Month: October 2026

The WA Government has been planning an orbital railway through UWA-QEII since at least 2016. The ferry business case runs to 2055 and claims millions of additional public-transport trips. So what future transport network was actually modelled, and how much of the patronage can genuinely be attributed to the ferry?

Government says the Matilda Bay ferry may use different routes depending on river activity and safety. That sounds reassuring, but it raises a basic question: who manages all that traffic?