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WA Premier Roger Cook.

Is WA in line for another public holiday?

Premier Roger Cook said changes to the public holiday regime could take place as early as next year, but were more likely for 2027.

  • Hamish Hastie

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The Labor leaders disembark a Metronet train on the new line.

‘Over budget’ Thornlie-Cockburn link opens, free travel for Armadale line continues

Labor also reiterated its plan to expand Metronet with more Swan River ferry stops.

Griffin Coal is burning through its taxpayer cash.

Griffin Coal set to deplete $220 million in WA taxpayer support nine months early

Premier Roger Cook revealed to parliament that the government had so far made $182.7 million worth of payments from the $220 million support package for Griffin Coal.

  • Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Roger Cook, Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes, WAtoday. Picture: WAtoday

Kerry Stokes’ cabinet dinner was the first of its kind for Roger Cook

The premier said the December dinner was the first time in his career he’d attended such an event, and denied there was any issue with his cabinet dining with the influential billionaire.

  • Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Roger Cook, Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes, WAtoday. Picture: WAtoday

Roger Cook’s cabinet attended dinner at Stokes’ mansion

The dinner was billed as a thank-you for the government’s taxpayer-funded donations to Stokes’ Telethon charity.

  • Hamish Hastie
Roger Cook announcing more details of the Burswood street circuit on Thursday.

Cook thinks he can win over Burswood racetrack critics as consultation opens

Residents haven’t been won over, however, with conveners of the Save Burswood Park group more fired than before.

  • Hamish Hastie
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WA Premier Roger Cook, Australian Rugby League Commission Chairman Peter V’landys and National Rugby League chief executive Andrew Abdo officially announce the Perth Bears will join the NRL on Thursday.

Perth Bears picnic includes another $25m for club as V’Landys chats with Twiggy

The NRL squeezed a further $25 million out of the state government to get the deal done to establish the Perth Bears rugby club in Western Australia.

  • Hamish Hastie
NRL chairman Peter V’Landys and WA Premier Roger Cook.

The titan and the terrier: How Roger Cook outfoxed the brains behind a ‘commercial colossus’

Make no mistake, WA’s Premier gave a firm middle finger to National Rugby League bosses when he waited until they had settled into their flight to WA to announce the Perth Bears NRL deal.

  • Connor McGoverne
Roger Cook just revived North Sydney Bears fans hopes for a return to the NRL via Perth.

The sticking point the NRL and WA government overcame to bring back the Bears

It was the sticking point that almost torpedoed the deal, but the NRL and the WA government have resolved the final hurdle to an 18th franchise.

  • Adrian Proszenko, Michael Chammas and Danny Weidler
WA Premier Roger Cook at a press conference during a visit to the CBH Metro Grain Centre.

Cook perplexed by NRL ‘done deal’ reports but confirms new offer was made

WA Premier Roger Cook says the first he heard about the deal was in the news this morning, and the ARL had not yet reached out to him.

  • Hamish Hastie

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