Greens Senator Rachel Siewert launched the campaign of Canning candidate Aeron Blundell-Camden on Sunday, promising a $12 million drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre for Aboriginal people in the South West.
But neither she nor Mr Blundell-Camden could say where or when it would be built or how much it would cost to build or run.
“At the moment there are only two Aboriginal specific residential rehabilitation services in Western Australia, both are in the Kimberley,” Senator Siewert said.
“Quite frankly, I'm astonished that we don't already have this service when the evidence shows residential rehabilitation services are a key part of long term recovery.”
Mr Blundell-Camden said no site had been selected for the facility, but that it would be chosen in consultation with the community sector.
Although promising $12 million for the project, neither he nor Senator Siewert could not say how much it would cost to build or run every rear.
A spokesperson for Senator Siewert said the promise would be submitted to the Parliamentary Budget Office for costing and a final amount would not be known until after the election.
“I can only refer back to the details in the press release; any details will be fully funded and costed,” Mr Blundell-Camden said.
Mr Blundell-Camden said the Greens would be pushing for the facility “even if we don’t win government”.
“We will negotiate on the funding as we’ve done with suicide prevention in the Kimberley,” he said.
“Basically, this is part of the fact we are not just here to make up the numbers, we’re here to win government.
“That’s not to say if we’re not going to form government, we’ll abandon our commitments.”
Canning MP Andrew Hastie did not comment on the Green’s announcement.
Canning Labor candidate Barry Winmar could not be reached for comment.