WA’s carbon emissions are on an upwards trajectory. It’s all part of our ‘unique role’,premier says

WA’s carbon emissions are on an upwards trajectory. It’s all part of our ‘unique role’,premier says

WA’s mining and LNG sectors are the biggest drag on the nation’s journey to net-zero,and WA is the only state that has recorded a rise in emissions compared to 2005 levels.

  • byHamish Hastie

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WA premier,gas producers to face angry students at ‘greenwashed’ energy summit

WA premier,gas producers to face angry students at ‘greenwashed’ energy summit

The protest is the WA iteration of the National Schools Strike 4 Climate and will be the fifth year Australian students have wagged school to demand governments end coal and gas projects.

  • byHamish Hastie
Cook tackles training issues in his COVID-19 video state Labor conference speech

Cook tackles training issues in his COVID-19 video state Labor conference speech

Western Australian Premier Roger Cook says he will continue the work of his predecessor Mark McGowan as he leads his party to the 2025 election.

  • byHamish Hastie
Next stop China:Cook takes Asian tour to state’s biggest trading partner
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Next stop China:Cook takes Asian tour to state’s biggest trading partner

Nine News Perth can reveal the state government will use the visit to lobby for direct flights,a service that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • byMichael Genovese
Cook fires warning shot over Perth lord mayor’s political ambitions

Cook fires warning shot over Perth lord mayor’s political ambitions

On the local government campaign trail,Basil Zempilas was adamant he’d serve a full four-year term. But a Liberal candidate is needed for Churchlands in 2025. Could the Perth lord mayor fill the role?

  • byHamish Hastie
Yet another leaked report flags Perth women’s and babies’ hospital concerns
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Yet another leaked report flags Perth women’s and babies’ hospital concerns

The report is the third health document to be leaked in the space of a week,further highlighting the continued internal angst among healthcare professionals over the decision to move the hospital to Murdoch.

  • byHamish Hastie
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Indigenous teen Cleveland Dodd was ‘let down’:Roger Cook

Indigenous teen Cleveland Dodd was ‘let down’:Roger Cook

Premier Roger Cook said Corrective Services did not have enough resources. “We’re hamstrung by infrastructure. We’re hamstrung by availability of staff,” he said following the tragic death of the teenager in custody.

  • byAaron Bunch
Cook incensed by one of the most ‘distasteful’ questions he’s ever faced in WA parliament

Cook incensed by one of the most ‘distasteful’ questions he’s ever faced in WA parliament

In a fiery question time,WA Premier Roger Cook accused the opposition of wanting to cancel the women’s and babies’ hospital as more clinicians speak out about the plan.

  • byHamish Hastie
Cook takes swipe at ‘onion eating’ Abbott in heritage law clash

Cook takes swipe at ‘onion eating’ Abbott in heritage law clash

Throughout the referendum campaign,senior Liberal figures claimed the unintended consequences of the failed Aboriginal cultural heritage laws were similar to what would occur under a Voice to Parliament.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA government to keep Alcoa mining until environmental watchdog’s judgement

WA government to keep Alcoa mining until environmental watchdog’s judgement

The Cook government plans a new environmental approval regime to keep besieged bauxite miner Alcoa operating but has promised standards will not be lowered.

  • byPeter Milne
Abortion decriminalised in WA under sweeping reforms

Abortion decriminalised in WA under sweeping reforms

The laws passed 25 votes to six after a conscience vote in the upper house on Wednesday.

  • byAaron Bunch andHamish Hastie