Roger Cook has publicly defended the demersal fishing ban for the first time since it began as anger remains white hot within the industry and questions remain over compensation payments.
Oliver Lane and Sally Davies
Taxpayers will foot the operating costs for a children’s hospice finally set to open in Swanbourne, five years after it was promised.
Jessica Page
More than 100 protesters have rallied outside the US consulate in Sydney, demanding an end to Iran’s oppressive regime as the crackdown intensifies.
Aris Schuler-Shah
Roger Cook has vowed to break-up the illicit tobacco trade and committed to new legislation — but baulked at the idea of fast-tracking tougher penalties now.
Anthony Albanese has addressed fears about snap gun laws drafted in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Australia will tap G7 nations including Japan and the United States for investment in WA’s critical minerals, as it works to establish a strategic reserve of antimony, gallium and rare earths.
The Labor Premier who passed WA’s tobacco act has lashed the Cook Government over the slow pace of new laws to stop the flourishing black market trade of cheap cigarettes and vapes.
The WA Labor Government has a curious habit when it comes to big decisions. When it wants something badly enough, it moves at speed.
Trevor Whittington
Local industry groups are warning that labour and skills shortages are a serious risk to WA’s energy and AUKUS ambitions, as a retired British Admiral predicted trouble ahead for the submarine fleet.
Jessica Page & Latika M Bourke
Plastic is still making up more than half of the material littered around WA, despite bags, cups and straws being banned, a report has revealed.
WA’s outer metropolitan suburbs are leading the charge to install home batteries, with Armadale, Cockburn and Wanneroo topping the list since mid-2025.
Caitlyn Rintoul
The new laws empower local councils to shut down illegal prayer halls, as part of the state’s crackdown on hate preaching.
Ria Pandey
Western Australia is losing the ‘improvement race’ to crack down on illegal tobacco and experts say long-promised new laws cannot come soon enough after a recent spate of firebombing attacks across Perth.
Katina Curtis
The Cook Government has cut the number of enforcement checks on tobacconists and retailers at a time when the illicit cigarette war is spiralling out of control into dangerous violence.
Charlton Hart
The Cook Government will not commit to urgent action to fix a loophole that could force WA Police to release terror suspects, despite the devastating Bondi massacre.
Western Australia is lending a helping hand by deploying firefighters to Victoria’s fire zone, as authorities confirm about 300 homes and buildings have been destroyed.
Local councils claim they’re being robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars every year due to a loophole allowing some not-for-profits to avoid paying rates.
Oliver Lane
The Cook Government’s $30m election pledge which helped it retain a once safe Liberal seat remains underfunded and will take seven years to deliver according to internal department documents.
Some 130 homes have already been lost in Victoria as the state’s deadly bushfires rage on and a state of disaster is declared.
Blake Antrobus and Rhiannon Lewin and Pamela Rontziokos
The Cook Government says it won’t be rushed into further changes to stamp duty for first-homebuyers despite calls from the Opposition to link the levy to the rising median house price.
Western Australia is tipped to continue its nation-leading population growth for the next four decades, even as population slows across the country.
Perth’s Iranian community is watching with a mixture of hope and fear as protests sweep the capital of Tehran and pressure mounts on the Islamic regime and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Sydney is set for a historic weekend with work set to get underway on the first new heavy rail station in more than a decade.
Nathan Schmidt
They say that in politics, a week is a long time. Apparently, for Premier Roger Cook, three years is just a minor inconvenience on the way to his coronation.
