Visitor numbers to the Art Gallery of WA have soared to an all-time high, but high-profile patron Janet Holmes a Court has bemoaned the fact most of the State’s art collection is hidden from sight.
Jessica Page
Shire of Coolgardie residents have called for the State Government to back action against the former chief executive for the role they allege he played in the shire being put into a dire financial position.
Tegan Guthrie
John Carey has blamed growing demand due to a tight rental market for figures showing more than 100 people died while waiting years for public housing.
Paul Papalia has insisted the troubled rollout of the State’s tough gun laws was not his doing, a day after a parliamentary inquiry blamed a lack of communication.
A child sex offender who allegedly escaped from court earlier this year after he gave a fake name has failed in another bid for freedom — this time a legal one.
Caleb Runciman and Jessica Page
Firefighters from across Australia and Asia have joined Navy personnel off WA’s coast for training drills, as global tensions threaten supply chains and Perth prepares to host more nuclear submarines.
New details have emerged into the accidental shooting of five domestic horses during aerial pest control.
Nathan Schmidt
New analysis has revealed WA has recorded the nation’s worst blowout in construction time frames, as all states struggle to meet housing targets.
Security staff failed to follow procedures before an accused child sex offender was accidentally walked out of custody, an investigation has revealed.
The Town of Victoria Park has continued its opposition to the proposed Burswood race track, submitting documents calling for a public environmental review of the project.
Sophie Gannon
Judges have been awarded a 3.5 per cent pay rise, worth more than $20,000 for the State’s Chief Justice, but a request for bigger luxury car allowances was rejected.
A veteran Labor MP has urged her colleagues to consider using their conscience vote to put the party’s surrogacy bill to a committee review amid calls from the opposition for more scrutiny.
Oliver Lane
A whole of community response will be sought to reduce the rate of suicide in Western Australian as the Cook Government released its draft Suicide Prevention Framework.
Ariel Bombara, the daughter of Floreat double murderer Mark Bombara, has backed in the Cook Government’s firearm reforms after a committee found ‘little wrong’ with the laws despite an issue-plagued rollout.
Oliver Lane and Jessica Page
A review triggered by a corruption investigation has called for every State MP to get an extra staffer, opening the door for them to do party political work at taxpayer’s expense.
A historic vote has been held on the future of wild horses in NSW’s romantic Snowy Mountains.
Nathan Schmidt and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Very few rentals listed in WA are within reach of the State’s childcare and hospitality workers.
Groundbreaking medical research aimed at improving the lives of WA children has received a major funding boost, with almost $4 million awarded to seven cutting-edge projects across the State.
Caitlin Vinci
Doctors say a severe flu season cannot excuse new evidence revealing the deadly impact of WA’s hospital squeeze, as population growth leaves more ‘life threatening’ patients waiting too long.
Jessica Page, Hannah Cross and Oliver Lane
Ben O’Shea unpacks why WA Premier Roger Cook thinks a deal with the Albanese Government to slash project approval timelines is ‘strengthening environmental protection’.
Ben O'Shea
Julia Gillard has used a university graduation speech to warn against corporations and the “uber-rich” scaling back progressive policies.
Blair Jackson
Synergy first became aware of broad over-payment issues in May, two months before the utility told the Government or public about any problems, according to Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson.
Julie Bishop has urged more West Australians to put their hands up for a career in politics after an internal Liberal review identified candidate selection as a priority in the party’s long road to recovery.
A second person is dead in another case suspected to be linked to deadly synthetic opioids, prompting an urgent warning from health authorities.
