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More smoke and mirrors from Health Minister with insulting plan for a plan
The Health Minister is putting politics ahead of patients’ lives with the latest offer to nurses and midwives an empty promise until after the next election, Shadow Health Minister Libby Mettam...
Opposition to introduce safeguards for extraordinary COVID-19 powers
The Opposition will introduce amendments to ensure the McGowan Labor Government’s contentious new COVID-19 legislation contains appropriate transparency safeguards. Shadow Minister for Emergency...
Proposed ban by Labor flounders on floor of Parliament
The Opposition’s calls for the McGowan Government to review its policy to ban demersal fishing for nine months of the year has hit the floor of Parliament today, with Labor’s failure to heed advice...
ALBANESE RIPS $1.2 BILLION FUNDING FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The Albanese Government has ripped $1.2 billion away from Western Australia by dropping the Perth Freight Link funding from the Federal Budget, leaving the State short-changed in comparison with...
Putting a spotlight on ‘Growing with DLD’ through Developmental Language Disorder 2022 Awareness Day
Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Learning Donna Faragher is adding her strong support to this year’s Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Awareness Day and has again called on the McGowan...
G2G data to be stored forever by COVID-obsessed McGowan Government
Shadow Minister for Police, the Hon Peter Collier MLC, has slammed the State Government after it was revealed in Parliament this week that Western Australian’s G2G data and information will be kept...
Petition calls for Royal Commission into broken health system
The Opposition has again called for a Royal Commission into WA’s broken health system, following the launch of an e-petition with the family of Aishwarya Aswath. Leader of the Opposition Mia Davies...
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions a fraud risk
Shadow Environment Minister Tjorn Sibma has expressed serious concerns about weaknesses identified within the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions’ (DBCA’s) internal controls...
Annual report shows alarming spike in preventable clinical incidents
New figures showing a spike in the number of serious medical errors in the Child and Adolescent Health Service is another damning reflection of how the WA Labor government has failed to address the...
Labor opens Liberal’s Airport Link
Shadow METRONET Minister, Tjorn Sibma, said today’s opening of the Forrestfield Airport Link (FAL) is a testament to the superior vision and planning of ex-Premier Colin Barnett and the previous...
McGowan Govt needs to wake up to dangerous hospital system staffing
The Independent Review into the Nursing system in WA should be a wake-up call to the McGowan Government. This review provides valuable feedback from some of our health workers at a time when the...
Collie Power Station shutdown highlights need for compensation payment reform
The news that the Collie Power Station would be closed from mid-September to January 2023 brings serious concerns for power supply to WA’s electrical grid system, said WA Liberal Leader and Shadow...
September ramping record highlights health system’s ongoing crisis
The McGowan Government continues to break ambulance ramping records, highlighting their ongoing failings in managing the health system and failed efforts to arrest the dangerous levels which have...
More expensive litigation to be funded by taxpayers under “laissez faire” Attorney General
Shadow Attorney General Nick Goiran has once again called on Premier McGowan to put his friendship with John Quigley aside and remove him as Attorney General following revelations that there is to...
Another massive budget surplus to fill the Premier’s money bin. I told you so!!
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says the Annual Report on State Finances released today shows an even bigger budget surplus than predicted in the 2022 state budget, and this means that Premier...
Seasoned WA Police leaving in droves while Police Minister boasts
It has been revealed in Parliament in questions from Shadow Police Minister Peter Collier this week that not only is the Western Australian Police Force operating at a net loss of officers, but a...
New COVID legislation is just State of Emergency by another name
The Opposition has continued their call for the State of Emergency to end, as the McGowan Labor Government’s rushed legislation entrenches the same powers for another two years. Opposition Leader...
Spreading registration payments is another acknowledgement that cost of living is hurting families
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says offering one month payment options for vehicle registration is yet another admission from the McGowan Government that the current cost of living rises are...