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Flat Rocks windfarm is located 30km outside of the Kojonup townsite.

State PoliticsPremiumWA’s renewable energy plan targets 75 per cent green power

The WA Government is almost doubling its renewable energy target for the State’s most important power grid, saying the audacious move is needed to avoid a price surge that would cripple businesses.

Ben Harvey

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NEWSPremiumSnowy 2.0 boss grilled over $25b ‘blowout’

The boss of Snowy Hydro has admitted “we got it wrong” after a bruising Senate hearing over the spiralling cost of the mammoth project.

Andrew Hedgman

The Prime Minister paid tribute to Dr Haines on Monday. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

LIVEPremiumHaines’ first words since attack

The first words Helen Haines spoke after waking have been revealed as MPs pay tribute to the injured politician a week after the attack.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Samantha Maiden

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UPDATEDPremiumMassive election shake-up for one state

The long-serving government of one Aussie state has been given cause for concern just weeks before its state election.

Jack Nivison

The number of Perth trains running on time has slid backwards for a third year straight, with the number of trains running more than four minutes late doubling in six years.

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Transperth trains fail to stay on schedule as delays mount

The number of Perth trains running on time has slid backwards for a third year straight, with the number of trains running late doubling in six years.

Oliver Lane

Immigration Minister Tony Burke and, inset top to bottom, Premier Roger Cook, Australian Hotels Association WA chief executive Bradley Woods and Tourism Council WA chief executive Evan Hall.

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Premier steps in over backpacker visa shake-up

Premier Roger Cook has urged Canberra to rethink controversial backpacker visa changes, warning WA’s tourism and hospitality sectors could be left short of 4500 workers during peak season.

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Liberal Party State Conference at Residence on Langley Park. State Liberal leader Basil Zemplas pictured speaking. Ian Munro

State PoliticsVideoPremiumZempilas skewers Premier’s ‘tone deaf’ Pilbara visit

Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas has ripped into Roger Cook’s visit to Port Hedland as the region grapples with a child protection crisis as he addressed the Liberal Party faithful on Sunday.

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Narrows Bridge from Kings Park at 1pm Andrew Ritchie

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Fix ordered for busiest WA bridge posing ‘catastrophic’ risk

The Cook Government will finally spend millions on replacing hundreds of corroding pipe hangers on Perth’s most important bridge after years of ignoring warnings of the ‘catastrophic’ risk.

Charlton Hart

Former prime minister John Howard threw his support behind the fight to save Victoria Barracks as more than 2000 people rallied in Sydney.

NEWSPremiumPressure builds over barracks sale plan

Former prime minister John Howard threw his support behind the fight to save Victoria Barracks as more than 2000 people rallied in Sydney.

Andrew Hedgman

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VICTORIAN ELECTIONPremiumWhat to know about the Victorian election

Victoria is just weeks out from a state election that is shaping up as a wildly unpredictable affair. Here is what you need to know.

Blair Jackson

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POLITICSPremiumPollies to pay tribute to Helen Haines

Helen Haines’ parliamentary colleagues will pay their respects to the independent MP after she received life-altering injuries in a car attack.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

Infrastructure and Transport Minister Catherine King says parliamentarians were bracing for an attack. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

UPDATEDPremium‘When, not if’: Pollies were bracing for an attack

A minister has made a chilling claim about life as a politician in Australia, as the attack on Helen Haines has forced a national conversation about political discourse.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

CME CEO Aaron Morey has written to all federal WA MPs asking them to fight for WA’s gas reservation policy.

Oil & GasPremiumCME boss urges MPs to spare WA from punishing gas laws

WA’s peak resources lobby has written to all WA Federal MPs and senators calling on them to get behind the push to exempt WA from new gas reservations laws.

Joe Spagnolo

The name of the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge has been unveiled as Walyalup Bridge.

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REVEALED: New Fremantle Traffic Bridge name, nod to heritage

The name of the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge has been revealed ahead of its official opening next weekend.

Hannah Cross

Premier Roger Cook has announced new security measures for WA politicians.

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Premier orders security overhaul for MPs amid recent attacks

WA members of parliament will have access to a Government fund to pay for home security under new measures to protect politicians and their families.

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State Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas.

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Zempilas dismisses ‘fake Premier’ roadblock in path to power

Basil Zempilas says he is prepared for ‘all scenarios’ at the next State Election - including the possibility his opponent may not be Labor Premier Roger Cook.

Joe Spagnolo

Tertiary and International Education minister Tony Buti has come under fire over a proposed merger of the UWA, Curtin and Murdoch universities.

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Tertiary tsar says merger must deliver ‘compelling’ benefits

New tertiary education tsar Barney Glover warns the results of a business case proposing the merger of three WA public universities must be ‘compelling’ if the controversial plan is to proceed.

Joe Spagnolo

Police Minister Reece Whitby and Police Commissioner Col Blanch at the Regional Operations Control Centre in East Perth.

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WA Police get aerial advantage with new drone technology

The Cook Government has announced an Australian first, providing WA Police with remotely piloted drones to be used in front-line policing. 

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Angus Taylor addressing the WA Liberal state conference

State PoliticsPremium‘East problem’: Taylor promises to protect WA gas industry

Angus Taylor has made a pitch for WA votes, promising to protect the west’s gas industry and its GST — as well as fostering its entrepreneurial spirit.

Joe Spagnolo

Roger Cook has defended not meeting with Indigenous families on his first visit to Hedland, the epicentre of the child protection crisis in the Pilbara, two months after it was thrust into the spotlight.

State PoliticsPremiumCook defends lacklustre itinerary in recent Hedland trip

Roger Cook has defended not meeting with the Indigenous families which triggered a national focus on the issues of child protection the Pilbara during his first visit to South Hedland.

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Larissa Waters, Jordon Steele-John and Mehreen Faruqi.

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Who’s really responsible for divisive hate in our politics? 

Finally the lid might be coming off some of the stinking mess that lies inside the WA Greens, a very secretive branch of the most secretive party in Australian politics.

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Angus Taylor has also flown into Perth to rev up his troops, as internal discontent is expected to be laid bare at the party’s annual State Conference held across the weekend.

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Federal Liberal leader flies into Perth to rev up his party

Angus Taylor has also flown into Perth to rev up his troops, as internal discontent is expected to be laid bare at the party’s annual State Conference held across the weekend.

Jessica Page

Water Minister Daniel Pastorelli said the company accessed the document rather than reporting the issue.

ContractingPremiumProbe into $2b worth of contracts after WA data bungle

State Government agencies will review at least $2b worth of a company’s contracts following revelations staff accessed confidential information on rivals’ tender bids after mistakenly being given access.

Oliver Lane

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UPDATEDPremiumPauline’s right-hand man mulls big move

Michelle Landry’s soon to be vacated seat could pit Nationals leader Matt Canavan against Pauline Hanson’s right-hand man.

William Elliott, Joanne Williamson and Emma Kirk