The Latest Breaking News from Mark McGowan

Simone McGurk loses child protection, domestic violence portfolios in Mark McGowan's cabinet reshuffle

Simone McGurk, who was also the long serving minister for women's interests and community services was one of the biggest losers in the McGowan government political shake-up.

ABC News · Dec 14, 2022

Two new women in McGowan's WA cabinet

First-term West Australian state MP Jackie Jarvis is one of two women promoted by the Labor caucus into Mark McGowan's new-look cabinet.

AAP · Dec 13, 2022

Mark McGowan's new cabinet takes shape, with Jackie Jarvis and Sabine Winton joining ranks

The make-up of Mark McGowan's next WA cabinet becomes clearer, with Sabine Winton and Jackie Jarvis picked to fill the shoes of departing veterans Alannah MacTiernan and Dave Kelly.

ABC News · Dec 13, 2022

Plan to overhaul troubled Banksia Hill youth detention centre commissioned but kept secret

Aboriginal leaders express anger as review declared an ‘internal document’ just weeks after crisis talks with state government

The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2022

WA to ban gay conversion therapy

Gay conversion therapy will be made a criminal offence in Western Australia after evidence of abuse and mistreatment at a Perth women's rehabilitation centre.

AAP · Dec 1, 2022

WA nurses union avoids deregistration, says no plans for further strikes in bitter pay dispute

The Australian Nursing Federation says a threat to deregister the union in WA will not be carried out after it met with the state's Industrial Relations Commission, adding it has no plans for further strikes.

ABC News · Dec 1, 2022

Diane Miller still critical after being hit by lump of concrete at Waterford Plaza shopping centre

Diane Miller is still fighting for her life and that of her unborn child after being hit in the head by a lump of concrete as she sat in her parked car at a suburban shopping centre. WARNING: This story may cause distress to some readers.

ABC News · Dec 1, 2022

Dangerous 'folding up' restraint to be banned in West Australian youth detention this month

The potentially-deadly practice used on children by youth detention officers in Western Australia will be replaced with an alternative method within weeks.

ABC News · Nov 30, 2022

‘International embarrassment’: WA government taken to task over treatment of Aboriginal children in detention

Indigenous human rights expert says state is risking its reputation – ‘We’ve seen children assaulted, treated in highly abusive ways’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2022

WA premier dismisses calls to raise criminal age as Aboriginal advocates accuse him of ‘contempt’

Mark McGowan describes last week’s meeting about youth justice as positive, while Aboriginal leader Daniel Morrison called it a failure and a media stunt

The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2022