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‘Under consideration’CommentsPremiumImproved pay rise offer for public sector workers on cards

WA’s Acting Premier has revealed an improved State wages policy is a ‘live issue’ ahead of the first round of strike action by public sector workers next week.

Peter Law

Vacancies aboundCommentsPremiumBold plan aims to triple overseas workers in WA each year

The State Government hopes to triple the number of foreigners it sponsors to work in WA each year in response to a historic skills crunch, amid news there have never been more jobs up for grabs in Australia.

Josh Zimmerman

Ratings coupCommentsPremiumWA has AAA credit rating restored after nine years

WA has won back its coveted triple-A credit rating, with global ratings agency S&P noting the State’s ‘continued budgetary outperformance compared with its domestic and global peers’.

Sean Smith

‘deeply saddened’ CommentsMinister slams Nedlands council over children’s hospice saga

A McGowan Government minister has once again blasted one of Perth’s richest councils after its representatives complained about a children’s hospice that would care for dying kids.

Briana Fiore and Ben O’Shea

Making historyVideoCommentsPremiumWHEN IN ROME: Premier visits ancient gladiatorial site

Mark McGowan was quick to get out and see the sights of Rome, being spotted at the ancient Colosseum, after landing in the Italian capital on an historic nonstop flight from Perth.

Troy de Ruyter

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Ben Harvey CommentsPremium
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The last thing Mark McGowan will entertain is legalising pot

Mark McGowan says he has never, ever smoked mull and I reckon he was the kind of teenager who called the cops if he saw someone pull out a spliff.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

Premier on tour CommentsPremiumPremier jets off to Europe as travel bug hits WA

WA Premier Mark McGowan has said his first order of business on his ‘historic’ trip to Rome will be a ‘Peroni’ on the famous Spanish Steps.

Jake Dietsch

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We want you CommentsPremium
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McGowan in Europe on recruiting drive for new West Aussies

Architects, bakers, chefs, teachers, pharmacists, cabinet makers and grape growers are among the more than 500 occupations the WA Government is so desperately seeking to fill. SEE THE LIST OF JOBS

Joe Spagnolo

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‘Strong message’CommentsPremium
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McGowan set to face most disruptive strike action in years

Mark McGowan faces the most disruptive public sector strike action over wages in years, starting with hospital workers walking out on the job next month.

Peter Law and Josh Zimmerman

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‘Western hub’CommentsPremium
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McGowan’s bid for more India, China, Japan flights

As Perth reconnects with the world post-COVID and ahead of the launch of the first non-stop Qantas flight to Rome, the Premier said this was the State’s chance to cement its status as a flight haven.

Geoffrey Thomas and Josh Zimmerman

Post-COVID planCommentsPremiumMcGowan floats new plan for empty COVID facility

Premier Mark McGowan has flagged a potential use for the untouched quarantine facility sitting unused in Perth’s east. 

Briana Fiore and Ben O’Shea

‘HIGHER HURDLE’CommentsPremiumCost of State Government’s 2030 climate target a mystery

Mark McGowan and Climate Action Minister Reece Whitby have been unable to specify how much it will cost WA taxpayers to reduce emissions from all State Government agencies by 80 per cent by 2030.

Peter Law

‘carefully considered’CommentsPremiumLocation for WA’s third seawater desalination plant revealed

The preferred location for WA’s third desalination plant has been revealed, with the McGowan Government setting aside $1.4 billion for as a ‘down payment’ on the project.

Josh Zimmerman

‘Not accurate’CommentsPremiumMP ridicules McGowan’s free lollipop RATs that ‘don’t work’

A Member of Parliament has ridiculed Premier Mark McGowan’s free lollipop RATs after they failed to detect his children’s COVID infections.

Briana Fiore

SHOTS FIREDCommentsPremiumMcGowan slams NSW’s ‘bizarre and illogical’ GST whinge

Hostilities over the GST carve-up and COVID have resumed between Mark McGowan and his NSW counterpart Dominic Perrottet, just days after a National Cabinet ceasefire.

Peter Law

Heated exchangeCommentsPremiumMcGowan Government slammed over potential privacy breaches

The McGowan Government has been unable to answer whether the private information of WA taxpayers is still being unlawfully accessed through a database called TRELIS.

Briana Fiore

Constant vigilancePremium‘We can’t keep notorious paedophile locked up’: McGowan

Premier Mark McGowan says he has been assured Bradley Pen Dragon will be ‘very, very carefully watched’ after being freed from prison yesterday.

Shannon Hampton

‘Astonishing’ secrecyCommentsPremiumState Government hid Huawei deal collapse from public

The McGowan Government hid the collapse of its multi-million dollar Metronet telco deal and its decision to fork out more for a new contract from the WA public for more than six months, it can be revealed.

Briana Fiore

‘NOT OUR POLICY’CommentsPremiumNO JOINT EFFORT: McGowan shuts down plan to legalise pot

Mark McGowan has killed-off a proposal to allow West Australians to possess 50g of pot for personal use before the idea even reaches State Parliament.

Peter Law

Omicron shockCommentsPremiumCOVID cases rise but study reveals numbers likely far higher

COVID cases have risen again in WA, as a new study reveals Australia’s Omicron count was more likely to be double what was officially recorded. 

Briana Fiore

Welcome reprieve CommentsPremiumRelief as hundreds of jobs saved with Activ rescue package

Activ Foundation’s boss says he is ‘relieved’ the jobs 750 people with disabilities have been saved – for 18 months at least – after an 11th hour government intervention.

Michael Traill

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‘slow the closure’CommentsPremium
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Reprieve for Activ as disability work sites get $11.8m boost

Activ Foundation’s disability industrial work sites have received an 18-month reprieve, with the State Govt and the Commonwealth agreeing on a $11.8m funding deal to keep the workshops open beyond August.

Joe Spagnolo

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Over Confident CommentsPremium
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Premiers in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones

Mark McGowan’s gags and one liners have given all of us a laugh. But he now needs to show some humility.

Joe Spagnolo

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Not out of the woods CommentsPremium
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McGowan’s bombshell native logging ban economic vandalism

The ripple effects from the decision are working their way like a cancer through the rural communities that depend on the native timber industry, some hitting long before they were expected.

Paul Murray

Paul Murray