Deputy Premier Roger Cook revealed the figure in a ministerial statement on the first day of parliament.
The MP accused of child sex offences allegedly used his position to get a bail variation to attend an interstate cannabis symposium.
The public can have a say on how old-growth trees will be protected to slow the harms of climate change in the swiftly drying South West biodiversity hotspot.
There has been a jump in mining activity in areas managed by the parks authority while environment groups also rally against exploration applications by two of the state’s biggest miners.
River flows in WA’s South West region have fallen 70 per cent in 50 years and for previously widespread species like Carter’s freshwater mussel,time is running out.
The idyllic coastal town of Augusta has been fighting for a childcare service for three years,and many others in regional WA struggle with the same problem.
When plant breeders attempted to make a tougher kangaroo paw that stood up to disease and heat,new colours started to emerge. The resulting varieties could make it Australia’s biggest flower export.
WA Health figures to 8pm on Sunday revealed there were 109 people with COVID-19 in hospital,with 25,775 active cases in the state and 4037 new positive cases.
A Danish firm wants to install 200 wind turbines off the WA coast between Mandurah and Bunbury that could generate more than three times the power of the Muja coal-fired station in Collie.
Homes have been destroyed,schools closed,residents evacuated and NSW firefighters sent to relieve exhausted local teams,as fires engulf vast stretches of WA.
A WA woman has been attacked by a shark while swimming alone in an inflatable pool ring just 50 metres from shore near Esperance on Sunday.