Mr. Love (Opposition) criticises the WA Regional Development Framework after eight years of Labor government, prompting a defensive response from the Minister highlighting government achievements and contrasting them with past National Party spending.

AnsweredQoN 246Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 April 2024
Portfolio
Regional Development

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WA REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
246. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Regional Development:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister apologise to the people of regional Western Australia that,
after eight years of Labor, this is the best the government can come up with as
a plan?

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I stand up for the people of
regional Western Australia. Everywhere I go in regional WA, people talk to me
about their aspirations and hopes. There is a sense of positivity in regional
WA that I never hear from members opposite. I
suggest that the member learns how to read the Budget statements . He should spend a couple of hours going through previous Budget statements and looking at the record of this government
and its achievements, the record of the ministers who make up our cabinet and
the tremendous gains that we have made for regional WA. I contrast that with
some of the flowerbeds and tulip gardens that the National Party invested in
during its eight years in office.

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