A commitment by the Cook and Albanese Governments to build more than 30,000 homes in the next eight years has been welcomed by industry groups but labelled as too good to be true by the Opposition.
Oliver Lane
A 16-year-old boy and a man have been charged after an arson attack on a Melbourne restaurant that could be linked to a recent series of targeted attacks.
Tia Clarkson-Pascoe
The Cook Government’s State Budget will include $3 million to improve Fremantle Prison as a visitor attraction.
Joe Spagnolo
Premier Roger Cook says WA is well positioned to weather the continuing fuel crisis and has enough petrol and diesel until at least June.
The WA Government’s SOS to overseas and interstate tradies continues, with $13. 1m allocated in this year’s budget to lure them West.
WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti says her third budget will give young West Australians a shot at achieving the Australian dream of home ownership.
Perth motorists have had a rude reminder of life under Big Brother with the introduction of AI traffic cameras.
Paul Murray
Perth’s one-stop cancer centre that has been in limbo for four years is finally set to get the green light, The West Australian can reveal.
Jessica Page
Rita Saffioti is warning Canberra that ‘a lot of time and effort’ is needed to ensure a radical overhaul of the NDIS doesn’t leave disabled WA kids behind.
Fee-free TAFE spots will be available for another year after Skills and TAFE Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson announced more than $200 million would be included for the sector in next week’s State budget.
The Health Minister is blaming more than 4000 hours of ambulance ramping in April on hospitals picking up the slack for aged care.
Victoria’s new Liberal leader has survived her first electoral test, with One Nation failing in the Nepean by-election where Labor did not stand.
Alexandra Feiam, Tia Clarkson-Pascoe
Drivers in one Aussie state are tipped to save up to $372 on car registration as part of a government rebate slashing costs by 20 per cent.
Harvey Constable
Nearly 80 petrol stations have been fined for breaking FuelWatch rules since the war in Iran broke out, as rules aimed at preventing price gouging get tougher.
Oliver Lane and Brooke Rolfe
Taxpayers will fork out tens of millions of dollars for the purchase of the Mount Lawley Hospital from St John of God, to add an extra 118 beds to the public hospital system.
The funding will be split between service providers around the State, according to Health Minister Meredith Hammat.
The Opposition has levelled blame for the increasing unaffordablity of rentals at the Cook Government, saying more people are falling through the cracks of WA’s housing crisis.
A lawyer for the partner of ex-premier Annastacia Palaszczuk – who has been charged with multiple counts of rape – has said he will “vigorously” defend the charges.
Emma Kirk and Jack Nivison
The NSW Teachers Federation has called on the education minister to reverse a “reckless” plan to replace specialist teachers with inexperienced “clerks.”
Emma Kirk
The Cook Government is hoping the games, which consistently bring in over 30,000 fans through the gate every game, will lead to an uptick in vaccines.
Falling apart classrooms and inadequate facilities have WA’s independent schools pleading for $25 million in taxpayer funds from the State Government in the upcoming Budget.
Brooke Rolfe
The Cook Labor Government will be investing $692 million in a range of initiatives that will support more housing in the regions, including the delivery of 500 new homes for frontline Government workers.
Rita Saffioti
More and more West Australians relying on income support or minimum wage are falling through the cracks in housing, with fewer rentals than ever being accessible to those struggling most.
Albany has been named among seven regional cities “critical” to WA’s future economic growth, with the region to be bolstered with 26 new homes for frontline workers by 2030.
Melissa Sheil
