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Coles shoppers queuing at 10.45am on Sunday.

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Big retailers demand end to Sunday trading hours madness

WA’s arcane retail laws mean shoppers on a Sunday can grab a bottle of booze before they can buy bread and milk. With 24-hour online shopping now entrenched, some big brands are demanding change.

Cheyanne Enciso

Patient ratios that were a key Labor promise to end a damaging pay battle with nurses have apparently stalled, with the nurses’ union issuing a blistering rebuke over the delay. 

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Nurses unleash fury on Cook as key Labor promise delayed

Patient ratios that were a key Labor promise to end a damaging pay battle with nurses have apparently stalled, with the nurses’ union issuing a blistering rebuke over the delay. 

Jessica Page

Andrew Hastie has been told he’s the future of the Liberal Party amid growing leadership speculation.

PoliticsTaylor deflects questions on Libs poor Secret Harbour result

Opposition leader Angus Taylor has deflected questions about the Liberals’ poor result in a WA by-election for a seat which predominately sits in his frontbencher Andrew Hastie’s electorate of Canning.

Caitlyn Rintoul

The Cliff Head gas plant off the Dongara coast.

Herd on the TerracePremiumOil you’ll need is spare cash for this unusual real estate

If you’ve ever wanted to own an unmanned oil platform off WA’s Mid West coast then boy, do we have good news for you. Plus: One Nation’s new kid on the block picks a familiar name as chief advisor.

Industry figures have written to Mr Carroll calling for more information on the WFH laws. NewsWire / Ian Currie

WFHPremiumHuge blow for landmark Aussie WFH laws

The Victorian government has been dealt yet another blow in its bid to pass its controversial work-from-home laws.

Joanne Williamson, Blair Jackson

Moira Deeming has joined Family First ahead of November’s state election in Victoria NewsWire / Aaron Francis

PoliticsPremiumControversial MP’s next move after sacking

Moira Deeming has been announced as a candidate for an upcoming Victorian state election – but it won’t be for the Liberals.

David Hannant

Luke Herdegen leaves the Port Kennedy pre polling place after being officially declared the winner of the Secret Harbour by-election.

State PoliticsPremiumHerdegen says victory shows WA voters can forgive past sins

On the day he was officially declared One Nation’s first lower house MP in WA and handed the keys to his new office, Luke Herdegen has called his victory proof that voters are willing to overlook past sins.

Jessica Page and Oliver Lane

The design for the new women's and babies hospital in Murdoch, due to open in 2029.

state politicsPremium‘Flawed’: Doctors say $95m maternity overhaul not sufficient

More neo-natal beds and specialist ambulances have been announced, but it’s not enough to head-off doctors’ criticism of the decision to locate Perth’s new womens and babies hospital. 

Jessica Page

Luke Herdegen’s stunning victory in the Secret Harbour by-election has been made official.

State PoliticsPremiumOne Nation seals Secret Harbour win as staff complete count

Luke Herdegen’s stunning victory in the Secret Harbour by-election has been made official, as the final count shows a closer than expected split from Liberal votes between Labor and One Nation.

Oliver Lane

WA Premier Roger Cook during a press conference, in Secret Harbour south of Perth.

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WA Labor is listening but it doesn’t know what it’s hearing

The Premier has called the by-election defeat 10 days ago ‘bruising’ but Labor still appear mystified by what it means. 

Jessica Page

82yo patient Peter Muckett was denied spinal surgery because RPH says it is too busy. Andrew Ritchie

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Hospital rejects spinal surgery for 82yo in acute pain

A rejection letter has revealed ‘extreme demand’ and a long wait list is forcing Royal Perth Hospital to turn away patients for spinal surgery.

Jessica Page

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park said the number of people awaiting support was ‘growing at an unprecedented and unsustainable level’. NewsWire / Nikki Short

HEALTHPremiumDire figure exposes state’s hospital crisis

Hospital bed blocks are growing in one Aussie state at an “unprecedented” rate as thousands remain stranded awaiting aged care or NDIS placements.

Nathan Schmidt

Luke Herdegen (left) rejected any claim that One Nation is fuelling ‘hatred’ against immigration. 

state politicsVideoPremium‘Immigration hatred’: Cook deflect blames for Labor defeat

Roger Cook has deflected blame for a ‘bruising’ by-election defeat in Secret Harbour, suggesting it was largely the result of ‘hatred’ over immigration that was fuelled by ‘trolls and bots’ on social media. 

Jessica Page

Attorney-General Tony Buti said the new regulations would protect abuse survivors and their compensation claims.

State PoliticsPremiumWA Government to draft abuse survivor compensation rules

Regulations to ensure survivors of historical child abuse at the hands of the Christian Brothers are compensated will be drafted by the State Government.

Hannah Cross

Premier Roger Cook.

State PoliticsPremiumCook unveils vision to make WA a leader in Indian Ocean Rim

Roger Cook says Perth can be the data, weapons and energy manufacturing capital of the region as he announced his Government is reviewing how it does business with the private sector.

Oliver Lane

This big hole at Water Corp’s $2.8 billion Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant was dug in WA, that’s for sure. Not sure about the boring machines though. Pictured: ASDP site - Tunnel Boring Machine

Herd on the TerracePremiumMP’s saucy ‘safe seat’ suggestion post-Secret Harbour vote

The Bull is happy to lend a hand to Premier Roger Cook’s Made in WA procurement rule review. Plus: It’s not just the seats that are swinging at Harvest Terrace, and more questions for Black Cat.

Member for Secret Harbour Luke Herdegen is pictured at Rockingham Beach.

state politicsPremiumNew One Nation MP unfazed by planned ‘bro-test’ protest

Incoming One Nation MP Luke Herdegen has vowed to stare down protesters, planning to target him at State Parliament even before he’s officially sworn-in. 

Jessica Page

Acacia Prison, a medium-security prison for adult males is located in Wooroloo, approximately 50km east of Perth.

State PoliticsPremiumAcacia Prison expansion price tag soars to $238m

Hundreds of beds are to be added to Acacia Prison — but the true cost has been laid bare with the project price tag soaring another $11.9 million.

Oliver Lane

Significant damaged caused by the deliberately lit blaze in the late 1970s.

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Serial WA arsonist latest to walk free on $614k NDIS plan

Serial WA arsonist Victor Raven is the latest dangerous criminal to walk free from prison after he was granted an eye-watering taxpayer-funded NDIS package.

Charlton Hart

Australian Workers Union Youth Detention Centre members, including in Brisbane and Townsville, will launch seven days of rolling strikes from 7am on Monday. Supplied / AWU

NewsPremium‘Drastic’ action after staff attacked, bit

Hundreds of workers in one Australian state will walk off the job amid allegations staff were assaulted and bit.

Nathan Schmidt

Minister Reece Whitby has suggested former Labor Premier Peter Dowding contribute directly to the party’s review of its disastrous Secret Harbour by-election loss.

State PoliticsPremiumLabor invites fired up ex-Premier to by-election review 

A Cook Government Minister has invited former Labor Premier Peter Dowding to contribute directly to the party’s review of its disastrous by-election loss after he criticised the campaign as ‘stupid’.

Oliver Lane

The election of One Nation candidate Luke Herdegen to the WA Parliament has changed the face of State politics forever.

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Welcome to an era in WA politics where new rules are written

Welcome to a new era in WA politics, where the old ‘how to win an election’ play book has been thrown out the window and new rules written.

Joe Spagnolo

Luke Herdegen promises to dive head first into his new job as a WA MP - pledging to keep WA Labor honest.

State PoliticsPremiumLuke Herdegen vows to bring ‘pressure’ on Labor as new MP

Luke Herdegen promises to dive head first into his new job as a WA MP - pledging to keep WA Labor honest.

Joe Spagnolo

Pauline Hanson says Andrew Hastie won’t be spared by the Orange tsunami at the federal Election.

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‘Put your head down’: Hanson’s ominous warning to Hastie

Pauline Hanson says Andrew Hastie will not be spared in her plan to turn WA orange at the next federal Election - warning him she is coming for his seat.

Joe Spagnolo