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WA Labor Hydrogen Hub is an Embarrassing Pipeddream
WA Liberal Leader, Dr David Honey today ridiculed WA Labor’s panic request to the Morrison Federal Government to match the proposed $117.5 million for hydrogen hubs in the Mid-West and Pilbara....
Labor must not squander Scarborough LNG Project opportunity to transition WA to a clean energy economy
Leader of the WA Liberal Party, Dr David Honey MLA, welcomed the go-ahead of Woodside’s new Scarborough natural gas development. “This is a significant project in helping to secure a clean energy...
Homeless Shelter Empty While Thousands Sleep on WA Streets
The Labor Government’s response to Western Australia’s homelessness crisis is miredin delays and hollow media statements. While the Minister for Community Services Simone McGurk has recently...
WA Labor must come clean on land deals
Shadow Minister for Planning, Lands and Heritage the Hon Neil Thomson MLC has called on the Minister for Lands to come clean on the land deals WA Labor is doing with renewable energy providers in...
Tier 3 business case development off the rails
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas has raised concerns that the opportunity to address the Tier 3 rail line question is being lost as the State Government dithers on developing the appropriate...
More Transparency Needed on New Environment Fees and Charges
Shadow Environment Minister Hon Tjorn Sibma MLC has demanded greater transparencyof the McGowan Government’s plans to introduce new fees to conduct environmentalimpact assessments, which are needed...
Report proves Labor’s lacklustre approach to vaccine roll-out
An independent report tabled by the Auditor General in Parliament today shows the McGowan Government has failed to put in place comprehensive plans to roll-out the COVID vaccine across the State....
Shark Season Nears with Insufficient Protection Offered by WA Labor
Dr David Honey has called on WA Labor to address shark issues on Western Australian beaches,following the tragic death of Paul Millachip at Port Beach on November 6th. “There clearly are gaps under...
Theatre restrictions in Bunbury causing mass elective surgery cancellations
Ongoing cancellations of elective surgeries at Bunbury Regional Hospital are reaching crisis point with whole lists of patients being cut due to a lack of theatre staff. The Western Australian...
Dark day for regional WA as voices silenced in Parliament
The Opposition has condemned Labor’s disgraceful passing of electoral reform legislation, which will silence regional West Australians by slashing representation in the Parliament. Opposition Leader...
Three years late and still waiting for Carers Recognition Act Review Report
The outcome of the review into the Carers Recognition Act 2004 that commenced in 2018 is now well overdue and it is time it was released by the McGowan Labor Government. Shadow Minister for...
Labor further marginalises regional voters through the ultimate political scam
WA Labor has ruthlessly used its massive majority to pass their Electoral EqualityBill in the Upper House thereby fulfilling their long-held commitment to marginaliseregional Western Australians for...
WA Labor leaves Western Australia prepared for worsening housing crisis
WA Labor has left WA’s already suffering housing market high and dry with more struggleto come once the WA border eases next year. With the housing market already in crisis, WA is set for a huge...
Regions duded as Upper House electoral reform passes
The Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Dr Steve Thomas says that the passing of the Upper House electoral reform bill in the Legislative Council overnight may represent the...
Labor’s anti-Bikie Bill Waters Down Restrictions on Child Sex Offenders
Questioning by WA Liberal Leader, Dr David Honey MLA, in Parliament has revealed that Labor Attorney General John Quigley is intentionally watering down the current Criminal Code restrictions on the...
Broome Sober Up Shelter
Mining and Pastoral MLC Neil Thomson has accused the McGowan Labor Government of being too focussed on cementing its power by stripping regional representation in Parliament and letting essential...
ACCC report opens the way for State Government action on Boyanup Saleyards
The Shadow Minister for Agriculture Colin de Grussa and the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas have today welcomed the news from the Government...
Country Labor MPs fail to speak on behalf of their constituents
The Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Dr Steve Thomas says that nearly all of the Labor Government’s Upper House MPs have failed their constituents by failing to even speak on the...