WA Labor left this financially incompetent Government with record low debt and what have they done with it? Mr Barnett has been empire building and debt building. The interest payments alone are staggering - $1.7billion in interest every single year, enough to buy 1 Fiona Stanley Hospital, or 1 Mandurah rail project every year. All gone to pay for a Government that is drunk on debt.
The Liberal/National government has started already -- privatising key services at the new Fiona Stanley Hospital to the detention centre operator SERCO. Essential workers like hospital cleaners and orderlies, teacher assistants, school cleaners and gardeners will have to fight alongside their union for fair wages and quality services , while the Liberals say , "it's not our problem. Take it up with your employer - the one we gave the business to."
WA Labor believes public hospitals and public schools must stay in public hands.
$100 billion of resources project construction in this state, and yet our workshops sit half empty. $100 billion of resources work and our engineers have to go to London, Yokohama or Houston for LNG design work. While Mr Barnett sleeps at the wheel the resources work flows overseas. In our multispeed economy too many businesses are in the slow lanes or just parked. WA resources must be managed to produce skilled jobs for Western Australians and that is Labor's commitment.
