Major parties ramp up Facebook ad spend as clock ticks down to WA election

Major parties ramp up Facebook ad spend as clock ticks down to WA election

The two major parties have doubled their weekly West Australian election spending on Facebook as early voting options started on Monday.

  • byPeter de Kruijff

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As WA Liberals sandbag their strongholds,Mark McGowan gathers powerful friends

As WA Liberals sandbag their strongholds,Mark McGowan gathers powerful friends

Attacks on the Premier are interpreted by most voters as attacks on WA itself,but what is not yet on the radar of most voters is Labor’s closeness to a certain circle in the business community.

  • byGareth Parker
‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’:Big businesses take dig at developer donations to WA government

‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’:Big businesses take dig at developer donations to WA government

In thinly veiled jabs relating to the council’s long running dispute over the Kwinana industrial buffer zone director Chris Oughton called on the state government to adopt more transparent donation rules including a ban on money from developers that eastern states jurisdictions have.

  • byHamish Hastie
World-class Aboriginal culture centre for Perth gets $50m pledge from Labor

World-class Aboriginal culture centre for Perth gets $50m pledge from Labor

A returned McGowan government would put $50 million behind building an Aboriginal cultural centre on the Swan River-Derbarl Yerrigan before WA’s bicentennial in 2029.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
McGowan drops the act,blurring the line between election promises and governing

McGowan drops the act,blurring the line between election promises and governing

One day before his official election campaign launch and in the middle of caretaker mode,the Premier stopped pretending he was not heading towards a crushing victory when announcing a $100 million film studio.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
McGowan unveils jobs plan 2.0 in rockstar campaign launch

McGowan unveils jobs plan 2.0 in rockstar campaign launch

Flanked by two massive banners emblazoned with a call to action to ‘Keep WA Strong’ WA Premier Mark McGowan announced Labor’s jobs plan 2.0 complete with a new target of 125,000 roles by 2025-26 if reelected.

  • byHamish Hastie
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Premier and Opposition Leader reject poll findings predicting Liberal disaster

Premier and Opposition Leader reject poll findings predicting Liberal disaster

A poll suggesting the WA Liberals could be reduced to just two representatives in the lower house of parliament has been rubbished by the Premier and Opposition Leader.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
WA Charter of Rights would protect the freedoms we hold dear

WA Charter of Rights would protect the freedoms we hold dear

Australia is the only western democracy that does not protect the basic rights and freedoms of its people in either legislation or the constitution.

  • byAlison Xamon
Hey now,hey now,why Mark McGowan doesn’t want you to dream it’s over
Analysis
Analysis

Hey now,hey now,why Mark McGowan doesn’t want you to dream it’s over

There’s just a few days before early voting and three weeks to election day but there’s still a lot to play for when it comes to Labor and the Liberals.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
‘Question of judgement’:Labor candidate’s front-page ads in pro-CCP paper under fire as fight for Riverton heats up
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‘Question of judgement’:Labor candidate’s front-page ads in pro-CCP paper under fire as fight for Riverton heats up

As the race heats up to charm Riverton’s Chinese voters,Labor’s advertising in a pro-Beijing newspaper linked to China’s United Front has raised eyebrows.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Another Perth hospital needed as our sick and vulnerable are now at grave risk
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Hospitals

Another Perth hospital needed as our sick and vulnerable are now at grave risk

If you,or a friend or family member have an accident,or become very ill,and seek help at a hospital that is access blocked then you,or they,are 10 per cent more likely to die,writes a Perth emergency doctor.

  • byPeter Allely