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Roger Cook and Rita Saffioti will meet with the Prime Minister on Monday.

State PoliticsCook’s GST fight ramps up despite PM’s promise of no changes

The Premier and his deputy will arrive in Canberra on Monday for days of meetings with Anthony Albanese.

Charlton Hart

Greens MLC Sue Higginson says she is considering pushing for amendments to the Summary Offences Act. NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone

ExclusivePremiumPush for major change to protest laws

A court’s decision to prohibit a pro-Palestine protest has created “ great uncertainty” about whose protected under the law and who isn’t, an MP has warned.

Nathan Schmidt

Ms Saffioti said the government had worked close with the club to ensure access to ‘quality’ venues to support training. 

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumTaxpayers to bankroll temporary home for Perth Bears

The Cook Government will spend millions of taxpayers’ dollars on a gym, admin buildings and to convert land earmarked for housing into a training field for WA’s new NRL team to be used for just one season.

Charlton Hart

Optus’ hours-long failure to realise a routine systems upgrade had disrupted the emergency service in WA, South Australia and parts of NSW resulted in three deaths.

State PoliticsCommentsSenator says inquiry is chance to hold Optus to account

WA Liberal senator Dean Smith says Monday’s hearing on Optus’ triple-0 failure is a “critical opportunity” for Australians to learn what went wrong with an emergency system they trusted - and tragically failed.

Joe Spagnolo

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NewsPremium‘Constant fear’: Texts to help DV survivors

Victim-survivors are living in “constant fear” of when an offender will be released from custody – an Australian-first service seeks to change that.

Nathan Schmidt

Convention centre

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Convention Centre redevelopment set to be put on hold

The State Government has already poured more than $30 million in developing plans for the redevelopment of the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Joe Spagnolo

Defence Industries Minister Paul Papalia will travel to Sydney this week with more than 40 WA military defence companies.

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Why Trump’s AUKUS affirmation came at the perfect time

WA defence companies say President Donald Trump’s affirmation that AUKUS is here to stay has come at the perfect time.

Oliver Lane

The Cook Government will put a strong message to eastern states critics who believe WA’s GST deal should be scrapped.

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The $1 million advertising blitz to save WA’s GST deal

The Cook Government will put a strong message to eastern states critics who believe WA’s GST deal should be scrapped.

Joe Spagnolo

Deputy Lord Mayor David Goncalves said the city would wait for the outcome of the parliamentary inquiry.

State PoliticsE-scooters to stay off Perth streets until report outcome

The City of Perth will wait for a Parliamentary review into e-scooters before making a decision on bringing hireable e-rideables back to the city streets.

Oliver Lane

The Tasmanian economist Saul Eslake accused Treasurer Rita Saffioti of launching a personal attack.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumSaffioti slams Eslake for treating WA like a ‘punching bag’

Chief GST critic Saul Eslake has told a Perth business lunch he thought he would be ‘detained at the border’ but maintained his criticism of WA’s deal that is the subject of a looming fight between the States.

Jessica Page

Disability Services Minister Hannah Beazley co-signed a letter to Mr Butler and Ms McAllister with other Minister’s from around the country demanding a change in format of the NDIS reform meeting.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumBeazley stands firm in boycott threat for NDIS meeting

Roger Cook has backed in his Disability Services Minister if she follows through with a boycott of an upcoming meeting on NDIS reforms with her Federal counterpart.

Oliver Lane

The lanterns were first shown to the public at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

State PoliticsCommentsTerracotta Warrior lanterns to light up Perth’s streets

Perth’s Terracotta Warriors are about to march onto the streets in the form of life-sized lanterns, expanding the already successful museum showcase.

Oliver Lane

A ban on the use of converted e-bikes on trains throughout Sydney and NSW will come into effect this weekend. NewsWire / Nikki Short

NewsPremiumBig change coming to Sydney trains

A big change will affect millions of commuters on Sydney trains from Saturday, with fines of up to $1100.

Nathan Schmidt

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NewsPremiumMoment historic Treaty passed into law

Supporters have erupted in cheers as landmark legislation establishing Australia’s first Treaty with Indigenous people was passed.

Nathan Schmidt

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UpdatedPremiumJudge fires up after sentence sparks strike

Police have been shut down in their bid to reopen the case of a man who brutally attacked four Corrective Services officers sparking statewide industrial action.

Nathan Schmidt

Premier Roger Cook has demanded industry ‘lean in’ to WA’s energy transition, as he was accused of falling years behind on planning. 

state politicsPremiumRoger Cook admits replacing coal is no mean feat

The Premier has demanded industry ‘lean in’ to WA’s energy transition, as he was accused of falling years behind on planning. 

Jessica Page

Roger Cook has brushed off claims his ministers are at odds over how to treat juvenile offenders as he backed calls for “earlier” intervention for troubled youth in the Kimberley. 

CRIMEPremiumPremier’s solution for ‘complex’ youth crime wave

Roger Cook has brushed off claims his ministers are at odds over how to treat juvenile offenders as he backed calls for ‘earlier’ intervention for troubled youth in the Kimberley. 

Jessica Page and Caleb Runciman

The former Mandurah MP — who was once Arts Minister — has teamed up with a bicycle kiosk and will host tours of the Peel city, where he will play characters.

WA NewsVideoCommentsPremiumWATCH: Former MP’s bizarre post-politics career move

Colourful politician David Templeman was never going to fade in the background after retirement — but few could have predicted a theatre career was on his horizon.

Rachel Fenner

News. Press Conference. Premier Roger Cook. CME lunch. Jackson Flindell

state politicsCommentsPremiumWA Premier vows to hold Albo to account over GST pledge

Roger Cook has vowed to hold Anthony Albanese to his promise not to slash WA’s slice of GST revenue days before he jets to Canberra ahead of a review of the tax carve up. 

Jessica Page

Ambassador Kevin Rudd and NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey at the Sydney Investment Forum at the Sydney Opera. NewsWire / POOL / Jeremy Piper

NEWSPremiumRudd unfazed by Trump rebuke back in Oz

Just days after a Trump snub, Kevin Rudd pitched Australia’s super funds as central to the Indo-Pacific’s financial future.

Andrew Hedgman

Housing Minister John Carey.

New planning rulesCommentsPremiumSkyscrapers set to reshape another towns’ suburban skyline

New changes to density rules in the Town of Cambridge could have buildings reaching up to nine storeys high as part of a response to meet State Government infill and housing targets. 

Harriet Flinn

Minister Anoulack Chanthivong addressed the media on Thursday afternoon.NewsWire / Damian Shaw

UPDATEDPremiumTerrifying moment prisoner charges at guard

Video footage shows the moment a prisoner attacked a guard, one of the incidents prompting about 5000 prison staff to walk off the job.

Nathan Schmidt and Clareese Packer

Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas has shared an AI image in protest of a proposed residential development in Floreat which has been recommended for approval by the State planning body, calling it ‘not right’.

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Zempilas blasts Labor on locals’ heated development issue

Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas has shared an AI image in protest of a proposed residential development in Floreat which has been recommended for approval by the State planning body, calling it ‘not right’.

Oliver Lane

Supplied images of Simec's Tahmoor Colliery in NSW. Supplied

BREAKINGPremium‘Be honest’: Ultimatum after coal mine shock

250 workers have been stood down at the Tahmoor coal mine in NSW and now a Coalition senator has delivered an ultimatum to the British billionaire who owns the mine.

Duncan Evans