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Twelve months of record high ambulance ramping as health crisis escalates
St John’s Ambulance has recorded a grim milestone - its 12th consecutive month of ambulance ramping over 1030 hours – the very benchmark Roger Cook labelled a ‘massive failure’ when in Opposition in...
Urgent need for extra resources after spike in teenage eating disorders
There is an urgent need for extra beds and psychiatric help at Perth Children’s Hospital Eating Disorders Unit after new figures show referrals have increased by almost 50 per cent in the last year....
Statewide campaign launched in Broome to oppose Labor’s scandalous plan to cut regional political representation
WA Liberal Leader Dr David Honey today launched a statewide Liberal Party campaign in Broome to oppose the McGowan Labor Government’s arrogant plan to massively reduce regional political...
Labor moves to implement one of the greatest acts of planning vandalism in the history of Western Australia
The McGowan Labor Government is introducing amendments to the Metropolitan Region Scheme to rezone land set aside for the Perth Freight Link to convert it to an A-Class Reserve.This act of planning...
McGowan Government digs heels in on unfair maternity ward restrictions
The McGowan Labor Government has refused to budge on its ‘blunt instrument’ approach to the maternity hospital visitor and support people guidelines being applied in lock down and post lock down...
Federal Budget infrastructure boost to help build WA’s economic recovery
The Western Australia economy will be boosted by a $1.3b infrastructure package, with record funding for major new projects to be announced in next week’s Federal Budget. Key projects to be funded...
When will the McGowan government wake up to escalating ambulance ramping?
The latest ambulance ramping figures continue to sound alarm bells and as a matter of urgency the McGowan government must outline a plan to resolve this unacceptable situation. The latest figures...
McGowan Government must commit to inquiry into tragic 2 hour PCH wait
4 weeks on from Aishwarya’s tragic death at Perth Children’s Hospital it is sad to see the parents have felt the need to escalate their grief and commence protesting to seek answers from the McGowan...
Labor must accept responsibility for lockdown pain
On the first day of the 41st Parliament the Opposition called on the Labor Government to admit they ignored expert advice and forced millions of West Australians into a costly and avoidable lockdown...
Hotel risk report shows government ignoring expert advice
The Opposition says the public release of the Glossop Report into hotel ventilation risks today confirmed the snap lockdown could have been avoided if the Government had acted on the report’s...
Snap lockdown a result of Labor Government’s failures
The State Opposition has said the Labor Government’s failure to address systemic gaps in WA’s hotel quarantine system has directly contributed to the snap-lockdown and the spread of COVID-19....
McGowan Government ignores Chief Health Officers advice and puts lives at risk
“New reports that a Victorian man has contracted COVID 19 from WA’s hotel quarantine should ring alarm bells for a complacent McGowan Government, especially since it took the Victorian Government to...
McGowan Government finally responds to necessary vaccination calls
Shadow Minister for Health Libby Mettam has welcomed the decision by the McGowan Labor Government to ensure that hotel quarantine workers are vaccinated. “We have been calling for this for...
Opposition Alliance Agreement Formalised
The Nationals WA and the WA Liberal Party have entered into a formal Alliance in Opposition bringing the Parties together to hold the re-elected Labor Government to account for the next four years....
McGowan Government can’t handle one COVID patient
The McGowan Labor Government has no excuse for the infection control breach which has led to 3 health workers to be placed in self quarantine, according to Liberal Health spokeswoman Libby...
Premier missing in time of crisis
West Australians have been abandoned just weeks after the McGowan government were returned to another term of government with a promise to keep us all safe. “It’s inexcusable that the Premier is...
Statement regarding WA health crisis
“Our heart goes out to the family who has suffered incredibly with the loss of their daughter. “I appreciate that nursing and medical staff who work hard every day to save lives must...
Labor MP joins community and Liberal Party in calling McGowan Labor Government out over Bayswater station failures
Freedom of Information documents obtained by the Liberal Party have exposed the McGowan Labor Government’s planning failures with the Bayswater station, which has left the community angry and the...