Yesterday
WA budget winners and losers
Industry, workers and home buyers are among those set to benefit most from the Western Australian budget 2025.
This Month
Labor vows to buttress ‘Fortress WA’ with another budget surplus
Western Australia is on track for more than a decade of surpluses, with GST payments and iron ore royalties delivering the state a $2.5 billion surplus for 2024-25.
May
Watt urged not to ‘kill projects with bureaucracy’, as doyen emerges
The Holmes a Court family matriarch has lent her voice to the chorus of environmentalists lobbying against a 40-year extension of Woodside’s major North West Shelf gas plant.
The radioactive rock piquing the WA premier’s interest
Roger Cook believes the country needs to be more flexible in its approach to energy generation, and has flagged one metal as a potential solution.
Watt won’t rule out giving EPA veto over resources projects
A new federal environment protection agency could be handed the power to approve major resources projects.
WA to push Labor on mining ties
Anthony Albanese’s massive election win won’t change WA Premier Roger Cook’s demanding approach to advocating for the west coast mining sector.
Gina Rinehart’s benefits leave Basil Zempilas gibbering
The definition of a billionaire’s in-kind benefit shouldn’t be this confusing.
Albanese needs to be ‘hands-on’ to avoid another WA backlash
The West Australian government and mining sector want the prime minister to take a role in negotiations on environmental reforms to avoid another breakdown as occurred under Tanya Plibersek.
Bears fans back NRL club’s move to Perth – mostly
The North Sydney Bears will become the Perth Bears and ascend to the NRL from 2027 under a long-awaited deal. Die-hard fans say it’s better than nothing.
Deal done: Bears heading west as NRL’s newest club
WA Premier Roger Cook has confirmed a Perth NRL team will enter the competition as early as 2027.
April
Labor confident of holding the four WA Liberal seats it snatched in 2022
Eighteen months following the Voice referendum loss, this appeared highly unlikely. But there’s a new belief within the party.
PM makes first Victorian campaign stop, but Allan is nowhere to be seen
There are four Labor premiers in Australia. Albanese is happy to stand alongside three of them.
March
WA warning for Albanese over revised environment laws
After torpedoing a deal hashed out by Tanya Plibersek, the prime minister has blamed Labor’s Senate numbers for uncertainty on a new environment watchdog.
WA Labor softens criticism over North West Shelf delay
The decision on whether the huge Woodside-run gas venture can run for another 40 years could end up being made by a minority government.
Labor’s confidence grows after WA election thumping
The party has cruised to a big election victory in the state as voters delivered Premier Roger Cook his own strong mandate.
Labor’s WA dominance is no longer an aberration
The seismic election result proves the party’s recipe for west coast success extends beyond the personality of ‘State Daddy’ Mark McGowan and COVID-era parochialism.
Albanese can’t afford to lose anywhere. WA just gave him hope
The state election result shows the Labor brand is still in good shape in the west. Anthony Albanese will be hoping some of the gloss shines his way.
Thumping Labor win in WA delivers Cook strong mandate
West Australian Labor has recorded a thumping, third consecutive election victory just weeks away from a federal election.
What’s at stake in the WA election
With a third term all but assured for the Cook government, the debate within WA has instead turned to what a “victory” looks like for a Liberal Party destined for defeat.
The unlikely alliance aiming to slow AUKUS developments
While the national security implications of AUKUS have long been scrutinised, its effect on a pink snapper habitat off Perth may have been unappreciated.