As smoke spiralled from smouldering leaves at a baby welcome to country ceremony, the Cook Government revealed thousands of children would share in $10.45 million in new funding to boost their life outcomes.
Bethany Hiatt
WA is turning to the Philippines to attract skilled workers - as massive government and private sector building projects continue to need thousands more workers.
Joe Spagnolo
Frustrated WA universities say they are still in the dark over government plans to merge the State’s tertiary institutions, with a report into the mergers still under lock and key.
One Aussie state is freeing up hospital beds by sending people home on the same day they get one of 14 key types of surgery.
Jack Nivison
One state’s free-travel era is almost over, with a new relief scheme coming into effect on Monday. Here’s what you need to know.
Kate Stephenson
A senior health bureaucrat’s new job and $578,807 annual salary were signed off the day before the State Budget.
Jessica Page
Reckless drivers in Perth’s north will soon have more eyes bearing down on them as the Cook Government announced a second set of AI safety cameras to be switched on this long weekend.
Oliver Lane
A damning new report has exposed the dire housing reality public workers in one Aussie state are facing.
Emma Kirk
A NSW man has copped a massive fine after distributing thousands of anonymous and illegal election pamphlets targeting an Independent MP.
Samina Rakhshani
Anything that damages the WA mining sector is a massive blow not just for this State, but for the nation.
Perth MP John Carey says he still lacks confidence in the City of Perth’s leadership and has bizarrely blamed Basil Zempilas after the council backflipped on a motion after public outcry.
Doctors and nurses have welcomed the State Government’s intervention to keep the private Mount Hospital open, but the cost is yet to be revealed.
The WA Premier has doubled down and urged the Prime Minister to listen to growing alarm over his overhaul of capital gains tax, as the legislation was introduced into Parliament.
Former Nationals MP James Hayward is seeking nearly $750,000 from Parliament for unpaid income after he was thrown out of Parliament following a conviction which was ultimately overturned.
The Coalition has criticised Labor for pressing on with changes to capital gains tax laws despite ongoing consultation for potential carve-outs.
Ria Pandey
Roger Cook has echoed industry concerns that Anthony Albanese’s sweeping changes to capital gains tax could deter foreign investment in WA’s mining industry.
Roger Cook has described the lack of a canola crushing and refining industry in WA as ‘nuts’ as he outlined his desire for the State to add value to a product it exports around $1.2 billion worth of each year.
Perth’s Mount Hospital could soon have a new owner, with the outcome of bids for Healthscope’s private health assets believed to be imminent.
Oliver Lane and Rebecca Le May
Defence Minister Richard Marles won’t commit Commonwealth funding to a new weapons hub in Collie, yet.
Will the City of Perth be the straw that finally breaks the back of local government, or is that still easier said than done?
Roger Cook has rejected concerns that a new weapons manufacturing hub could make Collie a military target, insisting the plan is to create jobs, not war.
The former premier has landed a job that will allow him to go from ‘State Daddy’ to helping create daddies.
Charlton Hart
Premier Roger Cook will announce that WA is seeking formal expressions of interest from global defence giants to set up a large-scale weapons manufacturing facility in Collie, The West can reveal.
Andrew Greene
WA is becoming less competitive for mining exploration due to Aboriginal cultural heritage compliance processes being allowed to balloon ‘unchecked’ in cost and time.
Rebecca Le May
