South West Group

Presentation to Freight and Logistics Council

20 February 2013

Mick McCarthy

Director

South West Group - Background• Established in 1983• Voluntary Region of Councils (VROC)• Member Councils

– City of Cockburn– Town of East Fremantle– City of Fremantle– City of Kwinana– City of Melville– City of Rockingham

• Population - 373,500 (June 2012)• Growth – 4% pa• GRP – approx $22 Billion pa• Contribution to State’s economy - $30 Billion pa

Key Role and InitiativesLobbying and Advocacy• State Election Media Campaign• Stakeholder Engagement – Agency, Local Members of Parliament• Budget Submissions• Submissions on Policy, Plans, Legislation, Strategies that impact on the regionIntegrating Transport and Land Use Planning• Regional Transport Action Plan• Strategic Priority Projects• Project Team – Greg Martin and Chris FitzhardingeEmployment and Workforce Development• Employment and Workforce Development Plan 2009 to 2024• Jobs Expo (September 2012)• Training and Skills Development Forum• Journey to WorkEconomic Development• Regional Development Australia – Perth Management Committee• Economic Development Australia – WA Division• Tours – Activity Centres, Civic Precincts, City Centre Redevelopments• NBN RolloutEnvironmental and Natural Resource Management• Regional NRM Strategy and Business

Regional Transport Action Plan• Regional approach to transport and integrated land use

planning• Over 30 studies underway – unprecedented!• Action based approach – help yourself • 9 Strategic Priority Projects

– Outer Harbour Port Gateway – New Port(s)/Latitude 32 – Murdoch Activity Centre/Jandakot City – Cockburn Central Development and Connections – Fremantle Inner Harbour – Fremantle City Redevelopment – Cockburn Coast Development– Keralup Townsite and Karnup – Central Transport Network– South Eastern Transport Network

• Elements extracted for State Election Media Campaign

State Election Media Campaign• Review of Lobbying and Advocacy Activities• Transport a key issue for the region• Engagement with State Government

Agencies• Meetings with Directors General • Engagement with Local MPs and Candidates• Election Policy Statement• Priority Projects• Media and Advertising

Freight – Shaping Transport

Latitude 32

and

Intermodal

Terminal

• Road• Rail • Logistics• Port Access

Increasing Freeway Capacity

Removing Bottlenecks

Priority FreightCorridors

- Impacts on residential areas- Safety- Road standards- Conflicts with other road users

-Planning- Strategicconnections- HWL- DangerousGoods- Urbanexpansion

Future Freight Corridors

SWG and Freight and Logistics Council – Working Together• Partnerships

• Joint lobbying and advocacy

• Sharing research and submissions

• Raise awareness on Member issues

• Goals

– Greater recognition

- Higher priority

- Increased investment

Questions and Discussion