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Read the memo in fullCommentsPremiumREVEALED: WA hospitals’ plan for dealing with Omicron wave

Hospital workers have been told what to expect when the Omicron wave peaks in WA via a Chief Health Officer memo, including elective surgery cancellation and ambulances reserved for patients who need them.

Peter Law

All for nothingPremiumAnti-vaxxer who threatened Premier now vaccinated and fined

A man who called the Premier while drunk and told him he was a ‘p..fter-looking c..t’ who ‘deserved to die in a hole’ for mandating the vaccine has walked away with a $3000 fine — and is now vaccinated anyway.

Briana Fiore

UPDATEDGrace Tame fires back at critics after PM pic

Australian of the Year Grace Tame has returned fire at her critics after her icy meeting with Scott Morrison sparked national media coverage.

Samantha Maiden and Ashleigh Gleeson

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‘Unsafe and unsustainable’CommentsPremium
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Workers could strike over child protection staffing crisis

The union which represents WA child protection workers is threatening industrial action over what it says is ‘chronic understaffing’ in the Department of Communities.

Annabel Hennessy

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The West Australian exclusive
RAT trapCommentsPremium
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WA bypassed as rapid antigen tests sent to Eastern States

Tens of millions of rapid antigen tests are being sent from Perth to the Eastern States because Victoria, NSW and the Commonwealth moved faster than the WA Government to purchase kits.

Peter Law

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Miners promised softer isolation rules within days

The State’s biggest mining and energy bosses have been told by the Premier they will be given guidelines for isolation and close contacts within days at a major meeting with 30 leaders.

Danielle Le Messurier

TIME TO OPENCommentsPremium‘It’s time’: Doctors call for WA border to open on Feb 5

An intensive care specialist at one of Perth’s biggest hospitals is behind a petition attracting support from doctors across WA that calls for Mark McGowan to reopen the border on February 5.

Peter Law and Briana Fiore

PoliticsPremier hits back over integrity claims

The Queensland premier has brushed aside criticism after the state’s top integrity chief quit amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of unlawful lobbying.

Blake Antrobus

Covid-19Dom slaps down wild WA claim

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has slapped down an extraordinary Covid claim from the West Australian government.

Anton Nilsson

Show goes onCommentsPremiumAustralia Day Skyworks given green light by State Government

The State Government has given the green light for Wednesday’s Australia Day Skyworks to go ahead despite a jump in local COVID-19 cases.

Peter Law

Major blunderCommentsPremiumCOVID positive mum could have exposed others in ED bungle

A COVID positive mother and child were wrongly directed to the ED waiting room of a major Perth hospital in an embarrassing bungle just days after Mark McGowan delayed WA’s border reopening.

Peter Law

CoronavirusWhy we aren’t told to wear N95 masks

Australian experts have stopped short of recommending everyday people begin wearing N95 respirators during the pandemic - here’s why.

Steve Zemek

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How McGowan has made his mark over the past 10 years

Mark McGowan’s former chief of staff Guy Houston gives an unprecedented insight into the popular but controversial Premier who has led WA Labor for 10 years.

Guy Houston

Still strugglingNew restrictions ‘worse than lockdown’

Restaurants and retailers are facing “lockdown-like conditions” as Omicron continues to rage, fuelling fears some businesses will not survive the wave.

Angie Raphael

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Pressing mattersCommentsPremium
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The 30 burning questions McGowan must answer about COVID

Mark McGowan’s border backflip has left many West Australians confused about the reasons why we are still isolated. These are the 30 pressing questions he must now address.

The West Australian

Anti-vax ralliesVile signs at nationwide ‘freedom’ protests

Thousands of protesters against vaccines and lockdowns swarmed on city centres during ‘freedom’ rallies, with some carrying vile signs.

Ryan Young

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Is WA health review a sick joke?

Labor must explain why it chose a tarnished Victorian bureaucrat to lead review into WA’s health system.

Paul Murray

Covid-19Ambos forced into extreme measure

Exhausted and overworked paramedics have revealed the dramatic measures they’re going to as they respond to emergencies when on-call.

Angie Raphael

Border threat CommentsPremiumWhy top doc says Premier may have to open WA sooner

WA’s top doctor has told Mark McGowan he may have to consider reopening the border sooner if Perth’s Omicron cluster grows into a big outbreak.

Peter Law and Adrian Lowe

Business plea CommentsPremiumWA bosses want travel exemptions for the triple-jabbed

WA company bosses are begging the McGowan Government to consider exemptions allowing business managers that are triple dose-vaccinated to travel interstate and internationally.

Danielle Le Messurier

‘Matter for him’PremiumQueensland Premier refuses to back McGowan’s closed border

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has refused to support Mark McGowan’s hard border stance, saying WA’s delay of reopening the border is a matter for him.

Kimberley Caines

CovidBrisbane flight sparks Samoan Covid scare

The island nation of Samoa was exposed to its biggest spike in Covid this week after infected passengers arrived on a flight from Brisbane.

Alex Druce

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How Dept of Communities racism response went nowhere

The WA Department of Communities had planned to create a senior working group to respond to a report which exposed ‘wide scale and endemic’ racism within the organisation - but never followed through.

Annabel Hennessy

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CONFIRMED: Mark McGowan to delay WA’s full border reopening

Mark McGowan is set to announce the plan to fully reopen WA’s border to quarantine-free travel on February 5 will be delayed, The West Australian has confirmed.

Peter Law