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Pin pulledCommentsPremiumOpposition ends Upper House accountability panel plans

Premier Mark McGowan has welcomed news a proposed accountability committee in the Upper House won’t go ahead, after the opposition agreed to withdraw the motion.

Charlotte Elton

Confronting and distressingVideoPremium‘Let down’: Aishwarya’s cause of death revealed

Health Minister Roger Cook says Aishwarya Aswath was ‘let down’ and ‘deserved better’ in the wake of an inquiry which revealed the seven-year-old’s cause of death at Perth Children’s Hospital.

Sarah Steger

Internal inquiryCommentsPremiumGrieving parents receive report on Aishwarya’s death

The parents of the seven-year-old girl who died after a two-hour wait in an emergency department last month will again share their grief after receiving the final report of an internal inquiry.

Sarah Steger

‘Ineffective’CommentsPremiumShark drumline trial a $6 million failure

The drumline trial to catch and release sharks lurking near south west beaches will end this month after catching just two — at a cost of $3 million each — over two years.

Charlotte Elton

Dead and buriedCommentsPremiumEnd of road for Roe 8 and 9 as ALP introduces new laws

WA Labor is set to use its majority in the Upper House to permanently kill off Roe 8 and 9.

Briana Fiore

Budget 2021CommentsPremiumHow WA has fuelled the nation’s recovery

Booming iron ore exports are supercharging Australia’s pandemic recovery, helping to deliver the Federal Government a company tax windfall this year that’s almost $9 billion higher than forecast.

Peter Law

Tick of approvalVideoCommentsPremiumThe State that could: WA doing ‘budget heavy lifting’

The Federal Budget is an ‘endorsement of Western Australia,’ Premier Mark McGowan has claimed, after Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg revealed a budget balance sheet underpinned by iron ore revenue.

Charlotte Elton

PayoutVideoPremiumEx-WA Government advisor’s $300,000 settlement

A former West Australian government advisor has received a settlement of almost $300,000 after suing the Premier and several of his staff members for defamation.

Peter Law and Charlotte Elton

Fired upCommentsPremiumMcGowan hits back at electoral reform ‘lie’

The Premier says he is offended by claims he has backflipped on regional representation in the WA Parliament.

Charlotte Elton

‘Didn’t need to happen’VideoPremiumDad’s fight for inquest into Margaret River massacre

It’s been three years since Aaron Cockman’s children were murdered by their grandfather in Australia’s worst mass killing since Port Arthur, yet he is still waiting for an inquiry into their deaths.

Daryna Zadvirna

COVID-19 crisisCommentsWA extends community transmission doughnut days

WA’s streak of no new community COVID-19 cases has been extended to 10 days.

Briana Fiore

Crown royal commissionCommentsPremiumShock admission: WA gambling chief ‘had no experience’

Duncan Ord, who has been chairman of the Gaming and Wagering commission since 2017, admitted at the Crown royal commission today that he had no experience in gaming regulation before taking the job.

Tim Clarke

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Shoebox livingCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Is this tiny house the Great Australian Dream?

WA’s rent crisis is now so bad that some singles are applying to sleep in tiny buildings intended as short-term housing for homeless and vulnerable people — just so they have a roof over their head.

Ailish Delaney

International bordersCommentsPremium‘Far too early’: McGowan backs PM on border closures

Premier Mark McGowan has backed the Federal Government’s plan to keep Australia’s international borders shut, a stance peak industry bodies said was ‘disturbing but sensible’.

Sarah Ison and Charlotte Elton

Electoral reformCommentsPremiumLibs push for regional Labor MPs to oppose reform

The WA Liberal Party has called on regional Labor MPs to sign a petition opposing regional electoral reform, accusing Labor of planning to ‘slash’ regional representation.

Charlotte Elton

Mother’s Day 2021CommentsPremiumMother of all career changes for new MP

Ayor Makur Chuot, who gave birth last Saturday, will be sworn into WA’s Upper House next week — making her Australia’s first South Sudanese MP and WA’s first MP of African descent.

Rhianna Mitchell

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opinion
Ego-driven agendaCommentsPremium
opinion
Hypocrisy on both sides in battle over Upper House

Yes, preference harvesting is rank. But this reform is about McGowan’s ultimate goal of being the person who achieved Labor’s dream of ensuring every seat has about the same number of voters in it.

Ben Harvey

Ben HarveyChief Reporter

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Long road to recoveryCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
$4K in extra support for Seroja- affected communities

People whose homes or businesses were destroyed by cyclone Seroja last month will get an extra $4000 as part of a new State Government recovery package.

Sarah Steger

Pet peeveCommentsPremiumRSPCA wants rental rules revamp for pet-owners

WA’s leading animal charity has called on the State Government to scrap ‘unnecessarily cruel’ tenancy laws that allow landlords to baselessly reject renters with pets.

Charlotte Elton

not on-trackCommentsPremiumSaffioti admits rail link won’t be complete until 2022

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti has confirmed the airport rail link will not finished until next year after claiming ahead of the State election that it would be finished in December.

Briana Fiore

Natural disasterCommentsMinister slammed by ‘forgotten’ Kalbarri residents

Emergency Services and Small Business Minister Reece Whitby has copped flak from cyclone-affected communities who feel they’ve been “forgotten”.

Briana Fiore

Labour politicsCommentsPremiumMums protest ‘blunt’ pandemic birth policy

Dozens of Perth mothers turned up to Parliament House on Thursday to ask the State Government to rethink its ‘blunt approach’ to managing maternity guidelines in hospitals during the pandemic.

Briana Fiore

Crunch timeCommentsPremiumOne-third of WA’s quarantine guards still unvaccinated

More than 30 per cent of security guards in WA’s quarantine hotels haven’t had a COVID-19 jab — despite the threat of a $20,000 fine if they turn up to work on Monday unvaccinated.

Peter Law

‘Not on our agenda’CommentsPremiumElectoral reform dismissal a boot to democracy

Mark McGowan insisted during his campaign for a second term in government that electoral reform of the Upper House was ‘not on our agenda’. But with the win secured, the reality is far different.

Peter Law

Peter LawState Political Editor