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...
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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...
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...
Another dire report on energy for a Government floundering in the dark
The release of the annual report of Synergy is yet another dire report for the Cook Labor Government according to the Shadow Minister for Energy Dr Steve Thomas. “The Government’s mismanagement of...
Government’s $526,869 on consultants results in $27.3 million in handouts to Griffin
Questions in Parliament this week have identified that the Cook Labor Government’s ongoing financial disaster at Griffin Coal has come at the cost of over half a million dollars in consultant fees...
Another month, another multi-million dollar prop up for Griffin Coal
The Government’s weeping sore that is Griffin Coal has once again had a multi-million dollar prop up, highlighting the utter failure of the Cook Labor Government’s management of the coalfields and...
Shadow Minister welcomes confirmation of the true cost of transition and Labor’s privatisation agenda
The Shadow Minister for Energy Dr Steve Thomas says that the joint media statement today from the Premier and Minister for Energy informing us that the Commonwealth will contribute up to $3 billion...
Two indicators of power failure on the same day
The Shadow Minister for Energy Dr Steve Thomas says that the statement today from the Minister for Energy informing us that the closure of the Muja 6 coal generation unit is to be deferred until...