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NAIDOC Week 2021: Heal Country!
NAIDOC Week is here again, running from 4 to 11 July. It marks a national celebration of the achievements, traditions and strength of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.It is an...
Guaranteeing Medicare
The Morrison Government is investing record funding in Medicare, providing more support to Australians as we face some of the greatest health challenges in a generation. Our commitment to Medicare...
Key measures take effect to lower taxes and create jobs
The Morrison Government is continuing to secure Australia’s recovery from COVID-19 with key measures taking effect on 1 July 2021 to create more jobs, rebuild our economy and set Australia up for...
Audit Report identifies failure to Procure adequate change
The Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Small Business says the release today of the Auditor General’s report on the temporary state procurement controls put in place as a COVID response has...
Lockdown compensation needs to be faster and fairer
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas said today that the latest lockdown of residents in Perth and Peel this week has highlighted the need for the Government to speed up and make fairer its business...
Suspension of mutual obligation requirements for job seekers and
The Morrison Government has suspended mutual obligation requirements for employment services participants in Queensland in the Local Government Areas of Townsville, Palm Island, Brisbane, Gold...
Enhanced support for NDIS participants in New South Wales
The Morrison Government is committed to ensuring the safety of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants during the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales (NSW).More than 61,000...
2021 IGR Release Speech
Today we are releasing the fifth Intergenerational Report. A document that comes out every five years and projects 40 years forward. It’s not a guarantee of what will be, but an insight into what...
Serious Concerns Raised About the Rushed Sale Process for South Fremantle Power Station
Western Australian Liberal Leader Dr David Honey said the haste in Labor’s sale of the South Fremantle Power Station raised some serious concerns.“The South Fremantle Power Station sits on prime...
Final Parliamentary day this financial year reveals the wealth pouring in
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas has today used the final sitting day of Parliament this financial year to get the latest indication of the wealth of iron ore royalties pouring into the...
Labor cuts $192.5 million from ARENA, abandons new clean jobs
The Labor Party last night lined up with the Greens to gut new funding to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).Labor Senators teamed up with the Australian Greens to cut $192.5 million of...
Another WA Labor scapegoat in health crisis
Confirmation that a Labor-stacked committee will be undertaking an investigation into Ambulance services in Western Australia, clearly illustrates that St John’s is the McGowan Government’s latest...
McGowan Government incompetence to blame for extended elective surgery delays
Revelations that some elective surgeries will likely continue to be cancelled for the rest of the year while the McGowan Government scrambles to develop a plan is unacceptable, according to Shadow...
Labor fails its own Collie pine target
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says that revelations in Parliament that the McGowan Government’s 2017 promise to plant 4.4 million pine trees in the Collie catchment over the next four years...
Alarming figures reveal extent of healthcare workers hours
Alarming figures have revealed the true extent of how frontline healthcare staff are being overworked causing concern for the impact on the care and safety of patients. Shadow Health Minister Libby...
Housing stimulus protects jobs and charts path to economic recovery
Social Housing Economic Recovery package estimated to create and support a total of more than 1,700 jobs over two years - 430 in regional WA $319 million stimulus will refurbish 1,500 homes, deliver...
Excuses on emergency department shortfall all spin
The Health Minister’s claims the increased level of demand in our emergency departments is to blame for the escalating issues in our health system are disingenuous when figures show it’s simply a...
Country ambulance ramping statistics skyrocketing as patients left waiting
The ambulance ramping crisis is now also becoming a major issue in country areas with ambulances ramped for a record 126 hours outside our regional hospitals last month. Shadow Health Minister Libby...