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Your top WA budget questions answered: Our reporters explain the details

Your top WA budget questions answered: Our reporters explain the details

Over the past few days, you’ve been sending through your burning budget questions. Here to answer them is WAtoday state politics reporter Hamish Hastie and business reporter Peter Milne.

  • by Hamish Hastie and Peter Milne

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What West Australians think of the state budget

What West Australians think of the state budget

Amid all the chest-beating spin from the government, each line item in the budget will have a real impact on West Australians. So we asked them what they thought.

  • by Hamish Hastie, Sarah Brookes, Holly Thompson, Jesinta Burton and Peter Milne
WA is finding it hard to admit it has a spending problem
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Iron ore

WA is finding it hard to admit it has a spending problem

Most of WA’s increased spend is demand-driven thanks to roaring population growth placing pressure on housing, education and health budgets.

  • by Hamish Hastie
Metronet costs balloon by $700 million as state pays to get people moving

Metronet costs balloon by $700 million as state pays to get people moving

Stage one of the Labor government’s flagship Metronet project climbed $2 billion in 2023 alone, taking the total cost of the network to around $11.5 billion.

  • by Holly Thompson
Your five-minute guide to WA’s budget winners and losers

Your five-minute guide to WA’s budget winners and losers

Treasurer Rita Saffioti has used her first-ever budget to address the key issues facing the state. So, how did you fare?

  • by Jesinta Burton
WA budget gets more from ore as Saffioti promises to diversify
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Iron ore

WA budget gets more from ore as Saffioti promises to diversify

“A big challenge for us is to make sure we continue to diversify our economy to ensure we have a strong revenue base in the future,” Treasurer Rita Saffioti said.

  • by Peter Milne
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Stamp duty relief as Cook, Saffioti tackle housing in WA budget
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Perth

Stamp duty relief as Cook, Saffioti tackle housing in WA budget

Stamp duty relief was a key announcement in Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti’s first budget, which Cook said had something for everybody.

  • by Hamish Hastie
$3.4 billion drip feed means no surprises expected in Saffioti’s first budget

$3.4 billion drip feed means no surprises expected in Saffioti’s first budget

This budget will be Treasurer Rita Saffioti’s first after she was elevated to the position in June last year following the retirement of former treasurer and premier Mark McGowan.

  • by Hamish Hastie
The Perth suburbs with the most electric vehicles … will soon face competition

The Perth suburbs with the most electric vehicles … will soon face competition

WAtoday can reveal the areas with the biggest EV purchasing power, even as the state government moves to level the playing field.

  • by Michael Genovese
Multi-million cash injection to help WA’s foster kids

Multi-million cash injection to help WA’s foster kids

A WA program aimed at helping children in the foster system will receive a significant funding boost in the upcoming state government budget.

  • by Holly Thompson
WA coffers overflow with iron ore royalties in mid-year review
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Perth

WA coffers overflow with iron ore royalties in mid-year review

WA’s improved surplus has been driven mostly by an uptick in iron ore royalties, but those gains were offset by ramped-up spending.

  • by Hamish Hastie