The McGowan Government's failure to release the findings of the Crime and Corruption Commissioninquiry into the contents of a laptop owned by former MP, Phil Edman amounts to political interference...
Steve Thomas MLC
More evidence of Government oversight failing community standards
Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says Western Australia has been let down by Government oversight of key industries, as evidenced by the McGowan Labor Government’s response to the Perth Casino Royal...
Don’t be frightened of the CGC – only Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers can change the GST
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says that Western Australia should not fear an upcoming review of the existing GST arrangements by the Commonwealth Grants Commission.“There is no point being...
WA Families hit with cost of living rise again as the Premier maintains his massive budget windfalls
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas has repeated his call that the State Government should be doing more to help families cope with the rapidly rising cost of living in the May State budget given...
Another financial report showing another big surplus
The Shadow Treasurer Dr Steve Thomas says the Premier’s attempts to hose down fiscal expectation and maintain his scare campaign on an impending downturn has again been undermined by the latest...
Money management obviously not the Premier’s strength
The McGowan Government’s need to extend the Treasurer’s Advance limit by $2.1 billion demonstrates that during the biggest fiscal boom in this, or any other state’s history, Labor cannot properly...
Keeping the coal burning not a transparent or confidence building exercise
The Shadow Minister for Energy Dr Steve Thomas says the State Government’s inability to manage the state’s energy system was well and truly on display again today as Government handouts to a foreign...
Steve Thomas: McGowan’s renewable energy transition an impossible dream
Opinion Piece - The West Australian The State Government has set itself a huge task in its proposal to shut down all its coal-fired generation capacity by 2029 and transition to renewable...
Western Australians left in the dark as Labor still scrambling to fill seat
One day out from the start of the parliamentary year and the McGowan Labor Government is still scrambling to work out who will replace Alannah MacTiernan. Leader of the Opposition in the...