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Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace and Workplace Relations Amanda Rishworth has said the Federal Government will not intervene.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumBHP strike to go ahead as Feds ignore pleas to intervene

The Albanese Government will not stop tomorrow’s strike in the Pilbara - despite last minute pleas from WA business and resource groups for federal intervention to stop WA’s darkest hour, in years.

Joe Spagnolo

Ryan Robertson is the sole nominee for the Liberal Party’s by-election bid.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsPremiumLiberal’s Secret Harbour candidate not living in electorate

The man set to be the Liberal’s candidate for the Secret Harbour by-election does not live in the electorate, party leader Basil Zempilas admitted on Wednesday.

Oliver Lane

The Cliff Head oil platform southwest of the Dongara coast.

EnergyCommentsPremiumOil platform clean up bill fears as energy tiddler collapses

A tiny company that pocketed Government cash as it spruiked plans to move into carbon capture and storage may have left taxpayers with a multi-million dollar WA oil platform clean up bill.

Rebecca Le May

Labor doesn’t want to get involved in the unions’ fight — but the Sgt Schultz defence is hard to believe.

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Cook’s Sgt Schultz defence on unions defies reality

Labor doesn’t want to get involved in the unions’ fight — but the Sgt Schultz defence is hard to believe.

Jessica Page

Jonathan Masih is a taxi driver who is fed up with illegal cab drivers running amok at the Perth airport.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumSaffioti to personally investigate Perth’s dodgy taxi scam

WA’s Deputy Premier will personally investigate the issue of dodgy taxi driver practices after widespread problems plaguing the industry was uncovered by The West Australian.

Oliver Lane

Brad Gandy Australian Workers Union WA State Secretary.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
‘I won’t listen to Cook’: Union leader striking against BHP

The senior Labor figure spearheading historic strikes against BHP has told Premier Roger Cook and any other political colleagues hoping for an end to the militant industrial action to get stuffed.

Adrian Rauso and Oliver Lane

City of Rockingham councillor Ryan Robertson served in the Navy for 12 years.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
WA councillor sole Liberal nominee for by-election

The Liberal Party is poised to pick a WA councillor and former Navy man Ryan Robertson as its challenger for the Secret Harbour by-election.

Oliver Lane

Reece Whitby has been left without two of his most high-profile decisions after the reshuffle.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsPremium‘Enough of overspending’: Cook accused of demoting Whitby

Premier Roger Cook has fended off claims he has demoted Minister Reece Whitby by taking away his Tourism and Road Safety portfolios as part of a significant cabinet reshuffle.

Oliver Lane

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NewsPremiumState to go it alone on Bondi gun reform

An Australian state has pledged to go it alone on a controversial pillar of the government’s post-Bondi firearm reforms.

Nathan Schmidt

Premier Roger Cook press conference at Dumas House regarding cabinet reshuffle.

EnergyPremiumCook to keep close eye on Pluto domgas talks

Premier Roger Cook says he will remain closely involved in talks with Woodside over Pluto domestic gas after handing the State Development portfolio to David Michael.

Matt Mckenzie

New Labour candidate for Secret Harbour by-election Georgia Tree is announces at todays Press Conference. Premier Roger Cook and Georgia Tree.

state politicsVideoCommentsPremiumLabor’s Secret Harbour candidate doesn’t live in area

Labor’s ‘Georgia Tree for Secret Harbour’ online campaign trumpets her as ‘Warnbro raised’, but doesn’t mention that she currently lives in Inglewood - more than 60 km away.

Jessica Page

The Victorian government wants the new WFH laws to start from September 1 NewsWire/ David Crosling

NEWSPremium‘Scrambling’: Call to delay major WFH change

A peak employer group is warning companies could struggle to comply with one state’s new work from home laws by the September deadline.

Blair Jackson

Premier Roger Cook says Anthony Albanese will not be dropping by to assist with an upcoming by-election.

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No secret in Secret Harbour: Labor Albo-less in by-election

Cook’s public defence that the PM is simply ‘too busy running the country’ to drop by the electorate is transparently thin.

Roger Cook is not keeping his friends close and enemies closer. Rather he’s pitting two frenemies side by side. 

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Premier’s new-look Cabinet leaves independence on the out

Rita Saffioti and Reece Whitby are the last of Labor’s independents, and the party’s factions are just biding their time.

Jessica Page

Premier Roger Cook press conference at Dumas House regarding cabinet reshuffle.

STATE POLITICSCommentsPremiumCook says Albanese won’t help in Secret Harbour by-election

Premier Roger Cook says it would not help if Anthony Albanese visited Secret Harbour during the by-election campaign as the race for the seat in Perth’s south begins to take shape.

Oliver Lane

Prominent Western Australians are sounding the alarm over a disturbing surge in targeted harassment as authorities warn dangerous social media behaviour is escalating across the State.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumPremier: Social media fuels hostility against public figures

WA Premier Roger Cook has warned of an ‘increasingly hostile’ environment ‘facilitated by social media’ in the wake of online death threats and office vandalism directed at state politicians.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Hunter MP Dan Repacholi has condemned a series of leaflets spotted in people's mailboxes across Kurri Kurri. NewsWire

NEWSPremium‘Bullsh*t’: MP slams racist leaflet

An Aussie MP has let rip on the producers of a series of racist leaflets spotted in mailboxes of one Hunter Region community.

Jack Nivison

Premier Roger Cook will take on the portfolios of Defence Industries and Tourism as he announced sweeping changes to his Cabinet on Sunday.

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Roger Cook’s major Cabinet reshuffle revealed

Premier Roger Cook will take on the portfolios of Defence Industries and Tourism as he announced sweeping changes to his Cabinet on Sunday. SEE THE FULL LIST

Oliver Lane

There’s no dedicated women’s change room or womens toilet. Supplied

CouncilsPremiumFemale players share ‘creepy’ showers

Female cricketers at a suburban club are being forced to share exposed shower and toilet facilities with male teams after their local council canceled a promised upgrade.

Josephine Quattrocchi

Premier Roger Cook will take on the Defence Industries portfolio following the resignation of Paul Papalia.

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Cook to take on Defence Industries portfolio

Premier Roger Cook will take on the key Defence Industries portfolio in a Cabinet reshuffle, to be formally announced on Sunday.

Joe Spagnolo

Opinion: This week’s fight over a ministerial position is an entree to the looming leadership stoush between Rita Saffioti and Amber-Jade Sanderson.

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Labor biffo an entree to main leadership battle

This week’s Labor stoush over a ministerial position was just the entree to the eventual leadership battle between Rita Saffioti and Amber-Jade Sanderson.

JOE SPAGNOLO

Will WA Premier Roger Cook and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese team up in Secret Harbour to campaign during the by-election?

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Cook coy on inviting PM to WA for upcoming by-election

Roger Cook says he hasn’t ‘given any thought’ as to whether he will invite his mate Anthony Albanese to WA to campaign in Secret Harbour.

Joe Spagnolo

***AI GENERATED IMAGE*** Image shows a dystopian scene of Roger Cook and Rita Saffioti on a bridge in front of the Perth skyline Unknown

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WA’s fledgling film industry needs A-list finance

Roger Cook has just finished building a new film studio in Malaga and is now hoping they will come. 

BEN HARVEY

WA Liberal senator Dean Smith has released figures which show thousands of West Aussies want more work hours.

Personal FinanceCommentsPremiumThousands of West Aussies seek more work hours, stats reveal

West Australians were looking for more work hours last month as cost-of-living bites.

Joe Spagnolo