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No top jobCommentsPremiumFreo council happy to leave $135,000 mayor role vacant

He’s been the mayor of Fremantle since 2009 but it now seems the city thinks it can get along quite nicely without anyone in the top job — at least until the next local government election.

Michael Traill

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The West Australian exclusive
Shock travel blockCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
McGowan calls for possible ban on travel from India

Premier Mark McGowan wants Australia to seriously consider temporarily banning all travellers from India — despite a reported 9000 Aussies waiting for flights home, The West can reveal.

Peter Law

‘it beggars belief’PremiumCOVID hotel management receive cut of $1.2m top-up

Workers in low-risk management and admin roles at WA’s quarantine hotels receiving a cut of $1.2 million in topped-up wages has been labelled an ‘insult to our hospital healthcare workers’.

Peter Law

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War vet urges pollies not to forget Anzac sacrifice

An Air Force veteran is among The West readers to have their say over WA’s Anzac Day coronavirus restrictions, with scathing messages for Minister for Veterans Issues Paul Papalia.

Letters to the Editor

COVID caseCommentsPremiumWill Premier burst NZ travel bubble after COVID case?

Mark McGowan is getting ‘advice’ on whether WA should leave the 24-hour-old travel bubble with New Zealand after an airport worker from across the ditch tested positive for COVID-19.

Briana Fiore

‘Really grim’PremiumRental crisis pushes DV shelters, victims to the brink

Domestic violence victims are being forced to stay with abusive parnters because there’s nowhere else to go amid WA’s rental crisis. Some are even being placed into motels to escape immediate danger.

Briana Fiore

New EraCommentsPremiumNats, Libs sign ‘alliance agreement’ to battle Labor

The Nationals and Liberals have committed to hold talks on how they can work together to defeat Labor after signing an ‘alliance agreement’ today.

Peter Law

Locked inCommentsPremiumREVEALED: Ben Wyatt’s first post-politics role

Ben Wyatt is following in the footsteps of another high-profile former WA politician in his first gig post-politics, after joining the board of a ‘household name’.

Peter Law

‘It doesn’t feel real’CommentsPremiumEmotions soar as first NZ arrivals touch down in Perth

The first New Zealand arrivals as part of the trans-Tasman travel bubble have touched down in WA — with families embracing after more than a year apart.

Sarah Steger

Power outage helpCommentsPremiumFinancial relief on way for cyclone victims

Relief for those affected by ex-tropical cyclone Seroja has been announced, after 20 per cent of the Western Power network — an area larger than Tasmania — was taken off the grid.

Briana Fiore

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In from the coldPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Liberal leader hires director who resigned in disgrace

WA Liberal leader David Honey has recruited ex-premier Richard Court’s former right hand man Jack Gilleece — 22 years after he quit government in disgrace over outside business dealings.

Peter Law

Quarantine conundrumCommentsPremiumOverseas travel plan comes down to States: PM

Scott Morrison says he will not force any state or territory leader to agree to new overseas travel arrangements that would see hotel quarantine scrapped for returning Australians.

Joe Spagnolo

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No certaintyCommentsPremium
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Doctors call for PCH ‘revolving door’ to stop

The ‘revolving door’ at Perth Children’s Hospital needs to stop — Australian Medical Association Chief Andrew Miller has warned — after revelations the facility had three bosses in three years.

Joe Spagnolo

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What a wasteCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Hundreds of WA homes empty as rental crisis worsens

More than 900 government-owned houses are sitting empty in WA, while desperate families are having to pitch tents in family and friends’ backyards because they have nowhere to live.

Joe Spagnolo

Devastating funeralVideoCommentsPremium‘Nothing more tragic’: Heartache at Aishwarya farewell

The devastated family and friends of Aishwarya Aswath, who died at Perth Children’s Hospital after a two-hour wait in emergency, today remembered the seven-year-old as ‘kind, gentle and caring’.

Caitlyn Rintoul

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West Coast recruitCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Eagles on cusp of major signing with role for Wyatt

The West Australian can reveal former WA treasurer Ben Wyatt has accepted an offer to join the club and the process has begun to formalise his appointment with the WA Football Commission.

Peter Law

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The West Australian exclusive
New-look partnershipCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Nats and Libs to form alliance after election bloodbath

The Nationals and Liberals are just days away from signing an agreement to form an alliance in State Parliament for the next four years, The West can reveal.

Peter Law

‘Team effort’CommentsPremiumScoMo claims credit for McGowan’s landslide victory

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is claiming credit for Premier Mark McGowan’s electoral wipe out of the WA Liberal Party, in his first trip to Perth in 537 days.

Michael Traill

ScoMo’s WA visitVideoCommentsPremiumPM assures West Aussies AstraZeneca jab ‘safe’

Prime Minister Scott Morrison attempted to ease the nerves of anxious West Australians today after public confidence in the AstraZeneca vaccine took a hit earlier this month.

Briana Fiore

‘Conflict of interest’CommentsPremiumMcGowan knew of environment minister’s mining ties

WA’s new Environment Minister has ‘recused herself’ from decision making regarding two major mining projects because of a potential conflict of interest involving her step-father.

Peter Law

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Sad dose of realityCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Four-year high in hospital deaths due to clinical error

Clinical mishaps were linked to the deaths of 142 people in WA’s health system last financial year, the equal highest on record.

Peter Law

Blak Deaths in CustodyVideoPremiumWhy are Aboriginal people still dying in custody?

A landmark royal commission report was handed down 30 years ago today with 339 recommendations, yet Indigenous men and women continue to die, writes Rangi Hirini.

Rangi Hirini

VAD lawsVideoCommentsPremiumDementia Australia chair recounts mum’s 15-year torment

Graeme Samuels has called for WA’s assisted dying legislation to be extended to include dementia, recounting his mother’s 15 years of confusion, torment and unbearable distress.

Sarah Ison

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The West Australian exclusive
‘Normal process’CommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
‘It’s a lie’: PM denies Palmer support in border spat

Scott Morrison says political advertising linking him with Clive Palmer over his fight with Mark McGowan and WA’s hard border reflects badly on Federal Labor.

Ben O'Shea & Sarah Ison

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