New figures from the WA Alliance to End Homelessness reveal the number of rough sleepers identified on Perth’s By Name List surged in March to their highest numbers in almost twelve months. Using...
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Energy credits need better targeting if they are in the State budget
Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Energy Steve Thomas says handing out morecash to households in the form of energy credits to address rises in cost-of-living needs tobe supplemented with...
Patient safety report not the “good story” the Health Minister claimed
The Western Australian Government’s 2022 Your Safety In Our Hands In Hospital report has finally been released, five months after it was delivered to Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson. Leader of...
How to keep the lights on during an energy transition
In an opinion piece in the West Australian in February I explained why the State Government cannot deliver its much hyped energy transition plan. That plan to close almost a thousand Megawatts of...
Western Power connection delays leave developers, builders and businesses in limbo
State Government-owned Western Power is proving to be another handbrake on Western Australia’s building sector which is already facing significant pressures. Small businesses and developers are...
Mothballed $25 million Osborne Park neonatal unit: “Not a good look”
Western Australia’s health sector problems have gone from bad to worse under the poor leadership of Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson with reports the $25 million neonatal unit at Osborne Park...
McGowan Government must reverse unnecessary cut to Balga child health services
The McGowan Labor Government must reverse the decision to end a long-term contract with The Salvation Army to deliver child health services to families living in Balga and surrounding communities....
New hospital project languishes after years of McGowan Government inaction
Today’s announcement that the new Women and Babies Hospital will be built at a different site more than two years after it was announced is an indictment on the McGowan Government’s ability to...
Lands Department must explain $260 million audit bungle
The Opposition is calling for the McGowan Government to finally show some gold standard transparency after the Auditor-General highlighted a $260 million bungle in the administration of land assets...
