Thousands of Western Australians have been suffering through heat wave conditions without power and water because the Cook Government failed to listen to the warnings of its own experts. WA Liberal...
Steve Thomas MLC
Cook Government fails to learn power backup lessons from 2022
A more than 17-hour power blackout in Kalgoorlie proves the Labor Government has done nothing to improve energy security to the vital regional centre since the blackouts of February 2022, according...
Kwinana Big Battery welcome but it won’t keep the lights on
Shadow Minister for Energy Steve Thomas has welcomed the Government’s announcement of the completion of the Kwinana Big Battery stage two but says that it again highlights that the transition plan...
A strong WA economy but many are left behind.
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says that while the Treasurer Rita Saffioti might be correct in saying that “Western Australia's economy continues to power the nation” she seems to have...
Three more years of taxpayer’s bailouts for Griffin Coal will another $220 million
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas and Shadow Minister for Energy says the Cook Labor Government announcement of another $220 million of taxpayers funded handouts to in the foreign owned and...
Quarterly Financial Report shows the iron ore royalties are still pouring into the Government’s money bin
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says that the release today of the latest quarterly Financial Report by the State Government has reinforced the obvious fact that the Cook Labor Government gets...
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...
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...