Media Releases

Member for the East Metropolitan Region Charles Smith said the State Government is stalling to connect West Bullsbrook households affected by PFAS water contamination to scheme water, with Labor shifting blame to the Federal Government in Parliament this week. Bullsbrook households have been affected by PFAs contamination from the Defence Force’s use of firefighting foam that has since been banned due to contaminants.

East Metropolitan Region Member Charles Smith says the Labor Government has a concerning relationship with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as three Labor party members dined with high-level Chinese Communist Party or CCP officials with United Front links this week, stating the need to ‘support Chinese business’ in Perth.

Member for the East Metropolitan Region Charles Smith, probed the Education Minister Sue Ellery last night in question time about the University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Confucius Institute’s impact on WA education, stating the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are dictating educational outcomes through concealed contractual agreements between the institute and WA schools.

Member for the Eastern Metropolitan Region Charles Smith said he is baffled that WA workers’ unions contributed close to $2 million to WA Labor in the last financial year, despite the McGowan Government supporting policies that suppress wages and encourage high unemployment.
According to The Australian Electoral Commission figures released this week, unions donated $14 million to the Labor Party in last year’s Federal election, prompting Mr Smith to scrutinise union donations at a state level.

Member for the Eastern Metropolitan Region Charles Smith has wished WALGA’s outgoing President Lynne Craigie a happy retirement, yet questions the decision to have her farewell at an extravagant Perth hotel at ratepayer expense.
“Ms Craigie has devoted much of her professional working life to local government and I thank her for that.
“The celebration at The Ritz Carlton Hotel is however a classic example of a quasi-government organisation blowing ratepayer money on themselves in the most outrageous way possible.