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The Western Australian government has upped its pay offer for 150,000 public sector workers after facing union-led pressure over rampant inflation.

Public sector workers — including teachers, doctors and nurses — will be given a 3 per cent pay increase, up from 2.75 per cent, as well as a one-off $2,500 payment.

Western Australia's ambulance ramping figures have reached record levels as hospitals grapple with COVID-19 and flu outbreaks.

The WA government admits to being short hundreds of health staff, as ambulance ramping figures skyrocket again - but authorities say the winter COVID and flu peak has passed.

WA's two biggest farming bodies say they have lost faith in the state's Agriculture Minister over comments she made about foot-and-mouth disease, but some farmers voice concerns the issue has become politicised.

Western Australia's premier has thrown his support behind his cabinet ministers as the government faces criticism on a number of fronts.

A Mandurah family has found a creative way to combat cost-of-living hikes, gathering three generations under one roof as Australia's inflation figure surges to a 20-year-high.

The WA opposition says plans to deploy police and firefighters to combat potential outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease will place further pressure on already "overstretched" emergency services.

An alliance of public sector unions in Western Australia could strike within weeks as the state's capital again recorded the nation's highest inflation rate.

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There had been fears the new mats that guard against foot-and-mouth disease would add yet another delay to the airport experience, but travellers do not appear fazed.