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Mark McGowan defends WA health system but concedes it is under 'huge pressure'

Mark McGowan defends the state's hospital system amid a steady flow of complaints and concerns, revealed in leaked correspondence between doctors and nurses.

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COVID mask mandates for public and passenger transport in WA set to end next week

Mask mandates on public and passenger transport in Western Australia set to end next week, with visitor limits at aged and disability care facilities also easing.

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Perrottet urges isolation rule scrapping

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has called for the removal of the mandatory isolation period for COVID cases entirely, following a reduction to five days.

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WA science awards — brought to you by the utter devastation of climate change!

What do Woodside, ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron have in common (apart from the climatically obvious)? Well, they all appear to be enthusiastic sponsors of WA’s science awards.

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Australia can't contain or deny China's rise, but can join forces to compete with it, Kim Beazley says

Former federal defence minister and WA governor, Kim Beazley, is urging Australia to focus on strengthening its relationship with India to compete with the rise of China.

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Australia’s defamation laws favour the reputations of the rich and powerful. Why?

Changes to defamation law in Australia are supposed to give publishers a ‘public interest’ defence. But no one wants to be the test case.

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Daylight saving push in WA likely dead on arrival as government, opposition dismiss private member's bill

The government and opposition dismiss a push by Daylight Saving MP Wilson Tucker to bypass the general public and revive the practice in WA.

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Carnarvon residents invite WA Premier Mark McGowan to witness youth crime impacts for himself

Carnarvon's business community, residents and government officials say crime is threatening to drag a "bloody great town" under and that it's time the state's leaders saw for themselves just how bad the situation is.

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Fiona Stanley Hospital treating patients in corridors business as usual, government says

The WA Health Minister and the boss of Fiona Stanley Hospital defend the placement of some patients in beds in the hospital's corridors.

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Unions warn WA wages campaign isn't over

West Australian public sector workers have gathered in large numbers outside Parliament House in Perth amid an ongoing dispute over public sector pay.

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Thousands of WA public sector workers rally at parliament, demanding better pay

Health professionals, police, teachers and other public sector workers shout down the doors of parliament, arguing they aren't being respected or paid enough.

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Perth Airport rail line to open in October, as Forrestfield Metronet costs revealed to be $1.9 billion

The Forrestfield-Airport Link will open on October 10, the WA Government announces, with fares to be capped at $5 for the 20,000 passengers a day expected to use the service.

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Perth airport rail line to finally open

Six years after construction began, the $1.9 billion Perth Airport rail link is set to commence full operations from October 10.

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Top site for WA Aboriginal cultural centre

A proposed new Aboriginal cultural centre on the Perth riverfront is being touted as Western Australia's answer to the Sydney Opera House.

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Location chosen for new Aboriginal cultural centre to be built in central Perth

A site is chosen in central Perth for the creation of an Aboriginal cultural centre, an attraction Premier Mark McGowan describes as a "great opportunity" for Western Australia.

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Far away in a one-party state, a newspaper flexes its muscles. But is anyone paying attention?

The WA opposition and West Australian have targeted high-profile members of the McGowan government, but their aim may be off.

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Clive Palmer ordered to pay part of Mark McGowan’s legal costs after defamation battle

Billionaire’s costs will not similarly be paid by WA premier, as judge finds ‘asymmetry of responsibility’ for ‘long and costly’ case

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Palmer to pay bulk of defamation costs

West Australian taxpayers are set to be spared some of the cost of the Premier Mark McGowan's defamation case against billionaire litigant Clive Palmer.

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Medi-hotels were sold by Labor as a way to fix WA's health system, but only one has been built

So-called medi-hotels formed a big part of WA Labor's pitch to voters at the 2017 election, but five years on there's little sign of them — and one of the proposed facilities appears to be no more.

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WA police commissioner Col Blanch gives in-principle support for northern booze ban

Full and mid-strength takeaway alcohol sales could soon be banned in WA's north. Community leaders fear the measure would "marginalise" residents.

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John Quigley apologises for having to correct evidence in defamation trial between Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan

John Quigley admits to feeling "embarrassed" over a mistake in his testimony during Mark McGowan's defamation trial with Clive Palmer.

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WA premier defends by-election no show

Labor is opting not to run a candidate in an upcoming West Australian by-election because it is unlikely to win, Premier Mark McGowan has admitted.

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Bail act, Crown Perth and Metronet top priority list as WA Parliament resumes after winter break

Reforms to bail laws and Crown Casino are among the priorities on the West Australian government's to-do list as parliament returns after the winter recess.

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WA lifts state care age limit from 18 to 21 following successful trial

Shell Jacovic, who spent most of her childhood in state care, describes the process of being cut off from care when she turned 18 as scary and daunting.

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WA monkeypox spread unlikely according to Premier Mark McGowan as WA COVID cases drop

Monkeypox vaccines will arrive in Western Australia within days, after the state recorded its first case of the disease in a traveller returning from overseas.

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