Building the next generation of WA railcars locally for METRONET
Froze TAFE fees and reduced fees by 50% for 34 high priority courses
Delivered the WA Jobs Law to mandate State Government projects create local jobs
Established the WA Industry Link online portal and advisory services to help WA businesses tender for Government contracts
Established the Local Capability Fund for local small businesses to increase their competitiveness in procurement
Introduced a new wave of liquor reforms to cut red tape for small businesses and grow the hospitality and tourism sectors
Established a $16.4 million New Industries Fund to support and accelerate new and emerging businesses
$200m school maintenance blitz
$229.2 million for rebuilding our TAFEs program - including upgrades to campuses, expanding lower fees, and providing free short TAFE courses
INVESTING IN LOCAL SCHOOLS
Converting classrooms into science labs at 200 primary schools and providing them with equipment and resources
Published a STEM skills strategy to improve STEM education, with funding to start delivery and train teachers
Hired an additional 120 teachers in public schools to oversee the delivery of mental health programs and to support regional Year 11 and 12 students
Froze TAFE fees for four years
Established a new training program at South Metropolitan TAFE, in partnership with Rio Tinto, to prepare workers for industry advancements, innovation and automation
COMMUNITY SAFETY
Providing the WA Police Force with $73.4 million to immediately recruit an extra 150 police officers
Delivering our Meth Action Plan including road-side drug testing, with a focus on the three pillars of prevention, protection and prosecution
Providing an extra $5million for Operation Heat Shield - boosting police presence
Introduced ‘No Body, No Parole’ laws, outlawed ‘revenge porn’ and increased the penalties for dangerous drivers who kill others
Invested in two new women’s refuges, expanded existing counselling and support services throughout WA and funded a residential program to help perpetrators change their behaviour
Introduced laws for mandatory reporting for religious ministers and priests where there is suspected child sexual abuse
Dangerous sex offender’s legislation
SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY
Introduction of legislation to stop puppy farming
Extended the loan book on the Labor Government initiative, Keystart, to help improve housing affordability, and create jobs
Launched the Affordable Housing Action Plan to deliver an additional 7,700 homes and almost 6,000 jobs
$7.4 million in free financial counselling services for Western Australians struggling to pay their bills
Invested $20 million for Aboriginal In-home Support services to provide early intervention for Aboriginal families and help divert them away from the care system
Joined the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Allocated $401.6 million for water concessions for pensioners and seniors
Funded hundreds of local sport and recreation projects so that more people have access to modern and upgraded sporting facilities in their communities
Joined the National Redress Scheme for victims of child sexual abuse
$28 million funding to address family and domestic violence in WA
$6.8 million to homelessness support services across WA
THE ENVIRONMENT
Banned single use plastic bags
Container deposit scheme in WA – reducing waste and rubbish
Stopped the flawed Roe 8 Perth Freight Link project upon coming to Government and introduced legislation to Parliament to protect the Beeliar Wetlands permanently
Announced a bold vision to expand our conservation estate by five million hectares over five years, a 20 per cent increase, managed in collaboration with traditional owners
Prohibiting fracking in 98 per cent of Western Australia and no fracking production will be permitted without the consent of Traditional Owners and farmers
$60.3 million for WA's new Green Jobs Plan - creating more than 1,000 conservation jobs across the State
$66.3 million funding for renewable energy projects across the state
PUTTING PATIENTS FIRST
Delivered Urgent Care Clinics at Belmont City Medical Centre, Ridge Ascot Medical Centre and Waterhall Medical Centre
Making Voluntary Assisted Dying law in Western Australia.
Starting the process of building a new women’s and maternity hospital
WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund introduced
Delivered 77 new beds to treat people with drug and alcohol dependency across the State
