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Premier’s $1.6 million distrust of the federal Albanese Labor Government
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says that the McGowan Government’s distrust of their federal Labor colleagues is fully on display with their need to mount a $1.6 million campaign to retain...
Hospital report card gives McGowan Government a massive fail
Western Australian public hospitals and emergency departments are in a spiralling state of decline under the McGowan Government. Shadow Health Minister Libby Mettam said the Australian Medical...
Health Minister does about face on the closure of Graylands Hospital
Despite a decade of advice from mental health experts recommending the closure of the Graylands Hospital, the McGowan Government this morning announced it would spend $218.9 million to expand the...
Shadow Health Minister urges Government rethink on Women and Babies Hospital
Shadow Minister for Health Libby Mettam is urging the State Government to prioritise the health needs of the community and rethink its decision to move the site of the planned new Women and Babies...
Rough sleepers on the rise in Perth as rough weather approaches
New figures from the WA Alliance to End Homelessness reveal the number of rough sleepers identified on Perth’s By Name List surged in March to their highest numbers in almost twelve months. Using...
Energy credits need better targeting if they are in the State budget
Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Energy Steve Thomas says handing out morecash to households in the form of energy credits to address rises in cost-of-living needs tobe supplemented with...
Patient safety report not the “good story” the Health Minister claimed
The Western Australian Government’s 2022 Your Safety In Our Hands In Hospital report has finally been released, five months after it was delivered to Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson. Leader of...
How to keep the lights on during an energy transition
In an opinion piece in the West Australian in February I explained why the State Government cannot deliver its much hyped energy transition plan. That plan to close almost a thousand Megawatts of...
Western Power connection delays leave developers, builders and businesses in limbo
State Government-owned Western Power is proving to be another handbrake on Western Australia’s building sector which is already facing significant pressures. Small businesses and developers are...
Mothballed $25 million Osborne Park neonatal unit: “Not a good look”
Western Australia’s health sector problems have gone from bad to worse under the poor leadership of Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson with reports the $25 million neonatal unit at Osborne Park...
McGowan Government must reverse unnecessary cut to Balga child health services
The McGowan Labor Government must reverse the decision to end a long-term contract with The Salvation Army to deliver child health services to families living in Balga and surrounding communities....
STRONG JOBS MARKET HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR BUDGET RESTRAINT
Today’s labour force figures highlight the need for Labor to use the May budget to put downward pressure on inflation to take the pressure off struggling families being crippled by out-of-control...
PRIME MINISTER MUST GUARANTEE WA’S GST SHARE
Anthony Albanese must guarantee he will not take away WA’s fair share of GST, after a prominent Australian think tank called for it to be scrapped to pay for Labor’s increased spending. The GST...
New hospital project languishes after years of McGowan Government inaction
Today’s announcement that the new Women and Babies Hospital will be built at a different site more than two years after it was announced is an indictment on the McGowan Government’s ability to...
Lands Department must explain $260 million audit bungle
The Opposition is calling for the McGowan Government to finally show some gold standard transparency after the Auditor-General highlighted a $260 million bungle in the administration of land assets...
Housing crisis continues as Labor fails to address stock concerns
New data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today shows that building approvals in Western Australia continue to trend downwards as WA’s housing crisis worsens.The statistics show...
Common sense at last on regional power limits
The Shadow Minister for Energy Dr Steve Thomas has welcomed the Government’s backflip on regional power supplies which will see country electricity users given the same access to supply as their...
Labor attempts to mop up destruction in regional towns after scrapping cashless debit card
Almost six months after abolishing the Cashless Debit Card, the Albanese Labor Government is now desperately attempting to mop up the destruction it left in WA regional communities.The announcement...