Politics
Western Australia
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Homelessness
Carey reopens wounds with Zempilas over Perth safe night space
The money will go towards St Patrick’s Fremantle’s $12 million project to demolish its community centre and replace it with new social housing.
- by Hamish Hastie
Latest
When the honeymoon ended: How Shenane’s pilfered bank account ended with her in a coma
She now deals with lifelong injuries. But like so many others, the full-blown domestic violence she faced started with some seemingly small financial red flags.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Industrial relations
WA nurses vote to accept new pay deal after 18 bitter months
Nurses have been fighting since October 2022 for better pay and conditions after a series of horrific incidents in stretched West Australian hospitals.
- by Michael Genovese
Opinion
WA Parliament
Leadership shake-ups, policy backflips, and who will rise to save the Libs? The WA politics news that shaped 2023
This year started like any other… and it stayed that way for about 27 days. Then it was all about leadership spills, backflips, defections… and a potential saviour for the Liberals waiting in the local government wings.
- by Hamish Hastie
RATs continue to plague WA’s finances
From the beginning of the pandemic to June 30, 2022 the state purchased 110.7 million RATs – or about 41 tests for every West Australian – for a total of $580 million.
- by Hamish Hastie
WA dodgy apartment builders on notice, but shakeup will miss shonky homes
Shonky home builders will not be subject to the WA government’s stronger building laws that will require mandatory inspections during apartment construction from 2026.
- by Hamish Hastie
Analysis
Metronet
Metronet cost jumps $2 billion in 12 months
Since December last year, the cost of delivering Metronet has ballooned by an eye-watering amount, taking the total cost of the network north of $11 billion.
- by Hamish Hastie
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WA budget
WA coffers overflow with iron ore royalties in mid-year review
WA’s improved surplus has been driven mostly by an uptick in iron ore royalties, but those gains were offset by ramped-up spending.
- by Hamish Hastie
Analysis
Energy
Future planning: Is this the year petrol will disappear from WA?
A close look at the WA government’s new 40-page emissions reductions strategy has found some bold predictions of what the state could look like in 26 years’ time.
- by Hamish Hastie
Cook goes back to basics for new WA public sector pay policy
Unions have grown increasingly angry at Labor’s one-size-fits-all approach, which for the first six years consisted of an annual pay increase frozen at $1000.
- by Hamish Hastie
Exclusive
Industrial relations
New WA nurses pay deal may see the end of 18 months of bitter negotiations
The new deal would see every nurse receive between $700 and $1400 a year via a new professional development allowance (PDA).
- by Michael Genovese