highly rated by Infrastructure Australia. Isn't it amazing that once again we see the Labor Party not backing the recommendations of an entity which it set up? Building Roe 8 and Roe 9 will create up to 10,000 jobs. Those 10,000 jobs are needed in WA today. It will provide very important east-west access across our city and access to Perth Airport, the Fiona Stanley Hospital, the St John of God hospital and Murdoch University. Roe 8 and Roe 9 will bypass 14 sets of traffic lights on Leach Highway and Stock Road and will create a safer road environment for all road users. Despite the lies and misinformation from Labor, cars will not pay a toll. Mr Keogh: It's still a toll road. Mr MORTON: Cars will not pay a toll, member for Burt, to use Roe 8 and Roe 9. There are many more benefits. An independent property report shows that there will be increased property prices as a result of the construction of Roe 8 and Roe 9. Roe 8 and Roe 9 will take 7,000 trucks and 74,000 light vehicles off local roads each day—off Leach Highway, Farrington Road, South Street, Stock Road, North Lake Road, Beeliar Drive and other local roads. Importantly for someone who has discovered the joy of cycling in the last few months, there will also be investment in creating better access for cyclists around the Beeliar Regional Park. I am looking forward to that. I was thinking quite a lot about that when I went for a bike ride only last week to inspect the progress of the construction work. Mr Keogh: Did you go to the picket? Mr MORTON: I rode past them. Not many people on the Labor side of the chamber can do what I can do, and that is open their wallet and produce a heavy vehicle driver's licence. Mr Keogh: But I've got a motorcycle licence. Mr MORTON: Yes, you would. I am surprised the member for Burt does not have a moped licence. Unlike the member for Burt, I can drive a truck and I know the impact that stopping and starting those trucks at all those lights has. We need to remember the 450,000 tonnes of CO2 that will be saved with the construction of this project. We hear a lot about the environmental impacts of this road. Less than half a per cent of the construction of Roe 8 impacts on the Beeliar Wetlands. Construction is on land already partly cleared for powerlines. Wetland bridges are being constructed over North Lake and Horse Paddock Swamp. Labor have been absolutely exposed. They want us to think that they are committed to an outer harbour. Let us look at the facts. Let us look at their own policy document, which says they will 'maintain Fremantle Port as an operational port' and 'improve the management of truck movements to and from Fremantle Port'. You do not hear from Labor—and I would like the member for Fremantle to address this, because I assume he will be speaking next—that the Labor Party is committed to extending Leach Highway between Carrington Street and Stirling Highway. That is in your policy document, member for Fremantle. Mr Josh Wilson: In 2008! Mr MORTON: It was published in January this year. We need to know the impact that that will have on the Fremantle Golf Course, how many homes will be subsumed and what impact there may be on Fremantle Cemetery. Roe 8 and Roe 9 are good for WA and will create jobs. (Time expired)