A former police commissioner who served on the force for more than 40 years has died following a “courageous battle” with cancer.
Emma Kirk
State Health Ministers will ramp up their push for more Federal funding to cut the number of older patients stuck in hospital beds during their meeting with Federal Health Minister Mark Butler on Friday.
Oliver Lane
Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti says doorknocking is the key for Labor to reconnect with voters after a shock Secret Harbour by-election loss, as she admits quiet Australians turned their backs on the party.
Premier Roger Cook has conceded Labor was ‘behind the eight ball’ from the start of the Secret Harbour by-election after his Minister Daniel Pastorelli admitted the party underestimated One Nation.
Suburbs more likely to vote One Nation across the country have one major surprising factor in common during Australia’s housing downturn.
Stephen Johnson
Premier says a merger between two major coal mines in Collie ‘has to happen’ as he warns of an “eye-watering” sum for rehabilitation of the site.
A senior Liberal MP has resigned after giving the job “everything I have” and ahead of a high-stakes election showdown with Labor and One Nation.
Nathan Schmidt
Labor will be desperate to avoid any more by-elections, as nervous ministers and backbenchers crunch One Nation’s numbers.
Jessica Page
Construction on a $2.8 billion desalination plant in Perth’s north has hit a milestone with its undersea piping complete, as authorities warn a dry winter means the project will be more needed than ever.
A new surge in ambulance ramping and one family’s 15-hour wait in hospital have ramped up pressure on the Cook Government.
WA Minister Daniel Pastorelli has admitted he’s worried his own seat could be under threat from One Nation after Labor ‘underestimated’ the surging party ahead of its Secret Harbour by-election victory.
Fugitive property developer Jean Nassif has had his evidence before ICAC postponed as the brother of ex-premier Dominic Perrottet is grilled.
A top Australian health group has slammed a Senate inquiry’s push for cigarette tax cuts and commercial vapes, warning the move would throw decades of hard-fought tobacco control in the bin.
Charlton Hart
A senior Perth doctor has warned that patients are being put ‘in harm’s way’ as ambulance ramping and wait times explode again.
ANDREW GREENE: The squabble between Pauline Hanson and Labor has overshadowed a much more serious debate inside a Government rattled by the scale of One Nation’s win.
Andrew Greene
Labor just didn’t see it as their problem. Until it hit them between the eyes at the weekend in Secret Harbour.
Roger Cook has refused to repeat the Prime Minister’s warning that One Nation is ‘dangerous’, as the impact of Labor’s emphatic defeat in Secret Harbour rattles MPs.
WA’s criminal underworld is bracing for a fresh assault from lawmakers, with MPs considering tweaks to anti-bikie legislation that is already considered the nation’s toughest.
Ben Harvey
Voters have chosen ‘chaos’ over whatever the Cook and Albanese Governments are offering. Labor needs to reckon with that uncomfortable truth.
The Prime Minister has hit out at One Nation after it spectacularly snatched the safe Labor seat of Secret Harbour in Western Australia, claiming the populist party has ‘no serious answer to our problems.’
The Liberals were relegated to third place in Secret Harbour but Basil Zempilas insisted he was ‘thrilled and pleased’ with a campaign some senior Liberals have publicly described as weak.
Luke Herdegen admits he was a ‘naughty kid’ who was bored at school, but he always had a competitive edge, according to his father.
A fresh cash injection is set to accelerate pothole repairs across Victoria after another damaging highway incident.
Andrew Hedgman
Luke Herdegen has declared Secret Harbour and the surrounding suburbs are now One Nation ‘heartland’ and warned Labor the ‘gloves are off’ after its historic by-election defeat.
