WA Nationals Leader Mia Davies says she is she prepared to step up to the role of opposition leader in Western Australia.
“I’m hopeful that we’ll still have many of our members and we’ll still have an opportunity to provide some balance in the parliament but there’s no doubt it’s going to be a hard four years,” she told Sky News.
Ms Davies said her focus had been helping regional Western Australia in the parliament but she is ready for the new role.
“We are prepared to step up to do what is needed to make sure there is a strong voice in the parliament to balance out what will be a very powerful premier and a very powerful cabinet.”
WA government pushed to increase backpacker cap ahead of fruit picking crisis11/03/2021|3min
Western Australia Nationals are calling for the cap on backpackers allowed into the state on a fortnightly basis to be increased as fears mount over the fate of fruit crops with the number of seasonal pickers dropping dramatically.
Currently Western Australia allows just one plane of 162 backpackers into the state per fortnight due to coronavirus restrictions.
Nationals have made a push – ahead of the Saturday state election – to boost the numbers by spring, flagging the drop off in seasonal workers was foreseeable.
“We could see that this cliff face was coming, we knew that seasonal workers, agricultural workforce was going to be an issue and sure enough we are still here facing those challenges,” WA Nationals Leader Mia Davies said.
Mark McGowan s hot and humid pork barrelling bush tour
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January is usually the wettest month in Western Australia s north but with a lack of rainfall in 2021, Premier Mark McGowan decided to jet through the regions and bring a monsoon of money.
Bush issues were front and centre in the second week of the election year as Labor rolled through country centres from Albany to Kununurra with promises worth $368.3 million and the Liberals and Nationals went to war over the $1 billion Royalties for Regions fund.
Mark McGowan s hot and humid pork barrelling bush tour
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January is usually the wettest month in Western Australia s north but with a lack of rainfall in 2021, Premier Mark McGowan decided to jet through the regions and bring a monsoon of money.
Bush issues were front and centre in the second week of the election year as Labor rolled through country centres from Albany to Kununurra with promises worth $368.3 million and the Liberals and Nationals went to war over the $1 billion Royalties for Regions fund.