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Small BusinessDutton backs huge lunch tax break

There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but Aussies could soon enjoy tax deductible ones in an elected Coalition government.

Duncan Evans

state politicsPremiumPremier calls Liberals’ rehab policy ‘dangerous’

A WA Liberal promise to give magistrates the power to mandate drug rehabilitation has been described as ‘dangerous’ by Premier Roger Cook.

Jake Dietsch

State PoliticsPremium‘Juvenile stunt’: Liberals slam Roger Cook’s letter to RBA

‘Roger Cook is not writing to the RBA to help Western Australians. Roger Cook is writing to the RBA to save his tired Government and his Labor mates in Canberra,’ Shadow treasurer Steve Martin said.

Jake Dietsch

POLITICSGrim call on spate of anti-Semitic attacks

The NSW Premier has made a grim admission about the spate of anti-Semitic attacks gripping Sydney, flagging possible changes to the law.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

State PoliticsPremiumCook promises to cap transport fees for WA commuters

WA commuters will only have to pay one flat fare across the entire public transport network under a new cost-of-living sweetener pitched by Labor ahead of the State Election. 

Bethany Hiatt

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Cook declares war on RBA: ‘Enough is enough’

Premier Roger Cook has declared ‘enough is enough’, telling the Reserve Bank of Australia board it is time to cut interest rates.

Joe Spagnolo

The Sunday InterviewCommentsPremiumPremier’s chief of staff hopes to make switch to MP

Roger Cook’s chief of staff and Labor candidate for Landsdale, Daniel Pastorelli discusses payouts, Mark McGowan and his most important life lesson.

Joe Spagnolo

NewsPremium$1bn upgrade for major Western Sydney corridor

The federal and New South Wales governments will each fork out $500 million to upgrade to a major transit corridor in Western Sydney.

Aisling Brennan

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Union accuses Government of stifling health workers’ voices

The Health Services Union of WA has accused the State Government of only being interested in listening to workers ‘when it’s politically convenient’.

Hannah Cross

State PoliticsPremiumCook’s $186m cash splash plan for sporting infrastructure

One of the major infrastructure projects set to be funded is a $20m redevelopment of the Willetton Sports and Community Centre.

Joe Spagnolo

newsPremiumGladys’ pick topples Mundine for key seat

The tech executive backed by former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has won preselection for a crucial blue ribbon Liberal seat.

Jessica Wang

State PoliticsPremiumThreat holding Australia to ransom

The latest chaos with Sydney’s rail network has exposed a gaping flaw that allows Aussies to be held to ransom as unions pressure governments for better deals.

Blake Antrobus

state politicsCommentsPremiumFemale footballers forced to share changerooms with boys

One of Perth’s oldest community football clubs has missed out on funding to spare teenage girls from having to share changerooms, as Roger Cook pledged $30 million towards women’s sport elsewhere.

Jessica Page and Oliver Lane

NewsPremiumRacist graffiti targets Arabic community

Racist graffiti has been sprayed in a predominantly Muslim community, with a senior Albanese government minister condemning the act as “horrific”.

Thomas Sargeant

state politicsPremiumNationals’ $75 million promise to stop domestic violence

A new Family and Domestic Violence Commissioner is the centrepiece of the Nationals’ $75 million plan to combat domestic violence, but Liberal Leader Libby Mettam won’t say if she backs it. 

Jessica Page

Courts & JusticePremiumFalls crash skipper tried to ‘power through’ bad approach

Passengers in a horror high-speed boat crash at Kimberley tourism icon Horizontal Falls cried out in terror before impact, then in pain, with one victim saying she thought she was going to die.

Rebecca Le May

state politicsPremiumMettam accused of ‘desperate’ politics over Aboriginal flag

The Premier has accused Libby Mettam of a ‘sad, desperate, cynical’ attempt to win votes after the Liberal Leader vowed she will not stand in front of the Aboriginal flag at official press conferences.

Jessica Page

state politicsPremiumCourts warned to ‘back the police up’ on anti-Semitism

Premier Roger Cook has urged magistrates to ‘clamp down’ on anti-Semitism, after a notorious bikie’s former son-in-law avoided jail and instead copped a fine over a nazi slur.

Jessica Page

State PoliticsPremium‘Rubbish’: Premier dismisses Human Rights Watch report

A Human Rights Watch report that lashed WA’s treatment of juvenile detainees has been labelled ‘rubbish’ by Premier Roger Cook.

Jake Dietsch

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Labor ‘failed the common good test’: Libby Mettam

If you’re lying awake at night thinking about how you are going to cover your children’s back-to-school expenses, you probably couldn’t afford tickets when Coldplay came to town.

Libby Mettam

UPDATEDPremium‘Evil at work’: Jewish leader’s call

A Jewish community leader whose former home was targeted by anti-Semitic vandalism has shared his fear if Aussies fail to condemn the “terrorists” behind the act.

Alexandra Feiam, Blair Jackson, Thomas Sargeant

Election promises PremiumNo new WA Labor money for maxed out high school

WA Labor has pledged they will “do what’s right” for the South West if re-elected, but that doesn’t include additional funding to improve the Margaret River Senior High School.

Sofia Fimognari

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FIFO worker with Mercanti link avoids jail over nazi slur

A notorious bikie’s former son-in-law has walked free from court, copping only a $2000 fine over an anti-Semitic attack that left Perth’s Jewish community outraged.

Jessica Page

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumState Election 2025: Labor floods the regions with ministers

Albany - held by Labor on a double digit margin - has emerged as an unlikely battleground for the March election, as ministers clock up more than 27,000km of travel this year.

Dylan Caporn