Claims an expanded ferry network could endanger lives in Perth’s Matilda Bay have been dismissed, as the Cook Government presses ahead with plans to establish a Metronet on the Swan River.
Jessica Page
Local industry heavyweights have been invited to join the design process, in a major step forward in the multi-billion dollar plan to turn Henderson into a defence precinct and Perth into the home of AUKUS.
Roger Cook has rejected calls for a blanket ban, a day after plans to hold Australia’s first bare knuckle fight in Perth were knocked back.
A major council has been tight-lipped about a new garbage bin rollout for residents, but a satellite image shows the cat’s out of the bag.
Hannah Wilcox
Local councils and the State Government are facing mounting pressure to act on hireable e-scooters, after the City of Perth ordered their removal from CBD streets following the death of a pedestrian this week
Dylan Caporn, Caleb Runciman, Liam Murphy and Jessica Evensen
Local fertiliser kingpin Vikas Rambal wants to see Anthony Albanese replicate a snap business roundtable convened by Roger Cook this week amid the fallout of US President Donald Trump’s tariff regime.
Simone Grogan, Adrian Rauso and Dylan Caporn
A terminal cancer patient spent two days on a trolley bed in a corridor at Midland hospital, it can be revealed, as bed block takes an unprecedented toll.
Plans to hold Australia’s first-ever bare knuckle fight in Perth have been knocked back by the Combat Sports Commission, in the wake of public backlash.
Labor’s controversial plan to reform workers compensation in one Australian state has suffered another blow.
Nathan Schmidt
WA needs to look to emerging markets such as India, Indonesia and Vietnam to diversify its economy, Premier Roger Cook firmly believes after a high-powered meeting with industry heavyweights.
Dylan Caporn
City of Perth Deputy Lord Mayor Bruce Reynolds has confirmed the suspension of rental e-scooters from midday today ‘until further notice’.
Jessica Evensen
Illicit tobacco sales linked to organised crime are on the rise in one Australian state, but the Premier’s plea for change has come under fire.
WA’s industry heavyweights have laid out to the Government what needs to happen to maintain the State’s status as an economic powerhouse amid business concerns over the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs.
A bold State Government tourism push to introduce overnight accommodation in Kings Park has fizzled out after last year’s tiny cabin trial left the community divided.
Harriet Flinn
E-scooter riders will face a compliance blitz from police this weekend, including breath testing, in the wake of the death of a pedestrian after being struck on Saturday.
A controversial plan to open up land to hunters and which could pave the way for bounty killings of feral animals has received support from an unlikely source.
Rita Saffioti has called it premature, but not unusual, after tickets went on sale for Australia’s first sanctioned bare knuckle fight, despite doctors’ pleas for her to stop it going ahead in Perth.
Caleb Runciman and Jessica Page
One state will consider setting a maximum rate on taxi fares to and from the airport in a bid to stop $100 taxi rip-offs.
Duncan Evans
A showdown has been set over Labor’s controversial plan to reform workers compensation in one Australian state.
Rita Saffioti did not start this fight, but she will have to finish it one way or another and, either way, she might end up wearing a black eye.
The number of hours ambulances were ramped at WA hospitals in May was the highest ever on record for the month
Claire Sadler
Camping could become more expensive than renting a house in NSW national parks if a recent proposal to hike the price gets the green light.
Emma Kirk
Sports Minister Rita Saffioti suspects an ex-bikie turned professional boxer won’t be allowed to fight at the proposed event at RAC Arena.
Caleb Runciman
An email between a political staffer and the MP the man alleges sexually assaulted him has been read in court.
Rhiannon Lewin
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