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Salute to LaborForrest welcomes Albo amid hopes for better climate future

The WA mining billionaire was among the first business leaders across Australia to congratulate the Labor leader.

Troy de Ruyter

Down to the wireIndependent Chaney ‘not expecting result’ in Curtin tonight

The Liberal stronghold of Curtin could come down to the wire, with the independent challenger telling The West she was not expecting a result tonight.

Jake Dietsch

Tangney votesCommentsBen Morton set to become ScoMo’s fall guy

The Liberal Party is on track to lose one of its brightest stars in WA with Ben Morton suffering the fallout of being Scott Morrison’s right-hand man in a State that turned on the Prime Minister.

Josh Zimmerman

Down to the wireIndependent Chaney ‘not expecting result’ in Curtin tonight

The Liberal stronghold of Curtin could come down to the wire, with the independent challenger telling The West she was not expecting a result tonight.

Jake Dietsch

‘Big bang’VideoPremiumWATCH: Man ‘lucky to be alive’ after trying to put out fire

A passerby has captured the dramatic moment firefighters tried to put out the blaze as black smoke billowed from the business in Malaga. SEE THE FOOTAGE

Daryna Zadvirna

Thumping winCommentsLabor’s new star credits McGowan for victory

New Labor MP Tracey Roberts said Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese’s understanding of WA had boosted Labor’s standing in the State, helping to clinch its victory nationwide.

Adrian Lowe

Under the pumpVideoComments‘They’re very unusual’: McGowan hounded at polling station

Mark McGowan was heckled by anti-vaxxers as he cast his vote at Safety Bay Primary School on Saturday.

Joe Spagnolo

Virus latestCommentsWA’s active COVID cases smash through 90,000 barrier

WA has reported a decline in COVID cases for a fourth consecutive day as hundreds of thousands of West Aussies flood polling booths across the State today - but active infections are rising.

Josh Zimmerman

‘Turn on each other’PremiumMan in court over shotgun shooting amid bikie tension

Police have hosed down fears a tit-for-tat bikie war is brewing in Perth – instead saying that internal squabbles over drug debts could be behind three terrifying armed incidents this week.

Tim Clarke

Sinking feeling CommentsPremium‘There’s no contracts’: WA Govt slams PM over ‘ghost ships’

WA’s Defence Industry Minister Paul Papalia has accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of promising “ghost ships” and failing to provide local shipbuilders with certainty.

John Flint

Every vote countsCommentsPremiumCrucial seats: How WA could decide the election result

Experts have weighed in on how some key marginal seats in Western Australia may determine the next Prime Minister.

Angie Raphael

Federal election Premium‘Mood for change’: Labor looks to oust Libs in Forrest

As Australians head to the polls Saturday, the two front-runners for the South West’s Forrest electorate have spoken about how they’re feeling ahead of today’s result.

Jacinta Cantatore

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The West Australian exclusive
Extraordinary measuresCommentsPremium
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Leaked email reveals scale of plan to stop ambulance ramping

A leaked WA Health email lays out plans to cease the majority of ambulance ramping, place overflow patients on “trolleys” in emergency departments and use police cars to transport patients to hospitals.

Josh Zimmerman

As it happenedVideoRECAP: Albo promises to lead govt ‘worthy of Australia’

Anthony Albanese has claimed victory in a speech to the Labor faithful, promising to ‘lead a government worthy of the people of Australia’. RECAP THE DAY’S EVENTS AS THEY HAPPENED.

Seat-by-seat guideCommentsPremiumEDITORIAL: Who to back in every WA seat

For the first time ever, The West Australian editorialises on EVERY Federal election seat in WA so you know who to back.

Bush LegendsCommentsPremiumHow a Pilbara hostel gave kids life hope through education

The humble remains of the former Weerianna Hostel in Roebourne’s main street continues to trigger vivid memories for those who became boarders after early lives out on country.

Steve Butler

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The West Australian exclusive
‘Started from scratch’CommentsPremium
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Chaney’s huge war chest in battle to crush Libs ‘machine’

Just how much Kate Chaney’s independent campaign has raked in in her effort to seize the blue-ribbon seat of Curtin has been revealed.

Jake Dietsch

‘Working cooperatively’PremiumSt John ramping refusal reports hosed down

WA Health and St John WA have both denied media reports paramedics would refuse to ramp outside Perth hospitals this weekend in the event of a shortage of ambulances to respond to emergency calls.

Josh Zimmerman

War escalating?VideoPremiumInglewood shooting believed to be bikie linked

A man believed to have bikie links was found with a gunshot wound to his leg in East Fremantle early Friday morning.

Emily Baker and Sarah Steger

‘immensely grateful’PremiumTouching footage shows moment missing elderly woman found

Police bodycam footage has captured the incredible moment a missing elderly woman was found cold and alone hiding in the dense bushland of WA’s South West region. WATCH HERE

Kellie Balaam

ED ‘overloaded’PremiumFiona Stanley Hospital reports another code yellow

A major hospital in Perth’s southern suburbs has been plunged into code yellow, with staff forced to treat at least 10 patients without beds.

Michael Traill

Shocking visionVideoTerrifying footage released of bikie-related home invasion

Disturbing CCTV footage has been released by police as they continue to investigate a bikie-related home invasion near the Perth Hills on Tuesday night.

Phil Hickey

‘fill staffing shortages’CommentsPremium‘Have your back’: Firefighters Union agrees to support ambos

The union representing firefighters has backed a decision to place its members behind the wheels of ambulances in response to a severe shortage of paramedics caused by the COVID pandemic.

Josh Zimmerman

Cross-country enterprisePremiumPerth man in court over drug smuggle bid involving AFL star

The man alleged to have been on the other end of the cross-country drug smuggling enterprise which has landed former AFL star Sam Fisher in prison has appeared in court in Perth.

Tim Clarke