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WA Premier Mark McGowan

Courts

Perth man fronts court over threats to kill WA Premier

A 33-year-old man has faced court accused of threatening to kill West Australian Premier Mark McGowan.

by Michael Stamp

CCIWA says businesses need more than the $2000 cash grants announced by the WA government.

Small business

Business survey reveals financial hit from WA’s long weekend lockdown

by Tess Ingram

The identity of the man accused of murdering Nick Martin has been suppressed.

Courts

Alleged shooter of Rebels boss Nick Martin facing fresh charges

by Heather McNeill and Michael Stamp

The McGowan government are set to overhauling voting laws in WA.

WA election

McGowan defends change of direction on electoral reform

by Hamish Hastie

Pinjarra residents lay wreaths during the Shire of Murray’s annual commemoration of the massacre.

Indigenous

Angst at plans to build road through Pinjarra massacre site

by Marta Pascual Juanola

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Politics

Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt says the federal government is committed to working with First Nations people.

Liberal Party

Australia would be a better nation if its children learned more than one language: Ken Wyatt

Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt says Australia would be better as a nation if its children learned two or three languages.

by Peter de Kruijff

The McGowan government are set to overhauling voting laws in WA.

WA election

‘I’m not Nostradamus’: McGowan defends change of direction on electoral reform

The review was prompted by the surprising results of the upper house election, which saw a Daylight Savings Party member elected with just 98 votes thanks to complex preference deals.

by Hamish Hastie

WA Premier Mark McGowan.

Coronavirus pandemic

No new community cases as WA prepares for step down in restrictions

by Hamish Hastie

Michelle Roberts was elected as the first female speaker of WA Parliament.

WA Parliament

Women’s day as record setting parliament sworn in

by Hamish Hastie

The Howard Springs quarantine facility near Darwin.

Coronavirus pandemic

Howard Springs architects ready to step up for WA quarantine facility

by Hamish Hastie

Crime & Courts

The identity of the man accused of murdering Nick Martin has been suppressed.

Courts

Alleged shooter of Rebels boss Nick Martin facing fresh charges

by Heather McNeill and Michael Stamp

WA Premier Mark McGowan

Courts

Perth man fronts court over threats to kill WA Premier

by Michael Stamp

Ms Dhu’s family members at a coronial inquest into her death in 2016.

Deaths in custody

WA doctor who declared Ms Dhu fit to return to custody 24 hours before her death fined $30,000

by Heather McNeill

A woman has been charged after two incidents with WA police in the CBD.

Coronavirus pandemic

Woman charged for twice refusing to wear a face mask in Perth CBD

by David Prestipino

Gina Rinehart and Bianca Rinehart are at war over Lang Hancock’s iron ore throne.

Mining

War of the Rineharts: How succession to Lang’s iron ore throne ‘may tear it all apart’

by Aja Styles

Giuseppe Raco, the manager of Paramount nightclub in Perth, died after a coward punch at a fast food outlet.

Courts

‘My son died for nothing’: Family of Paramount boss killed in ‘one-punch’ attack slam sentence

by Marta Pascual Juanola and Louise Rennie

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Education

Perth College principal Helen Aguiar.

Social media

Perth principal speaks out after fake Instagram account set up in her name ‘grooms’ students

by Heather McNeill

Education

‘Rape joke chants’: Hale alumnus details ‘misogynist’ attitudes of male classmates

by Lauren Pilat

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Private schools

‘Like a girl’: Perth private school student leader urges peers to take responsibility for attitudes towards females

by Lauren Pilat

Health

The Mecure Hotel, Perth.

Coronavirus pandemic

WA to close ‘high-risk’ hotels as state records fourth day of no new community COVID-19 cases

by Peter de Kruijff

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Coronavirus pandemic

Welshpool warehouse workers linked to COVID patient told to get tested, quarantine

by Darius Winterfield

Coronavirus pandemic

WA Health told in March to move quarantine guests away from COVID-19 cases

by Peter de Kruijff

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