Hospitals in one state have admitted 34 schoolchildren with flu in the past week alone as health officials reveal an alarming reason for the surge.
Blair Jackson
The Liberal Party has revealed its next candidate for Kiama after the shock resignation of long-time MP and convicted rapist, Gareth Ward.
Nathan Schmidt
There’s a city hidden in bushland just two hours from Sydney, an urban planning guru has revealed, and it was almost Australia’s Capital.
Duncan Evans
Labor’s claim it is expanding hospital capacity has been exposed as an ‘empty boast’, according to Libby Mettam, after new figures revealed there are only 118 more beds, than in 2018.
Jessica Page
A reported ‘radioactive’ water leak at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - strongly denied by the Cook Government - is still raising more questions than answers with the Opposition calling for proof.
Charlton Hart
Roger Cook’s representative in London charged taxpayers for overseas travel in his final five weeks in the job, it can be revealed.
A bid to throw out Labor’s firearm regulations has been narrowly defeated hours after hundreds of gun owners protested the laws outside parliament.
Jessica Page and Oliver Lane
A Labor MP has apologised — but walked away from questions — after being caught speeding at almost 150km/h in his electorate.
Health Infrastructure Minister John Carey has finally admitted that he wants more money to fix the ailing Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, despite other ministers rejecting evidence it has fallen into disrepair.
Treasurer Rita Saffioti has defended the Government’s funding of the WA Electoral Commission and put the blame on the agency behind the State election debacle following the release of the McCusker review.
Oliver Lane
A top cop on child abuse has revealed how child abusers “shop around” at different childcare centres, seeking places where they might be able to exploit children and infants.
Labor’s Katelin McInerney will recontest the seat of Kiama after the resignation of long-time former MP and convicted rapist, Gareth Ward.
Any changes to laws governing e-rideables will not happen until 2026 following the extension of a parliamentary committee’s inquiry into the safety of the devices.
A parliamentary probe into the ‘efficiency, integrity and probity’ of planning decisions and land deals done in WA will push ahead after a motion pushed by shadow minister Neil Thomson cleared the upper house.
Simone Grogan
One Nation MP Rod Caddies has compared proposed ‘post and boast’ laws in WA to Nazi Germany, amid claims the legislation could restrict protests.
Health Infrastructure Minister John Carey has refused to repeat Roger Cook’s claim that WA’s health system is ‘world-class’ while insisting legionella levels at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are not unusual.
Anthony Albanese has joined the long tradition of pollies being caught in awkward food moments while delighting crowds at the Ekka.
NewsWire
A tribunal has handed down a decision to prevent Mark Latham’s homosexual vilification case from becoming a “never-ending story”.
Clareese Packer
Roger Cook has reassured West Aussies that serious infrastructure failures within one of WA’s biggest hospitals is nothing to worry about. How much longer can the Government pretend that everything is fine?
Editorial
Labor is having its ‘let them eat cake moment’ as voters beg for a return to basics.
Insults flew in Parliament as the Health Minister defied the evidence in maintenance logs and staff complaints to insist Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is ‘safe’, despite mould and hundreds of water leaks.
A Yallingup resort led by one of the State’s most prominent developers has been held up as an example of a “broken planning system” that would be scrutinised under a probe pushed by the Liberals and Greens.
An overhaul of IVF and surrogacy laws is being introduced to Parliament, with Roger Cook issuing a plea for ‘respectful’ debate, eight years after the reforms were promised.
The president of WA’s peak body for doctors says Roger Cook needs to drop the rhetoric around WA’s ‘world-class health system’ if we want to fix the problems riddling the State’s ageing hospital infrastructure.
Hannah Cross
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