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Cost of living
‘Who is the economy booming for?’: Damning report unveils scale of WA cost-of-living crisis
A new report into the rising cost-of-living crisis in WA has found even dual waged households are struggling to make ends meet and many of those on middle incomes have exhausted their savings, prompting fresh calls for targeted relief.
- by Jesinta Burton
Latest
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
Mineral Resources boss takes on media to keep court row under wraps
Lawyers for Mineral Resources’ beleaguered chief Chris Ellison have argued the court should maintain sweeping gag orders over his now-settled row with a former contracts boss.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Energy
Winton calls premier’s rhetoric ‘embarrassing’ as protests target Woodside and federal minister’s office
Dozens of protesters descended across multiple locations on Friday as writer Tim Winton accused the state government of “doublespeak”, over a major gas project approval.
- by Jesinta Burton
Woodside gains state approval for massive 50-year Karratha gas plant extension
The WA government has green lit Woodside’s plan to run its North West Shelf plant for another 50 years, ending a six-year-long approval process and clearing the way for its contentious $30 billion gas project.
- by Jesinta Burton
Analysis
City life
This consultant reshaped Perth, but there’s one piece of advice we opted to ignore
After pounding the pavement in 1993, urban design consultant Jan Gehl concluded Perth had the character of an oversized department store and needed more residents. The streets are lined with plenty of shiny new buildings, but did we get our priorities right?
- by Jesinta Burton
BGC inks deal to sell off its cement division
The construction empire of late tycoon Len Buckeridge has confirmed the sale of its cementitious division in a deal tipped to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
- by Jesinta Burton
Not so happy families: Why WA’s looming intergenerational wealth transfer could be costly
It’s a state that has benefited from its resource riches and skyrocketing house prices, but new data suggests more than half of all West Australians fear the impending intergenerational wealth transfer won’t unfold without a fight.
- by Jesinta Burton
Court amends MinRes secrecy order over explosive files in Pigozzo row
The Federal Court has amended a secrecy order over a handful of documents in embattled MinRes chief Chris Ellison’s now-settled row with a former contracts boss, as the media fights to stop them being permanently scrubbed from the court file.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Justice
‘Astonishing’: Legal fraternity lashes premier, defends judiciary amid furore over magistrate’s comments
WA’s legal fraternity has come out swinging after Premier Roger Cook called for a magistrate to be reprimanded over comments about a domestic violence victim, prompting a row between the two arms of government.
- by Jesinta Burton and Claire Ottaviano
Nicheliving directors in $2.7m cash splash to keep company
The directors’ bid to retain control of their company comes amid revelations the entities could have been insolvent for more than two years.
- by Jesinta Burton, Hamish Hastie and Connor McGoverne
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