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Cook Government Budget cuts regional health spending to keep Metronet on track
Ageing and inadequate health infrastructure and reduced medical services will remain a fact of life for Western Australians living in the regions after funding promises from the Cook Labor...
Cook Government chasing its tail with band-aid housing solutions
The Cook Labor Government’s $5,000 cash splash to entice owners of vacant houses to rent out their properties is another band-aid measure from a government out of ideas. Shadow Housing Minister...
Record-breaking petition shows need for further consultation
With more than 32,000 Western Australians having signed a petition expressing concerns about provisions within the Cook Government’s Firearms Bill as well as the lack of public consultation, Shadow...
WA Liberals will ban harmful gender treatments for children
A Western Australian Liberal Government will ban the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormone treatments and surgical intervention for children under the age of 16 for the purpose of gender...
Minister dismisses CCC warning on approval risks
The Cook Labor Government has ignored concerns that its changes to planning laws will open the door to corruption. David Honey MLA said Corruption and Crime Commissioner John McKechnie had been...
Western Australians can have their say on iconic Horizontal Falls closure
Western Australians now have an opportunity to register their opposition to the Cook Labor Government’s decision to lock the public out of the iconic Horizontal Falls in the Kimberley. Shadow...
Departing police officers still outnumber new recruits under Cook Labor Government
The Cook Labor Government has failed to stem the record exodus of serving officers from the WA Police Force. Figures released to the Liberal Opposition in Parliament this week showed a net loss of...
Inadequate compensation leaving regional patients at risk and in financial stress
The WA Liberals have called for an urgent review of the Patient Assisted Transfer Scheme (PATS), following a dramatic reduction in health services in rural and regional Western Australia under the...
BHP nickel closures would end all hope for a WA battery manufacturing industry
BHP’s announcement that it will close its Kambalda nickel concentrator and review the rest of its nickel operations in Western Australia with a view to closure is devastating news for our State....
Police statistics reveal rates of violent crime continue to soar across WA
Latest crime statistics show the Cook Labor Government has done nothing to slow the wave of violent crime sweeping Western Australia. Shadow Police Minister Peter Collier said most West Australians...
Cook Government ignored clear warnings from Western Power of electricity grid failures
Thousands of Western Australians have been suffering through heat wave conditions without power and water because the Cook Government failed to listen to the warnings of its own experts. WA Liberal...
Cook Government fails to learn power backup lessons from 2022
A more than 17-hour power blackout in Kalgoorlie proves the Labor Government has done nothing to improve energy security to the vital regional centre since the blackouts of February 2022, according...
WA Liberals call on Cook and Albanese to rethink funding for disgraced protest group
WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam has described as indefensible Premier Roger Cook’s decision tocontinue funding the discredited protest group Environmental Defenders Office (EDO). A Federal Court...
Kwinana Big Battery welcome but it won’t keep the lights on
Shadow Minister for Energy Steve Thomas has welcomed the Government’s announcement of the completion of the Kwinana Big Battery stage two but says that it again highlights that the transition plan...
Hon. Donna Faragher MLC retirement
Today I would like to offer my most heartfelt thanks to my colleague The Hon. Donna FaragherMLC for her work and service to the Parliament and people of Western Australia over the pastalmost 20...
Future of Kwinana refinery and 800 jobs rest with Cook Labor Government
Alcoa's announcement that it will fully curtail operations at its Kwinana alumina refinery is an indictment on the Cook Labor Government, according to WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam. Ms Mettam said...
Cook Labor Government must intervene to stop closure of Alcoa’s Kwinana refinery
Reports suggesting Alcoa is poised to close its Kwinana alumina refinery are alarming and demandimmediate action by the Cook Labor Government, according to WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam. “To have...
Latest Cook Labor Government housing support scheme too little too late
The Cook Labor Government’s latest reaction to the State’s unprecedented housing crisis is yetagain too little too late, according to Shadow Minister for Housing Steve Martin. Mr Martin said while...