West Australians could be slugged two more interest rate hikes before Rita Saffioti delivers her state Budget — heaping pressure on the Government to provide cost-of-living relief amid war in the Middle East.
Joe Spagnolo
The crabs are cooking, the drinks are cold, the crowds are gathering and the State government has recommitted to the Channel 7 Mandurah Crab Fest.
Rachel Fenner
After a long wait, Amber-Jade Sanderson’s capitulation over Labor’s failing renewable energy transition away from coal-fired power was meek.
Paul Murray
Roger Cook has described the growing use of hospital corridors for overflow treatment of elderly patients as “not ideal” but a “normal” part of flexing to meet demand.
Jessica Page
An Australian town has been left in the lurch after its only service station ran out of fuel as the country feels the flow-on effects of the war in Iran.
Clareese Packer and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Doctors are warning that complex elective surgery will be in limbo as the result of a decision to close two theatres at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital ‘essentially permanently’, according to a leaked email.
Retailers peddling cheap cigarettes or illegal vapes are being warned they’ll soon be shut down, after new tobacco laws passed State Parliament.
The 88-year-old Perth grandmother is the latest face of a health system that’s buckling under growing pressure.
Rita Saffioti has urged WA to embrace multi-generational living to solve Perth’s housing crisis, as she teased more stamp duty relief ahead of the State Budget in May.
Politicians and international dignitaries will travel to Albany this month to enjoy the fruits of Kari Kola’s world record attempt, Lighting the Sound.
Melissa Sheil
Stamp duty relief for off-the-plan apartments will be extended as the Cook Government faces pressure to use a $2 billion Budget windfall to fuel housing supply.
Infrastructure Australia has emphasised the physical and strategic links between the twin developments of Westport for commercial shipping and the Henderson Defence Precinct.
Katina Curtis & John Flint
A seven-point plan has been announced to safeguard WA’s fuel supplies after Roger Cook was warned that farmers and small miners were within weeks of running out.
Jessica Page and Simone Grogan
About 150 people turned out to support the Friends of Nanarup campaign against the proposal to build a desalination plant near the beach.
Claire Middleton
Children as young as five will be the target of a new trial aiming to get troubled kids in Armadale and Geraldton back to class, and away from a cycle of crime.
The NSW Attorney-General has dodged questions on plans to make a pro-Palestinian chant illegal in a heated Senate estimates hearing.
Jack Nivison
A primary school student allegedly celebrated the deaths of 15 people after the Bondi massacre according to claims made during a budget estimates hearing.
Jack Nivison and Rhiannon Lewin
Most of us can’t afford to skip the traffic jam and move closer to the office, but the real political danger for Labor is losing touch with the outer suburbs.
Liberal MP Jonathan Huston facetiously attempted to welcome Roger Cook to his electorate of Nedlands, after it was revealed this week the Premier is moving into an apartment in West Perth.
Childcare providers are feeling the pressure after a massive crackdown, with one state reporting “positive” results.
Nathan Schmidt
The Government has been accused of paying ‘lip service’ to safety concerns around high-powered e-rideables, after declaring it can’t register bikes and scooters until after a national plan to classify imports.
Police armed with semi-automatic rifles were guarding State Parliament on Tuesday, as security was ramped up in the wake of the recent Bindoon arrest over an alleged terrorist plot.
Manufacturers can put their hand up for a $15 million loan to help with batteries or new equipment costs, incentives the State Government hopes will rev up its agenda to make more things in WA.
Simone Grogan
A round-table will convened to tackle fuel shortages but the State Government insists it’s a result of panic buying and that there’s no actual supply issues as result of the war in Iran.
