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The panel found four breaches, but rejected a fifth claim that Alcoa’s environmental goals were not based on reasonable grounds.

state politicsCommentsPremiumMining giant’s rehabilitation deemed ‘untruthful’

Alcoa has blamed different ‘interpretations’ of mine rehabilitation standards for a slapdown from the the national advertising watchdog.

Jessica Page

Education Minister Sabine Winton said the degree had been “overwhelmingly” well-received in schools.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumWA Government defends teaching degree as Vic moves to ban

Education Minister Sabine Winton has defended WA’s teaching standards after the Victorian Government announced its intention to ban teachers who received a one-year degree in the State.

Oliver Lane

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BreakingPremiumNeo-Nazi Thomas Sewell arrested at court

White supremacist Thomas Sewell has been arrested outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court.

Duncan Evans

Newly-appointed commissioner Ron Yuryevich, chair commissioner Jessica Shaw and deputy commissioner Martin Aldridge.

State PoliticsCommentsFormer MPs to rebuild Port Hedland after council sacked

Two former MPs have been appointed to bring order back to the Port Hedland council after it was sacked following the resignation of its mayor.

Oliver Lane

Regional NSW Minister Tara Moriarty said the state government had doubled the number of staff working on relief grant applications. Photo: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

NewsPremiumOne group struggling after flood ‘disaster’

About a third of these Australians who applied for disaster relief have received their initial $5000 more than 100 days after the severe weather event.

Nathan Schmidt

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UPDATEDPremium‘Honour’: Premier fires back after hijacking

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has hit back after her press conference was hijacked by a prominent neo-Nazi.

Andrew Hedgman and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

Fines will start being issued from October 8 to drivers caught by new safety cameras.

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Pinning hopes on AI to fix horror WA road toll

One person has been killed every other day since a crisis meeting was held to investigate WA’s rising road toll.

Jessica Page

Anti-immigration protest

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Albo condemns rallies saying they ‘give neo-nazis platform’

Anthony Albanese has joined widespread condemnation of anti-immigration rallies across the country at the weekend, accusing them of ‘giving neo-nazis a platform.’

Caitlyn Rintoul and Oliver Lane

Ambulances ramping outside Royal Perth Hospital.

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Cook says other states worse than WA after ramping record

Premier Roger Cook has blamed an ‘unprecedented’ flu season, while insisting other states are worse, after WA broke another record for the amount of time ambulances spent stranded outside hospitals.

Jessica Page

Premier Roger Cook at the opening of the new Turkey Point access road and bridge.

State Politics‘No-alition’: Cook hits back at ‘dysfunctional’ Opposition

The Premier has lashed out at the Opposition on the day of the State Liberals conference, labelling them a ‘chaotic and dysfunctional’ party who ‘don’t represent mainstream WA’ .

Bethany Hiatt and Rose Patane

John Wootton was rejected for an interest-free loan from the State Government’s nominated lender for the solar battery rebate scheme.

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumWA’s battery scheme lender pulls plug on pensioners

Some WA seniors hoping to access the Cook Government’s new solar battery rebate scheme have been locked out of the offer after being rejected for interest-free loans by the Government’s nominated lender.

Nick Bruining

John Wootton was rejected for an interest-free loan from the State Government’s nominated lender for the solar battery rebate scheme.

Your MoneyCommentsState’s battery scheme lender pulls plug on part-pensioners

Warnbro resident John Wootton was delighted when the State Government announced the solar battery rebate scheme. That euphoria soon faded when his loan application was rejected without explanation.

Nick Bruining

State Liberal Party conference on Sunday, August 31, 2025. Pictured is party leader Basil Zempilas. Carwyn Monck

WA NewsCommentsPremiumHundreds pack protest rally against Burswood racetrack

Hundreds of vocal residents packed into a community meeting on Sunday to fight Labor’s plans to build a racetrack at Burswood Park.

Bethany Hiatt

Labor’s promise to build housing within walking distance of Metronet appears to have stalled, says the Opposition, with a dozen sites slated for development still sitting idle three years later.

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‘Lazy’: Opposition slams Labor over Metronet promise

Labor’s promise to build housing within walking distance of Metronet appears to have stalled, says the Opposition, with a dozen sites slated for development still sitting idle three years later.

Jessica Page

Legislative Councillor Steve Thomas has slammed the State’s debt reduction plans.

EconomyPremiumWA’s debt repayment fund sits empty

A special fund set up by the State Government to slash debt will sit empty for six years despite a remarkable revenue boom.

Matt Mckenzie

State Liberal Party conference on Sunday, August 31, 2025. Pictured is party leader Basil Zempilas. Carwyn Monck

State PoliticsCommentsPremium‘Time’s right’: Zempilas declares Libs can win next election

Liberal leader Basil Zempilas has declared the ‘time is right’ for his style of leadership, vowing his team can win in 2029 while also taking a veiled swipe at some in his own party. 

Jessica Page

A State Government body that supports donor-conceived children and their families has apologised for a data breach that resulted in the email addresses of almost 50 people on a highly confidential register being made visible.

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Private donor-registry emails exposed in data breach

A State Government body supporting donor-conceived children and their families has apologised for a data breach that resulted in the email addresses on a highly confidential register being made visible.

Rhianna Mitchell

Defence Industries Minister Paul Papalia and the Opposition’s Libby Mettam have headed to the UK to sell the Brits WA’s ship building capabilities.

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Papalia and Mettam make Brits an offer they can’t refuse

Defence Industries Minister Paul Papalia has headed to Britain to spruik Australia’s shipbuilding expertise, this time taking Liberal frontbencher Libby Mettam with him in a united front to win work for WA.

Joe Spagnolo

Nat Fyfe and Trent Cotchin before the 2020 State of Origin match.

AFLCommentsPremiumWait nearly over for historic State of Origin clash in WA

The long-awaited deal between the AFL and the WA Government to bring back State of Origin footy to Perth after nearly 30 years is on the cusp of being signed off.

Joe Spagnolo

Michaelia Cash has publicly aired her thoughts on net zero . .

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WA Liberals jump Ley’s policy gun

It’s unusual to see WA's Federal MPs so openly airing their views in public on contentious issues that Federal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has yet to make a definitive decision on.

Joe Spagnolo

WA Liberal Leader Basil Zempilas unloads on Roger Cook and Rita Saffioti in his speech to the party faithful at state conference on Sunday.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumZempilas unloads on ‘out of touch’ Labor over pet projects

Basil Zempilas says the Cook Government is an ‘out of touch’ and ‘tired’ administration, putting self-interest and glory projects ahead of the health needs of the state.

Joe Spagnolo

A State Government body which supports donor-conceived children and their families has apologised for a data breach which saw the email addresses of 48 people on a highly-confidential register made visible.

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The West Australian exclusive
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Donor registry emails exposed in data breach

A State Government body which supports donor-conceived children and their families has apologised for a data breach which saw the email addresses of 48 people on a highly-confidential register made visible.

Rhianna Mitchell

Tourism Minister Reece Whitby says the cruise industry is a major boon for WA.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumMajor cruise ships to sail from Freo docks in tourism boon

Princess Cruise will base a ship in Fremantle in 2027 - in what would be a major boon for Perth’s lucrative cruising industry.

Joe Spagnolo

Former Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds at the WA State Conference on Saturday.

Federal PoliticsCommentsReynolds demands apology from Albo over ‘sorry’ Higgins saga

After winning her defamation case against former staffer Brittany Higgins, ex-senator and Liberal minister Linda Reynolds is now demanding an apology from the Prime Minister for Labor’s handling of the saga.

Joe Spagnolo