Western Australia Party MP Charles Smith has backed the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) who today condemned shipbuilding company Austal for exploiting foreign labour from the Philippines.
Former Nationals state MP Dave Grills this week joined forces with upper house MP Charles Smith, announcing his decision to run as a Western Australia Party (WAP) candidate for the Mining and Pastoral Region in the 2021 election.
Western Australia Party MP Charles Smith publicly endorsed Brad Bedford this week who announced he is running as a Western Australian Party candidate vying to represent Midland in the 2021 state election. Mr Bedford, a former electro-plater at the Midland Railway Workshops, says he will hold Labor and the unions to account over unfulfilled promises to preserve the workshops as a working industrial heritage centre.
Western Australia Party MP Charles Smith said today the Australian Electoral Commission’s (AEC) decision to cut a WA federal seat in light of new population figures, is another example of WA being deprived of necessary political representation.
Upper House Western Australia Party MP Charles Smith rejected the Planning and Development Amendment Bill 2020 in Parliament today, stating the move is an attempt to grant developers unprecedented power at the expense of residents and local government.