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Western Australia
‘We’re serious’: Federal help on table for WA quarantine hub but plans still in infancy
Attorney-General Michaelia Cash says the Commonwealth is serious about working with the WA government on a quarantine facility.
- by Hamish Hastie
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WA Parliament
Why Cook clings to health portfolio amid deepening WA hospitals crisis
While Roger Cook’s factional standing already makes him near-untouchable, so to does his experience in the health portfolio in the middle of a global pandemic.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Don’t know, don’t care: The electorate holding Christian Porter’s political fate in its hands
Voters fall into three categories in Pearce: lifelong Liberals who won’t stray from their party; those whose opinion of Porter has changed forever; and those who just haven’t been paying attention.
- by Hamish Hastie
East coast medical heavyweights to probe Aishwarya Aswath’s death
Former head of Sydney Children’s Hospital and NSW chief paediatrician Emeritus Professor Les White will head the inquiry.
- by Hamish Hastie
WA to ‘slow down’ elective surgeries to relieve pressure on hospitals
A similar move in March 2020 saw all elective surgeries cancelled as fears of a COVID-19 outbreak overwhelming WA hospitals reached a peak.
- by Hamish Hastie
Exmouth, Busselton ‘make sense’ for new quarantine facility: McGowan
The WA Premier says if the federal government was to create purpose-built quarantine facilities it makes sense to do it somewhere with an internationally capable airport.
- by Peter de Kruijff
WA Parliament bins breastfeeding ban
Speaker Michelle Roberts says she has a different interpretation of the rules in the lower house which had previously been used to stop members from breastfeeding.
- by Peter de Kruijff
WA miners to cop millions in extra government port fees off the back of record iron ore price
The state government is increasing its fees and charges by 25 per cent at the world’s largest bulk export port off the back of a record iron ore price but has ruled out pursuing a larger royalties chunk from the big miners.
- by Peter de Kruijff
WA Premier hints some surplus may go to health, the same day major hospitals sound alarm again
Asked whether he expected the operating surplus to be greater than the estimated $3.1 billion by July, Mark McGowan said health spending would impact the final figure.
- by Hamish Hastie
WA hospital crisis laid bare as Sir Charles Gairdner sounds weekly capacity alarms
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital staff have called 32 code yellow emergencies in the 21 weeks since January 1.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Hospitals in crisis
Aishwarya’s parents call for Health Minister Roger Cook to resign
Aishwarya Aswath’s parents have launched a petition calling for Health Minister Roger Cook and Child and Adolescent Health Service chief executive Aresh Anwar to step down over their handling of WA’s hospital crisis.
- by Hamish Hastie and Lauren Pilat