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Tasmanian economist Saul Eslake, left, Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti and former Under Treasurer Michael Barnes, pictured right.

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Team WA to meet Albo over GST carve up as ‘rival’ heads west

The Tasmanian economist who is leading the charge against WA’s slice of the GST will fly into enemy territory this week, as the Cook Government prepares to head to Canberra to fight to keep a fair share.

Jessica Page

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NewsPremiumMinns’ gesture after ‘summer of rolling hatred’

NSW Premier Chris Minns has met with Holocaust survivors at the site of Sydney’s $18m remodelled Jewish Museum.

Nathan Schmidt

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NewsPremiumPremier’s stern words over mine deaths

NSW Premier Chris Minns has issued some stern words after an explosion at a mine in the state’s west killed two people.

Nathan Schmidt

‘The leadership ambitions of Rita Saffioti and Amber-Jade Sanderson have been a hot topic of debate all year, inside and outside the WA Labor caucus.’

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The contenders and pretenders jostling for Roger Cook’s job

It was just a coincidence, of course, that the two most obvious contenders to one day take Roger Cook’s job each called their own press conference within an hour of his first day of personal leave this week.

Jessica Page

Former Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan has warned crime in Kununurra will spike all over again, unless Government makes ‘unpalatable’ decisions and removes child offenders from unsafe homes.

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Ex-police chief demands action on Indigenous youth crisis

Former Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan has warned crime in Kununurra will spike all over again, unless Government makes ‘unpalatable’ decisions and removes child offenders from unsafe homes. 

Jessica Page

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POLITICSHuge twist in maverick MP’s AVO case

Former Labor leader Mark Latham’s AVO case is due to be heard in a Sydney courtroom on Wednesday.

Rhiannon Lewin

Governor Chris Dawson and Gloria Kearing swap plants.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumEmotional scenes as Dawson apologises for Pinjarra massacre

WA Governor Chris Dawson has issued a formal apology to the Bindjareb Noongar people nearly 200 years after the Pinjarra massacre.

Oliver Lane

Education Minister Sabine Winton with East Maddington Primary School Year 3 students Eshil Amanatbaig and Alexis Austic as they have some breakfast before school.

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Free breakfast to fuel up more WA school kids

Free school breakfasts will be expanded to five days a week and another 130 WA schools from Term 1 next year.

Jessica Page

Education Minister Sabine Winton described the break-ins as distressing.

state politicsPremiumThree Kununurra teachers forced out of homes after robberies

Education Minister Sabine Winton has described break-ins that forced teachers in Kununurra out of taxpayer-subsidised homes and into hotels as ‘distressing’.

Jessica Page

Health Minister Ryan Park said drug policy was challenging. NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone

NewsPremium‘Squibbed it’: Backlash over drugs response

One state has been called “out of touch” after a “profoundly disappointing” response to a sweeping inquiry into drug laws.

Nathan Schmidt

Opposition Leader Mark Speakman accused Labor of walking away from the project. NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone

NewsPremiumWhy plan for 10k homes could be revived

Plans for 10,000 homes have sat on the shelf for three years – the opposition in one Australian state wants to change that.

Nathan Schmidt

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NewsPremiumInsane thing bus drivers waited 15 years for

For more than a decade, female bus drivers in one Australian city have waited for the “most basic of needs”.

Nathan Schmidt

Water is a basic necessity, how is WA getting it so wrong?

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Water is a basic necessity, how is WA getting it so wrong?

If the WA Labor Government is looking to set a record in water mismanagement, it is well on the way.

Peter Rundle

WA Governor Chris Dawson will deliver an historic formal apology for the actions of his predecessor James Stirling almost 200 years after he led the Pinjarra massacre.

state politicsCommentsPremiumGovernor to deliver historic apology over Pinjarra massacre

WA Governor Chris Dawson will deliver an historic formal apology for the actions of his predecessor James Stirling almost 200 years after he led the Pinjarra massacre.

Jessica Page

Jonathan Huston and Basil Zempilas.

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Zempilas won’t rule out demoting Liberal MP who broke ranks

A State Liberal MP has been publicly reprimanded after breaking ranks to launch an extraordinary attack on AUKUS.

Jessica Page

Cook Government not promoting Uranium Mining llustration: Don Lindsay

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Ban on WA’s uranium sector blocks global potential

Roger Cook has been spreading the word on WA’s resources and technology, but the untapped potential of the uranium sector remains unseen due to a 2017 election blunder.

Simon Corrigan

Police Minister Reece Whitby.

state politicsCommentsPremium‘Young criminals need basketball, not jail’: Police Minister

Reece Whitby blamed ‘generational dysfunction’ for a recent crime spree in Kununurra and said the juvenile offenders need support to keep them — and their communities — safe. 

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Health Consumers' Council executive director Clare Mullen.

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Health complaints on the rise as WA health system strains

One in three complaints about hospitals last year were related to emergency departments, according to WA’s health complaints authority.

Hannah Cross

Premier Chris Minns says construction has started on 100 new public schools across NSW. NSW government

NewsPremium‘Changing that’: Preschool move flips script

Children in one state are being given the “opportunity to thrive” by a move to address a lack of affordable early learning.

Emma Kirk

Children's Court President Hylton Quail (seated left), Former Attorney-General John Quigley (standing centre) and Chief Justice Peter Quinlan (seated right) with children and staff at the Marra Worra Worra Night Space in Fitzroy Crossing

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Judge’s bold plan to fix youth crime in WA’s north

One of the State’s top judges claims youth crime in WA’s north can be fixed ‘almost overnight’ with intensive community supervision - but he’s warned more support is needed to keep kids out of his court. 

Jessica Page

Ryan Felsman is the Senior Economist at CommSec.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumWest Aussie spending sparking economic boom

Western Australia is sitting pretty on top of an economic snapshot of the states, but it’s household spending and population growth - not business investment - that is driving the boom. 

Jessica Page

TerumAs President Trump holds court with world leaders in Malaysia, deputy assistant secretary for critical minerals and metals Joshua Kroon is flying further south to WA.

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Donald Trump’s top man to pick the mines of WA big wigs

Donald Trump’s hand-picked critical minerals tsar is coming to Perth in a diplomatic mission that will thrust the city to the fore of the United States’ security focus.

Ben Harvey

The Perth event was one of a series of nationwide rallies held by “Never Again Is Now” to mark the first Australians Against Anti-Semitism national day of unity.

WA NewsPremiumSombre rally unites Australians against anti-Semitism

A strong security presence patrolled the edges of a sombre rally against anti-Semitism at State Parliament on Sunday, as Perth’s chief Rabbi lamented the need for heavier security at his synagogue each week.

Bethany Hiatt

Edmond Margjini, Sword boy-turned union official, walking out of court on tuesday afternoon.

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Monty clings to job as bombshell CFMEU report wraps up

A bid to ban Sword Boy turned union official Edmond Margjini from constructions sites has been abandoned, but the CFMEU is bracing for the results of another investigation.

Jessica Page