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Weekend Washup: 'Merry Christmas, comrade' and other festive abuse
Opinion
Christmas

Weekend Washup: 'Merry Christmas, comrade' and other festive abuse

A state MP has sent probably the weirdest Christmas cards ever and there are a few unhappy Liberal campers in Ian Goodenough's unfestive seat of Moore.

  • by Nathan Hondros

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Sacked in secret, paid out in secret: City of Perth settles with dumped CEO
City of Perth

Sacked in secret, paid out in secret: City of Perth settles with dumped CEO

A dispute that could cost City of Perth ratepayers big money will be settled in secret after it agreed to negotiate a confidential settlement with its dumped CEO.

  • by Nathan Hondros
Labor MP in more hot water over undeclared political association
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Chinese influence

Labor MP in more hot water over undeclared political association

A political association run by embattled MP Pierre Yang was not registered with the electoral commission and did not disclose its finances under electoral law.

  • by Nathan Hondros
Taxpayers slugged $260,000 to replace Barry Urban in Darling Range
Election

Taxpayers slugged $260,000 to replace Barry Urban in Darling Range

Taxpayers have shelled out more than a quarter of a million dollars to hold a byelection in Darling Range after Labor MP Barry Urban quit.

  • by Nathan Hondros & Hamish Hastie
Budget back in black, but debt remains a dead weight on WA finances
WA budget

Budget back in black, but debt remains a dead weight on WA finances

The estimates show the state is on track for 2019-20 budget surplus of just over $1 billion.

  • by Nathan Hondros & Hamish Hastie
Huawei FOI reveals state government's clueless fumbling on $206m mobile data contract
Opinion
Techno-nationalism

Huawei FOI reveals state government's clueless fumbling on $206m mobile data contract

The government insists there's no security risks over a $206 million mobile data contract with Huawei, yet FOI documents reveal the government was warned.

  • by Nathan Hondros
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Darren West claims 'no case to answer' over social media video post
Road safety

Darren West claims 'no case to answer' over social media video post

Labor MP Darren West says he has been contacted by police over a video filmed while he was driving and he has "no case to answer".

  • by Nathan Hondros
Forrestfield-Airport Link deadline blows out after Dundas Road sinkhole
Rail

Forrestfield-Airport Link deadline blows out after Dundas Road sinkhole

The opening of the Forrestfield-Airport Link will be delayed almost a year beyond its original schedule, the government has conceded.

  • by Nathan Hondros
Liberals face losing three WA seats amid federal Labor landslide
Ipsos poll

Liberals face losing three WA seats amid federal Labor landslide

The Liberal party faces losing of three federal seats in WA if a swing against the Morrison government if the latest polling is repeated at the next election.

  • by Nathan Hondros
Cottesloe's Christmas Day parkrun cancelled amid council charge claims
Running

Cottesloe's Christmas Day parkrun cancelled amid council charge claims

The Town of Cottesloe has come under fire in the wake of the cancellation of a free Christmas Day parkrun event, with claims the not-for-profit would be charged $300. 

  • by Heather McNeill
WA premier defends embattled corrections minister amid cabinet reshuffle
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ALP

WA premier defends embattled corrections minister amid cabinet reshuffle

Premier Mark McGowan has announced a mid-term reshuffle of his cabinet and while no minister has been dumped completely, there are certainly winners and losers.

  • by Nathan Hondros