West Aussies retirement plans are being derailed, as high rentals, big mortgages and cost-of-living hikes force more over 70s to continue working.
Joe Spagnolo
Roger Cook says he wants powerful new development laws passed before MPs break for summer holidays in a fortnight.
The WA Liberal and National parties have officially started working towards forming a Coalition, with the new arrangement likely to be in place a year out from the 2029 State Election.
WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has left the door open for a power rebate next year, as West Australians continue to feel the pain of cost-of-living hikes.
The newly-elected opposition leader has taken aim at the state of the hospital system in NSW, arguing the government have left residents to sleep “on the floors of emergency departments”.
Liam Beatty
Doctors at a busy Sydney hospital are pleading for help after two knife-related incidents in just three days.
Nathan Schmidt
A CCC investigation has uncovered several dishonest claims made by former Townsville mayor Troy Thompson, including that he never had cancer.
Emma Kirk
Parliamentarians have voted minutes to midnight on a “landmark” Bill to end protections for the Snowy Mountains’ wild brumbies.
Victoria Police will be given new powers to stop and search people in Melbourne’s CBD from this weekend, but not everyone is happy about the move.
One group of Australians will soon have access for the first time to a digital birth certificate on their mobile phone.
Australia could lose its chance to eradicate a potentially deadly superpest if a funding cliff isn’t urgently addressed, an interstate delegation has warned.
Greens WA opened its first-ever office in Albany this week, with the party’s spokesperson for the regions, Jess Beckerling, moving into her new digs on Peels Place.
Melissa Sheil
WA’s $150 billion resources industry is bracing for a new fight over the fine print, and warning that Labor’s new environment deal with the Greens could drive energy prices higher.
Jessica Page
A leading property developer has poked a big hole in the Cook Government’s infill solution to Perth’s housing crisis, warning that its high-rise plan doesn’t stack up.
Industry heavyweights have jumped on the Cook Government’s GST bandwagon, despite the Prime Minister’s promise he won’t change the deal that currently gives WA 75 cents back for every dollar raised.
Roger Cook has taken a pot-shot at Brisbane’s weather, as a state of origin battle erupts over cricket’s First Test.
Jessica Page and Ben Smith
Joondalup councillor Nige Jones has quit after his failed attempt to get ratepayers to pay for his beer at an Adelaide strip club sparked outrage and prompted questions about his embellished military record.
Jessica Page & James Carmody
Prevention is better than the cure. But it has to start much, much earlier. And that’s not cheap.
Only 15 per cent of women experiencing economic abuse seek help in Australia, according to a new report that found support was hard to find or difficult to access.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Rita Saffioti has hit back at Queensland’s claim it is ‘locked and loaded’ to seize the First Test back from Perth, declaring that WA won’t accept second place.
Nearly a year on from a devastating bushfire that razed 11,000ha of farmland and destroyed three homes, Roe MLA Peter Rundle has lashed the State Government for failing to publicise reports regarding its cause.
Hannah Whitehead
The Police Minister made the admission after revelations an alleged victim of domestic violence was turned away when she sought help.
Roger Cook has backed in the demands of WA’s mining sector for changes to Federal environmental laws as the debate reaches its crunch point.
Katina Curtis
Labor won’t budge on the controversial racetrack, but Roger Cook says industry feedback is behind the decision to cut another part of the $217 million Burswood project down to size.
