Tourism

The West LiveUS riots: What you can do to affect change at home

Speaking to The West Live host Jenna Clarke, human rights lawyer Rabia Siddique will weigh in on the swelling tensions in the United States and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Caitlyn Rintoul

VIRUS UPDATETeachers, education staff in expanded COVID-19 testing

WA’s asymptomatic testing regime will be expanded to education staff, transport workers and the tourism sector - as Health Minister Roger Cook confirmed the State recorded no new cases overnight.

Peter De Kruijff

Eager waitKimberley businesses can’t wait to have you back

Tourism operators, hotels and caravan parks in the tourist mecca of Broome are desperately waiting for the Kimberley border’s reopening to be given the final thumbs up.

Jakeb Waddell

The West LiveWill Canberra stand-up to WA airline price gougers?

Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham will be on The West Live to be quizzed on the massive rise in airline tickets now WA’s intrastate borders have been lifted. LISTEN LIVE AT 8.45AM

Caitlyn Rintoul

Latest updateWA’s active cases at 29 after woman tests positive

It comes as Premier Mark McGowan announced a new tourism campaign, encouraging people to “wander out yonder” and holiday in WA.

Tourism boostKimberley could welcome visitors ‘from next week’

The Kimberley is on track to be reunited with the rest of WA by the weekend after the McGowan Government formally requested the Commonwealth remove restrictions on access to the biosecurity zone.

Josh Zimmerman

‘The time is right’Why we should build cable car from Quay to Kings Park

Three decades ago ago, then-Premier Carmen Lawrence proposed the idea of a Perth cable car that would breathe life into the city. The prep work has been done, so now is the time to do it.

John McGrath

Lasting legacyMP: Perth Indigenous museum ‘could rival Opera House’

Federal Labor MP Patrick Gorman is using WA Day to call for a national Indigenous art and cultural museum in Perth, with 53 per cent of survey respondents saying they support the move.

Joe Spagnolo

OpinionIt’s time to explore our great State

It’s time to get WA moving again, writes leader of the WA Liberal Party Liza Harvey.

Liza Harvey

RottnestIsle be ready & waiting for tourists

A remarkable chapter in Rottnest’s colourful history has ended with tourists set to return.

Josh Zimmerman

Hard hit‘Give us a date’: Tour operator’s border opening plea

A WA tourism operator battling to stay afloat amid the COVID-19 crisis has called on the government to name the date borders will reopen, claiming lack of certainty is crippling.

Caitlyn Rintoul

TourismNT sells itself as closest thing to Asia

Northern Territorians hope some of the six million trips Australians normally take overseas every year will end up in the NT and boost a decimated industry.

Greg Roberts

Alcohol controlJuly liquor restriction trial canned

The trial would have seen sales capped at one carton of full-strength beer and three bottles of wine per person each day to reduce antisocial behaviour in the West Kimberley.

Jakeb Waddell

Trade tensionsThe sectors ‘most exposed’ to Chinese trade tensions

Three of Australia’s major industries are among those “most exposed” to a potential escalation in trade tensions with China, according to fresh analysis from a leading credit agency.

Danielle Le Messurier

TourismMacau gambling king Stanley Ho dies at 98

Macau gambling king Stanley Ho, who became one of Asia's richest men, has died aged 98.

Patrick Frater

Breaking the shacklesBroome businesses ‘now one step closer to certainty’

The Broome Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it’s time to gear up for visitors after the State Government revealed it has taken the first step to allowing travel to the Kimberley to resume.

Jakeb Waddell

ExclusiveNorthern borders could be unlocked in time for WA Day

Premier Mark McGowan is poised to deliver an announcement within days that will allow travel to key tourism spots like Esperance, Karratha, Exmouth and Geraldton before the June holiday.

Joe Spagnolo

Travel bans liftedThousands head down south as restrictions ease

They were meant to be at Coachella, but these friends are among thousands making their way to the State’s South West this weekend as regional travel restrictions are eased.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Warren Hately

The West LiveZero out of 10: Mayor’s whack for McGowan

A border stoush has brewed across WA with one regional mayor left “peeved” and “frustrated” that other cities and towns are open to much-needed tourist trade from the city.

Caitlyn Rintoul

The West LiveSouth West expects influx of city tourists

On The West Live Jenna Clarke will be asking Busselton Mayor Grant Henley if the southern city is ready for an influx of tourists. LISTEN LIVE AT 8.45am

Caitlyn Rintoul

Coronavirus fightbackHow a ‘staggered’ border reopening could work for WA

WA’s peak tourism body says the State Government cannot take an ‘all or nothing approach’ to the interstate border as it called for a ‘staggered’ reopening of travel to the east.

Josh Zimmerman

If I were PremierLiza Harvey says ‘it’s time to open up State’s border’

The Opposition leader has revealed how she’d tackle the State’s current situation juggling the COVID pandemic, saying she’d tear down WA’s interstate border and reopen travel to the east immediately.

Josh Zimmerman & Peter de Kruijff

EXCLUSIVEGyms, beauty salons and borders ‘open within weeks’

WA Premier Mark McGowan has signalled a further lift in COVID-19 restrictions could come in just three weeks, flagging June 8 as the date for more border relaxations and business re-openings.

Joe Spagnolo