Kevin Williams should be on one of his remote runs, pushing out from Kununurra deep into the Northern Territory and even into far western Queensland to meet his clients.The effect on many businesses has been brutalHis commercial pest control and fire safety equipment business Kununurra Rural Traders has been operating across the border for more than 20 years.
"We have pastoral properties up against the border that can't use Kununurra or Halls Creek to use for shopping or services or anything else," Mr Williams said.Confusion over the McGowan Government's position on the hard border But there was considerable pessimism over what would happen over the next 12 months, with 38 per cent of businesses believing the economy would worsen.It said businesses in the regions to the north and east of Perth were most affected, including 74 per cent in the Kimberley, 70 per cent in the Goldfields and 60 per cent in the Pilbara.
"And then obviously the biggest impact on the business is the lack of customers coming from interstate. While we need the goods to perform our business, we also need the customers to sell to."If the border stayed closed for another six months, she predicted it would become hard for the business to continue.
"I would like the Premier to explain to the people of Western Australia … a business owner in Kununurra cannot visit his clients in the Northern Territory without having to go into quarantine for two weeks after having done so," Senator Cormann said.
McGowan doesn't care about the people of WA
Have you run any stories on business in Victoria? Have you highlighted the double standards in advocating strongly for other people in the community do you see small business owners as the collateral damage?
DOnt vote for markmcgowan next march - He has singlehandedly smashed by income too
We need a SMART EFFICIENT border, not a HARD border. McGowan & his Cabinet have made it abundantly clear they don’t do SMART EFFICIENT anything. It’s gotta be HARD & illogical
why are there no stories coming out of Tasmania?