Politics
Western Australia
How the Claremont serial killings changed Perth forever
At 1.30am on January 27, 1996, Sarah Spiers told her friends she felt tired and was leaving Claremont's Club Bay View to catch a taxi home.
- by Heather McNeill
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ANALYSIS
The deal that destroyed WA's finances and the botched projects it created
In 2008 Nationals WA leader Brendon Grylls found himself and his party in an enviable political position. They had the balance of power.
- by Heather McNeill
Scathing report finds Barnett government spent 'large buckets of money' on poorly planned projects
In a scathing report into the Barnett government's management of government programs and projects between 2008 and 2017, special inquirer John Langoulant found the government used a "temporary boom" in state revenues to pay for permanent promises.
- by Heather McNeill
WA government to investigate 2400 live export sheep deaths
Figures showed a mortality rate of 3.76 per cent on a journey from Fremantle to Kuwait.
Alcoa boss selected to run for Liberals in Cottesloe by-election
Alcoa manager David Honey has been named has the Liberal candidate to run for former Premier Colin Barnett's Cottesloe seat.
- by Heather McNeill
New research sheds light on WA's white shark population
An estimated 1460 adult great white sharks inhabit the waters off south-west Australia, stretching from western Victoria to north-western part of WA, new research has revealed.
- by Staff Writers
Sub-contractors defend Cooper & Oxley after work suspension
Sub-contractors have come to the defence of embattled builder Cooper & Oxley after the company suspended work on seven of its construction sites on Monday.
- by Heather McNeill
'Smells and looks like a rort': Libs want inquiry into $39m WA government 'slush fund'
The WA Liberal opposition will ask WA Auditor General Colin Murphy to investigate a $39 million government spending program described as a slush fund that was allocated almost exclusively to Labor seats.
'The standard has dropped': Colin Barnett on the state of WA politics
Former Premier Colin Barnett believes the standard of politicians in Western Australia has dropped since he entered Parliament in the 1990s.
- by Heather McNeill
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Game on: WA MP Rick Mazza wants public land used for recreational hunting
Public land in Western Australia could be opened up to recreational hunters if a private members' bill gets up in State Parliament later this year.
- by Kate Hedley
Rotto ruckus: Liberal party love fest turns nasty, 'glasses smashed, tables flying'
Two senior WA Liberal party members have reportedly come to blows during a party 'love-in' at Rottnest Island on Thursday night.
- by Heather McNeill