Neither Scott Morrison nor Anthony Albanese have visited WA's far north this election campaign, and no major policy announcements have been made to address the region's complex challenges.
"Somewhere like Broome … we need help. Just for the average family we need something that will make Broome somewhere we can live and where we want to stay."
"We just can't get in anywhere, we've been on waitlists for months and months, there's just no spaces available," she said. Ms Watson, an Indigenous health pioneer in the region, said while service delivery had improved over the years, there was still little understanding in Canberra about what was needed in WA's remotest areas."They wouldn't know from a bar of soap what our people need, not only Indigenous but also non-Indigenous.Ms Watson said Kimberley-specific funding packages were needed to match the complex nature of healthcare delivery in the region.
"Then you'll know all about the needs of people in the Kimberley, both black and white. Get off your high horse and come and visit."Crime is also one of the most pressing issues facing voters in the Kimberley, with escalating rates of burglaries, trespass and damage becoming a growing problem across the region.
Meanwhile, Labor candidate Jeremiah Riley is also yet to announce any commitment to tackle crime in the Kimberley, despite his party committing $79 million in Lingiari into communities for justice reinvestment.It is the type of commitment Kununurra businessman Gary Alexander would like to see pledged for the Kimberley.He wants whichever party that forms government to step up and announce funds to help address the region's youth crime issues.
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