See how Peel faired in the 2021-2022 state budget

Premier Mark McGowan, in his capacity as treasurer, handed down the budget on September 9 delivering little in the way of new promises for Peel, having already unveiled health, housing and infrastructure commitments.

"The state's finances have performed strongly so the question is what do we do with it?" he said.

"There is two things we're doing with it; we're funding projects that will last for the future and secondly we are paying down debt."

$2.2 million for a women's health program and $750,000 towards a Ravenswood community centre were newly announced for the Peel region.

The Peel region is also set to benefit from $4.2 billion through Royalties for Regions and get a share of the $374 million state-wide investment in Aboriginal well-being.

The budget does include funding already announced, such as $152 million major redevelopment of the Peel Health Campus, $110 million to build a second Mandurah Estuary Bridge and $28.1 million for the Mandurah Common Ground facility.

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Mr Templeman said this budget offered significant investment in needed areas.

"I've seen 20 budgets in my parliamentary career, and I don't say this lightly, this is the best budget I've ever seen for our region," he said.

He made mention of the desperate areas that received investment including the Peel Health Campus, the Mandurah Estuary Bridge, the Lakelands train station and TAFE facilities.

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Murray-Wellington MP Robyn Clarke said the budget "will deliver wonders for the regions and Murray-Wellington by investing in the right areas whilst also creating jobs for the region".

However, opposition treasurer Steve Thomas said the state budget offered "no vision" for WA.

"Some of the elections for the region are good like the Peel Health Campus but once the infrastructure is complete they won't have the staff to fill it," he said.

"The critical message is there is nothing new, no vision, just election commitments.

"The government has such an enormous mountain of wealth, not new, been sitting there for a few years and now we have a health crisis, housing crisis and staff crisis, the fact McGowan has been in a mining boom with these crises is chilling, it says the government is more focused on political fortune than looking at service delivery and its community."

The major new investment for the Peel region was $2.2 million pledged for a women's health program.

No specific details have been released about the program yet but it is expected to offer a less intimidating option and safe place for women to receive health support.

Community centres saw significant investment in the budget with $3 million announced to build a facility in Dawesville and $750,000 allocated for one in Ravenswood.

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"The funding for the Dawesville Community Centre is one of the best things in the budget for me," Dawesville MP Lisa Munday said.

"Hopefully within the next four years we will have a community centre."

Earlier this year both the state and federal government pledged $55 million for an additional Mandurah Estuary Bridge to tackle congestion.

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Premier Mark McGowan visited Mandurah on Friday to announce that more than 500 local jobs would be created during the project, creating a pipeline of work for local businesses.

Early works currently being undertaken by Main Roads include environmental and heritage assessments, preliminary site investigations, concept design and stakeholder consultation.

One of the biggest losers in the region was Dawesville parents who have been pushing for a high school in the area.

There was a lack of funding for a new Dawesville secondary school as Ms Munday said opening a new school wasn't viable at this time.

"I had a conversation with the Minister for education and she said it's not on the books at this time.

"It's all about numbers based on ratio of school kids to areas. Halls Head is not yet at capacity, which is why a new school is not on the books just yet."

Other funding previously announced for the Peel region includes: