WA Parliament
Labor, Libs in tug-of-war over $1.8bn hospital plan as election looms
The parties have come to blows over the contentious women’s and babies hospital after the Liberal leader wrote to construction giant Webuild vowing to tear up a deal.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Independent to run in Freo as teals move beyond Perth’s western suburbs
Fremantle business owner Kate Hulett is set to challenge Labor Minister Simone McGurk as an independent in the upcoming state election, as the teal movement breaches Perth’s affluent western suburbs.
- by Jesinta Burton
WA Labor vows to introduce jail time for ‘posting and boasting’ in hoon crackdown
Hoons could face up to two years’ jail for circulating videos of the activity online under WA Labor’s proposed “post and boast” laws.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Hospitals
The Murdoch medihotel was meant to cost WA taxpayers $55 million. It’s nearly double that
The midyear budget review released before Christmas shows the cost to run the now 80-bed facility had blown out to $98.6 million.
- by Hamish Hastie
Borers, a ‘businessman’ and 35 kilometres of train line: The political headlines of 2024
From sports broadcasters entering the political fray to tiny beetles destroying the city’s urban tree canopy, we look back at the stories that had us laughing, cringing – and scratching our heads.
- by Hamish Hastie
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WA budget
Iron ore drives even bigger surplus in WA, but not everyone is feeling the love
Monday’s mid-year budget update has seen WA’s projected operating surplus for this financial year increase by $493 million to $3.1 billion.
- by Hamish Hastie
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ALP
The books, podcasts and TV shows keeping WA politicians entertained these holidays
When they’re not reading legislation or listening to parliamentary debate what books, podcasts and movies are WA politicians using to relax?
- by Hamish Hastie
WA Police equipped with scanners, search powers under tough new anti-knife laws
WA Police will gain sweeping powers to stop and search people for weapons in public from Friday under the state government’s stringent new knife laws, even without a warrant.
- by Jesinta Burton
WA Police set up hotline for champion pole vault coach complaints
WA Sport and Recreation Minister David Templeman revealed WAIS was writing to all former athletes who worked with the 65-year-old Russian-born coach to alert them of the hotline.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Legal profession
The WA premier’s new go-to lawyer will be paid more than him
The Department of Premier and Cabinet’s new in-house lawyer will be one of the highest-paid public servants in the state, eclipsing the salary of the premier himself.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Liberal Party
Marketing guru steps away from Zempilas’ campaign after ‘deep regrets’ over Mettam polling conflict
Libby Mettam says there are still questions to be answered. “There is still a businessman, a cowardly businessman hiding in the shadows, who is willing for Ben Small, Basil Zempilas and Cam Sinclair to wear the full brunt of this,” she said.
- by Hamish Hastie
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