Labor's unequal staffing allocations: My comments to WA Today

Groenewald said she had a motion in Parliament to discuss the staffing issue after she found out the Greens and Legalise Cannabis had already received their extra staff, but withdrew it because the government assured her it would bring all crossbenchers in line.

She said she also wrote a letter supporting the recommendations and was promised she would hear back in January, but she did not.

Three months later, she said the excuse provided was related to the upcoming budget.

"Call me naive, but your word is your bond. I have pursued this issue with the government since early last year in good faith," she said.

"It was strongly implied that the extra staffing allocation would be provided as soon as I provided some support for recommendations of the Morton review findings, but no such luck.

"I take my role very seriously, but due to basic time constraints, my staff simply can't focus on everything required. This is not because of them, because they're working like crazy, but there are only so many hours in the day, and you have to cover the whole state now."

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