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Where the wealth comes from in Western Australia
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says that the release today of the State Accounts by the Australian Bureau of Statistics makes it obvious where Western Australia’s wealth comes from – the...
More secrecy on costs as the Government is unable to use its NSW coal in Collie
Further questions in Parliament this week have identified even more mismanagement of the Western Australian coalfields by the Cook Labor according to the Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for...
Victory for people power as controversial Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act is repealed
Following months of tireless persistence from communities across the state, Western Australia is waking up to the news that the Governor is set to repeal the Cook Labor Government's botched...
Litany of failures at Unit 18 leaves Minister Papalia condemned
A 16-year-old boy lost his life because the Cook Labor Government is more interested in demonising young offenders than running a safe and appropriate juvenile detention centre. Shadow Corrective...
No new houses in Cook Labor Government’s latest housing crisis announcement
The Cook Labor Government’s latest plan to ease Western Australia’s unprecedented housing crisis isseriously flawed in that it adds not one new house to the State’s housing stock, according to...
What’s in a name – more administrative costs!
The Shadow Treasurer says with the multiple crises in the energy sector the Government should have more important things to do than change the name of the Department that overseas energy in Western...
Cook Labor Government hires more heads instead of building more houses
The Cook Labor Government has announced its answer to the worst housing crisis to hit Western Australia in decades is to hire another $200,000-a year bureaucrat. Labor’s newest initiative is to...
Government follows WA Liberal lead to double down on GPS tracking of violent offenders
The Cook Labor Government’s announcement that it will adopt the WA Liberal policy to expand the numberof GPS tracking bracelets for serious offenders who breach a violence restraining order is a...
Land tax relief five months late after Opposition’s earlier call
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas has welcomed the State Government’s expansion of land tax relief but says it has taken far too long to deliver, especially given that he called for this to...
Opposition backs repeal of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act, as questions remain
Opposition Leader Shane Love has expressed his support for the passing of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (ACH) Act Amendment and Repeal Bill 2023 and has strongly advocated for its prompt...
More taxpayer’s bailouts for Griffin Coal and more money spent on consultants with no end in sight
Further questions in Parliament this week have identified even more mismanagement of the Western Australian coalfields by the Cook Labor Government and its ongoing financial disaster at the...
Cook Labor Government neglect of Mental Health Advocacy Service an unfolding tragedy
Cook Labor Government neglect of Mental Health Advocacy Service an unfolding tragedyThe Cook Labor Government’s wilful underfunding of the state’s Mental Health AdvocacyService points to a...
Cook Labor Government reheats failed apartment policy
The Cook Labor Government went out with all the fanfare of a marching band today to announce its stamp duty concession policy to encourage Western Australians to buy high-rise apartments had...
Mining objection fee set to blindside and burden many in the rural sector
The State Government’s decision to introduce a prescribed fee for lodgement of objections under theMining Act 1978 has outraged pastoralists and graziers across the state, according to Shadow...
Approval of fifty-one storey development in South Perth raises questions about JDAP process
A decision by the Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) to approve the 51-storey C6 development in South Perth has raised questions about the effectiveness of the State Design Review Panel...
More evidence of coalfields mismanagement in the Annual Report in State Finances
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says the Annual Report on State Finances released yesterday has highlighted the debacle that is the mismanagement of the WA coalfields at Collie. “Hidden away on...
Another massive budget surplus to fill the new Premier’s same old money bin
Shadow Treasurer Steve Thomas says the $5.1 billion budget surplus revealed in the Annual Report on State Finances today is a slap in the face to WA families who are struggling to put food on the...
Cook Labor Government’s Urban Connect scheme a massive failure
Figures obtained today by Shadow Housing Minister Steve Martin reveal the Cook Labor Government’s much-touted Urban Connect Loan Scheme has been an abject failure. Halfway through the two-year...