Roger Cook has echoed industry concerns that Anthony Albanese’s sweeping changes to capital gains tax could deter foreign investment in WA’s mining industry.
Jessica Page
Roger Cook has described the lack of a canola crushing and refining industry in WA as ‘nuts’ as he outlined his desire for the State to add value to a product it exports around $1.2 billion worth of each year.
Oliver Lane
Perth’s Mount Hospital could soon have a new owner, with the outcome of bids for Healthscope’s private health assets believed to be imminent.
Oliver Lane and Rebecca Le May
Defence Minister Richard Marles won’t commit Commonwealth funding to a new weapons hub in Collie, yet.
Will the City of Perth be the straw that finally breaks the back of local government, or is that still easier said than done?
Roger Cook has rejected concerns that a new weapons manufacturing hub could make Collie a military target, insisting the plan is to create jobs, not war.
The former premier has landed a job that will allow him to go from ‘State Daddy’ to helping create daddies.
Charlton Hart
Premier Roger Cook will announce that WA is seeking formal expressions of interest from global defence giants to set up a large-scale weapons manufacturing facility in Collie, The West can reveal.
Andrew Greene
WA is becoming less competitive for mining exploration due to Aboriginal cultural heritage compliance processes being allowed to balloon ‘unchecked’ in cost and time.
Rebecca Le May
Parents are routinely waiting up to five years to see a paediatrician for developmental diagnoses through the public system despite the tow year median wait time, according to a Perth family medicine director.
WA minister Simone McGurk has zeroed in on the Federal budget’s allocation for aged care, as a report warns WA is on the brink of a looming crisis with almost 3000 more beds required to keep up with demand.
One state will have 5 per cent lower power prices from July 1, with the regulator announcing the default offer prices on Monday.
Blair Jackson
Tragic details about the first 30 seconds of the shooting spree at the Chanukah by the Sea event at Bondi have been revealed.
Rhiannon Lewin and Ike Morris
Fifteen WA manufacturers will receive a $49 million boost under a Cook Government scheme to fast-track housing supply and break West Australians of their ‘love affair’ with double-brick homes.
Bethany Hiatt
Rita Saffioti has vowed to probe how a Geraldton psychiatrist who sexually harassed a nurse has been spared a harsher penalty because of regional shortages.
Wait times for children needing to see a paediatrician to diagnose developmental issues through the public system have blown out to nearly two years.
The Cook Government has turned its attention from cost-of-living relief to the afterlife — now trying to address the cost of dying.
Joe Spagnolo
WA’s iconic Cottesloe Beach is set for a $15 million facelift, following an Albanese Government funding boost.
West Australians are being asked to turn off their sprinklers this weekend - one week earlier than the usual June 1 switch off.
The State Government says its service station blitz is working, with just three fines issued this month for dodgy practices - such as not disclosing fuel prices or overcharging.
The Cook Government has forked out more than tens of millions of dollars on poaching less than 300 overseas-trained teachers to work in WA schools, parliamentary questions have revealed.
A local council has unveiled a plan to charge residents for hosting events like weddings and picnics in its most popular parks – with some facing fees of up to $2000.
David Hannant
A lawyer for an Aussie artist who has been cleared of criminal charges for displaying Nazi symbols in his artwork has spoken of a “really disturbing” detail in the case.
Clareese Packer
Fierce rivals Rita Saffioti and Basil Zempilas went head-to-head this week and the debate got personal, but Roger Cook said it’s fair game.
