Tuesday, 9 December 2025

 Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:44): (2075) My constituents in the west live in some of the fastest growing regions in Australia, but they tell me they pay more in taxes and get less in services than the other side of town: overcrowded hospitals, closed or empty police stations, crushing cost-of-living pressures and families priced out of the housing market in their own communities. My question is: will the minister explain why, after a decade of Labor, we pay the highest state taxes in the country and also have the highest debt – or investment, as Labor like to call it – in the country but this government still cannot deliver the basics for the west?

The PRESIDENT: Sorry, was that to the Premier? The Premier is probably a good spot.