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Mark McGowan's promise to stop jailing mentally impaired people indefinitely still unfulfilled

People who are accused of crimes but are unfit to stand trial due to being "mentally impaired" can be held in custody indefinitely in Western Australia at the attorney-general's discretion.

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State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign

In the first week of the campaign, we journeyed around the country with six politics experts to examine the key seats and issues affecting different parts of the Australia.

The Conversation

How important is your state's vote this election? Antony Green takes a look

This election will be decided in marginal seats, but as we saw in 2019, the variation in state swings can make a huge impact. So what's the situation in your state? Antony Green takes a look.

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Australian election briefing: Morrison’s housing sales pitch knocked off course as Albanese dodges a digger — plus ‘polite incentives’

Monday: the best of Guardian Australia’s 2022 federal election coverage

The Guardian - AU

Labor accuses Coalition of ‘playing politics’ with national security after reports of Aukus snub

Opposition claims government is whipping up fear for election votes as WA premier Mark McGowan slams Peter Dutton’s ‘inflammatory’ rhetoric

The Guardian - AU

Albanese defends Labor costing release

Anthony Albanese is yet to confirm when Labor will outline its costings before Australians head to the polls on Saturday.

AAP

Mark McGowan's $5.7b budget surplus boasts likely to attract the ire of eastern states premiers

Mark McGowan's boasts about his eastern states counterparts being "green with envy" over WA's whopping $5.7 billion budget surplus, may come back to haunt him or his successor, writes Dan Mercer.

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Mark McGowan's WA budget surplus labelled 'unfair distortion' by Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas

WA Premier Mark McGowan gets his response after goading the other states on the WA budget result, saying they would be "green with envy".

ABC News

Calls for WA to spend more of its surplus

Western Australia's health and housing pressures continue in the shadow of the state's $5.7 billion nation-leading budget surplus.

AAP

Sky News host Paul Murray in expletive-laden anti-Labor tirade to audience before Peter Dutton interview

Murray urged crowd to vote for Coalition while mocking Penny Wong, trans people and described a regular guest as ‘blow-up clown doll’

The Guardian - AU

Health spending and cost of living major focus of Mark McGowan's WA budget

Mark McGowan says this year's budget aims to ease cost of living pressures, but welfare groups say it's not enough while unions describe the absence of a pay rise for public sector workers is a "kick in the guts".

ABC News

WA reveals 'envy of the nation' budget

Western Australia is forecasting a $5.7 billion budget surplus for 2021/22 with Premier Mark McGowan championing one of the world's strongest economies.

AAP

Libs call for tax freeze in WA budget

The West Australian opposition has called for a freeze on all government taxes and charges in Thursday's state budget.

AAP

What is WA's Emergency Management Act and why have the pandemic powers been extended again?

The WA Government is rushing through legislation to extend its pandemic powers for another six months. This is what it means and why it is important.

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WA state budget to include $3,500 rebates for electric vehicles, but there's a downside

The McGowan Labor government will allocate $60 million in the state budget to accelerate the use of zero emission vehicles, which will include rebates for electric vehicle purchases, but there's a catch.

ABC News

Households to get electricity credit in WA state budget to cope with cost of living pressures

The West Australian government will unveil a multimillion-dollar package to help people with their electricity costs in next Thursday's state budget.

AAP

Defence funding in PM's pitch to WA voters

Scott Morrison has spruiked GST reform and announced funding for special forces in a speech in WA where several marginal seats are up for grabs at the election.

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More than 80 per cent of Aboriginal people speak Kriol — why is it still widely misunderstood?

Kriol interpreter services are used across Australia and often form a bridge between Indigenous communities and the wider population. Yet many people don't see the need.

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Western Australia could hit fresh COVID-19 peak as AMA remains nervous over removal of mask mandate

An epidemiologist warns Western Australia could be facing a much bigger peak and a slower let-up after dropping most of its COVID-19 rules, but a lot will depend on what individuals do to stop the spread.

AAP

WA premier flags cost of living relief

Western Australia's premier is under pressure to deliver hip-pocket relief as he prepares to deliver another multi-billion dollar budget surplus.

AAP

No quick ramping fix amid WA health spend

A $252 million investment in Western Australia's emergency departments is unlikely to immediately ease hospital pressures, the health minister has warned.

ABC News

Ailing WA health system gets $252 million budget boost amid pressure on emergency departments

The WA government vows to spend more than a quarter of a billion dollars trying to address issues in the health system, as the Health Minister takes aim at the Commonwealth for its "abject failure" to manage some patients.

The Canberra Times

Labor calls for cheaper, fairer Australia in election pledge

Federal election: Labor's Anthony Albanese outlines no one left behind.

AAP

Albanese basks in McGowan's WA popularity

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese pledges to lower cost of PBS medicines and boost EVs at Labor campaign launch

Opposition leader also vows to make gender equity an objective of the Fair Work Act if ALP wins federal election on 21 May

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