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WA’s built a big budget surplus amid the COVID-19 pandemic, now the question is how to spend it
In the coming days Western Australia will predict a surplus of $2.2 billion in 2020-21, almost double what was anticipated when the state budget was handed down just three months ago.
Compared to other states and territories, WA appears to be rolling in cash as the country deals with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid an unprecedented year it seems like an unprecedented reality, but it does mean the McGowan Government has a significant war chest to start spending, with the state election just 90 days away.
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