Mark McGowan misstep not the fly in the beer Liberals had hoped
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Mark McGowan misstep not the fly in the beer Liberals had hoped

Meth message muddled in traditional media but McGowan turns to personal followers to set the record ‘straight’.

  • byPeter de Kruijff

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Albo and McGowan ‘mates’ but don’t expect to see them together

Albo and McGowan ‘mates’ but don’t expect to see them together

Federal opposition leader Anthony Albanese visited the BHP Nickel Refinery in Kwinana on Thursday and will remain in the state over the next few days but,so far,has no public appearances planned with Premier Mark McGowan.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA Premier Mark McGowan backtracks on keeping border controls beyond pandemic

WA Premier Mark McGowan backtracks on keeping border controls beyond pandemic

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has backtracked on trying to keep a controlled border policy beyond the COVID-19 state of emergency to keep illegal drug trafficking and usage down.

  • byPeter de Kruijff andHeather McNeill
Downhearted Liberals told to ‘stand up and fight’ at Labour Day campaign launch

Downhearted Liberals told to ‘stand up and fight’ at Labour Day campaign launch

Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup gave Liberal members a choice to step back or stand up and fight as he concluded his state election campaign launch speech on the Labour Day public holiday.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
AMA doctors say WA can’t cope with COVID outbreak,Health Minister dismisses report

AMA doctors say WA can’t cope with COVID outbreak,Health Minister dismisses report

Health Minister Roger Cook has dismissed a survey which found 63 per cent of Western Australian AMA doctors believed the state’s health system could not cope with a significant COVID-19 outbreak.

  • byLauren Pilat
Federal Liberals blast WA Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup’s ‘lemon’ green energy policy
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Federal Liberals blast WA Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup’s ‘lemon’ green energy policy

Federal Liberal MPs are fuming at a key pillar of the February 11 promise to reach net-zero emissions by 2030 by shutting down all state coal power stations in the South West town of Collie by 2025.

  • byHamish Hastie
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Liberals dealt a blow with Scott Morrison to skip WA election appearance

Liberals dealt a blow with Scott Morrison to skip WA election appearance

The news will come as a blow to some Liberal Party members who had hoped a high-profile visit from the PM would give the party’s flagging campaign a shot in the arm.

  • byHamish Hastie
‘Winston’ Kirkup throws the war but faces hard task convincing Liberals he wants to win the battles
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‘Winston’ Kirkup throws the war but faces hard task convincing Liberals he wants to win the battles

Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup has tried to turn the election on its head with two weeks to go but desperate new strategies have done more to alienate colleagues than slow the McGowan juggernaut.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Labor’s Riverton candidate under fire for falsely claiming to live in electorate

Labor’s Riverton candidate under fire for falsely claiming to live in electorate

The GP has also copped criticism from his opponent for preferencing anti-vaxxer candidates ahead of the Liberals.

  • byRenae Henry
Kirkup concedes looming election defeat,Premier says giving up not the West Australian way

Kirkup concedes looming election defeat,Premier says giving up not the West Australian way

WA Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup has accepted defeat in the upcoming election but is now lobbying to keep a substantial opposition in Parliament to prevent Labor from gaining “absolute power”.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andPeter de Kruijff
‘Sense of inevitability’ lingers over WA property developer donation ban debate

‘Sense of inevitability’ lingers over WA property developer donation ban debate

Opposition planning spokesman Tjorn Sibma says it seems almost inevitable property donations could be banned in WA but it may not be the wisest decision.

  • byPeter de Kruijff andEmma Young