Under Roger Cook’s cost of living crisis, small businesses across Western Australia are suffering with rising costs and taxes that are crushing their ability to employ Western Australians and make ends meet.
For the past eight years, this WA Labor Government has refused to take meaningful action to address rising costs for Western Australian businesses.
One of those costs is payroll tax, as liberals we know that payroll tax is nothing more than a tax on jobs and consumers. As Liberals we know that payroll tax is nothing more than a tax on jobs and consumers.
That’s why a Mettam Liberal Government will slash payroll tax for more than 7,500 businesses across Western Australia. Our plan will see a payroll tax rebate of up to $32,000 to businesses with a wage bill at or under $1.5 million and a partial refund to businesses with a wage bill at or below $3 million.
This means that more than 3,000 employers will effectively pay no payroll tax for the 2024-25 financial year and more than 4,500 businesses would see their payroll tax liability significantly reduced.
Only a Mettam Liberal Government will deliver a plan to slash taxes, boost job creation and build a better future for Western Australia.
EASING COST OF LIVING PRESSURES FOR SENIORS
Seniors on a fixed income are feeling the brunt of Roger Cook’s Cost of Living crisis. Many of our state's 368,000 Seniors WA cardholders are on fixed incomes, whether that be self-funded or a full pension meaning they have a very limited capacity to absorb sky-rocketing costs.
Currently, eligible seniors receive a one off annual payment of $107.12 for singles and $160.68 for couples. This paltry level of support doesn’t reflect the financial pain inflicted on WA Seniors by the collective efforts of Anthony Albanese and Roger Cook.
A Mettam-Liberal Government will give WA Seniors practical and meaningful Cost of Living relief by doubling the Seniors Cost of Living rebate. Under our plan, eligible singles will now receive an annual rebate of $214.25 and eligible couples will receive an annual rebate of $321.16.
This bolsters our plan for Cost of Living relief for WA Seniors, with a government I lead already committed to slashing stamp duty for seniors seeking to downsize into a home that is appropriate for them.
Only a Mettam Liberal Government has a plan to deliver practical, meaningful and sustained Cost of Living relief for all Western Australians.
HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
In the first month of this year I travelled across nearly half of the electorates across Western Australia. Visiting communities from Karratha to Kalamunda, from Bunbury to Bateman and everywhere else in between, it’s clear that only a Mettam-Liberal Government can deliver real solutions for the priorities of Western Australians.
Our plan for Western Australia is increasingly resonating with families, small business and community groups because our priorities are the priorities of Western Australians.
Lowering living costs, fixing our broken health system, building more homes and getting more police on the beat.
I look forward to joining every single one of you across Western Australia over the next 33 days as we fight to deliver a government that Western Australains deserve, a Mettam Liberal Government with the right priorities and real solutions.
Our policies we’ve announced so far:
Building the Womens and Babies Hospital at the QEII site
Overturning the ban on uranium mining
Defunding the Environmental Defenders Office
Building 300 MegaWatts of additional gas generation
Building 100,000 new homes
Ending Labor’s electricity tax
An extra 800 police on the beat
Slashing stamp duty for up to 7,000 businesses
Compulsory rehab for substance addicts
Slashing stamp duty for first home buyers
Downsizing stamp duty rebate for seniors
‘Reel’ savings for WA anglers
Extending Sunday trading hours
Comprehensive plan to fight antisemitism
Regional Housing Infrastructure Program
Re-opening Horizontal Falls
Streamlining Environmental Approvals
Building Tom Price Hospital
Introducing WorkPlace Protection Orders
Boosting funding for Kids Helpline
$400 million Regional Health Development Initiative
The elective surgery guarantee
Kalgoorlie electricity guarantee
Oncology services for Gerladton
Mental Health and suicide prevention plan
Securing Kalgoorlie’s water supply
Tripling the grandcarers support payment
Creating a new carers card
Increasing PATS and nightly accommodation allowance for regional payments
Backing wildlife rescue organisations
Fixing Erindale Road and Reid Highway intersection
Dental care for our regions
Boosting stock for toy libraries
Doubling the seniors cost of living rebate
Extending KidsSport vouchers
Reinstating Silversport
Boosting support for critical early childhood health and education services
If you want to read more about our plan for building a better future for Western Australia click here.
