Rita Saffioti: Exciting movement with electric buses rolling out in WA

1. An exciting moment for public transport in WA with electric buses rolling out into the suburbs. Electric buses are now leaving the Malaga depot into key routes through Morley and Ballajura — and of course the 960 and 950 routes. Not only are they cleaner and better for the environment, they’re also cheaper to run in the long term, which means better value for money for WA taxpayers.

2. There’s huge excitement building for AC Milan’s second visit to WA, and we’re gearing up for an extravaganza with an Italian village to be set up at HBF Park with Italian food vendors, music and a spritz bar all available ahead of the match on July 31.

3. Great to have the Matildas in town. It was an exciting match against Panama on Tuesday night with many fans braving the cold to watch Charlie Grant score the match winner. The Tillies have two more international windows before they’re back in Perth for the Asian Cup on March 1.

4. How good were the West Coast Fever this week, creating Super Netball history with a 11th straight win, beating the Giants to secure the minor premiership for 2025.

5. Speaking of legends, thank you to Fremantle great, Michael Walters, who’s retired from the AFL after a stellar career that featured 365 goals. He’s inspired a generation, not just as a footy player, but as an incredible community leader.

6. We announced Seymour Whyte, Civmec and Aurecon as the preferred alliance team to develop and design the new multi-purpose Perth Entertainment and Sporting Precinct. Key members of the alliance delivered the new locally made Boorloo Bridge, and this precinct will no doubt become another incredible piece of public infrastructure.

7. We’re delivering more social and affordable homes for West Australians with the latest round of the Housing Australia Future Fund boosting supply with another 515 homes to be built across the State. Since 2021, we have added more than 3300 social homes, bolstered by a strong relationship with the Federal Government.

8. Kids and teachers are having a well deserved break with school holidays underway. With many people travelling around the State, I’d urge everyone to take extra caution when you’re behind the wheel and to stay safe on our roads.

9. Woke up on Wednesday to find I was on the front page of the paper — well it was me photoshopped as Kath from Kath and Kim. As a strange coincidence, I actually dressed up as Kath for a fancy dress event recently, and my friends dressed as Kim and Sharon. Sharon was so convincing, she won best dressed for the night!

10. Yesterday’s front page did highlight an important point. As politicians, we are elected to represent all West Australians, and Government is about listening to everyone, not just those that have a platform.