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Former Woodside chief Peter Coleman.

Coleman mulls return to Infinite Green Energy under last-ditch rescue plan

West Australian business heavyweight Peter Coleman could return to the helm of embattled hydrogen hopeful Infinite Green Energy under an 11th-hour plan to drag it out of administration.

  • Jesinta Burton

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Roger Cook shakes Shane Love’s hand.

Pomp, ceremony – and dire warnings, as Parliament returns and Zempilas faces Cook

The long-awaited showdown between the newly minted opposition leader and the wall of Labor MPs has lived up to the hype with an animated first question time.

  • Hamish Hastie
One of three ecological thinning stockpiles in WA’s South West.

Why timber industry insiders are worried 100,000 tonnes of WA timber will be left to rot

Timber industry insiders are increasingly concerned an estimated 100,000 tonnes of timber will be left to rot. But the government says every bit of it has a home to go to.

  • Hamish Hastie
Premier Roger Cook and former WA governor Malcolm McCusker.

Former governor to lead inquiry into WA election debacle

Malcolm McCusker will be joined by representatives from Labor, Liberals, the Greens and the Nationals.

  • Hamish Hastie
New Police Minister Reece Whitby with Acting WA Police Commissioner Kylie Whiteley (left) and Commander Lawrence Panaia (right).

New minister softens tone on gun owners as new buyback announced

“I want to say to gun owners, and I think this is important, they need to know that we understand their concerns,” New Police Minister Reece Whitby said on Tuesday morning.

  • Hamish Hastie
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered the final budget before the federal election.

The budget reveals $17.1 billion in new road and rail funding. Only a fraction of that is heading west

The funding realises the fears of the WA government, with Treasurer Rita Saffioti on Monday predicting the state would be short-changed on infrastructure compared to the rest of the nation.

  • Hamish Hastie
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WA Premier Roger Cook.

Roger Cook’s new cabinet is a branding exercise tied to his economic dreams

Since coming to the job in May 2023, Roger Cook has stated several times he wants to grow other industries so WA is not as reliant on the resources sector. But it is a difficult prospect.

  • Hamish Hastie
Energy Minister Reece Whitby on Thursday.

Labor’s $200m energy promise ‘dreadfully’ unfulfilled

The state government has delivered less than a third of the 1,000 self-sufficient power units it promised for cyclone-impacted residents and farmers at the 2021 election.

  • Connor McGoverne
A concept design of the Motorsports Street Circuit in Burswood pledged by WA Labor.

Council to fight WA Labor’s street circuit pledge earmarked for ‘jewel in Vic Park’s crown’

Labor unveiled plans to build a $217 million entertainment precinct and motorsports street circuit at Burswood Park in January. But the proposal may have hit a speed bump.

  • Jesinta Burton
Barry Urban leaves Perth Magistrates Court on November 14, 2018.

Ex-Labor MP Barry Urban dies after one-punch attack

Former WA Labor MP Barry Urban has died at the age of 56, just months after suffering a severe brain injury in an alleged attack outside his workplace.

  • Jesinta Burton

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