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Premier Mark McGowan has banned TikTok on government devices.

The TikTok ban hammer crashes down on WA but who will apply for an exemption?

The WA Office of Digital Government sent a directive to the whole public sector via chief executives and department heads earlier this month to prevent the use of the app on government devices.

  • Hamish Hastie

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Andrew Hastie warned the Premier to be more careful.

Now Premier McGowan wants national cabinet to come to China too

Today I woke up and thought I had gone from a parallel universe and into the twilight zone. Mark McGowan says Anthony Albanese should bring the national cabinet to China so it can fan out and visit the regions.

  • Gary Adshead
The Premier will visit China this month.

‘Not a secret visit’: WA premier plans trade trip to ‘reconnect’ with China

WA Premier Mark McGowan will lead a five-day trade mission to China to reconnect with the state’s largest trading partner - and unlike his Victorian counterpart, he’s taking the media.

  • Luke Costin
WA Premier Mark McGowan.

McGowan enters fray over Chinese president’s meeting with Putin

Mark McGowan waded into the geopolitical debate when asked on Tuesday about Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Russia this week, ahead of his own visit to China next month.

  • Hamish Hastie
Falun Dafa performers at the 2018 Christmas Pageant. The group was allowed to perform if they agreed to remove logos from their costumes.

Falun Gong performers blocked from Perth Christmas Pageant over ‘political, security issues’

The Falun Dafa Association was initially offered a place in the event, run by billionaire Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media, but the invitation was revoked 10 days later.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola and Hamish Hastie
Premier Mark McGowan during the event organised by the Chinese Consulate in Perth.

Prominent Uighur, Hong Kong activists slam McGowan for attending Chinese functions

Since tensions between Australia and China began to simmer, WA Premier Mark McGowan has dipped his toes in foreign policy by continuing to seek close relationships with Beijing.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
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Mike Calneggia (pictured with his grandson) found an alternative route to distribute his Margaret River shiraz after China effectively closed its doors to his wines.

The West Australian wine China forgot - and how you can find it

When China blocked the delivery of a heap of WA shiraz primed for the local Asian market, a winemaker turned despair to a unique opportunity.

  • David Prestipino
Premier Mark McGowan celebrates the 30th anniversary of the WA-Zhejiang sister-state relationship with Province Communist Party of China Secretary Che Jun on November 10, 2017.

McGowan urges Morrison to mend China relationship as diplomatic row hits new low

China suspended diplomatic contact with the Australian government under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue on Thursday.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Long Dingbin during his time as consul-general in Lahore with Punjab police captain Arif Nawaz Khan.

New Chinese consul-general appointed in Perth a year after former envoy’s abrupt exit

Long Dingbin was China’s consul-general in Lahore, Pakistan, where he was involved in delivering several projects under the trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
The Cockatoo Island iron ore mine off WA’s north-west coast.

New owners of WA’s Cockatoo Island mine reject Chinese government links

Cockatoo Island Mining says it is owned by a single ‘astute’ investor and its sole intention is to bring the mine back into production.

  • Tess Ingram

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