What is a State Government definition of Priority ?

With reference to the text below shown in red (and kept in context).

A priority, and that means somewhere between 2026 and 2031.
She has got to be kidding !
We now have the state government's definition of what defines a priority.

The Transport Minister's appalling response is to an independant member of parliament, the Hon. Peter Wellington MP, Member for Nicklin.
He has consistantly retained his Sunshine Coast seat because he actually represents his electorate.
For the Minister to use a perfectly legitimate question to attack the opposition shows very poor judgment IMHO.

This really smacks of the incumbent government's politicisation of the Sunshine Coast and it's growth issues.

We are the first to lose the Sunshine Coast University Hospital at Kawana, now they hope for private enterprise to bail them out and then buy some beds there.
Gold Coast hospital goes ahead of course. There must be Labor seats there.
Sunshine Coast rail duplication given "priority" and relegated to 2031 or beyond. Thats a 20 year sentence to Sunshine Coast commuters!

I am appalled.

I would have thought those who have Hon. in front of their titles - would act so.

Apparently not.

Queensland Parliament Hansard
Questions without notice 5th October 2010
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/hansard.asp?SubArea=latest


Nambour-Landsborough Rail Line

Mr WELLINGTON: My question is to the Minister for Transport. With respect to the current
indicative date for the construction of the additional railway line linking Nambour to Landsborough being
still 15 to 20 years away, I ask: what can the Minister for Transport do to bring forward the indicative
construction date of this important railway line?

Ms NOLAN: I thank the honourable member for Nicklin for the question. Before answering it, I
want to acknowledge the presence in the gallery of the member for Yeerongpilly’s father, David Finn,
and his partner, Ann.


In relation to the question, the Labor government has preserved a corridor in order to further
duplicate the line. Last year at Easter time we finished the first stage of this project, with the
straightening and duplication of the line from Caboolture to Beerburrum. We have now preserved the
corridor to run from Beerburrum further up to Nambour, so that corridor is there. As the member for
Nicklin rightly indicates, the project is currently indicated to be undertaken between 2026 and 2031
through the South East Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Program.


To cut to the member’s question, though, about what this government can do to build that project
sooner, the answer quite simply is that we can follow through on our economic strategy. Unlike
members opposite, this government has a clear economic strategy that is allowing us to improve the
state’s finances so that we can build infrastructure for now and for the future.


This is a government that has made tough decisions and that has the runs on the board around
infrastructure delivery. In that regard, we stand in stark contrast to members opposite, who front up here
a year and a half after we announced this economic strategy with no particular cogent position on asset
sales but over and over again indicating to the House that they can somehow build more infrastructure
more quickly. What all members know is that this state needs infrastructure, like the public transport
infrastructure to which the member refers, and that to deliver it there has to be a clear economic
strategy. We the Labor government are the only side of the House that can present such a plan to the
people of Queensland.

So I can say to the member, yes, this project is a priority. That is why we have built the first stage
of it and that is why we have preserved a corridor so that the second stage is ready.