Mark McGowan says vaccination mandates covering most of the WA workforce will be around for ‘at least’ several years to come - so get used to it.
Charlotte Elton
An unvaccinated WA Police officer has launched legal action in the Supreme Court against the State Government’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Peter Law and Daryna Zadvirna
Police have increased border patrols in WA’s north after a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory was plunged into lockdown.
Peter Law
The Premier, whose family has been targeted by vaccine-mandate protesters, said they were discussing moving from the suburbs he has called home for years.
Joe Spagnolo
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has revealed his plans for the state’s Covid-19 road map despite the emergence of Omicron.
Steve Zemek
David Honey has been leader of the WA Liberal Party for 250 days and there are already calls for him to be replaced. Here’s why that’s a bit harsh.
BEN HARVEY
A group of Liberal women have united to make a surprising election pledge as the campaign for local elections heats up.
Anton Nilsson
Federal Labor’s most senior MP in WA has called for local university leaders to set-aside ‘self-interest’ over a potential union, saying the ‘super uni’ would rocket up global rankings.
A Nationals MP whose company failed after racking up more than $440,000 in unpaid taxes believes he will still be able to keep his seat in Parliament.
Briana Fiore
Ahead of the December 1 vaccination mandate deadline for critical workers, dozens of staff are refusing to get the jab in a move that could cost them their jobs.
The Health Department has paid St John WA millions of dollars in financial penalties through a secret ambulance ramping fine system.
Arts Minister David Templeman may have just dropped the hottest track of 2021, closing Parliament on Thursday with an ode to the year that was.
Peter Dutton has batted away speculation he is preparing to try and topple Scott Morrison with a dry-humoured joke.
Helena Burke
A mother was forced back into hotel quarantine in Queensland without her newborn baby who had been born prematurely just days earlier.
Alex Druce
WA’s corruption watchdog, police force and Parliament have finally reached a truce over a drawn-out battle to access material on the laptop of a former MP Phil Edman.
WA Liberal Party leader David Honey has talked up Basil Zempilas making a run at State politics in 2025, describing the TV personality as someone who would be a ‘pretty popular candidate’.
The fate of the Victorian government’s pandemic laws is in the hands of two crossbenchers, with a decision expected soon.
Rhiannon Tuffield
A WA mother pleading for an inquest into her daughter’s suicide is among hundreds of families having to wait more than a year for answers due to a massive backlog of cases in the State Coroner’s Office.
How Scott Morrison dealt with a controversial anti-vax politician has created an outburst of anger in Parliament. Here’s why.
WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson has acknowledged employers need to do more to support women and has listed one easy way to stop a ‘blokey’ culture from taking hold in workplaces across WA.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A judge has described disgraced former Labor MP Barry Urban as the ‘antithesis of honesty and integrity’ as she jailed him for lying about his work, military and police service.
Shannon Hampton
The cause of the PM’s softening language on vaccine mandates has been revealed - placating rebel Coalition senators threatening to withhold their support for legislation.
Federal Liberal MPs have urged their State counterparts to delay replacing David Honey with Libby Mettam as WA Liberal leader until after the Federal election.
Hydrogen hubs will be built in the Pilbara and Mid West under a $235 million plan pitched by State Government to the Commonwealth.
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