WA’s eco-watchdog rejected Gorgon. Chevron’s performance has proved it right
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Biodiversity

WA’s eco-watchdog rejected Gorgon. Chevron’s performance has proved it right

Labor has ignored WA’s environment watchdog on a huge gas project before. Will Roger Cook learn the lesson before it decides on Woodside’s Browse?

  • byPeter Milne

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WA premier walks back his words on Woodside’s Browse gas mega-project
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WA premier walks back his words on Woodside’s Browse gas mega-project

The West Australian premier has reopened the possibility his government will support the $30 billion gas export project – even if its environmental watchdog does not.

  • byPeter Milne
Perth street circuit to host Supercars from 2026

Perth street circuit to host Supercars from 2026

The WA government on Sunday announced its plan to build a street circuit less than 10 minutes out of the city centre.

  • byJoanna Guelas
‘We need you’:Cook calls on private sector to suggest government land best for housing

‘We need you’:Cook calls on private sector to suggest government land best for housing

Premier Roger Cook says “it’s personal” in the battle to supplement Perth’s increasing housing crisis.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
WA’s premier on the housing crisis,stamp duty … and cash-for-access dinners

WA’s premier on the housing crisis,stamp duty … and cash-for-access dinners

Ahead of his anniversary as premier,WAtoday grilled Roger Cook on some of the more uncomfortable issues facing the government he’ll take to the next election.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA’s domestic violence accused to lose access to guns in wake of Floreat murders

WA’s domestic violence accused to lose access to guns in wake of Floreat murders

Anyone who is formally accused of family or domestic violence in Western Australia will be stripped of their firearms under proposed legal changes.

  • byHolly Hales
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Paying clean hydrogen’s way in WA will be harder than the hype

Paying clean hydrogen’s way in WA will be harder than the hype

A cautionary tale for Australian companies rushing into the clean fuel business:from optimism a few years ago,Yara now finds green hydrogen is a long way away.

  • byPeter Milne
‘Where’s Mark?’:A day in the life of Roger Cook
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Perth

‘Where’s Mark?’:A day in the life of Roger Cook

The West Australian premier has a mammoth task ahead of him to communicate to the public what he stands for. Beyond,that is,being a “dad from Kwinana”.

  • byHamish Hastie
Opposition wary of WA government splashing cash on in-house lawyers

Opposition wary of WA government splashing cash on in-house lawyers

The Department of Premier and Cabinet will spend $6 million over the next four years to establish a four-person in-house legal team.

  • byHamish Hastie
‘Trying to save the planet’:Cook wants line of sight on guzzlers of WA gas

‘Trying to save the planet’:Cook wants line of sight on guzzlers of WA gas

As climate groups deride his government’s pro-gas stance,the premier is giving thought to how to hold WA’s international gas customers to account on climate.

  • byHamish Hastie
What West Australians think of the state budget

What West Australians think of the state budget

Amid all the chest-beating spin from the government,each line item in the budget will have a real impact on West Australians. So we asked them what they thought.

  • byHamish Hastie,Sarah Brookes,Holly Thompson,Jesinta Burton andPeter Milne