by admin | Jul 4, 2019 | Media Releases
This week’s increases in road toll rates for Victorian’s travelling on CityLink and EastLink are unfair, and it’s just the beginning says Transport Matters Party leader Rod Barton. Under the Labor’s Government’s deal with Transurban...
by admin | Mar 20, 2019 | Parliament
WEST GATE TUNNEL (TRUCK BANS AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT) BILL 2019 Mr BARTON: I move: 48. Clause 33, after line 17 insert— “(4) On an application under subsection (2), the relevant West Gate Tunnel Corporation must, in accordance with this Part, register a vehicle that is...
by admin | Mar 20, 2019 | Parliament
Mr BARTON: I move: 1. Clause 1, page 2, lines 20 to 24, omit all words and expressions on these lines. I am aware this tests many of my other amendments. I would just like to make a few comments around this. This bill is not about what has not been released, it is...
by admin | Mar 20, 2019 | Media Releases
Toll operators got another bonus payout today when the legislative council voted down an amendment to give families a discount on West Gate Tunnel tolls. Mr Barton raised a number of amendments to the West Gate Tunnel legislation this week to attempt to make tolling...
by admin | Mar 20, 2019 | Parliament
Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (22:59:54): I just want to say something before we start so there is no confusion. Transport Matters supports this project. We like the project. It is a good project. It gets trucks off the roads and it makes them safer. But like...