Independent inquiry a necessary step forward

Libby Mettam MLA

The Opposition has welcomed the announcement of an independent external review into the Perth Children’s Hospital emergency department following the tragic death of Aishwarya Aswath. The external review was one of the recommendations made in the internal inquiry released today following Aishwarya’s death in April this year. “Nothing will take away from the fact that…

Labor moves to implement one of the greatest acts of planning vandalism in the history of Western Australia

Neil Thomson MLC

The McGowan Labor Government is introducing amendments to the Metropolitan Region Scheme to rezone land set aside for the Perth Freight Link to convert it to an A-Class Reserve. This act of planning vandalism is diametrically opposed to the principles recognised in countless planning strategies going all the way back to the much-lauded Stephenson Hepburn…