Plan for Jobs
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- Will create permanent and full-time jobs in schools and hospitals.
- Will keep WA jobs in WA.
- Will create 50,000 new jobs across a diverse range of industries.
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- WA has the highest unemployment rate in Australia.
- 96,000 people are now unemployed in WA.
- The Liberals Skilled Migration Occupation List makes it is harder for local people to get local jobs.
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Privatisation
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- Will not privatise hospitals or schools.
- Will not sell Western Power or Fremantle Port.
- Will work to bring essential health services back in house.
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- Will continue to privatise hospitals and schools.
- Will sell Western Power and Fremantle Port.
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Schools
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- $381 million for public school infrastructure.
- $121 million for an extra 300 education assistants, 50 Aboriginal and Islander education officers and 120 teachers.
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- $203 million worth of cuts from school budgets since 2014.
- Cut jobs for more than 400 education assistants, 105 Aboriginal and Islander education officers and over 550 teaching positions.
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Hospitals
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- Urgent Care Clinics and Medihotels will free up hospital beds and provide flexible and family friendly medical services.
- Protective anti-stab vests for health and security staff.
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- Cut 1,200 jobs from WA hospitals.
- Lead & asbestos contamination at PCH.
- Services removed from private operator Serco at FSH after patients put at risk.
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Penalty Rates
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- Will fight to protect penalty rates.
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- Will act to cut to penalty rates.
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TAFE & Apprenticeships
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- Will freeze TAFE fees for all courses over four years.
- Jobs for apprenticeships and trainees on every big State Government funded construction project.
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- TAFE fees have increased by as much as 1050% under the Liberals.
- 25% decrease in the number of apprenticeships in 2015-16 alone.
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Transport
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- A strong record in delivering on rail, including the Joondalup and Mandurah lines.
- METRONET will connect Perth’s suburbs with rail to solve our congestion crisis.
- A long list of broken public transport promises, including building Greenwood station and Ellenbrook railway and extending the railway to Clarkson.
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- A long list of broken public transport promises, including building Greenwood station and Ellenbrook railway and extending the railway to Clarkson.
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The Economy
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- Labor will fix the budget black hole by diversifying the economy and using iron ore royalties to pay down the debt.
- WA’s state debt has increased from $4.96 billion to $33 billion under the Liberals, and will exceed $40 billion by mid-2020.
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- WA’s state debt has increased from $4.96 billion to $33 billion under the Liberals, and will exceed $40 billion by mid-2020.
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Aged Care
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- Will fast track additional aged care facilities to free up public hospital beds and improve the quality of life for WA’s elderly.
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- Demand for aged care beds outstrips supply.
- 150 people waiting in public hospitals for an aged care place.
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Community Safety
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- Will increase the number of 24hr police stations and extended hour police stations.
- Methamphetamine Action Plan focuses on prevention, protection & prosecution.
- Rising crime rates in WA has left many people no longer feeling safe in their communities.
- WA now has the highest rate of methamphetamine usage in the country.
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- Rising crime rates in WA has left many people no longer feeling safe in their communities.
- WA now has the highest rate of methamphetamine usage in the country.
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Tourism
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- Will invest $425 million in the tourism industry in Western Australia.
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- WA’s tourism funding has fallen behind the national average.
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