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No reviewPremiumMorrison pours cold water on GST review call

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he won’t be reviewing WA’s new GST deal, despite calls by South Australia to do so.

Joe Spagnolo

analysis
analysis
border backflipCommentsPremium
analysis
Has McGowan’s election triumph spooked ScoMo?

Scott Morrison appears to have found the Mark McGowan re-election playbook on his trip out west — changing his tune on state border closures after witnessing its popularity among WA voters.

Peter Law

‘Team effort’CommentsPremiumScoMo claims credit for McGowan’s landslide victory

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is claiming credit for Premier Mark McGowan’s electoral wipe out of the WA Liberal Party, in his first trip to Perth in 537 days.

Michael Traill

Devastating tollPremiumCyclone damage bill could reach $200m

The cost of Cyclone Seroja has been estimated to be as much as $200 million after authorities counted 660 damaged properties in the Mid West, including dozens of unlivable homes.

Peter Law & Sarah Steger

Scomo thanks West AussiesCommentsPremiumHow good is WA, just don't tell this kid!

Scott Morrison has attempted to woo West Australians by praising the State’s efforts to keep the national economy pumping.

Lanai Scarr

Health system pressureCommentsPremiumNursing numbers to be bolstered in WA hospitals

An extra 600 newly qualified nurses will be hired to work in WA’s public hospitals over the next two years — 200 more than the McGowan Government promised just last month.

Peter Law

Exclusive interviewCommentsPremiumPM open to FIFO jab plan

Scott Morrison has left the door open to allowing big mining companies to vaccinate their own workforces.

Lanai Scarr

‘Terrific ability’CommentsPremiumMcGowan defends Cook after girl’s hospital death

Premier Mark McGowan has backed the performance of Roger Cook while fronting media for the first time since seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath’s shock death at Perth Children’s Hospital on Saturday.

Josh Zimmerman

OVERSEAS TRAVELCommentsWA to join New Zealand travel bubble

Premier Mark McGowan has today confirmed Western Australia will join the travel bubble with New Zealand, with the country to be treated as if it were an Australian State from April 19

Josh Zimmerman

PCH tragedyVideoPremium‘Not good enough’: Mettam blasts ‘M.I.A’ McGowan, Cook

Deputy Liberal leader Libby Mettam has criticised the State Government’s treatment of the tragic death of Aishwarya Aswath, saying it is ‘inexcusable’ that Mark McGowan is ‘missing in action’.

Josh Zimmerman

Coronavirus crisisCommentsPremiumWA Govt could legally force quarantine staff to get jab

The legality of forcing hotel quarantine staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is being explored as the McGowan Government seeks to eliminate the biggest weakness in WA’s defence against COVID-19.

Josh Zimmerman

opinion
opinion
Crisis pointCommentsPremium
opinion
WA health system in urgent need of first aid

It is disingenuous for the McGowan Government to attempt to blame the current state of the health system on coronavirus. The truth is the system is in crisis and it needs urgent fixing.

Josh Zimmerman

Josh ZimmermanReporter

Labor valuesCommentsPremiumMcGowan’s message to Federal Labor on how to win

Fresh off the back of a massive election victory, the WA Premier revealed his ‘very simple approach’ to winning votes.

Sarah Ison

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
In the brick of itCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Brickies offered $100k to fix WA’s building backlog

Interstate brickies are being lured west with six-figure salaries plus perks to keep the State’s housing and building boom on track, The West can reveal.

Kim Macdonald

‘End the uncertainty’CommentsPremiumMcGowan wants answers on lucrative submarine contract

Prime Minister Scott Morrison must ‘end the uncertainty’ over a lucrative submarine maintenance contract, according to Premier Mark McGowan.

Josh Zimmerman

‘Alarm bells’CommentsPremiumStrong support for Premier’s hard border decision

A leading Queensland infectious diseases expert has backed Premier Mark McGowan’s decision to implement a hard border.

Ben O'Shea

Queensland outbreakPremiumMass vaccination may not stop border closures: Premier

Mark McGowan says it's ‘too early to tell’ if mass vaccination would prevent the State's border slamming shut in the future – warning WA has no ‘time frame’ for re-opening to Queensland.

Charlotte Elton

opinion
opinion
State politicsCommentsPremium
opinion
Is McGowan’s GST battle all bluster?

The oldest trick in politics is to manufacture an external threat to garner domestic support. Last year it was the pandemic, now Mark McGowan has now lobbed on WA’s share of GST as the new threat.

Paul Murray

Paul MurrayColumnist

opinion
opinion
Shameful stateCommentsPremium
opinion
Homeless rate booming as WA’s riches grow

In the richest city in the richest State in the richest country in the world We are relying on a charity to stop our citizens from starving to death. Why? Because helping the poor doesn’t win votes.

Ben Harvey

COVID outbreakBorder ‘closed’ to Queensland as COVID concerns grow

Travellers from Queensland will be forced to quarantine in WA as the state battles a new outbreak of COVID-19 with Premier Mark McGowan calling the state 'low risk' up from ‘very low risk’.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Allocated resourcesCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
McGowan short-changing Nats out of $1m says Davies

The Premier has labelled Nationals leader Mia Davies ‘inexperienced’ after he confirmed her office would receive the same level of funding that he received when in Opposition.

Peter Law

Vaccination fearsPremiumWhen will Premier roll up his sleeve for COVID jab?

Health Minister Roger Cook has opened the door to himself and Premier Mark McGowan to ‘jump the queue’ for a coronavirus vaccination in order to boost community confidence in the jab.

Josh Zimmerman

Volatile gameCommentsPremiumBeware ghosts of popular premiers past

Politics in this day and age is unpredictable and volatile — and if there is one thing West Australians do not take kindly to, it is the idea of leaders getting carried away with their own importance.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
‘Change public perception’CommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Tips for McGowan from winning premier who lost it all

Mark McGowan will have to work to counter public perception that ‘he’s got tickets on himself’, says the only other former premier who has come close to such a landslide State election victory.

Peter Law

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