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wayneL said:
So the Libs should just be McStalin clones?
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Most people, when McGowan closed the borders were very happy, they were saving tons of money everyone who wanted to work had work and W.A people never worry about isolation anyway.
So McGowan actually nailed it for most people, very few were worried about covid, because of the hard borders, the next election will be interesting.
The clouds on the horizon for Labor both Federal and State Govt's is electricity IMO, W.A because of the coal issue and Federally because they will wear any fallout due to the renewable rush that they have introduced to the equation.
Limiting prices for fossil fuel generation, while giving people incentives to change over to electrical appliances and electric vehicles, will add to the load on an already shaky system. So any system collapse will be perceived to be due to a poorly implemented plan by Labor.
Time will tell, but it is certainly no place for the faint hearted.
 


Couldn't agree more re the state politics.

Note Gryllis didn't get an iron ore companies position after advocating for I think 5$ / ton of ore shipped, RIO threw buckets of money and really nasty ads at him in his seat, money buys power.

Some one in the Nats must have fixed him up with a job.
 
IOW "social liberals" with an authoritarian impulse?

Yep.

Australia, you're standing in it... Unless you're in Victoria of course, where the government mandates you to take poppers to ease the pain of what they're going to do to you (it's the only reasonable explanation).
 
I still think Grylls was on the money a tax on volume, is far better than a tax on profits IMO, profits are too easily offshored.
 
sptrawler said:
I still think Grylls was on the money a tax on volume, is far better than a tax on profits IMO, profits are too easily offshored.
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Yeah totally agree I would have voted for him if he was in my seat he had back bone unlike Rudd unfortunately all the mining town employees bought the RIO line the world would end and he got thrown out.
 
Another article on W.A gas and the locals vying to get into the action, the benefit of having a sensible, predictable, business friendly State Government IMO.

Billionaire Chris Ellison joins Gina Rinehart, Kerry Stokes in onshore gas takeover frenzy

Australia's richest people are in a battle for control of Western Australia's burgeoning onshore gas industry, despite the Commonwealth's decision to cap prices. Energy reporter Dan Mercer explains why.
www.abc.net.au
 
wayneL said:
Opinions on Der Führer's high rise dystopia?
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There is only room for so many on the gravy train as things tighten up, the big kids, have kids the little kids of the teat.
There is only room for one litter to milk this baby.?
Way too many fingers in the pie ATM IMO, one had to go, either State or Local, it looks like local are getting squeezed.
We had an administrator running the council for years, the council were sacked for corruption and that has happened in two council areas I've lived in.
I love how they quantified the statement, "we will be almost irrelevant". ?

Local councils outraged over powerful new planning laws, say they'll be 'almost irrelevant'

WA's local government authority hits back at a major new property development policy that slashes councils' say over the look of the state's suburbs and towns.
www.abc.net.au

Local councils say new planning laws will make them "almost irrelevant", with the McGowan government reducing their control over the look of suburbs and towns across Perth and WA.

The changes would allow any proposal that includes more than two homes, and worth more than $2 million, to be considered by centralised panels, rather than local councils, for approval.
 

Yep, local councils and developers, a toxic mix for the homebuyers.

Some States ban developers from being on councils, don't know if that's the case in WA.
 
SirRumpole said:
Yep, local councils and developers, a toxic mix for the homebuyers.

Some States ban developers from being on councils, don't know if that's the case in WA.
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It does lend itself to people being in elected positions, that have a huge influence on where your rates are spent and what land is re zoned etc, the further they are removed from the cliff face the better IMO.
 
wayneL said:
MaoGowans latest edict:

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Yeah...nah ASIO can arrest you charge and hold you without access to a lawyer the have you deported.

Having said that its is extreme
 
McGowan is certainly still doing it his way in W.A, personally I think if Barnett had to go, we couldn't have done better that McGowan.
Anything is better than nothing, in the current situation, hopefully this is just a first step and eventually the Government takes building social house back to a Govt function.
Rather than farming it out, to the private sector, where profits come first.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05...-get-511-million-boost-in-wa-budget/102285586
The Western Australian government will inject $511 million into social housing and homelessness initiatives under the state budget in its latest attempt to combat the housing crisis.
As part of the commitment, $450 million is to be spent on building 700 new social housing homes, as well as fixing the Department of Communities' ageing housing stock.

The government will also assign $49 million to a program designed to provide 100 supported landlord homes for those experiencing homelessness in regional WA.
Amendments have been made to Keystart's pilot Urban Connect program, with one-bedroom apartments to become eligible under the scheme.
A new Keystart Loan Program is being introduced to enable customers to secure pre-sale properties that have not yet been completed.

No timeline for 700 new homes​

Premier Mark McGowan said the government had now promised $2.6 billion to social housing since its last budget, something that would deliver 4,000 properties.

"We can do this because we manage the budget properly, we retain surpluses, we will be in surplus again in this budget," he said.
But neither the premier nor Housing Minister John Carey could say when it was hoped the 700 extra homes would be built.

"You've got to make sure there's a pipeline of work going forward so builders continue to employ apprentices and trainees and staff," Mr McGowan said when asked.

"So this is about making sure that we have more houses for people in the future, and also making sure that we have a degree of certainty for the building industry going forward."
 
More on the W.A building and construction front.

WA housing crisis: Millions in budget to lure overseas tradies to finish homes under construction

Master Builders executive director John Gelavis said WA needed to attract 55,000 workers, including 26,000 tradies by 2026.
www.watoday.com.au

The state government has pledged $47.6 million in its upcoming budget to boost WA’s skilled residential construction workforce as WA grapples with an acute housing challenge.

It includes a $26.9 million increase in the Base Employer Grant for third and fourth-year apprentices, a one-off $2000 completion payment to encourage apprentices to finish their training, and the expansion of a wage subsidy program to include apprentices and trainees in the residential and commercial construction industry.

In addition, the government has allocated $2.7 million to expedite occupational licensing approvals and $11 million for targeted visa subsidies of up to $10,000 to attract skilled migrants to the building and construction sector.
There will also be temporary changes to the state-sponsored visa scheme to make it easier for skilled migrants to connect with job vacancies in WA.

Housing Minister John Carey said the government was using every lever to boost housing choice and supply of social housing.

Training Minister Simone McGurk said the new migration initiatives would ensure WA remains the state of choice for skilled migrants, helping employers fill vacant jobs in the building and construction sector.

Housing Industry Association executive director Michael McGowan welcomed the announcement stating the increase in skilled worker migration combined with the additional support for apprentices would go a long way to help the home building industry achieve the required workforce for a sustainable future.

“The state faces an acute housing challenge and desperately needs more skilled workers to assist in the delivery of the 21,500 homes that are currently under construction and keep up with increasing demand from a growing population,” he said.
 
This should calm things down in the city for a while, don't know if i'll be visiting the SE suburbs though, it could get a bit wild west down there, when the locals haven't got their weekend train travel to Northbridge and Burswood.
It will certainly be an interesting period.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05...know-about-closure-of-armadale-line/102375826

From later this year, the Armadale line will close for 18 months to remove more than a dozen level crossings and raise 5.5 kilometres of track into the air.
 
It's pretty feral down there anyway, don't think anyone will notice any difference
 
Lithium has come from nowhere in WA’s budget papers since 2017 – when the McGowan government came to power – to figure prominently in the state’s royalty forecasts.

The WA government reaped $910 million in lithium royalties in 2022-23, up from $261 million in 2021-22. This is forecast to grow to $928 million in 2023-24.

In comparison, it’s still dwarfed by iron ore, which had royalties of $9.28 billion in 2022-23
 
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