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WA infrastructure spending goes ‘up another gear’

Tom Rabe
Tom RabeWA political correspondent

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Western Australian premier Roger Cook has vowed to shift infrastructure spending “up another gear” as the state splashed billions on cost-of-living and housing measures to absorb the record 95,000 people who moved west last year.

Treasurer Rita Saffioti insisted her state’s big spending, pre-election budget would not stoke inflation as she handed down a $3.2 billion surplus for 2023-24 – the sixth in a row – underpinned by stronger-than-forecast iron ore royalties and buoyed by the goods and services tax.

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Tom Rabe is the WA political correspondent, based in Perth. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.rabe@nine.com.au

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