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 Leader Mia Davies said this was a direct attack on an industry that was sustainably managed with rigorous environmental oversight and created hundreds of jobs.…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsShadow 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 facing worker shortages. Mr de Grussa said the Premier showed a complete lack of understanding which was proof he had been poorly briefed, if at…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsShadow 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsMember for Moore Shane Love MLA has called on the Labor Government to urgently consider an extensive rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination to rapidly increase rates and accessibility across the State. Mr Love said the vaccination rates detailed over the weekend were appalling and alternative delivery methods needed to be considered to ensure every West…
DetailsShadow 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…
DetailsShadow 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.…
DetailsThe 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…
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