Politics

‘Next steps’Hopes for live footy as sports crowds face review

National health authorities will start looking beyond Stage 3 of the coronavirus plan this week, reviewing the re-opening of sports stadiums and “nutting out” the risk of lifting more restrictions.

Sarah Ison

Shock moveWA’s highest paid public servant resigns

Racing and Wagering WA chief executive Richard Burt has resigned from his job as the State’s highest-paid government employee.

Peter Law

Coronavirus recoveryTim Marney to lead jobs recovery working groups

WA’s former Mental Health Commissioner will take up the helm of the Federal Government’s industrial relations working groups to tackle problems and grow jobs post-pandemic.

Sarah Ison

Customer’s furySheep ship ‘insult’ threatens WA farmers’ future

WA farmers and a major live exporter say a decision by the Federal Government to refuse an application to ship sheep to the Middle East is ‘insulting’ to the customer.

Jenne Brammer, Peter De Kruijff and Sarah Ison

Generation RenovationHome reno cash grants to be announced tomorrow

Australians will get handouts of about $25,000 to renovate or build a new home as part of a construction cash splash by the Federal Government designed to help the economy and keep tradies in jobs.

Lanai Scarr & Peter Law

PoliticsReform for jobs growth as recession hits

Unions and business groups are putting their differences aside in a bid to create jobs as the economy enters recession in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Daniel McCulloch, Katina Curtis and Rebecca Gredley

The West Live‘Start at home’: call to stop racism in WA

Australian human rights lawyer and author of 'Equal Justice' Rabia Siddique has urged Perth to ‘start at home’ to stop systemic and intergenerational racism, as tensions swell in the United States.

Caitlyn Rintoul

ElectionBiden sweeps seven presidential primaries

Ahead of the Democratic party's summer convention, Joe Biden has scored a clean sweep of seven states conducting presidential primaries.

Money down the drainHealth fears see Pilbara pool replaced with barbecue

A regional WA council is filling in its renovated dive pool, which was only open for five days before being shut over serious health fears.

Sam Jones

Bleak outlookWe’re in recession as Frydenberg warns of fall to come

The Treasurer has confirmed Australia is now in recession and has warned modelling suggests the June-quarter economic contraction will be significant.

Lanai Scarr

PoliticsEnergy minister signs US fuel reserve deal

Australia has formalised an oil reserve deal with the US to increase fuel security, but it's not linked to how much consumers pay for petrol at the bowsers.

Rebecca Gredley

Struggle streetLandlords cry foul over rent relief in new code

The peak body for commercial landlords said the code put an unfair burden on local landlords, especially when combined with high hurdles to access land tax relief.

Kim Macdonald

PoliticsNational cabinet should widen focus: poll

Australians have told pollsters national cabinet should add environmental issues and health system improvements to its top priorities, alongside job creation.

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer

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

MH17 memoriesWong wants PM to press Trump on Russia G7 concerns

The Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister said Russia “failed” to bring the perpetrators of the MH17 to justice.

Sarah Ison

Reconciliation Week‘White Australia can’t accept we are a racist country’

A former Australian of the Year says reconciliation and fighting racism in Australia could not just be left to Aboriginal people.

Annabel Hennessy

Big lossAussie universities to lose $16 billion due to COVID-19

Universities are set to lose $16 billion because of coronavirus, warning that without any Government support to save the research they produce, Australia will never fully recover from the pandemic.

Sarah Ison

State of chaosNew Yorkers protest again as Trump eyes military action

Thousands of demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd remained on New York City streets on Tuesday in defiance of an 8pm curfew put in place by struggling officials.

Lanai ScarrHow WA resources could save country from recession

Australia could avoid technical recession if today’s national accounts don’t send gross domestic product into negative territory — and WA’s resources sector could be the saviour for the nation.

Lanai Scarr

EXCLUSIVE REPORTWA’s top cop orders probe into sexual harassment

Police Commissioner Chris Dawson has moved to set up a review into complaints of workplace sexual harassment inside the WA Police, after Sarah Colja bravely shared her story with The West Australian.

Peter Law

Al KuwaitMercy voyage refused as virus ship sheep stuck in WA

The fate of 56,000 sheep from the virus-hit Al Kuwait stranded at a Perth feedlot is in limbo tonight after the Federal Government refused an exemption for them to be exported.

Rourke Walsh and Jenne Brammer

Paul MurrayHow the US dream turned into a nightmare

Once the envy of civilised people everywhere, the self-proclaimed leader of the free world, the United States has been exposed as sick and divided. But the hatred has been brewing for centuries.

Paul MurrayColumnist

PoliticsHave faith in virus testing, says Hunt

Australia's coronavirus infection rate remains low, but authorities are stressing the need for a strong testing regime to stop the spread of the disease.

Matt Coughlan and Katina Curtis