It’s not WA,although the mining state is fast gaining on top spot,leading on relative population growth and home lending metrics.
The $39.5 million set aside for Main Roads WA to build the footbridge across East Parade has vanished from the budget papers,with just $2.4 million spent on the project to date.
The scheme was only made public after the May WA budget included a line item detailing a further $1 million for “phase two” over the 2024-25 financial year.
The Department of Premier and Cabinet will spend $6 million over the next four years to establish a four-person in-house legal team.
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.
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.
Stage one of the Labor government’s flagship Metronet project climbed $2 billion in 2023 alone,taking the total cost of the network to around $11.5 billion.
Treasurer Rita Saffioti has used her first-ever budget to address the key issues facing the state. So,how did you fare?