"This is the start of the process — it's not going to be easy I won't shy away from that,"Ms Saffioti said.
"When you hear all the money going into new roads around the metro area … you feel like you're not part of the West Australian economy at all."
"They've had them for 25 years, they've shut them down … it's been to the detriment of many growers in Western Australia,"he said.
"There are clearly changes needed to facilitate more freight on rail,"he said.
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