WA budget
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- GST
NSW warns GST system is ‘broken’, wants WA’s sweetheart deal watered down
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the GST system is irreparably broken – and it has to be fixed or the entire federation is at stake.
- Shane Wright
Latest
Henderson shipbuilders called up to help Metronet expand along the river
Henderson-based shipbuilder Echo Marine Group has been awarded the contract to design and construct five new electric ferries as part of the state government’s Swan Ferry Expansion project.
- Michael Philipps
- Updated
- Property market
Budget update suggests WA households living the good life as iron ore royalties fly out the door
The housing crisis has been a political nightmare for the WA government with the state’s public housing waitlist stubbornly high at more than 23,000 applicants and 7800 priority applicants.
- Hamish Hastie
- Exclusive
- Australian economy
Overgoverned, overtaxed and overcomplicated: How Australia was set up to fail
Our three levels of government will collect a record $1 trillion in taxes this year, but the federation is failing.
- Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Mining lobby wants state to merge regional councils as rate fight heats up
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy raised concerns about regional local governments using resource companies as cash cows to prop up their ailing budgets.
- Hamish Hastie
- Analysis
- Roger Cook
A boring budget isn’t such a bad thing in a chaotic world
With the threat of sporadic tariffs and nations teetering on war, a boring budget feels like a warm blanket.
- Hamish Hastie
‘A missed opportunity’: West Australians react to the state budget
Every line item in Labor’s ninth consecutive budget handed down on Thursday will have a real impact on West Australians. Here’s how the community has responded.
- Holly Thompson
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- WA
WA government accused of ‘financial trickery’ to hide real blow to household budgets
Treasurer Rita Saffioti boasted about a 0.8 per cent, or $52, cut in government fees and charges to households, but that is without the impact of the vanquished power credit.
- Hamish Hastie
Winners and losers: How will the WA budget affect you?
While many parts of the state are being showered in cash, there are also some which have missed out.
- Holly Thompson
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- Perth
Power bill help ditched in WA Labor’s big-spending infrastructure budget
Labor’s ninth budget has delivered a $2.5 billion operating surplus this year and more operating surpluses over the next four years from $2.4 billion in 2025-26 to $2.8 billion by 2029.
- Hamish Hastie