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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 131414 Gender:	Ben Wyatt Leaving Politics Feb 25^th, 2020 at 3:04pm It's a shame. He was one of the good ones. "Treasurer Ben Wyatt has announced he will not contest the next election, citing a family health issue. "The announcement was made on Tuesday morning alongside Premier Mark McGowan." WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt to stand down, will not contest next election
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 131414 Gender:	Re: Ben Wyatt Leaving Politics Reply #1 - Mar 25^th, 2020 at 9:56am Some good news, in a bleak time. Ben has changed his mind - he's staying on
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Jake Winker Frogen Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1480 Perth WA Gender:	Re: Ben Wyatt Leaving Politics Reply #2 - Apr 25^th, 2020 at 2:40pm Yes, he would have been a huge loss to the government. When they got elected and started reigning in the massive spending Ben took the heat, was honest about what and why he was doing it, and now in a crises when all governments have to spend like crazy, we are better positioned to deal with it in WA.
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Reply #3 - Apr 25^th, 2020 at 3:28pm

Jake Winker Frogen wrote on Apr 25^th, 2020 at 2:40pm:

Yes, he would have been a huge loss to the government.

When they got elected and started reigning in the massive spending Ben took the heat, was honest about what and why he was doing it, and now in a crises when all governments have to spend like crazy, we are better positioned to deal with it in WA.

The reason WA is well placed is the price of iron ore. They did not account for it being around $90 a tonne, this has given the government an unexpected massive windfall.

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Reply #4 - Apr 25^th, 2020 at 9:58pm

The Labor government made some tough choices when they got in, look at your utility bills, how high they went to try and fix the debt, that is not a vote winner, but they had the courage to do it, to try and deal with the spending of the previous government.

Now I am not of ether party, and the Barnett got a lot of huge things done, a world class stadium, museums and Elizabeth Quay, he was an infrastructure visionary.

But they never really looked at the numbers in the long run.

Labor dealt with that, and now that we are in a virus storm, because Labor dealt with the excessive debt, we are in the position to deal with the virus storm.

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Jake Winker Frogen Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1480 Perth WA Gender:	Re: Ben Wyatt Leaving Politics Reply #5 - Apr 25^th, 2020 at 10:03pm And notice how no one on this forum or any other, even worse any other state parliament, gives a flying bugger about Western Australia, even though we are the main engine of Australian trade and prosperity? But that is another thread, and one I think most of us West Australians could agree on.
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rhino Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17179 Gender:	Re: Ben Wyatt Leaving Politics Reply #6 - Apr 25^th, 2020 at 10:49pm West Australians arent quite right, cant put my finger on it but something went wrong in the gene pool about 150 years ago. Its resources are an accident of nature, nothing more.
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Reply #7 - Apr 26^th, 2020 at 10:37pm

Jake Winker Frogen wrote on Apr 25^th, 2020 at 10:03pm:

And notice how no one on this forum or any other, even worse any other state parliament, gives a flying bugger about Western Australia, even though we are the main engine of Australian trade and prosperity?

But that is another thread, and one I think most of us West Australians could agree on.

Just the way it is. Raven is not from WA but has spent most of his working life here. Even went so far as to marry a WA girl.

WA is the neglected child of Australia. Despite the fact that our economy would not be what it is without WA.

Frankly WA made a mistake by joining the Federation. WA isn't even mentioned in the preamble of the Constitution (though that is due to the fact WA ummed and ahhed until the last moment.)

WA gives everything to the eastern states and gets f.uck all in return.

Raven is waiting for the succession movement to restart under the Covid-19 pandemic. Is it time to properly pull the trigger and go it alone?

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Jasin Gold Member Online Posts: 46376 Gender:	Re: Ben Wyatt Leaving Politics Reply #8 - Apr 27^th, 2020 at 11:39am QLD = North America (has more Americans than any other state) NSW = Oceania (NSW is more a part of New Zealand) VIC = South America (has more Samericans than any other state) NT = Asia SA = Middle-East (all those 'religious' buildings) Nth WA = Europe Sth WA = Africa Tas = White Aboriginals.
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Reply #9 - May 3^rd, 2020 at 7:47pm

Jasin wrote on Apr 27^th, 2020 at 11:39am:

QLD = North America (has more Americans than any other state)
NSW = Oceania (NSW is more a part of New Zealand)
VIC = South America (has more Samericans than any other state)
NT = Asia
SA = Middle-East (all those 'religious' buildings)

Nth WA = Europe
Sth WA = Africa

Tas = White Aboriginals.

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Yadda Gold Member Offline Posts: 20948 A cat with a view	Re: Ben Wyatt Leaving Politics Reply #10 - May 3^rd, 2020 at 10:36pm greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 25^th, 2020 at 3:04pm: It's a shame. He was one of the good ones. 'A good one' what ? He must have 'represented' something. What did he represent ?
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