Politics
Western Australia
Why are WA’s diesel buses about to go extinct?
Transport Minister Rita Saffioti and Premier Roger Cook toured the final diesel bus at the Volgren bus manufacturing facility in Malaga on Wednesday morning.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Kerry Stokes’ cabinet dinner was the first of its kind for Roger Cook
The premier said the December dinner was the first time in his career he’d attended such an event, and denied there was any issue with his cabinet dining with the influential billionaire.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Roger Cook’s cabinet attended dinner at Stokes’ mansion
The dinner was billed as a thank-you for the government’s taxpayer-funded donations to Stokes’ Telethon charity.
- by Hamish Hastie
‘The truth should come’: Probe begins into toddler’s death in WA hospital
Sandipan Dhar died at Ramsay Health Care’s Joondalup Health Campus on March 24 due to complications from a common blood cancer.
- by Hamish Hastie
Saffioti distances herself from bare-knuckle fighting bout
Doctors are calling it “blood sport”, the organisers are calling it “a hell of a show”. The new sports minister says it’s still under consideration for Perth.
- by Hamish Hastie and Connor McGoverne
Cold case: Perth serial rapist jailed after 30 years on the run
A serial rapist who terrorised Perth women in the 1990s has finally been unmasked and jailed thanks to groundbreaking DNA tech.
- by Sarah Brookes
Cook thinks he can win over Burswood racetrack critics as consultation opens
Residents haven’t been won over, however, with conveners of the Save Burswood Park group more fired than before.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Hospitals
Murdoch mums and bubs hospital hits another hurdle as builder goes bust
News of Roberts Co’s collapse this week cast a cloud over Italian construction giant Webuild’s ability to build the $1.8 billion hospital.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Spending
How the government is pushing WA families to claim their free money
New figures reveal the state is on track to surpass the 400,000 claims made during last year’s student assistance payment scheme.
- by Hamish Hastie
Labor claims Bullwinkel, cementing grip on the West
A Perth nurse winning WA’s newest seat named after a legendary nurse? Labor couldn’t have scripted it better.
- by Sarah Brookes
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Australia votes
Don’t talk about Dutton: How Andrew Hastie bucked the trend in a bad campaign
In his first major interview since his party’s shattering election loss, Canning MP Andrew Hastie admits the Liberals ran a “bad campaign”.
- by Hamish Hastie