Politics
Western Australia
Airbnb to cop 'fair rules' on home sharing, but hotels say it's 'lip service'
Airbnb has said it is open to fair regulation for its users in Western Australia and concedes the current rules are "broken and need to be fixed".
- by Nathan Hondros
Latest
Food & drink
Western McSpansion: $90 million earmarked to supersize Maccas in WA
McDonald's will spend about $90 million in WA over the next three years to open the new restaurants and refurbish ageing ones.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Huawei
WA's $206 million Huawei data deal at risk over US indictment fallout
A $206 million deal between the WA government and Huawei could fall to apart after the US charged the telco with fraud and violating trade sanctions.
- by Nathan Hondros
ALP
Auditor General dresses down Alannah MacTiernan for 'unreasonable' redactions
Auditor General Caroline Spencer has scolded Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan for unnecessarily redacting an entire section of an agreement between the state and embattled renewables company Carnegie Clean Energy.
- by Hamish Hastie
Employment
WA wage theft inquiry backed by union
The inquiry aims to expose the deliberate underpayment of money and entitlements to workers, has been backed by Unions WA.
- by staff writers
Soft commodities
Call me cray, but there is something fishy about the 'cheap lobster' narrative
“Cheap local lobster, tourism and jobs”. What we are witnessing is a government intent on convincing us that everyone wins under this new policy.
- by Jane Marwick
Metronet
WA government's PEXA sale money bound for Metronet projects
The state government will use $185 million from the sale of its stake in Property Exchange Australia for Metronet projects including the Morley to Ellenbrook train line.
- by Hamish Hastie
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ALP
'He's done a good job': McGowan backs Kelly's lobster plan
Mark McGowan has backed Fisheries Minister Dave Kelly's western rock lobster plan but was unable to say how cheap lobster lovers would be able to buy them for.
- by Hamish Hastie
Pill Testing
McGowan rejects pill testing in WA, says 'it could risk lives'
"I've read a lot of the materials around it, if I genuinely thought it would save lives I'd say it was a good idea but I don't," Mr McGowan said.
- by Hamish Hastie
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ALP
One Nation blows state's lobster plan out of the water
One Nation has said it would not support the state government's controversial rock lobster plan.
- by Hamish Hastie
LGBT
Rebranded $1.4m 'Safe Schools' anti-transphobia program rolled out across WA
The state government has rebranded the controversial Safe Schools program and made it available to all primary and secondary schools across WA.
- by Nathan Hondros