The Opposition has called for the State’s only regional development fund, Royalties for Regions, to be restored following four and a half years of the Labor Government cutting it to pieces. Opposition Leader Mia Davies said the State Government spent its first term killing off the program, pillaging it to underwrite normal Government spending at…
The Minister for Police has today rejected calls from the Opposition to improve the transparency of the G2G application process following questions in the Parliament. Opposition Leader Mia Davies called on Labor to explain why G2G pass applications made by West Australians complying with entry requirements were being rejected multiple times. “The Minister for Police…
Shadow Agriculture and Food Minister Colin de Grussa said Western Australia’s agriculture industry has been let down by the Labor Government’s lack of action in finding a quarantine site for urgently needed ag workers. Mr de Grussa said the Government put quarantining skilled workers into the too-hard basket and have left it too late for…
The Opposition has called on the Labor Government to think outside the box to improve the COVID-19 vaccination rate in Western Australia’s remote communities. Opposition Leader Mia Davies said recent figures showing that WA had some of the lowest Indigenous vaccination rates in the nation were of significant concern. “We know there is hesitancy about…
Shadow Regional Health Minister Martin Aldridge has accused the State Government of leaving communities in the State’s north behind in the vaccine rollout and called for an urgent plan to address the dangerously low vaccination rates. Mr Aldridge said the Pilbara and Kimberley regions had the lowest vaccination uptake not only in WA, but in…
Shadow Minister for Regional Health Martin Aldridge has called on the Health Minister to stop the spin and listen to the concerns of WA’s front-line health workers following the release of the annual ‘Your Voice in Health’ staff survey. Mr Aldridge said no amount of political curvature could mask the negative findings from the survey.…
The Opposition has called on the Health Minister to explain why dozens of hotel quarantine workers are not fully vaccinated, over three months after the Government’s mandatory vaccination deadline. Shadow Regional Health Minister Martin Aldridge said the admission that over 60 hotel quarantine workers were yet to receive their second vaccination was a gaping hole…
The Opposition has called on the Health Minister to explain why dozens of hotel quarantine workers are not fully vaccinated over three months after the Government’s mandatory vaccination deadline. Shadow Regional Health Minister Martin Aldridge said the admission that over 60 hotel quarantine workers were yet to receive their second vaccination was a gaping hole…
The Opposition has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of the new Agricultural Worker visa which will be in place by September 30 to help West Australian farmers with the upcoming bumper harvest. Opposition Leader and WA Nationals Leader Mia Davies said the establishment of the visa was a positive step forward to tackle the skilled…
Shadow Agriculture and Food Minister Colin de Grussa has welcomed the announcement by the Federal Government of an investigation into the use of a site in the Northern Territory as a potential quarantine facility for agricultural workers. Mr de Grussa said the Federal Agriculture Minister’s decision to look at using Bladen Village to isolate international…