❓ Ms. Davies questions the Premier about the allocation of Royalties for Regions funds to Perth projects. The Premier defends the government's approach, criticising the Liberal-National coalition and highlighting their commitment to funding projects across the entire state.
AnsweredQoN 764Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
ROYALTIES FOR REGIONS —
2020–21 STATE BUDGET
764. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. Is
the reason that the Premier refuses to return the $1.9 billion that it has
already been spent on Perth projects like pedestrian bridges and Perth city
deals?
2020–21 STATE BUDGET
764. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. Is
the reason that the Premier refuses to return the $1.9 billion that it has
already been spent on Perth projects like pedestrian bridges and Perth city
deals?
AnswerView source ↗
Regional
WA has been the beneficiary of numerous projects under this government. But one
thing we do not do is to try to
divide the city against the country. We do not try to say that there are two
classes of people in Western Australia; we support people in the regions
and the city. We support both groups of people across our community and we fund
important projects all over the state, from the far north to the far south and
everywhere in between.
What I have learnt from recent
events nationally is that the model of the Liberal and National Parties does
not work. We saw it in New South Wales when
the Leader of the Nationals basically walked out of cabinet because he wanted the right to kill koalas, and the Liberal Party and the National Party
are having a fight. We saw in the last Liberal–National
government in Western Australia that the Liberals and Nationals could not work
together. Basically , both the Liberals and Nationals in this state make
commitments that are totally and utterly unaffordable between the two of them.
Therefore, if they ever come back to government again, they will bankrupt the
state once again. The model does not work of the Liberals and Nationals, coming
together in the way that they do, and until they sort that out, they can never
come back to government.
WA has been the beneficiary of numerous projects under this government. But one
thing we do not do is to try to
divide the city against the country. We do not try to say that there are two
classes of people in Western Australia; we support people in the regions
and the city. We support both groups of people across our community and we fund
important projects all over the state, from the far north to the far south and
everywhere in between.
What I have learnt from recent
events nationally is that the model of the Liberal and National Parties does
not work. We saw it in New South Wales when
the Leader of the Nationals basically walked out of cabinet because he wanted the right to kill koalas, and the Liberal Party and the National Party
are having a fight. We saw in the last Liberal–National
government in Western Australia that the Liberals and Nationals could not work
together. Basically , both the Liberals and Nationals in this state make
commitments that are totally and utterly unaffordable between the two of them.
Therefore, if they ever come back to government again, they will bankrupt the
state once again. The model does not work of the Liberals and Nationals, coming
together in the way that they do, and until they sort that out, they can never
come back to government.
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