‘Don’t cross this red line’:WA’s warning to the rest of Australia over GST carve-up

‘Don’t cross this red line’:WA’s warning to the rest of Australia over GST carve-up

Premier Mark McGowan told a business breakfast that any political party which tried to change the current distribution of GST arrangement would suffer dire consequences in Western Australia.

  • byHamish Hastie

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McGowan uses budget to ride the centre towards the next election
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McGowan uses budget to ride the centre towards the next election

By continuing the $400 electricity bill credit for a third year in a row,Mark McGowan has again crafted a budget that literally has “something for everyone”.

  • byHamish Hastie
Your five-minute guide to the WA budget’s winners and losers

Your five-minute guide to the WA budget’s winners and losers

Premier Mark McGowan has used this year’s budget to tackle the issues for which his government has copped the most heat.

  • byJesinta Burton
WA Budget 2023:Every West Aussie gets hundreds off their power bill

WA Budget 2023:Every West Aussie gets hundreds off their power bill

Premier Mark McGowan has announced a $715 million cost of living package to help struggling WA households and businesses.

  • bySarah Brookes
GST deal to win WA voters blows out 45 per cent to $30 billion

GST deal to win WA voters blows out 45 per cent to $30 billion

It was supposed to cost $2.3 billion. But a special deal to help Western Australia is now on track to cost federal taxpayers $30 billion.

  • byShane Wright
McGowan to spend $1.2 billion on WA hospitals but nurses not impressed
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McGowan to spend $1.2 billion on WA hospitals but nurses not impressed

The Premier said he was positioning WA’s public health system for the future by adding more beds,improving patient flow,and upgrading digital systems. The spend comes after years of criticism of his handling of the health system.

  • byHamish Hastie
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WA government pumps more cash into public housing as homelessness crisis deepens

WA government pumps more cash into public housing as homelessness crisis deepens

The money will take the social housing investment fund to $2.6 billion and see 700 extra homes built on top of the 3300 already announced.

  • byHamish Hastie
‘Death,disability’:Former neonatal ICU boss shares grave concerns about Perth babies hospital move
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‘Death,disability’:Former neonatal ICU boss shares grave concerns about Perth babies hospital move

UWA Professor Karen Simmer says the government’s decision to take the hospital from the QEII medical precinct to Fiona Stanley Hospital is dangerous.

  • byMichael Genovese andHamish Hastie
Pilbara gas-fuelled fertiliser plant gets $6b green light,but rock art concerns remain
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Pilbara gas-fuelled fertiliser plant gets $6b green light,but rock art concerns remain

Privately owned WA firm Perdaman has won the backing of a US investor to start building a urea plant large enough to supply almost all of Australia’s needs.

  • byPeter Milne
Free public transport,$250m electric bus fleet promised in WA budget

Free public transport,$250m electric bus fleet promised in WA budget

Public transport will be free for all WA SmartRider holders on the first Sunday of each month in a state budget boon that also includes a new fleet of electric buses.

  • byAlex Condon
‘The king of WA’:McGowan moves closer to Beijing

‘The king of WA’:McGowan moves closer to Beijing

Analysts have warned that West Australian Premier Mark McGowan could be falling into an old trap by getting close to China.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andHamish Hastie