The WESTERN AUSTRALIA PARTY says NO to toll roads in WA.
Infrastructure Australia, the Federal Government’s infrastructure planning body, is recommending that the Federal Government effectively blackmail Western Australia into accepting toll roads in exchange for GST top-ups with strings attached.
The WESTERN AUSTRALIA PARTY is opposed to toll roads, and the party does not support GST top-ups with strings attached as proposed by both Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten.
Russell Goodrick, candidate for Darling Range says:
“Toll roads penalise those who live in outer suburbs such as in the Darling Range electorate as they are more likely to drive long distances to work or for other reasons.”
The only acceptable outcome to Western Australia is our per-capita (11%) share of the GST for health, education and law enforcement, and Fuel Excise revenue to be spent by the Western Australian Government on infrastructure projects that do not include toll roads.
Currently Western Australia is short-changed by $5.3 billion each year of its per-capita share of the total GST revenue. This shortfall is denying Western Australia infrastructure projects that are urgently required, not just in the Darling Range electorate, but across Western Australia.
Vote 1 Russell Goodrick for Darling Range on 23 June 2018
Education funding cuts in rural areas of Western Australia is a direct result from Canberra’s GST broken promise.
In 1999, Canberra promised WA a secure and growing source of revenue from the GST to fund education, health and law enforcement. So far WA is the ONLY state with a decreasing share of the GST, bank rolling other states to balance their budgets and increase services to electors.
To help the voting public fight for the #GST4WA and see the benefits of reversingfunding cuts in rural areas, the WESTERN AUSTRALIA PARTY’s candidate for Darling Range, Mr Russell Goodrick, has captured the essence of Moora in a documentary featuring its growth since early 1900s.
Land tax on property investments could be extended to the Peel and Bunbury areas in a bid to raise an extra $7 million a year for the WA State Government.
The Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax (MRIT) applies to residential investment and many commercial properties valued at $300,000 or more. This tax is paid into a slush fund operated by the WA Planning Commission for public open spaces and land needed for infrastructure such as roads and rail.
Until WA receives its proper share of the GST, the State Government will have no other option but to raise taxes or reduce essential services, even close them.
If you are facing another tax on top of the land tax you already pay, join us to fight for the GST for WA by becoming supporter member here.
Want to stop the closure of Moora college? Ask your friends to Vote 1 Ron Norris for #cottesloevotes. The GST was promised for schools, health and law enforcement #wapol
Interview with Peter Kennedy, Business News, February 2018
The seat of Cottesloe has been neglected for years. It’s considered a “safe” Liberal seat.
Western Australia Party identifies the seat of Cottesloe as having an important role in sending a message to the State and Federal Government to fix the GST.
We are not asking electors to change their Liberal or Labor values, we are just seeking your number 1 vote to fix the GST and local issues.
Infrastructure has been neglected for ages. The popularity of the area has meant traffic has rapidly increased without any orderly and proper planning nor the infrastructure to deal with truck movements.
So how can it be fixed?
Electors can’t wait for “top ups” or handouts from the Federal Government which ends up in marginal seats, NOT Cottesloe, while traffic congestion increases out of control.
The only option is a political imperative to send a message to the State Government and Canberra that electors are prepared to vote 1 for the WESTERN AUSTRALIA PARTY‘s campaign for GST for WA and make the seat of Cottesloe a marginal seat.
Stirling Bridge traffic
The Western Australia Party is concerned about the massive traffic congestion at the Tydeman Rd/Stirling Hwy intersection caused by large trucks carrying containers. If the North Wharf container terminal remains where it is, the number of containers being transported by road is predicted to rise from the current 4 million/year to about 14 million/year!
If the Government decides to leave the container terminal on North Wharf then the container movements should be by rail. Without a substantial increase in the GST for WA, there is no funding for rail. We have to find a way to relieve the traffic congestion in North Fremantle caused by the trucks.
One option is to duplicate Stirling Bridge. The Party is NOT advocating that be done but ONLY as a partial solution to better manage the vehicle movements. If nothing is done about the container terminal, the traffic movements in North Fremantle could become a disaster.
Curtin Avenue traffic
This election we have highlighted the issue of Road Safety within the electorate of Cottesloe. Specifically, on Curtin Avenue. It’s chaotic and a danger to everyone, an accident waiting to happen. Something needs to be done urgently, well before any Federal Government handouts find their way to the electorate.
Strategic Planning
A long term strategic plan for the entire electorate is a priority. Planning has been left at the mercy of developers, a new home here, a multi-storey building there…. a random approach without the proper infrastructure and planning involved.
A good Strategic Plan for the area addresses density, building heights, internal floor space, parking, traffic congestion, public transport, parking and public open spaces. This Plan will mean that six or more local governments (Mosman Park, Claremont, Fremantle, Peppermint Grove, Cottesloe, Cambridge) and the State Government will need to work together. Our candidate, former Mayor of Mosman Park, RON NORRIS has the knowledge and experience and is equipped to deliver on this election promise.
Vote 1 for RON NORRIS and the WESTERN AUSTRALIA PARTY on 17 March 2018 at your nearest polling booth. Click here to find it.
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