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An artists’ impression aerial view of the Burswood Racetrack precinct known as Perth Park.

‘Appropriately transparent’: Cook’s promise over secret Crown racetrack land deal

Negotiations have been shrouded in secrecy since they began last year, but 3.5 hectares of the parcel are crucial for the southern portion of the racetrack.

  • Hamish Hastie

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WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch, Fuel prices, stealing

WA Police brace for fuel theft boom as Cook takes ACCC to task

The average price of unleaded jumped more than 10 cents to $2.40 per litre overnight, while diesel jumped more than 3 cents to $2.76 per litre.

  • Hamish Hastie and Heather McNeill
Guy Cramp has a shocking history of family and non-family related violence.

‘Breathtakingly bad’: Serial DV offender charged with breach of bail, only to be released again

Guy Cramp was charged with breaching his bail on Tuesday after failing to appear in a Perth court. On Wednesday, he handed himself in – and was released yet again.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt and Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Roger Cook.

Roger Cook to move closer to Perth to beat Kwinana freeway traffic

In a message to Kwinana Labor branch members on Saturday afternoon, Cook said he was moving from his Wellard home with his wife Carly Lane closer to Parliament House in West Perth.

  • Hamish Hastie
WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti.

WA treasurer concedes $950k payout to former public service boss was ‘very, very large’

Asked how the payout would sit with the voting public in the midst of a cost-of-living and housing crisis, Rita Saffioti said: “These are the entitlements that senior public servants have.”

  • Hamish Hastie
Tim Picton’s wife Priya Brown read a poem at the memorial.

Australia’s political, business elite turn out to farewell Labor mastermind Tim Picton

Tim Picton’s sister Jo said it was devastating to know she would never receive another “Timbo hug”.

  • Hamish Hastie
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Jewish Community Council of WA president Michael Levitt at the National Day of Mourning service at St George’s Cathedral in Perth.

Bondi mourners pay respects at interfaith Perth service

Archbishop of Perth Kay Goldsworthy led the service, which featured different communities of faith, including Jewish Community Council of WA president Dr Michael Levitt, who read from the book of Isaiah.

  • Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Roger Cook, WA Police, Tim Picton, entertainment precinct safety main image. Picture: WAtoday

‘Nothing off the table’ as Perth’s nightlife safety pulled into premier’s focus

Premier Roger Cook has declared nothing will be off the table in a review of public safety in the state’s entertainment precincts after the death of former WA Labor secretary Tim Picton. 

  • Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Roger Cook, WA tobacco laws, illegal tobacco syndicate, index image. Picture: WAtoday

WA’s tobacco laws ‘stop kids buying ciggies at the deli’ – but not much else

The WA market has changed dramatically since the Tobacco Products Control Act was passed, with the advent of vapes and a global illicit trade that easily established roots in the state.

  • Hamish Hastie
Australians think their local councils do better than state or federal governments - but also think they should be the first to go.

Australians love their councils – but still want to get rid of them

We rely on them for roads and rubbish collection – and a new poll shows people think councils are our best level of government.

  • Shane Wright