The High Court has ordered Clive Palmer to pay the State Government’s costs over his abandoned contempt suit against Premier Mark McGowan.

WA’s hard border will serve little purpose within days — and may already be redundant — according to a trio of epidemiologists.

The doctor who declared Aboriginal woman Ms Dhu fit for custody less than 24 hours before she died of pneumonia and septicaemia has been accused of professional misconduct.

The controversial overhaul of WA’s Aboriginal heritage laws will be scrapped completely in a stunning development just one month after the changes came into effect.

Mark McGowan has blasted suggestions that WA should repay New South Wales for the cost of quarantining West Australians, saying WA had accepted the most returning Aussies per capita of all States.

Daylight Saving Party leader and new WA Upper House MP Wilson Tucker has broken his silence with a bombshell revelation he is living in the United States.

Details of the billionaire Clive Palmer’s defamation suit against Mark McGowan – who he is suing personally – have been revealed for the first time.

Karen Andrews has accused Mark McGowan of engaging in ‘tit-for-tat politics’ rather than working to fix issues with WA’s hotel quarantine system — telling him to call Gladys Berejiklian for some tips.

Wesfarmers decision to shift senior executives to the Eastern States is ‘the tip of the iceberg’, according to shadow health minister Libby Mettam.

WA’s most vulnerable cohort is on track to reach 90 per cent third dose coverage just over a week after the hard border was originally slated to fall.

Around 100,000 COVID-19 tests are due to arrive in Australia from Wednesday, averting a national shortage that threatened to grind testing for the deadly virus in WA to a halt.

Elective surgery waiting times have blown out across WA — despite the State’s largely COVID free status — with one in 20 patients now forced to wait longer than a year for their operation.

Mark McGowan has warned of a permanent hard border with NSW if the State fails to ‘crush and kill’ COVID-19.

The Corruption and Crime Commission will be asked to investigate bombshell allegations Labor Party donors were given preferential treatment when applying for G2G travel passes in the early days of...

The George allegedly locked its doors and covered its windows up to hide an illegal New Year’s shindig.

Mark McGowan is in advanced talks about joining a resources giant in what would be his first job since turning WA politics on its head when announcing his shock resignation as premier in May. 

The grief-stricken father of Aishwarya Aswath has called on the McGowan Government to establish a royal commission into WA’s health system.

Operating theatres at St John of God Subiaco will be ‘almost empty’ next week when the pause on non-elective surgery extends to the private health system – prompting calls for an urgent rethink of...

The Voice referendum is on track for a crushing defeat in WA – and the shambolic implementation of refreshed Aboriginal heritage laws is driving down support for the proposed Indigenous advisory body.

The State Opposition has promised mandatory jail terms of up to 15 years for anyone caught selling meth if they win the March State Election — the toughest penalties for the offence in the country.

Lockdown rules in Greater Sydney should be tightened to prevent ‘big crowds of people wandering around without masks’ at popular outdoor locations, according to Mark McGowan.

Premier Mark McGowan has confirmed West Australians will need to receive three doses of a COVID vaccine to be permitted to enter restaurants, pubs and gyms — although a deadline has not yet been set.

The WA Liberals would win an election held today, according to remarkable new polling that reveals dramatic upheaval in the State’s political landscape. 

Unexpectedly resilient iron ore prices have WA on track to double the projected 2021-22 Budget surplus to nearly $5 billion

Gina Rinehart believes foreign ownership of Australian farmland should be limited to 49 per cent to protect against breakdowns in international relations.

The State Government has egg on its face over false claims it will turn the YHA hostel in the city into a crisis shelter for 100 homeless people.

Paramedics spent more than 52,000 hours – the equivalent of six years – waiting outside hospitals to offload their patients in 2021.

Voter satisfaction with Premier Mark McGowan is down, while new Liberal Leader Libby Mettam has nearly tripled the approval rating of her predecessor David Honey.

One of the top lawyers who won the historic Mabo case has criticised WA’s controversial Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act, labelling it ‘unworkable’ in its current form.

Premier Mark McGowan claims to have been kept completely in the dark about the gold ‘doping’ program that has erupted into a fresh scandal for the controversy plagued Perth Mint.

The much-vaunted expansion of the WA Police has flatlined, with practically no increase in the number of officers over the past year as a wave of resignations threatens to outpace the addition of new...

Rank and file WA Liberal members will vote on opposing an Indigenous Voice to Parliament when the party meets for its State Conference at the end of July.

Why the time has come to finally lock in the February 5 reopening date.

Election underdog Zak Kirkup has come out swinging, accusing the Premier of ‘hiding’ ahead of the election and urging the Labor chief to ‘stand up and give WA the contest of ideas it deserves’.

PERTH hero diver Craig Challen has revealed in gripping detail why there were occasions when he did not believe all the boys trapped in the flooded Tham Luang cave would get out alive.

Michelle Roberts has become the first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in the history of WA Parliament as recently-elected politicians came together for the first time since March.

The dire situation facing farmers and pastoralists in WA’s Southern Rangelands is only getting worse as the region faces its driest year in living memory.

Long-serving MP Ian Goodenough has warned of the potential for ‘civil war’ within the WA Liberals after being dumped by the party in favour of Vince Connelly for the seat of Moore.

Mia Davies has been hailed an ‘exceptional political talent’ who would bring ‘some common sense to Canberra’ by Federal Nationals Leader David Littleproud.

Aboriginal Affairs Minister Tony Buti has opened the door to an overhaul of controversial Indigenous heritage laws, declaring nothing was off the table and ‘if there needs to be change, they will be...

He previously accused the WA Government of being “full of s…” but Andrew Miller now says Mark McGowan should be congratulated” for making WA “one of the best places in the world” to ride out COVID-19.

A Perth woman allegedly murdered by her own son called the cops just hours before her death because she was concerned he was behaving erratically – but WA Police refused to attend.

THE boys rescued from the Tham Luang cave were medicated to the extent “they didn’t know what was going on”. The Perth diver involved in the rescue has revealed the extent of the danger they faced.

Liberal leader Zak Kirkup has lashed out at Labor for preferencing anti-vaxxers above the Liberals in Riverton, a seat where the Labor candidate is a GP.

Premier Mark McGowan has accused the NSW Government of being ungrateful to WA for its contribution to the financial support required to prop up its ‘tanking’ economy as Delta ran rampant.

It is disingenuous for the McGowan Government to attempt to blame the current state of the health system on coronavirus. The truth is the system is in crisis and it needs urgent fixing.

The shocking real reason Legalise Cannabis WA MP Sophia Moermond quit her party has come to light after initially being described as a ‘difference in strategic direction’.

Labor candidate for Rockingham Magenta Marshall was stripped of her licence for drink driving less than two years ago. 

WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt has reframed the State Budget’s forecast surplus as the result of good economic management — not iron ore windfalls and has staunchly defended WA’s hard border.

WA’s Police Commissioner will be handed sole responsibility for making a COVID-19 ‘declaration’ that would hand his officers the ability to enter homes without a warrant in changes blasted by the...

Liberal Leader Libby Mettam has called for the immediate release of two reports into the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl at Perth Children’s Hospital while accusing Premier Roger Cook of ‘going to...

The WA Government will explore having Clive Palmer declared a vexatious litigant with Premier Mark McGowan accusing the billionaire of launching a barrage of ‘over the top’ legal actions.

Under the pilot program, victims of family and domestic violence would have access to a specially created one-stop unit dedicated to providing wraparound support under a WA Liberal Government.

My final column for STM, a place where I’ve shared the highs and lows of Cleo’s first year. I wouldn’t have believed it six weeks in, frankly, but there is nothing I enjoy more than spending time...

Anyone hoping to enter WA from NSW will need to have received at least a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and will be required to return a negative COVID-19 test 72 hours before travelling.

Nationals MP Mem Beard is defecting to the Liberals in a bombshell move that opens the door to Libby Mettam seizing the mantle of Opposition Leader from Shane Love. 

There is no health reason West Australians should be barred from travelling to other States and Territories, provided hard borders are in place with NSW and Victoria, says WA’s Chief Health Officer.

Mark McGowan has ruled out maintaining the G2G pass system beyond the pandemic, backing away from permanently requiring WA arrivals to disclose personal details on the same day he made the proposal.

The Liberal candidate Peter Hudson allegedly encouraged a constituent to ask his Labor opponent Magenta Marshall whether she intended to resign from Parliament if she fell pregnant.

Two events in the past week provide a revealing insight into the Cook Government’s approach to the implementation of updated Aboriginal heritage laws.

WA’s newest MP has bemoaned the end of whaling in Albany 45 years ago, using her inaugural speech to Parliament to say it was based on a ‘lie’ and liken the demise to the looming native forest...

Australian Medical Association president Andrew Miller has taken aim at former deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth after he slammed ‘activism’ among medical professionals.

Better Skyworks, our own festivals and big new tourism drawcards. Basil Zempilas has laid out his plan to renew Perth’s pride as he officially announces his plan to become the city’s new Lord Mayor.

Mark McGowan has labelled the suggestion WA will need to rebuild its reputation with the eastern seaboard to attract interstate visitors a ‘rubbish argument’ perpetuated by journalists and commenta...

Leaked St John Ambulance case logs lay bare the horrific circumstances endured by patients — many elderly — needing to be admitted to WA’s overflowing emergency departments but kept waiting for hours.

Workers from seven industries — including nurses, school teachers, prison officers, tradies and FIFO workers — are preparing legal challenges to the McGowan Government’s vaccine mandates.

Another conservative stronghold is on the brink of being toppled by Labor after incumbent MP Sean L’Estrange fell more than 200 votes behind in counting this afternoon.

A procession of senior ministers have ruling out re-visiting the contentious issue.

Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has used a capital city budget that delivers the lowest rate rise of any major council as a springboard into his re-election campaign.