Labor has already hurled billions at WA’s spot fires. What’s left in the budget? |
Labor has already hurled billions at WA’s spot fires. What’s left in the budget?
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Pick the political thorn in the side of the Cook government, and West Australian Treasurer Rita Saffioti has already fired the money cannon at it.
Housing crisis? More than $2.5 billion in state and federal money was announced on the weekend to help build an estimated 34,000 homes. Tick.
Hospital crisis? Another $1.5 billion to an already ballooning hospital and maintenance fund. Tick.
School roofs falling in? Another $2.1 billion for major upgrades across the education system as well as new schools for the state’s fastest-growing communities. Tick.
Since February, there have been more than $12 billion in pre-budget announcements, taking much of the mystery out of Saffioti’s plans.
What we........