State awash with cash while Labor dashes from crisis to crisis
The State Budget this week confirmed what all predicted – a massive cash surplus off the back of a strong iron ore price and a guaranteed GST return from Canberra.…
Premier sits on eye-watering $5.6 billion surplus while State remains in crisis
The Opposition has said the State Government was spending the windfall of royalties it had been gifted on fixing a mess of its own making in health, housing and other…
NOMINATE A NURSE FOR A DAY AT THE RACES IN NORTHAM
Local Member for Central Wheatbelt Mia Davies MLA has made the call for people to nominate a nurse that lives and works in the Central Wheatbelt electorate for a chance…
Opposition appalled at Labor cutting down regional jobs in forestry industry
The Opposition has condemned Labor’s decision to put an end to the native forestry industry with no consultation and no care for the jobs and communities the sector supports. Opposition…
Record royalties should revive Royalties for Regions
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…
Premier proven to ignore plight of West Australian farmers facing ag worker shortages
Shadow Agriculture and Food Minister Colin de Grussa said the Premier’s response to questions in Parliament today proved he is ignorant of the plight of West Australian farmers who are…
Labor rejects call to improve G2G application process
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…
State’s agriculture industry let down by Labor’s lack of action on quarantine for ag workers
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…
Jab rates need to improve for remote communities
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…
Pilbara and Kimberley forgotten in State’s vaccine rollout
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…