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WA Labor launches election campaign with pledge to create 125,000 jobs
Western Australia’s Labor party has promised to create 125,000 new local jobs if it is re-elected for a second term of government on March 13.
Premier Mark McGowan made the commitment during the party’s election campaign launch, telling supporters it would build on the 63,000 jobs Labor had created in its first term.
Mr McGowan said the jobs would be created by 2025-26, saying the target was “reasonable, achievable and affordable”.
Ahead of the 2017 state election, Labor promised to fix WA’s “unemployment crisis” and create 50,000 new jobs, saying it would get there by diversifying the economy and bringing back stability and confidence.
In February 2019, Labor pledged to create 150,000 jobs within five years, but the plan was shelved…
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