Every individual licensed owner can access compensation with the scheme the state compares to the nationwide one that followed the Port Arthur massacre in 1996.
After Steven Bradbury-ing his way into the state’s top gig after the shock retirement of Mark McGowan,Cook has struggled to emerge from McGowan’s shadow.
Government documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws shine further light on why a service agreement has still not been struck for patients to use the 80-bed medihotel weeks away from its completion.
US miner Alcoa will stop producing alumina at its Kwinana refinery by September,leading to the loss of 550 direct jobs with another 200 to go in the following 12 months.
In a state that pushes resource projects relentlessly,Professor Matthew Tonts - the closest WA has to someone who can say no - defends much maligned environmental approvals.
This year started like any other… and it stayed that way for about 27 days. Then it was all about leadership spills,backflips,defections… and a potential saviour for the Liberals waiting in the local government wings.
Unions have grown increasingly angry at Labor’s one-size-fits-all approach,which for the first six years consisted of an annual pay increase frozen at $1000.
It’s a Christmas bonus to address the soaring cost of living and encourage people who don’t usually use public transport to give it a shot,the government says.
The state opposition leader wants Premier Roger Cook to apologise for driving a road train on a public road without the correct licence during a trip north at the weekend.
WA Premier Roger Cook and the head of the Environmental Protection Authority differ on the regulator’s independence ahead of the biggest overhaul of environmental approvals in decades.
Roger Cook claimed environmental groups were using a divide-and-conquer strategy he saw utilised by mining companies in the early 2000s.