The three-stage Safe and Fair Reform Package will apply to billions of dollars’ worth of government contracts handled by the Department of Finance.
The former reality TV star is withdrawing from the race after a close family member suffered a serious medical episode requiring intensive medical care in Melbourne.
Wrong meds,botched surgeries and “sentinel events”:WA’s health system has harboured a growth in clinical errors resulting in serious harm and even death.
Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor lashed $14 billion worth of incentives for green hydrogen and critical minerals companies,claiming it amounted to “handing out billions to billionaires”.
WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti reckons critics of the current GST should “read the other parts of the budget where WA revenues are propping up” much of the federal government’s revenue.
A Perth property developer claimed the federal MP was part of a conspiracy with WAtoday reporters to damage his reputation.
The federal budget includes major additional funding to cover the enormous cost blowouts that have dragged on the Metronet budget in the past year.
Over the past few days,you’ve been sending through your burning budget questions. Here to answer them is WAtoday state politics reporter Hamish Hastie and business reporter Peter Milne.
Amid all the chest-beating spin from the government,each line item in the budget will have a real impact on West Australians. So we asked them what they thought.
Most of WA’s increased spend is demand-driven thanks to roaring population growth placing pressure on housing,education and health budgets.
Stamp duty relief was a key announcement in Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti’s first budget,which Cook said had something for everybody.