WA Liberal candidate quits over blog post linking COVID-19 to 5G towers

WA Liberal candidate quits over blog post linking COVID-19 to 5G towers

A blog post by Andrea Tokaji on conservative website Caldron Pool pushed discredited theories that major pandemics were related to radio wave technologies.

  • byHamish Hastie

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Greens claim McGowan using taxpayer COVID cash for electioneering

Greens claim McGowan using taxpayer COVID cash for electioneering

The WA government plans to spend another $4.4 million on COVID-19 advertising by July this year,having already spent $6.63 million from April to November last year.

  • byHamish Hastie
Liberals tout plan to develop over West Perth track,but Labor says cost would be off the rails

Liberals tout plan to develop over West Perth track,but Labor says cost would be off the rails

The Liberals want to create a new West Perth precinct with a rail-sinking project that Labor says would cost between $600 million to $1 billion.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Handling of Fremantle’s ‘tent city’ highlights hypocritical stance of government

Handling of Fremantle’s ‘tent city’ highlights hypocritical stance of government

Any citizen with a council problem who approached the state government has been told that nothing can be done because local governments are autonomous bodies. The response to ‘tent city’ has busted that myth.

  • byLarry Graham
Liberals pledge 100 new school psychologists to tackle youth mental health

Liberals pledge 100 new school psychologists to tackle youth mental health

$76 million would be spent over four years to improve access to professional and individual face-to-face student support and counselling services in public schools.

  • byHamish Hastie
Labor's cheap fares policy as subtle as a sledgehammer
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Labor's cheap fares policy as subtle as a sledgehammer

Premier Mark McGowan is dancing all the way to polling day with a transport policy that kills two political birds with one stone;but the homelessness issue could still blow up in his face.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
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'The council needs to step up':McGowan demands Fremantle tent city'end now'

'The council needs to step up':McGowan demands Fremantle tent city'end now'

Premier Mark McGowan has accused the Fremantle council of prolonging a homeless camp in the port city while calling for'tent city'to"end now".

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Kirkup digs in on Labor vandalism claims

Kirkup digs in on Labor vandalism claims

Zak Kirkup's campaign office was left without power last Friday when fuses were stolen from the shop's fuse box,and earlier last week a graffiti tag was drawn on the same office.

  • byHamish Hastie andPeter de Kruijff
Labor hopes lower fares will get Transperth back on the rails

Labor hopes lower fares will get Transperth back on the rails

But transport experts say Labor's plan for low fares is not a silver bullet to get people back on the train.

  • byHamish Hastie
'One vote,one value'off the ticket for a re-elected McGowan government

'One vote,one value'off the ticket for a re-elected McGowan government

Premier Mark McGowan has ruled out a plan to change the mix of city and country representatives in the upper house being on Labor's election agenda.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
'Anarchists':McGowan takes aim at Freo'tent city'organisers

'Anarchists':McGowan takes aim at Freo'tent city'organisers

The volunteers behind a homelessness camp set up in Fremantle on Boxing Day have drawn the ire of WA Premier Mark McGowan,who labelled them"professional protesters"tied to groups like Extinction Rebellion.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andCameron Myles