Member for Warren-Blackwood, Terry Redman expressed his frustration and disappointment that regionally based aged and disability pensioners will end up the losers as the current McGowan Labor Budget rules out any Consumer Price Index (CPI) increases to the Fuel Card. “It is disgraceful that the McGowan Labor Government has targeted a program that benefits aged…
Member for Moore Shane Love MLA has welcomed news that $7 million has been committed for the upgrade of Indian Ocean Drive (IOD). “Indian Ocean Drive has an appalling safety record and any efforts to alleviate the tragedy regularly taking place on this road is great news,” Mr Love said. “As I understand the funding…
The McGowan Government has delivered a budget of misery and pain for Western Australians without any reduction in debt over the forward estimates. “The State Budget is full of broken promises that will ultimately cost jobs and damage our State’s economy,” Member for Moore Shane Love MLA said. “And despite all the pain there will…
Member for Moore Shane Love MLA has condemned the Labor government’s fracking inquiry announced yesterday, labelling it a furphy. “This inquiry is irrelevant – it will fail to consider the socio-economic impact of fracking and how fracking may impact other enterprises,” Mr Love said. “It definitely won’t offer the assurances or protection demanded by constituents…
Royalties for Regions is not resting in peace – it is pulled apart, decimated and hurting! The McGowan Labor Government budget will use $861 million from Royalties for Regions to pay for essential government services such as health, education and water in the regions. This means money that has always come from general government funds…
The Nationals WA will oppose any effort by the McGowan Government to inflict higher royalties on Western Australia’s gold industry. The Nationals WA will oppose any effort by the McGowan Government to inflict higher royalties on Western Australia’s gold industry. Leader Mia Davies said The Nationals had a strong history of backing the gold sector,…
Comments by Alannah McTiernan (Royalties pot to fund Budget fix, News, September 2-3) give us the strongest indication yet that Thursday’s budget will see us returning to the dark old days where regional WA was an afterthought. Royalties for Regions was introduced by the Nationals in 2008 as a strategy to address the long standing…
The McGowan Labor Government has moved to eradicate the legacy of Royalties for Regions by banning use of the program’s logo. A directive published on the website of the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries states the Royalties for Regions logo “has been discontinued as of 1 July 2017 and should not be…
The McGowan Government’s refusal to keep its election pay promise to WA Police is hindering the State’s ability to attract officers to regional areas. The Nationals spokesperson for police Hon Marin Aldridge MLC said new statistics revealed country police stations looking to fill 44 vacancies had received zero applications in recent months. “WA Police Regional…
The McGowan Labor Government has moved to eradicate the legacy of Royalties for Regions by banning use of the program’s logo. A directive published on the website of the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries states the Royalties for Regions logo “has been discontinued as of 1 July 2017 and should not be…