Education Minister Sabine Winton has ordered the State’s Education and Care Regulatory Unit to conduct a snap review of WA’s childcare system.
Jessica Page
A decision whether to break an $86 million contract with a private firm, to staff elections, is on hold until after local government elections in October.
Geologists in WA are lauding what they believe is a global breakthrough in gold exploration that could see more royalty-paying mines made viable in concert with record prices.
Simone Grogan
The WA Government will legislate to make it easier for victims of historic child sex abuse to pursue the Catholic Church.
Kate Emery
WA’s civil construction industry has sounded the alarm over a looming two-year gap in State Government road projects, calling for some to be brought forward to hang on to critical workers.
Nationals WA leader Shane Love has lashed the State Government for not including funding for Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s planned $150 million vanadium-flow battery in this year’s budget forward estimates.
Neil Watkinson
A bitter argument has broken out in State Parliament as questions mount over the trail of damage left behind by the shot hole borer and whether it could have been stopped.
Police have unveiled a brand new station in Perth’s east and a fleet of 12 cars for the crack squad tasked with catching serious offenders fast.
Caleb Runciman
Dodgy or cash-strapped builders are being put on notice as WA looks likely to fall short of building enough houses to win extra cash from the Federal Government.
Katina Curtis and Jessica Page
Rita Saffioti has shrugged off criticism of WA’s rising debt levels during heated debate in Parliament, insisting the State’s AAA credit rating is proof it is sustainable.
An undercover blitz of Perth taxi drivers is being planned in the wake of a 40 per cent increase in complaints about drivers refusing to using their meters or charging incorrect fares.
Government spending is ripe for attack, but time and the election cycle is not on the Opposition’s side.
Cash incentives to lure short-stay property investors to convert their Perth homes to rentals are being extended, it can be revealed.
More West Australians than ever are being admitted for their long-awaited elective surgeries after the Department of Health recorded its highest number of admissions in a week.
Hannah Cross
Yilgarn iron ore tenements Mineral Resources has sold to a private company that wants to start mining later this year are now subject to a review by the State Government over cleanup costs.
Synergy will tip almost $280 million into propping up struggling coal power stations, as Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson hits back at warnings the State faces an electricity shortage.
Matt Mckenzie
WA’s top cop has revealed the scourge of domestic violence is still largely hidden, with estimates as much as 70 per cent goes unreported.
Drivers snapped repeatedly by WA’s new smart cameras — even drinking a beer and smoking a glass pipe — have been slammed as ‘mind boggling’.
Two senior ministers have refused to answer questions over whether a tourism analysis was done before Roger Cook signed a $605million deal to base the NRL’s next team in Perth.
The project will be complete in just 16 months — about eight months faster than traditional housing construction projects.
Jessica Evensen
A report into the problem-plagued State election has been handed to the Premier’s office but is unlikely to be made public for several weeks — and the Government will not commit to releasing it in full.
A new reference group set up to address the impact of WA’s history of forced adoptions has had a shaky start, with a co-chair quitting and accusing the State Government of attempting to ‘silence’ victims.
The grieving parents of Perth mother Amy Wensley are hopeful a new search for answers will finally solve the case after meeting with Attorney-General Tony Buti.
With only a few days left to claim the student assistance payment, the Education Minister wouldn’t commit to using any leftover funds to boost KidSport vouchers that were reduced in the recent Budget.
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