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Voters turn on LibsCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
New poll reveals damage done by ScoMo’s border stance

Scott Morrison’s decision to back Clive Palmer’s legal challenge against WA’s hard border in the courts before backflipping is not being forgotten by voters, The West Australian can reveal.

Lanai Scarr

COVID-19 CRISISVideoPremiumWar of words erupts over Victoria’s COVID hotel bungle

Premier Daniel Andrews has accused the Morrison Government of not formally offering Defence support to guard hotels as the blame game intensifies over the State’s botched handling of hotel quarantine.

Lanai Scarr

analysis
analysis
‘Dire consequences’CommentsPremium
analysis
Why Clive Palmer is suing WA for $30 billion

Clive Palmer is suing for almost $30 billion, it has been revealed in Parliament, in a claim that would cost every man, woman and child more than $12,000 if shared equally among all West Australians.

Peter Law

Coronavirus crisisCommentsPremiumActing CMO concedes WA’s hard border works

Australia’s Acting Chief Medical Officer has conceded there is ‘no doubt’ WA’s border closure has protected the State against COVID-19.

Sarah Ison

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
WHERE THE CORRIDORS ARECommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
WA jobs to be bolstered by two new resources corridors

The Federal Government has ticked off two potential new resources corridors stretching the length of the nation in a bid to drive local and international investment, The West Australian can reveal.

Lanai Scarr

opinion
opinion
EDITORIALPremium
opinion
Victoria Cross for WWII hero is overdue

Teddy Sheean’s heroism is credited with saving the lives of 49 crew World War II. But incredibly, the nation’s highest honour, the Victoria Cross, was never bestowed on him — until now.

The West LiveCommentsPremium‘Radical rethink’ needed for childcare access: McGurk

WA Women’s Interests Minister Simone McGurk is encouraging a shake-up childcare after a new report suggested increased subsidies would boost the economy.

Peter de Kruijff

Poll positionCommentsPremiumMorrison still preferred PM but Labor closing in

Scott Morrison's national approval ratings have been largely unaffected by Victoria's coronavirus outbreak or the WA hard border spat, according to the latest Newspoll.

Annabel Hennessy

gender wage gapCommentsPremiumChildcare boost would see mums’ earnings jump by $150k

A new report has found childcare costs are stopping many Australian women from working more than three days a week, with experts saying a $5bn investment would see our GDP jump by $11bn.

Annabel Hennessy

#RaiseTheAgeCommentsPremiumWhy 10-year-olds should never be sent to jail

An online campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility is gathering pace with social media flooded by high-profile activists and celebrities demanding an end to kids in cuffs.

Rangi Hirini

‘Evolving’ positionVideoCommentsPremiumCormann defends Federal backflip on borders

Mathias Cormann has defended the Federal Government’s backflip on WA’s hard border policy arguing that Mark McGowan himself had previously ‘ridiculed’ the idea of shutting the borders.

Annabel Hennessy

‘case on knife edge’CommentsPremiumQuigley calls on Morrison to back WA’s border fight

WA Attorney-General John Quigley says the Commonwealth should re-intervene in Clive Palmer’s hard border court case against WA – but this time they should be on Mark McGowan’s side.

Joe Spagnolo

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The West Australian exclusive
READ THE LETTER IN FULLCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
‘Immediately and totally’: What PM wrote to McGowan

The ‘escalation of community concerns’ and an acceptance that WA could dictate its own ‘border settings in these circumstances’ proved vital in the Commonwealth’s spectacular backflip.

Mixed reviewsPremiumLeaders divided on new JobKeeper eligibility criteria

The Federal Government’s decision to soften the eligibility criteria for the new JobKeeper scheme, due to begin in late September, has been met with mixed reviews by WA business leaders.

Kate Purnell

Step awayCommentsPremiumCormann tells Palmer to stop border war

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has told the Queenslander to drop his border court case against WA.

Joe Spagnolo

‘No one person to blame’PremiumRio chasing extra $135m in ancient rock shelters blast

Jean-Sebastien Jacques has revealed the option to blast the ancient shelters in the Pilbara provided Rio with an additional 8 million tonnes of high-grade ore worth $135 million.

Stuart McKinnon and Sarah Ison

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
HUGE BLOWPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Feds refuse calls for new border trial despite backflip

The Commonwealth Government won’t strike out evidence it has already given in support of Clive Palmer’s legal attempt to tear down the WA border.

Lanai Scarr

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
CHILD ABUSE SURVIVORSCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Prince Charles’ charity under fire over Redress failure

The Prince’s Trust will be hauled before a Federal committee to explain why an organisation it meged with failed to meet the deadline to sign up to the National Redress scheme.

Annabel Hennessy

NEW JOBKEEPER CHANGESCommentsPremium$15b to save Aussie jobs as Vic crisis ‘felt all over’

Another $15 billion will be pumped into the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme — which now totals $100 billion — in an attempt to save the national economy from the worst of the Victorian carnage.

Lanai Scarr

Funding failPremiumCyber security strategy ‘horribly underfunded’

IT experts have launched a scathing attack on the Federal Government’s $1.67 billion cybersecurity strategy, saying it would need to invest at least 10 times that amount to have any real impact.

Kate Purnell

Backflip deniedCommentsPremiumScoMo says border backflip ‘not politically motivated’

Scott Morrison has denied he backed out of Clive Palmer’s border battle with the McGowan Government because of the public backlash in WA, saying “that’s not how it played out”.

Peter Law

COVID-19 CRISISCommentsPremiumNo Payne no gain: MP wants trans-Tasman ‘travel bubble’

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has revealed she has spoken with her New Zealand colleagues about allowing Australians to travel to New Zealand and vice versa when it is safe to do so.

Annabel Hennessy

BORDER WINCommentsPremiumPM ‘will assist’ WA in bid for fresh Palmer trial

In a huge win for Mark McGowan, Scott Morrison said he will be writing to the Premier to ‘assist the WA Government with what they're seeking to achieve’ over a fresh border trial with Clive Palmer.

Annabel Hennessy

First stepPremiumGovernment puts money where mouth is in Closing the Gap

Following the release of the new targets last week, the Federal Government will announce a $50 million investment as a first step to reducing Indigenous disadvantage and Closing The Gap for good.

Lanai Scarr and Annabel Hennessy

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