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SCGH Emergency Department operating in a rolling “Code Yellow”
The Emergency Department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital was in a continuous “Code Yellow” emergency status for more than five days this week. A code yellow is an internal emergency that...
WA LIBERALS TO KEEP THUGS OFF PREMISES
A Mettam Liberal Government will introduce Workplace Protection Orders to keep repeated thugs out of business premises, keeping retail workers and customers safer across Western Australia. “Across...
COOK LABOR GOVERNMENT PLAYS CATCH UP ON PATS SCHEME
WA Labor doesn’t deserve a pat on the back for playing catch up with the PATS scheme, which is miles behind several states across Australia. “WA Labor has gutted the regions since coming to...
Call for State Government to urgently provide certainty for regional communities amid REX Airlines uncertainty
The State Government needs to develop a comprehensive contingency plan to ensure routes serviced by REX continue uninterrupted in the event of the airline’s services ceasing, according to Merome...
Petition Launched Calling for Minimum Standards for Mandatory Train Lighting
Today, Durack MP, the Hon Melissa Price and North West Central MLA Merome Beard, in collaboration with the Train Lighting and Passive Level Crossing Safety Group, launched a petition calling...
Cook Government fails on Child Protection: Auditor General
The Cook Labor Government has failed to keep some of WA’s most vulnerable children out of state care, according to a scathing report by the Auditor General on a Department of Communities’ Child...
WA Liberals Will Streamline Environmental Approvals to Unleash Investment
A WA Liberal Government will streamline the environmental approvals process to get the State Government out of the way, and let industry do what it does best: innovate for the future and create...
Cook Government Budget cuts regional health spending to keep Metronet on track
Ageing and inadequate health infrastructure and reduced medical services will remain a fact of life for Western Australians living in the regions after funding promises from the Cook Labor...
Cook Government chasing its tail with band-aid housing solutions
The Cook Labor Government’s $5,000 cash splash to entice owners of vacant houses to rent out their properties is another band-aid measure from a government out of ideas. Shadow Housing Minister...
Record-breaking petition shows need for further consultation
With more than 32,000 Western Australians having signed a petition expressing concerns about provisions within the Cook Government’s Firearms Bill as well as the lack of public consultation, Shadow...
WA Liberals will ban harmful gender treatments for children
A Western Australian Liberal Government will ban the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormone treatments and surgical intervention for children under the age of 16 for the purpose of gender...
Minister dismisses CCC warning on approval risks
The Cook Labor Government has ignored concerns that its changes to planning laws will open the door to corruption. David Honey MLA said Corruption and Crime Commissioner John McKechnie had been...
Western Australians can have their say on iconic Horizontal Falls closure
Western Australians now have an opportunity to register their opposition to the Cook Labor Government’s decision to lock the public out of the iconic Horizontal Falls in the Kimberley. Shadow...
Departing police officers still outnumber new recruits under Cook Labor Government
The Cook Labor Government has failed to stem the record exodus of serving officers from the WA Police Force. Figures released to the Liberal Opposition in Parliament this week showed a net loss of...
Inadequate compensation leaving regional patients at risk and in financial stress
The WA Liberals have called for an urgent review of the Patient Assisted Transfer Scheme (PATS), following a dramatic reduction in health services in rural and regional Western Australia under the...
BHP nickel closures would end all hope for a WA battery manufacturing industry
BHP’s announcement that it will close its Kambalda nickel concentrator and review the rest of its nickel operations in Western Australia with a view to closure is devastating news for our State....
Police statistics reveal rates of violent crime continue to soar across WA
Latest crime statistics show the Cook Labor Government has done nothing to slow the wave of violent crime sweeping Western Australia. Shadow Police Minister Peter Collier said most West Australians...
Cook Government ignored clear warnings from Western Power of electricity grid failures
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...