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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...
Cook Labor Government setting WA up for power blackouts and soaring energy costs
The Cook Labor Government must do more to help bring new gas supplies on stream to head off the major shortages forecast in the Australian Energy Market Operator's latest report. Liberal leader...
Cook Cabinet reshuffle demonstrates union control and offers no solutions
The Cook Labor Government Cabinet reshuffle offers no hope for Western Australians wanting better health care, help with cost of living, or a house to live in. Liberal Leader Libby Mettam said the...
Cook Government offers no to resistance to release of dangerous prisoner
The Cook Labor Government has again shown it will not fight to keep violent offenders in jail or to protect women from dangerous domestic violence offenders. Commenting on the release of an Albany...
A strong WA economy but many are left behind.
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says that while the Treasurer Rita Saffioti might be correct in saying that “Western Australia's economy continues to power the nation” she seems to have...
Three more years of taxpayer’s bailouts for Griffin Coal will another $220 million
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas and Shadow Minister for Energy says the Cook Labor Government announcement of another $220 million of taxpayers funded handouts to in the foreign owned and...
Quarterly Financial Report shows the iron ore royalties are still pouring into the Government’s money bin
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says that the release today of the latest quarterly Financial Report by the State Government has reinforced the obvious fact that the Cook Labor Government gets...