Service stations will be slapped with a quadrupled penalty if they do not comply with new mandatory reporting rules that take effect today.
Brooke Rolfe
Taxpayers will fork out tens of millions of dollars for the purchase of the Mount Lawley Hospital from St John of God, to add an extra 118 beds to the public hospital system.
Jessica Page
The funding will be split between service providers around the State, according to Health Minister Meredith Hammat.
Oliver Lane
The Opposition has levelled blame for the increasing unaffordablity of rentals at the Cook Government, saying more people are falling through the cracks of WA’s housing crisis.
The NSW Teachers Federation has called on the education minister to reverse a “reckless” plan to replace specialist teachers with inexperienced “clerks.”
Emma Kirk
The Cook Government is hoping the games, which consistently bring in over 30,000 fans through the gate every game, will lead to an uptick in vaccines.
Falling apart classrooms and inadequate facilities have WA’s independent schools pleading for $25 million in taxpayer funds from the State Government in the upcoming Budget.
The Cook Labor Government will be investing $692 million in a range of initiatives that will support more housing in the regions, including the delivery of 500 new homes for frontline Government workers.
Rita Saffioti
More and more West Australians relying on income support or minimum wage are falling through the cracks in housing, with fewer rentals than ever being accessible to those struggling most.
Albany has been named among seven regional cities “critical” to WA’s future economic growth, with the region to be bolstered with 26 new homes for frontline workers by 2030.
Melissa Sheil
An Aussie capital is weighing up a ban on short-term rentals offered by companies like Airbnb and Stayz, amid a housing affordability crisis.
Blair Jackson
Anthony Albanese has all-but ruled out a new tax on gas, declaring there are currently no ‘windfall profits’ after anti-gas activists disrupted his appearance at an industry event in Perth.
Exmouth residents who experienced power outages of more than 12 hours during Tropical Cyclone Narelle will now receive double the usual extended outage payment.
Jessica Page is not the only NDIS parent mystified by the elevation of Mark Butler to potential leader status in the same week that he put the future of thousands of disabled kids in even more limbo.
Anthony Albanese has insisted a tax on gas profits is not on his agenda, as Roger Cook assured WA industry leaders that he’s ‘made it clear’ it must not be part of the upcoming Federal Budget.
Jessica Page and Charlton Hart
Extra battery rebates in WA have hampered the uptake of a Federal Government program facilitating loans for green energy home upgrades, according to Assistant Climate Change and Energy Minister Josh Wilson.
Premier Roger Cook has told WA’s resources giants that industrial harmony will not ‘come free of charge’ as he urges a resolution to union pay fights in the Pilbara.
Matt Mckenzie
Port Hedland is the biggest winner out of Roger Cook’s Budget boost for regional housing but after years of inaction, the Premier is blamed for playing ‘catch-up’ on supply.
Sydney’s public transport and Opal card regime will get an $820m overhaul that promises to fix one major bugbear for commuters.
The State Government is providing $10.8m to aid Albany’s transition away from mains gas, with most of the cash going towards converting the city’s social housing
Claire Middleton
WA has fallen behind all other mainland States in the uptake of the Federal Government’s home energy upgrade scheme, which has reached the 10,000 upgrades milestone.
The words ‘decentralisation’ and ‘infrastructure’ are beloved of politicians in a massive State like WA. But too often the words are thrown about without the details required to give them any substance.
Roger Cook will unveil his vision for seven regional cities to propel WA’s economy and will use hundreds of millions of dollars from WA’s mining giants to foot almost a third of the bill for more housing.
The military community has backed one of the country’s most senior officers after he highlighted the importance of ‘freedom of expression’ following the booing of the Indigenous welcome to country on Anzac Day.
Andrew Greene
