WA Parliament
‘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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Ex-WA Labor MP accuses party of pandering to ‘vested interests’
Chris Tallentire, the MP for Gosnells for 16 years, has criticised the Cook government in the past but has now taken his gripes to a national level.
- Hamish Hastie
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WA mining contractor stands down FIFO workers amid fuel shortage
The average price of unleaded fuel in Perth reached 229 cents per litre, up from 155.8 cents per litre this time last month.
- Hamish Hastie
‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: WA women’s mental health beds to be used for aged care patients
The Cook government’s winter health strategy will see the number of women’s mental health beds at the Cockburn Health facility shrink by one-third, according to a leaked letter.
- Hamish Hastie
Sandipan Dhar’s father frustrated by health sector response in quest for justice
March 24 will mark two years since Sandipan died from a curable blood cancer at Joondalup Health Campus just shy of his second birthday.
- Hamish Hastie
One Nation accuses Cook government of blackmailing conservative parties over extra staff
The Greens and Legalise Cannabis WA MPs were given an extra staff member recently, but others were not so lucky.
- Hamish Hastie
Rinehart donation triggers WA parliament meltdown after Greens lash backing of right-wing lobbyists
West Australian Greens MP Sophie McNeill triggered a fierce debate in the state’s parliament on Wednesday as she lashed the influence of the nation’s richest person in politics.
- Hamish Hastie
It’s got Commonwealth backing, but will Labor fully realise its Metronet vision?
The Metronet circle line is officially a Commonwealth priority after appearing on the 2026 Infrastructure Australia priority projects list on Wednesday.
- Hamish Hastie
The case of the missing taxpayer-funded ice cream machine
An ice cream machine worth $3200 owned by North Metro TAFE is just one of hundreds of portable assets that have vanished without a trace from the books of five government agencies.
- Hamish Hastie
Labor MP’s Roe 8 protest pictures ‘would be caught up by post and boast laws’
A senior WA Labor figure has conceded his “very good friend” and federal Fremantle MP Josh Wilson would have faced charges had the state’s “post and boast” laws been in effect at the height of the Roe 8 protests.
- Hamish Hastie