WA Budget mid-year review shows economy ‘roaring back to life’, Treasurer Ben Wyatt says

The WA Government says a rebound in household spending, an improving employment and housing market and higher tax revenue have put the economy in a stronger position than expected in the October Budget, which sought to buffer the state from the worst of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Treasurer Ben Wyatt delivered his last mid-year financial review before he retires from politics at the March State election, declaring the WA economy was “roaring back to life”.

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