Free Perth Zoo entry not a ‘pre-poll sweetener’ as 100,000 plus tickets claimed in 24 hours

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Free Perth Zoo entry not a ‘pre-poll sweetener’ as 100,000 plus tickets claimed in 24 hours

More than 100,000 free tickets to Perth Zoo have been claimed by West Australians, as the Premier denied the scheme was a pre-election sweetner.

Sold as a cost of living relief announcement, the Government announced on Sunday that West Australians could apply for up to four free tickets to the Zoo to use over Spring through the ServiceWA app.

Late on Monday — less than 48 hours after the announcement — the Government confirmed it had hit 25,000 applications for more than 100,000 tickets.

Mr Cook said the measure was not just about cost of living relief, but also for their wellbeing.

“An opportunity to take your family to the zoo might be one of the first things that you that you don’t do because your family budget is under pressure,” he said.

“We think it’s an important gesture, not only for people’s cost of living, but also for their wellbeing and you’ve seen by the extraordinary response by people taking up the opportunities through the service wa app, just how popular it is.

“We are looking at all aspects of government to see what we can do as a government to help Western Australians with the cost of living burden.”

******** leader Libby Mettam said the scheme was too late for many families.

“It’s an 11th-hour approach to what has been a real struggle for families for some time under a government that has enjoyed the largest ***** in the state’s history,” she said.

“Fees and charges are up over $1000 while this government have pocketed multi-billion dollar royalties thanks to the mining ***** and a GST fix delivered by a Coalition Government.”

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