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The West LiveCommentsPremiumGeoff Gallop says Government ‘out of touch with unis’

Former WA Premier turned academic Geoff Gallop has called for the Federal Government to ‘support our universities, not attack them’ and labelled sector-related initiatives as ‘out of touch’.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Jenna Clarke

Extra supportCommentsPremiumVictorians in lockdown get childcare lifeline

The childcare sector is being thrown a lifeline in Victoria, with parents getting an extra 30 days of allowable absences for their children as Victoria weathers its lockdown.

Sarah Ison

‘Deeply concerned’CommentsPremiumHuman Rights Commission slams Christmas Island decision

The Australian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned about plans to re-open the Christmas Island detention centre and has called for low-risk detainees to be given community detention instead.

Annabel Hennessy

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Jenna ClarkeCommentsPremium
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Palmer’s State card marked by ugly WA border battle

Clive Palmer. The guy Mark McGowan loves to hate. Why? Because our leader wins no matter what the High Court decides. The border stays up — he protected us. It comes down — he tried to protect us.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Coronavirus comebackCommentsPremium
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Push for $20k grants to stop Perth property price slide

WA peak conveyancing body has called for first home buyers of established properties to get a $20,000 grant, as Perth house prices continue their downward slide.

Kim Macdonald

COVID-19 CRISISVideoCommentsPremiumWA’s hard border not ‘proportionate’ response: DCMO

While agreeing that the movement of people led to the movement of the virus across the country, Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Nick Coatsworth would not endorse WA’s border closure.

Sarah Ison

Coronavirus crisisCommentsPremiumChristmas Island detention centre to reopen again

The West Australian has been told that the facility — which has been empty since February and was initially used as a quarantine facility — will begin taking asylum seekers as early as this month.

Lanai Scarr

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What now for WA in virus war?

Right now, WA is firmly a Clive Palmer-free zone. It’s also a COVID-free idyllic bubble where things feel really, really normal. But the question now is what happens long-term? Lanai Scarr writes.

Lanai Scarr

Lanai ScarrFederal Political Editor

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KEN WYATTPremium
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How Closing the Gap targets will help Indigenous kids

Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt says his quest to close the gap is child focused and discussions have already begun on programs to be put into place to help Indigenous children succeed.

Lanai Scarr

Sports rortsCommentsPremiumFemale members at WA club ‘forced to change behind bar’

Women at a country club in Perth’s north must continue to get changed behind the bar after the club was knocked back for a $500,000 grant from the controversial Community Sports Grants program.

Sarah Ison

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Travel bubble poppedCommentsPremium
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Queensland backs WA in Clive Palmer border case

The Sunshine State says WA’s fight to keep COVID-19 out of the State would be ‘weakened’ if it was forced to replace the hard border with a travel bubble.

Peter Law

Coronavirus crisisCommentsPremiumPM reveals new $1500 ‘disaster’ payment

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a $1500 disaster payment in response to the Victorian coronavirus outbreak.

Lanai Scarr

Border warsCommentsPremiumPalmer drags Shakespeare into WA border battle

Clive Palmer has resorted to theatre in an attempt to belittle Attorney General John Quigley after revelations the Queensland billionaire never applied for an exemption to the State’s border closure.

Peter Law

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Why you should never underestimate WA

Our state sent a clear message to Clive Palmer and the Federal Government that people in this State want the border to stay closed. The PM has listened and it’s time for Palmer to do the same.

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Palmer stoush could harm State and Federal governments

McGowan may have won this battle, but the war will be played out in the High Court and constitutional experts have warned the Commonwealth’s withdrawal will make little difference to the outcome.

Peter Law

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Increased securityCommentsPremium
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Troops to be in Perth COVID hotels from tomorrow

Defence Force personnel will be sent into Perth’s quarantine hotels as early as tomorrow evening to help avoid a repeat of the security lapses that unleashed Victoria’s killer COVID-19 outbreak.

Peter Law

Give upCommentsPremiumMcGowan wants Palmer to join Feds in border backflip

Mark McGowan is calling on Clive Palmer to follow Scott Morrison and abandon his constitutional challenge of WA’s border closure in the High Court.

Peter Law

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READ THE LETTER IN FULLCommentsPremium
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What the Prime Minister said in his letter to McGowan

The Federal Government has withdrawn its support for mining magnate Clive Palmer’s High Court case against the WA border, with Premier Mark McGowan receiving a letter from the Prime Minister yesterday

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Border fight backdownCommentsPremium
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ScoMo tells McGowan ‘we’re out of Palmer court case’

The Commonwealth has pulled out of Clive Palmer’s High Court case to bring down WA’s hard border, with the Prime Minister writing a letter to the Premier trying to reach a compromise.

Joe Spagnolo

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Is this proof that Canberra supports Clive Palmer?

Christian Porter is the only attorney general in Australia to intervene ‘in support’ of Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer’s court action to demolish WA’s hard border, new documents show.

Peter Law

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Time for Secession?CommentsPremium
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One in three support a ‘WAxit’

More than a third of West Australians want to secede from the nation, with many saying the federal government has been too focused on the eastern states since the coronavirus pandemic started.

Jenna Clarke

Border battleCommentsPremiumPalmer’s lawyer slams ‘political’ WA border

Clive Palmer’s lawyer has argued the ‘political dimension’ in keeping WA’s border shut had been ‘keenly exposed’ as the first step in the billionaire’s legal bid to prise it open came to a close.

Shannon Hampton

Border battleCommentsPremiumCall for WA to open to ‘low-risk’ states

The Federal Government’s lawyer has argued that WA’s border should be open to states that have no community transmission as Clive Palmer’s legal fight to open the state continues.

Shannon Hampton

Border stoushPremiumWA ‘not protected’ by ‘unsustainable’ border closures

While wanting Western Australians to be ‘as safe as can be absolutely possible’ Attorney-General and WA MP Christian Porter said a hard border is not the way to do that and will not protect them

Sarah Ison

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