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PATIENT ACCESSIBILITY PremiumImproved accessibility to service hub for cancer patients

Cancer patients in the Great Southern will not have to worry about climbing stairs to access services they need for treatment and support if the State Government is re-elected, thanks to a $25,000 pledge.

Melissa Sheil

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Ex-cop endorsed as candidate after nomination rejected

A former police officer fired for refusing to take the COVID vaccine has been endorsed as a Liberal candidate after he was twice the only candidate.

Jake Dietsch

state politicsCommentsPremiumPower outages ‘part and parcel’: Cook

Power outages for thousands of West Australians during a punishing heat wave have been labelled a ‘s... show’ as Libby Mettam warned the State would face more ‘east coast-style’ blackouts.

Jake Dietsch

State politicsCommentsPremiumLibs offer $1.6m election sweetener to wildlife volunteers

Red tape on wildlife rescue volunteers will be slashed under a new State election promise from the Liberals.

Jake Dietsch

PoliticsCommentsPremiumLabor’s traffic fix for Perth ... but Feds need to pay half

A plan to bust congestion in the northern suburbs is dependent on two election results.

Jessica Page

State politicsCommentsPremiumMettam to get car and driver amid election security fears

Liberal leader Libby Mettam will be offered a car and taxpayer-funded driver for the election campaign after The West Australian reported that senior party figures were concerned for her safety on the trail.

Dylan Caporn

state politicsPremiumMettam denied protection officers on campaign trail

Senior Liberals raise concerns about the safety of their leader during the election — with Libby Mettam denied protection officers for the campaign trail. 

Dylan Caporn and Jessica Page

Criminal responsibilityPremiumLabor pledges to target troubled youth under 10

Offenders between the ages of five and nine who currently slip through the cracks of the justice system will be targeted in a trial program under a re-elected Labor Government.

Jessica Moroney

Election PromisePremiumRailways to receive $165,000 if Labor re-elected in March

Albany MLA Rebecca Stephens has committed $165,000 to Railways Football Club’s second stage of redevelopment if re-elected at the WA State election in March.

Georgia Campion

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumCook slams ‘hollow’ Libs over flat Perth transport fares

Labor has turned public transport into an election issue, with Premier Roger Cook challenging the Liberals to back the Government’s flat metropolitan fare of $2.80 ahead of the March 8 poll.

Dylan Caporn

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New gigs for lucky Nationals candidates

As slew of Nationals WA candidates have been appointed as campaign spokespeople from outside of parliament.

Jake Dietsch

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Hoon car seizures plummet amid Labor’s new crackdown plan

Labor is promising a crackdown on hoons if re-elected, but The West Australian can reveal the total number of vehicles being confiscated by WA Police has plummeted by a third in the past decade.

Jessica Page

state politicsPremiumPremier calls Liberals’ rehab policy ‘dangerous’

A WA Liberal promise to give magistrates the power to mandate drug rehabilitation has been described as ‘dangerous’ by Premier Roger Cook.

Jake Dietsch

State PoliticsPremium‘Juvenile stunt’: Liberals slam Roger Cook’s letter to RBA

‘Roger Cook is not writing to the RBA to help Western Australians. Roger Cook is writing to the RBA to save his tired Government and his Labor mates in Canberra,’ Shadow treasurer Steve Martin said.

Jake Dietsch

Election PromiseCommentsPremiumNew powers to force repeat drug offenders into rehab

WA courts would have new powers to forcibly put repeat adult and juvenile drug offenders into rehabilitation, under controversial laws proposed by the Liberals.

Joe Spagnolo

The Sunday InterviewCommentsPremiumPremier’s chief of staff hopes to make switch to MP

Roger Cook’s chief of staff and Labor candidate for Landsdale, Daniel Pastorelli discusses payouts, Mark McGowan and his most important life lesson.

Joe Spagnolo

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The West Australian exclusive
Union accuses Government of stifling health workers’ voices

The Health Services Union of WA has accused the State Government of only being interested in listening to workers ‘when it’s politically convenient’.

Hannah Cross

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Does WA Labor’s huge election spending fit the bill?

Roger Cook and his Government claim its pre-poll promises of a cash splash are for the good of the State — but it’s really all about doing what’s good for the Labor Party.

Paul Murray

Paul Murray

State electionPremiumWA Liberals commit $16 million for Albany housing

WA Liberals have promised to unlock tens of thousands of homes across regional WA, committing $100 million for regional housing infrastructure if they win the State election in March.

Georgia Campion & Rachel Boothman

state politicsPremiumMettam accused of ‘desperate’ politics over Aboriginal flag

The Premier has accused Libby Mettam of a ‘sad, desperate, cynical’ attempt to win votes after the Liberal Leader vowed she will not stand in front of the Aboriginal flag at official press conferences.

Jessica Page

State PoliticsPremium‘Rubbish’: Premier dismisses Human Rights Watch report

A Human Rights Watch report that lashed WA’s treatment of juvenile detainees has been labelled ‘rubbish’ by Premier Roger Cook.

Jake Dietsch

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumState Election 2025: Labor floods the regions with ministers

Albany - held by Labor on a double digit margin - has emerged as an unlikely battleground for the March election, as ministers clock up more than 27,000km of travel this year.

Dylan Caporn

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Mettam vows not to stand before Aboriginal flag if elected

Liberal leader Libby Mettam is taking a leaf out of Peter Dutton’s playbook and vowing she would not stand in front of an Aboriginal flag at official State Government press conferences - if she becomes Premier.

Jessica Page

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Kingsley couple say changes to IVF laws are long overdue

Jessica Boam has given birth to one child through IVF but under current laws, her remaining viable embryos to carry a second child cannot be transferred to her wife, Claire.

Jessica Page