<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Every driver in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/western-australia" rel="" target="" title="Western Australia"><span>Western Australia</span></a><span> is set to receive a $100 fuel support payment under the 2026-27 state budget as a part of several short-term measures to ease cost-of-living pressures.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Treasurer Rita Saffioti delivered her third budget today which included spending on housing, hospitals and education.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Saffioti said the state posted its eighth straight operating surplus of $3.5 billion this year and an expected $2.4 billion next year.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/isis-brides-return-to-australia-live-updates-latest-news-headlines/148e101b-1fbe-4e38-b2e7-40e6a3c09e76"><strong><span>So-called ISIS brides back on Australian soil</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, net debt is expected to be $34.5 billion at June 30 this year, which has been attributed to infrastructure spending.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Saffioti said Western Australia continues to have the lowest debt burden in the nation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>From July 1, more than 2.1 million residents can log into the Service WA app to claim the fuel support payment.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/wa-state-budget-updates-every-driver-in-western-australia-will-receive-a-100-fuel-support-payment/0af7c9f4-0ed1-4188-90a3-71013587e74b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Drivers will need to upload their licence number and bank details.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our nation-leading fuel payment will deliver real financial support directly to Western Australian motorists," Saffioti said in her speech today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Parents will receive a continuation of the student assistance payment with $150 available for every primary school or kindergarten student and $250 for each secondary student.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The payments are due to be paid from term three this year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The government allocated $4.7 billion towards housing, with a measure targeted at younger West Australians.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The stamp duty exemption threshold will lift from $500,000 to $600,000.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However electricity and water charges are set to climb by more than $50 each, while running a car will cost an extra $35.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Saffioti said the state had been impacted by world events such as the Middle East conflict.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This budget is being delivered in a time of great economic uncertainty," Saffioti said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The tectonic plates upon which our global economy rest have shifted unexpectedly, exposing fault lines that no one could have foreseen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our job as a government has been to cushion Western Australian households and our domestic economy from the impact of these fast moving plates."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> 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