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‘Destroying the party’CommentsPremium
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‘Couldn’t run a corner shop’: Lib powerbrokers slammed

A prominent Perth businessman and philanthropist has savaged Liberal powerbrokers Peter Collier and Nick Goiran.

Peter Law

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Mongol to walk free?Premium
The West Australian exclusive
Police Minister demands answers after drug bust fiasco

Questions are being asked and explanations sought after a bikie boss accused of stashing millions of dollars worth of drugs in an Airbnb had his charges dropped — after a police prosecution bungle.

Tim Clarke

‘Ridiculous’ requestVideoMcGowan runs NSW’s $7m quarantine bill through shredder

WA Premier Mark McGowan has ‘officially responded’ to the $7 million bill that NSW sent WA for quarantining returned West Australians - by shredding it.

Charlotte Elton

Leadership mattersCommentsPremium‘Elimination works’: McGowan doubles down

Mark McGowan is maintaining his zero tolerance approach to coronavirus in the community — even when WA’s most vulnerable have been vaccinated — declaring ‘elimination works’.

Josh Zimmerman

Drug searchesCommentsPremiumTop cop wants to keep WA border powers after pandemic

Police Commissioner Chris Dawson has called for police to be given reinforced stop-and-search powers on the WA border to "wipe out" drug trafficking — even after the pandemic is over.

Charlotte Elton

opinion
opinion
EditorialCommentsPremium
opinion
McGowan’s border overreach is the jolt Kirkup needed

If Zak Kirkup’s white-flag moment constituted the concession we had to have, then Mark McGowan’s uncharacteristic campaign misstep yesterday might have provided the jolt Liberal supporters needed.

Families ‘devastated’CommentsPremiumOmbudsman to probe aged care death notice delays

The WA Ombudsman will investigate why it took 10 days to tell the family of Perth great-grandmother Joyce Savage that she had passed away.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Border battleCommentsPremium‘Immense overreach’: Kirkup blasts McGowan border plan

Liberal leader Zak Kirkup has blasted Labor’s post-pandemic proposal, arguing it will see ‘every Australian who might be visiting our State (treated) as a potential meth trafficker’.

Josh Zimmerman and Peter Law

Fortified StateCommentsPremiumWA cops could be border enforcers beyond pandemic

Mark McGowan is in talks with the State’s top cop about police continuing to guard WA’s border — including searching arrivals for drugs and recording personal details — even after the pandemic.

Peter Law

AM briefingToday’s top five reads on The West Australian

The Premier rules out joining a domestic border framework, Australian music industry icon Michael Gudinski dies and a dark moment in our nation’s history. Here are The West’s top stories this morning.

PM briefingFive must-read stories from The West this evening

Why the search for a missing teen has turned into a recovery mission, Liza Harvey’s brutal election honesty and WA’s vaccine roll-out. Here are five must-read stories from The West this evening.

The West LiveCommentsPremiumLiza Harvey opens up on prospect of losing job

Former opposition leader Liza Harvey has opened up about the prospect of losing her job at the upcoming State election after holding the seat of Scarborough for 12 years.

Ben O'Shea

opinion
opinion
History under threatCommentsPremium
opinion
We need to act fast to stop another Juukan disaster

The destruction of Aboriginal land by two of the country’s biggest miners, as well as last year’s Juukan Gorge disaster, is a tragedy we should all mourn. Here’s why the Heritage Act must change.

Rangi Hirini

Redress neededPremiumLack of compensation a “slap in the face” to businesses

The McGowan Government is being urged to dig deeper to compensate small business owners, saying it should deliver adequate compensation for loss of revenue in line with Victoria.

Meilin Chew

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The West Australian exclusive
Twiss in the taleCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Liberal candidate criticises ‘homosexual lobby’ online

The WA Liberals say decade-old online comments about the ‘homosexual lobby’ and climate change by one of the party’s Upper House candidates ‘in no way reflect’ his current views.

Peter Law

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The West Australian exclusive
‘They got it wrong’CommentsPremium
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Collie Liberal hopeful ‘undermined’ by Kirkup coal plan

The Liberal candidate for Collie-Preston says her campaign was ‘undermined’ by the party’s failure to consult her about its signature policy to close Collie’s coal-fired power stations.

Peter Law

‘We are ready to assist’CommentsPremiumWA offers to help Federal Govt with vaccine program

The WA Government has offered to help the Federal Government get the COVID-19 vaccine into aged care homes in order to reach the most vulnerable, but so far its offer has gone unanswered.

Peter Law

Keeping coolCommentsPremiumZak Kirkup ‘relaxed’ despite ScoMo’s snub

Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup has refused to concede he was disappointed by Scott Morrison’s failure to visit the State and show support for the WA Liberals in the upcoming election.

Rangi Hirini

Coronavirus crisisCommentsPremiumWA’s border controls to stay ‘for at least next year’

WA’s border is helping prevent methamphetamine — as well as COVID-19 — get into the State, Mark McGowan says, as he predicted interstate travel controls would ‘be in place for at least the next year’.

Peter Law

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Pandemic threatCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Doctors say WA ‘ill-prepared’ for COVID outbreak

Almost two-thirds of WA doctors believe the State’s health system would not be able to cope with a big COVID-19 outbreak — including 92 per cent of doctors working in aged care.

Angela Pownall

opinion
opinion
Great ExpectationsCommentsPremium
opinion
Hungry Labor backbenchers want spaghetti, not antipasto

Landslide victory or not, political life will get harder for Mark McGowan. The expectations of the WA public will increase when COVID-19 doesn’t dominate our lives.

Joe Spagnolo

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The West Australian exclusive
Shadow boxerCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Kirkup: I’m the Rocky to McGowan’s Apollo Creed

Having conceded he will lose to the more experienced Mark McGowan, Zak Kirkup says he just wants the Liberal Party to go the distance and survive the election — promising a rematch in 2025.

Joe Spagnolo

Healthy debateCommentsPremiumKirkup defends green plan from Liberal party critics

Zak Kirkup has responded to Liberal critics of his ambitious $9 billion renewable energy project — including Andrew Hastie — saying the party welcomed a ‘contest of ideas’.

Charlotte Elton

analysis
analysis
14 days to goCommentsPremium
analysis
Rising stars to watch in this State Election

Mark McGowan may be set to win by a landslide on March 13 but there is still space for many up-and-coming political stars to shine over the next four years. Political Editor Joe Spagnolo reports.

Joe Spagnolo

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