WA Budget: New $400 electricity credit included in state government’s cost-of-living assistance package

The WA government will stump up an extra $762 million to help families battling with the soaring cost-of-living. Handing down its eighth budget, the Labor government said it was delivering a record assistance package to reduce the cost of electricity, education and transport. Premier Roger Cook said the budget looked after Western Australians doing it tough.

More than 100 million has been allocated to provide support to families for school payments, with a $150 payment for kindergarten and primary school students and $250 for high school students. Government tariffs, fees and charges have been reduced by 2 per cent for the financial year ahead and an extra $65 million will help cap airfare costs for regional residents.

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