An alliance of north-eastern Wheatbelt shires has criticised the Federal Government’s “late” live sheep export transition package announcement for forgetting wider regional communities.
Georgia Campion
Sources revealed one attendee slammed the CEO and threatened to resign on the spot.
Oliver Lane and Jessica Page
Federal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is heading back to WA, this time to visit remote and Indigenous communities across the Kimberley region.
Joe Spagnolo
Concerns about mystery names appearing on firearm registrations were raised four weeks before a former gun club official’s expired access prompted police to suspend the system, it can be revealed.
Jessica Page
The $35 million firearms portal launched to enforce WA’s tough new gun laws has been paused after a security breach.
WA’s Aboriginal Heritage Act will be put to the challenge in the Supreme Court in November when Toodyay landholder Tony Maddox begins his appeal against his conviction for breaching the legislation.
The State and Federal Governments spent $57 million inspecting 2.9 million trees and trying to eradicate polyphagous shot-hole borer from the Perth metropolitan area.
Cally Dupe & Harriet Flinn
Bigger grain ships could one day berth at the Port of Albany, but it will take “several years” and more than $10 million in planning before the project breaks ground.
WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis is set to meet the Federally-appointed live sheep export ban transition advocate this week after accusations the State Government had “walked away” from the industry.
Great Southern farmers are frustrated the full $50 million promised prior to the State Election to upgrade nearly 12kms of the “death sentence” that is South Coast Highway was not released at the State Budget.
The WA Liberal Party is resisting implementing quotas for recruiting more women, as insiders insist the approach it took over the past three years worked at recent elections.
Katina Curtis
Poles, pipes and ports were the main talking points of this year’s State Budget, with WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti unveiling a $10.3b pipeline of regional infrastructure investment.
Cally Dupe
The Member for Roe has slammed WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti’s State Budget, tabled on Thursday, as “city-focused” and a document full of “wrong priorities”.
Melissa Sheil
WA’s State Budget has become home to somewhat of an annual tradition — the GST stoush.
Dylan Caporn
The Cook Government has quietly reduced KidSport vouchers that help struggling families from $500 to $300, it can be revealed, as cost of living support is reined in.
Roger Cook has warned WA drivers to brace for higher petrol prices, in the wake of the latest escalation of conflict in the Middle East.
Jessica Page and Oliver Lane
Basil Zempilas has denied the Opposition Alliance is close to splitting up despite comments by his Nationals counterpart Shane Love that the junior partner would break the agreement if it was not formalised.
Oliver Lane
WA National Party leader Shane Love is threatening to pull out of an Alliance with the Liberals unless their colleagues agree to form a Coalition before the end of this year.
Royal Life Saving WA’s chief executive says the State Government needs to do ‘more instead of less’ when it comes to investment in drowning prevention after a VacSwim initiative was cut from the State Budget.
Caleb Runciman
Rita Saffioti has flatly rejected Opposition claims she ‘cooked’ the Budget books, to hide the full impact of the decision to axe WA’s power bill credits and increase prices.
The Push-Up Challenge will raise funds for youth mental health service Headspace.
Stuart Quinn
WA’s agriculture sector is set to benefit from the 2025-26 State Budget with a port expansion, new aerial strike teams, biosecurity, and boosting regional road safety on the governments agenda.
Progress is finally being made on the long-awaited upgrade to Mullewa Community Hospital, with the tender awarded and the project expected to kick off later this year.
Kate Campbell
EU ambassador Gabriele Visentin has high hopes for a strong security partnership between the bloc and Australia, amid talks for a potential trade deal.
Andrew Brown and Tess Ikonomou
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