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Our PrioritiesSharing Prosperity
How do we focus the capacity of Government to solve the problems that seem unsolvable?
In the world of modern politics and civic life, despite more information and expertise than ever before, it seems like the priorities of the community are forever out of reach.
Our Priorities is this Government’s response to that challenge. A statement of intent for the State of Western Australia. A recognition that the problems that we are trying to solve are not just the responsibility of one department, one portfolio or even Government alone.
Measurable targets from independent sources are crucial, so that accountability and results cannot be lost beneath rhetoric.
I want all of Western Australia to share in our State’s prosperity, but we cannot achieve that with a business as usual approach.
These targets are ambitious, and they will take a change in the culture of Government to achieve. However, by working together, we will unlock the potential of this great State, economically, socially and environmentally.
Mark McGowan, Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations
Premier’s Message
A strong economy
Aboriginal wellbeing
A liveable environment
Regional prosperity
Create jobsBy 2023-24, the total number of employed persons in WA will increase by at least 150,000, as measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Repair the State’s financesIn 2019-20, return the general government operating balance to a surplus position and maintain a surplus of at least 3% of general government revenue thereafter.
Reduce the overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in custodyBy 2028-29, reduce the number of Aboriginal adults in prison by 23% from 2017-18 numbers.
Build METRONET and increase homes close to public transportBy 2031, the number of homes in the Perth and Peel region in close proximity to a public transport node will increase by 45% over 2018 numbers.
Increase conservation for future generationsBy 2023-24, WA’s conservation estate will increase by 5 million hectares or 20%.
Make a cleaner, more sustainable environmentBy 2030, at least 75% of waste generated in Western Australia is reused or recycled.
Deliver stronger regional economiesBy 2023-24 the number of employed persons in Regional WA will increase by at least 30,000 as measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
A bright future
Improve the health and wellbeing of children in the early yearsBy 2027, increase the number of children in Western Australia who are developmentally on-track on all five Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) domains by 10%.
Increase student reading and numeracyBy 2024, WA NAPLAN Year 5 and 9 Reading and Numeracy mean scores improve by more than 10 scale points.
Increase participation in STEMBy 2024, have 85% of Year 12 students completing two or more STEM courses and/or STEM related vocational, education and training (VET) qualifications.
A safer community
Reduce youth reoffendingBy 2022-23, no more than 50% of young offenders will return to detention within two years of release.
Reduce illicit drug useBy 2022, the proportion of the Western Australian population who have taken an illicit drug in the last 12 months will be reduced by 15% from 2016 levels.
A strong economy is more than just dollars and cents. It’s about providing opportunity, security and confidence for families and businesses.
A good job can offer a person purpose and satisfaction and helps them and their families participate fully in the community.
Repairing the State’s finances to return the general government operating balance to a surplus position means we are in better position to offer a hand up in tough times. It also shows we are a responsible Government that investors can deal with.
The importance of partnerships with industry and business cannot be understated in the achievement of this outcome. Facilitating an economic environment that encourages private sector investment and innovation will help to create jobs and maintain strong State finances.
More jobs and the repair of State finances offer Western Australians the best opportunity to participate in a strong economy.
A strong economy
Creating secure jobs is the best way to ensure shared economic wealth. That is why we are committed to having an additional 150,000 jobs created in Western Australia by 2023-24.
We are committed to getting the State’s finances back on track. That is why we are balancing the books by returning the budget to surplus by 2019-20 and keeping it there.
By 2023-24, the total number of employed persons in WA will increase by at least 150,000, as measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
In 2019-20, return the general government operating balance to a surplus position and maintain a surplus of at least 3% of general government revenue thereafter.
Create jobs
Repair the State’s finances
What do we want to achieve?
What do we want to achieve? General Government Net Operating Balance
$ m
illion
sur
plus
/defi
cit
2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
-
-500
-1,000
Target Forecast
Data Source: Department of Treasury
of general government revenue
Maintain a
3% surplus
By 2020-21
jobs created in Western Australia
150,000
By 2023-24
Total Employed Persons, WA
Tota
l per
sons
em
ploy
ed in
Wes
tern
Aus
tralia
‘000
2007-081000.0
Data Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Department of Treasury
1100.0
1200.0
1300.0
1400.0
1500.0
1600.0
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
Target
Our young people are our State’s greatest asset. They deserve our investment in their health and wellbeing, and our efforts to ensure they are ready to play a productive role in society and the economy of the future.
Achieving these targets will require a whole-of-community effort to nurture and educate our children from birth to their final school years so they can thrive as adults.
Strengthening current partnerships and forging new ones with families, parents, community, local government, business and academia will be essential to success. As the program progresses, we will be seeking new ways to encourage wide participation in ensuring our children have a bright future.
We want to make sure more Western Australian children are getting the best start in life to give them the greatest chance of future success.
By 2027, increase the number of children in Western Australia who are developmentally on-track on all five Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) domains by 10%.
The Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) is considered a good predictor of a child’s success later in life. It measures five areas of early childhood development:• physical health and wellbeing• social competence• emotional maturity• language and cognitive skills (school-based)• communication skills and general knowledge.
A bright future
Improve the health and wellbeing of children in the early years
What do we want to achieve?
Percentage of children developmentally on-track on all five AEDC domains
% o
f chi
ldre
n re
port
ed o
n tra
ck
2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 2027
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Data Source: Australian Early Development Census
Target
the number of children developmentally on-track on all five Australian Early Development Census domainsBy 2027
A focus on reading and numeracy will give our children the basics they need for lifelong learning, training and employment.
Making sure our children have science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills will give them more opportunities in our local industries in the future.
By 2024, have 85% of Year 12 students completing two or more STEM courses and/or STEM related vocational, education and training (VET) qualifications.
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual national assessment for all students in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9.
This graph shows the WA NAPLAN mean, or average, scores for Year 5 and Year 9 students in reading and numeracy — the final years of assessment in primary and high school.
A focus on raising mean scores means the results of each and every student matters and all students are supported and encouraged to do their best.
Increase student reading and numeracy
Increase participation in STEM
What do we want to achieve?
What do we want to achieve?
NAPLAN Year 5 and Year 9 reading - mean scores
Nap
lan
mea
n sc
ore
2008
600
580
560
540
520
500
480
460
440
20092010
20112012
20132014
20152016
20172018
20192020
20212022
20232024
NAPLAN Year 5 Reading
Data Source: National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy
NAPLAN Year 9 Reading Target
NAPLAN Year 5 Numeracy
Data Source: National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy
NAPLAN Year 9 Numeracy Target
NAPLAN Year 5 and Year 9 numeracy - mean scores
Nap
lan
mea
n sc
ore
2008
600
580
560
540
520
500
480
460
440
20092010
20112012
20132014
20152016
20172018
20192020
20212022
20232024
Percentage of Year 12 students completing two or more Year 12 STEM courses and/or STEM
related VET qualifications
Perc
enta
ge
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
100
95
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
Data Source: Department of Education
Target
WA NAPLAN Year 5 and 9 Reading and Numeracy mean scores improve by more than 10 scale pointsBy 2024
of Year 12 students completing two or more STEM courses
85%
By 2024
We all deserve to feel safe in our own homes, at work or when we are out enjoying spending time with families and friends. Preventing crime and the harm caused by drugs means fewer victims and a better way of life for all Western Australians.
Reducing the number of young offenders returning to detention by helping them to turn their lives around supports a safer community for the long term. Family, social and health circumstances can increase the likelihood of reoffending. Government agencies need to work together, and with community, to help young people break the cycle of offending.
We know that illicit drug use, particularly methamphetamine use, can have devastating impacts on individuals and WA communities and can be a cause of other criminal behaviour.
Helping young offenders turn their lives around and reducing the use of illicit drugs in the community will deliver safer communities across Western Australia.
A safer community
We know that young people (under the age of 18) who show unlawful behaviour are more likely to be criminally active as adults. This is partly because they can become further criminalised when they are in detention.
We will tackle illicit drug use through prevention, helping people who need it early, and targeted rehabilitation facilities.
By 2022, the proportion of the WA population who have taken an illicit drug in the last 12 months will be reduced by 15% from 2016 levels.
The data in the graphs is from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS), the leading survey of licit and illicit drug use in Australia. The survey is conducted every three years on people’s ‘recent use’ — use in the previous 12 months.
Reduce youth reoffending
Reduce illicit drug use
What do we want to achieve?
What do we want to achieve?
Rate of return to detention within 2 years - WA Youth
2007-8
65%
60%
55%
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
2008-9
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
Data Source - Department of Justice
Target
Recent illicit use of any drug by Western Australians
Prop
ortio
n of
the
popu
latio
n %
2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022
25
20
15
10
5
0
Data Source - Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing — National Drug Strategy Household Survey
Target
of young offenders return to detention within two years of release
No more than
50%By 2022-23
proportion of the WA population who have taken an illicit drug in the last 12 months
15%
By 2022
Western Australia has a diverse and rich environment — from the urban centre of Perth to our unique regions and extraordinary outback.
A liveable city is one where people can easily connect where they live with where they work and play. A place where it is easy to access vital services and business without relying on a car and Western Australians can spend less time commuting.
Our unique wildlife, marine life and landscapes are precious and have significant cultural value to Aboriginal people. Protection of these natural assets also supports recreation, tourism, jobs and economic diversification, particularly in regional and remote areas. We need to increase the areas we conserve to preserve them for future generations.
A liveable environment for the future also means we need to manage our waste better – which makes environmental and economic sense. We can recover greater value from our resources if we effectively recycle. WA can also play its part in mitigating the impacts of a changing climate through a careful and considered transition of our economy.
A liveable environment
To better connect people to their work, their play and their communities we want to increase the number of homes located within 1 km of public transport.
Build METRONET and increase homes close to public transport
What do we want to achieve? Increase in transit-oriented homes
Tota
l num
ber o
f tra
nsit-
orie
nted
hom
es 600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
2014-15
2016-17
2015-16
2018-19
2017-18
2020-21
2019-20
2022-23
2021-22
2024-25
2023-24
2026-27
2025-26
2028-29
2027-28
2030-31
2029-30
2031-32
Data Source - Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage
Target
in number of homes in the Perth and Peel region in close proximity to a public transport node
45%
By 2031
We will expand land reserved for conservation — the conservation estate — for future generations to nurture and enjoy. The conservation estate includes national parks, marine parks, marine nature reserves and marine management areas.
By 2023-24, WA’s conservation estate will increase by 5 million hectares or 20%.
Increase conservation for future generations
What do we want to achieve?
We will do better with what we have to protect our environment for future generations.
Make a cleaner, more sustainable environment
What do we want to achieve?
of waste generated in Western Australia is reused or recycled
At least
75%
By 2030
Land reserved for conservation in WA will increase by
of the current conservation estate
5 million ha20%
By 2023-24
Conservation Estate
Hec
tare
s of
con
serv
atio
n es
tate
30,000,000
25,000,000
20,000,000
10,000,000
5,000,000
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
Data Source - Landgate
Target
Proportion of waste recycled or reused in WA
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028 2030
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Material recovered
Data Source: Waste Authority WA, Recycling Activity in Western Australia (2007-08 to 2016-17 reports)
Target
We will enable the fuller participation of Aboriginal people in Western Australia’s social and economic life through true partnerships with Aboriginal Western Australians that build on existing strengths and leadership.
The Government is committed to supporting Aboriginal Western Australians to achieve real change and better outcomes.
In WA, Aboriginal people are imprisoned at about 60% above the national average rate for Aboriginal incarceration. This has a significant impact on the cultural, emotional and social wellbeing of those individuals, their families and communities.
Our focus is on prevention — a whole-of-government approach across areas as diverse as health, education, transport, justice, housing and commerce to bring positive change.
Importantly, we will work in partnership with Aboriginal communities to enable and empower Aboriginal people to live healthy and prosperous lives. Local government, business and community also have a significant role to play in working with Government and Aboriginal-led organisations to achieve this outcome.
Aboriginal wellbeing
Photograph: Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
The Aboriginal Ranger Program is creating jobs and training and community development opportunities for Aboriginal people.
In 2017-18 there were 2591 adult Aboriginal people in prison in Western Australia. Working together to empower Aboriginal communities will reduce this figure by 23%.
Reduce the overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in custody
What do we want to achieve?
Aboriginal People Incarcerated
2007-8
3 ,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
2008-9
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26
2026-27
2027-28
2028-29
Count of people incarcerated Target
Data Source: Department of Justice
the number of Aboriginal adults in prison
23%
By 2028-29
Sharing prosperity means all Western Australians, wherever they call home in WA, can live in strong, sustainable communities.
Building a more prosperous regional WA requires partnerships with local government, industry and local businesses to plan for, and promote, sustainable growth.
These partnerships will build on our regions’ strengths. They will transform our regional cities and towns into vibrant places to work, play and learn that are open for business.
Stronger local economies offer more regional WA families the confidence, satisfaction and security that comes from meaningful employment.
More regional jobs in a diversified economy means economic growth is distributed more fairly across the community.
Regional prosperity
Deliver stronger regional economies
Jobs and economic diversification will grow stronger communities which is why we want an extra 30,000 jobs created in the regions. We will deliver new infrastructure and support private sector investment to drive employment growth across the State’s regions.
What do we want to achieve?
By 2023-24 the number of employed persons in Regional WA will increase by at least 30,000 as measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
jobs created in Regional Western Australia
30,000
By 2023-24
The graph shows total employment in regional WA as at 1 July 2017 as measured by the ABS. These statistics measure employed persons by self-reported place of usual residence. This means jobs are only captured in this count if the employee lives in regional WA.
Total Employed Persons, Regional WA
Tota
l per
sons
em
ploy
ed in
regi
onal
W
este
rn A
ustra
lia ‘0
00
2007-8
320
300
280
260
240
220
200
2008-9
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
Data Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Department of Treasury
Target
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