Portfolio — 29 April 2026
Minister King's primary announcement on 29 April is a combined $1.1 billion road investment to support the proposed Westport container terminal at Kwinana, with the Australian Government committing $552 million matched dollar-for-dollar by the Western Australian Government [TA-260429-infras-1849e706f09b:m102376]. The investment targets two distinct corridors.
The first is the Anketell Road upgrade — Stage 1 will widen the road to four lanes between Leath Road and Abercrombie Road and construct a grade separation at Rockingham Road, explicitly designed to channel heavy freight away from residential streets [TA-260429-infras-1849e706f09b:m102376]. The second is a separate $350 million Australian Government commitment to upgrade the Kwinana Freeway, framed as the key arterial link serving the future Westport precinct [TA-260429-infras-1849e706f09b:m102376].
The release frames Westport as transformative economic infrastructure for the state and positions the road investments as essential preconditions — not complementary additions — to the terminal itself becoming operational. The media release also invokes the broader Western Trade Coast context, referencing defence and critical minerals industries as beneficiaries of improved freight throughput, which is notable given Minister King's concurrent Resources portfolio responsibilities.
That cross-portfolio signal is present in the source material, though the infrastructure framing dominates. No parliamentary activity was recorded for this minister on this date; the comms stream stands alone.
The official records this note draws on — the raw primary documents themselves, as published.