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No fed funds for Cockburn bridge
Mon 10 October 2016In my electorate, there is a severe congestion issue at Cockburn Central, with a clear and well-planned solution to that problem in the form of the Armadale Road-North Lake Road bridge and road duplication works. Cockburn is one of the fastest-developing outer urban areas in Australia. It has benefitted from the brilliant Perth-Mandurah rail line […]
Read more...Inequality points to economic malaise
Mon 10 October 2016Mr Wilson (11:59am) — I thank the member for Goldstein for bringing this motion and other members for participating in the debate. While Australia is, broadly speaking, peaceful and prosperous, we cannot forget that many Australians live a very different kind of life and that poverty levels here are relatively high by OECD standards. What is more, […]
Read more...Fremantle MP Josh Wilson loving new federal role
Fri 7 October 2016Article from the Fremantle-Cockburn Gazette.
Read more...Finding work for Fremantle jobseekers
Fri 16 September 2016Shadow Minister for Employment Services and Workforce Participation Ed Husic today visited Fremantle to listen to concerns about local unemployment. At a meeting with the Member for Fremantle Josh Wilson, Mr Husic heard how Business Foundations are addressing challenges faced by local jobseekers looking for work, especially for mature jobseekers. The meeting comes on the […]
Read more...Coalition leaves WA short changed yet again
Wed 14 September 2016According to its own formal election costings as submitted to the Parliamentary Budget Office, only three of the 78 new road and bridge projects the Turnbull Government announced are located in the West. “It’s very hard not to conclude that the Coalition continues to take WA for granted when you look at the absence of […]
Read more...First Speech
Mon 12 September 2016Mr Wilson (4:36pm) — Thank you, Deputy Speaker Goodenough, and I congratulate you on your election to that position. I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Ngunnawal people, and the traditional owners of my electorate, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation, and I pay respect to elders past and […]
Read more...MUA prevails in High Court fight for workers’ rights
Thu 1 September 2016“This decision by the High Court is an important win for fair and safe workplace conditions for those who work offshore, and I congratulate the MUA and AMOU for taking on and winning this important fight,” said Mr Wilson. “It is clear the Minister exceeded her powers in the ideological quest to undermine the sensible […]
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