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The Cliff Head clean up cost has been estimated at $200 million, but that’s not including the onshore part of the project.

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Cliff Head clean-up bill could be hundreds of millions more

The bill to remove a mothballed oil rig off WA’s Mid West coast could be ‘way more’ than current estimates, an expert says, after its would-be acquirer collapsed.

Rebecca Le May

Mr Cook did not mince his words on Monday when reacting to the figures, describing those who still speed given the amount of technology on the roads as “mugs”.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumPremier Cook’s blunt message to ‘mugs’ flaunting speed limit

Premier Roger Cook has provided a simple message to the more than 100,000 “mugs” caught speeding on Perth roads as the number of infringements skyrocket.

Oliver Lane and Jessica Evensen

Pauline Hanson in Secret Harbour.

state politicsVideoCommentsPremiumWATCH: Pauline Hanson hits campaign trail in Perth

Pauline Hanson has hit the hustings in Secret Harbour, hours after flying into Perth and giving local media the slip. 

Jessica Page

Education and Early Childhood Minister Sabine Winton.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumREVEALED: More schools added to full time kindy trial

Another five primary schools will join the Cook Government’s trial of full time kindy, doubling the number of school’s offering the service in the State.

Oliver Lane

WA Premier Roger Cook chatting to the facilities first resident Margaret Herd.

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Labor launches $100m taxpayer-funded aged care loan scheme

Negotiations have started with eight aged care providers, taking up the Cook Government’s offer of low-interest loans to expand capacity in a bid to ease the squeeze in the State’s hospitals.

Jessica Page

state politicsCommentsPremiumPanicked Labor ramps up One Nation battle for ‘safe’ seat

Roger Cook and Basil Zempilas were forced to fend off questions about the threat of One Nation as they hit the campaign trail in Secret Harbour on Sunday.

Jessica Page

Premier Roger Cook has labelled a weeks long water issue at social housing complex in Perth that left residents resorting to drinking from a bird bath as merely ‘inconvenient’.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumPremier’s wild message to WA residents living without water

Premier Roger Cook has labelled it ‘inconvenient’ that residents in a social housing complex in Perth’s south have resorted to drinking from bird baths due to the building’s meek water supply. 

Brooke Rolfe

The only reason Roger Cook, pictured with candidate Georgia Tree, wouldn’t want Anthony Albanese in Secret Harbour would be if a visit from Albo would harm Labor’s chances of retaining the seat.

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Cook warming to an Albo by-election no-show

Don’t believe the garbage that Albo doesn’t do by-elections in WA. Anthony Albanese campaigns in by-elections when it suits.

Joe Spagnolo

The Minns government has invested $250m for work on Bandon Rd. NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

NEWSPremiumHuge boost for city’s booming suburbs

The NSW government has committed $250m to upgrade a major corridor as more than 300,000 people prepare to move to this booming area.

Josephine Quattrocchi

Treasurer Rita Saffioti has reminded eastern whingers, WA does not receive billions in pokie revenues.

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Don’t pokie the bear: Saffioti slams eastern states over GST

Treasurer Rita Saffioti has fired a salvo at eastern states whingers who want to get their hands on the WA’s GST - reminding them that they get billions of dollars in pokie revenues. 

Joe Spagnolo

One Nation candidate for Secret Harbour Luke Herdegen with leader Pauline Hanson.

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One Nation names fitness guru for historic WA election push

A successful gym owner and former national weightlifting champion has been anointed by Pauline Hanson to lead One Nation’s historic tilt a winning the Secret Harbour by-election.

Joe Spagnolo

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Secret Harbour by-election to be most expensive ever

The fight for Secret Harbour is shaping as the most expensive by-election in WA history - with political parties expected to throw hundreds of thousands of dollars at winning the seat.

Joe Spagnolo

Ryan Robertson is confident the Libs can take the Secret Harbour seat off Labor.

State PoliticsCommentsPremium‘I’m going to win’: Lib confident on Secret Harbour battle

Don’t tell Liberal candidate Ryan Robertson he faces mission impossible to win Secret Harbour.

Joe Spagnolo

Marie-Anne Keeffe is under investigation for her personal promotions of wellness products.

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WA Health probe director’s social media product endorsements

A WA Health bureaucrat has been promoting health and wellness products to her 44,000 social media followers, prompting a review by the department.

Caleb Runciman

Travellers are being warned of potential delays over the strikes.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumStaff to strike Monday as Perth Airport braces for ‘chaos’

A union boss has warned commuters flying out from Perth Airport on Monday morning to prepare for ‘chaos’ amid security worker strikes despite industrial action on Friday causing minimal disruption.

Oliver Lane

Adam Woodage from the Electricial Trades Union.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsPremiumETU profits from failed Pilbara strike despite union denials

They failed to bring BHP’s port operations to a halt, but it appears the Electrical Trades Union has made a profit out of Thursday’s strike.

Jessica Page

Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has been disendorsed by the Liberal Party State Executive for the first position in the Western Metro Region at the next state election. NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

PoliticsPremiumControversial MP dumped in 13 minutes

Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has learnt her fate after she failed to apologise over allegations about a fellow member.

Emma Kirk

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COURTPremiumGladys’s ex’s role in visa fraud scheme

The ex-boyfriend of former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has been found guilty of playing a role in a fraudulent visa scheme.

Steve Zemek

Secret Harbour Labor candidate Georgia Tree.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumLabor candidate’s $1.4m home purchase raises local questions

Labor candidate Georgia Tree says she wasn’t prepared to pay over market value to move into Secret Harbour, a year before a by-election was triggered.

Jessica Page

Roger Cook has conceded today’s strike action in Port Hedland is ‘concerning’, but has played down the risk of a new wave of industrial action to the mining industry that underpins the State’s finances. 

state politicsCommentsPremiumLabor won’t step into Pilbara pay fight as workers strike

Roger Cook has conceded today’s strike action in Port Hedland is ‘concerning’, but has played down the risk of a new wave of industrial action to the mining industry that underpins the State’s finances. 

Jessica Page

Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace and Workplace Relations Amanda Rishworth has said the Federal Government will not intervene.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumBHP strike to go ahead as Feds ignore pleas to intervene

The Albanese Government will not stop tomorrow’s strike in the Pilbara - despite last minute pleas from WA business and resource groups for federal intervention to stop WA’s darkest hour, in years.

Joe Spagnolo

Ryan Robertson is the sole nominee for the Liberal Party’s by-election bid.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsPremiumLiberal’s Secret Harbour candidate not living in electorate

The man set to be the Liberal’s candidate for the Secret Harbour by-election does not live in the electorate, party leader Basil Zempilas admitted on Wednesday.

Oliver Lane

The Cliff Head oil platform southwest of the Dongara coast.

EnergyCommentsPremiumOil platform clean up bill fears as energy tiddler collapses

A tiny company that pocketed Government cash as it spruiked plans to move into carbon capture and storage may have left taxpayers with a multi-million dollar WA oil platform clean up bill.

Rebecca Le May

Labor doesn’t want to get involved in the unions’ fight — but the Sgt Schultz defence is hard to believe.

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Cook’s Sgt Schultz defence on unions defies reality

Labor doesn’t want to get involved in the unions’ fight — but the Sgt Schultz defence is hard to believe.

Jessica Page