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Caught outPremiumLibs MP stung speeding in campaign car

A Liberal MP who in 2013 was parliamentary secretary to the Road Safety Minister has been fined after being caught speeding in a campaign van emblazoned with her face.

Charlotte Elton

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Wish listCommentsPremium
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AMA’s antidote to fix WA hospitals at breaking point

The State’s peak medical body has revealed an extensive pre-election wish list it wants both major parties to commit to, including more hospital beds and mental health crisis units.

Josh Zimmerman

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Major blowCommentsPremium
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ScoMo’s pre-election snub for Libs leader Kirkup

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is refusing to commit to joining WA Liberal leader Zak Kirkup on the campaign trail in the run-up to the State election.

Joe Spagnolo

DiscrepancyCommentsPremiumLabor: Libs ‘grossly underestimated’ Reid Hwy upgrade

The WA Liberal Party has committed $30 million to upgrade the intersection of Reid Highway and Erindale Road, but Labor says the Liberals have ‘grossly underestimated’ the cost of the project.

Joe Spagnolo

Paul MurrayCommentsPremiumIs this the election that crowns McGowan as WA emperor?

No one is expecting too many surprises from the March State election. But what would happen if the opinion polling is right and the Labor party runs riot across both houses?

Paul Murray

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Election promiseCommentsPremiumLibs pledge to fill gaps in WA mental health services

Plan includes an extra 100 school psychologists in a bid to improve mental health support and counselling for WA schoolchildren.

Angela Pownall & Bethany Hiatt

Head-to-headPremiumKirkup calls for televised debates with McGowan

WA Liberal leader Zak Kirkup wants to go head-to-head with Mark McGowan in five debates — four of them televised — ahead of the March 13 election.

Josh Zimmerman

Liberals blow fuseCommentsPremium‘Grow up’: Labor slams Kirkup over vandalism claim

Liberal leader Zak Kirkup is accusing Labor of being behind targeted attacks on his office — claiming his political opponents were ‘going too far’ with their dirty tricks.

Peter Law

War of wordsCommentsPremiumKirkup throws down tent city gauntlet to McGowan

Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup has challenged Premier Mark McGowan to accommodate all the rough sleepers at Fremantle’s tent city by the end of the month.

Josh Zimmerman & Peter Law

Mixed reactionsCommentsPremiumKirkup pledges 100 beds for Freo’s ‘Tent City’

Liberal Leader Zak Kirkup has accused the State Government of ‘sitting on billions of dollars of revenue’ and ‘choosing’ to ignore WA’s homelessness crisis during a visit to the encampment.

Charlotte Elton

Election pledgeCommentsPremiumKirkup’s $900m plan to save lives on regional roads

Liberal leader Zak Kirkup has promised $900 million to lessen the ‘horrific death toll’ on regional roads - a plan he argued would save 2100 people from being killed or injured over the next decade.

Charlotte Elton

Risky businessCommentsPremium‘Deserve to know’: Govt tight lipped on hotel breaches

The WA Health Department won’t say how many workers at Perth’s hotel quarantine system have breached safety protocols — two weeks after multiple failings involving an arrival with the UK strain.

Peter Law

‘very old fashioned’CommentsPremiumLawyers slam Libs’ mandatory jail plan for dealers

Leading criminal lawyers have spoken out against the WA Liberals’ support for automatic jail terms of up to 15 years for meth dealers, with top lawyer Tom Percy QC labelling the policy ‘ridiculous’.

Josh Zimmerman

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54 days to goCommentsPremium
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Liberals rule out One Nation deal for State Election

WA Liberals state director Sam Calabrese has said the party will not enter an agreement with Pauline Hanson, a move welcomed by Zak Kirkup, saying they will instead ‘work closely with the Nationals’.

Josh Zimmerman

‘Scareborough’ violenceCommentsPremium‘We don’t want Scarbs to turn into Northbridge’: Kirkup

Liberal Leader Zak Kirkup has responded to shocking images of violence in Scarborough, promising more police officers to counter the ‘concerning’ crime in the suburb.

Charlotte Elton

‘Inflammatory behaviour’CommentsPremiumLabor: ‘Anti-China’ Christensen must be sacked

Labor are calling on Scott Morrison to sack Nationals MP George Christensen from chair of the trade and investment committee after he made a series of anti-China statements on social media.

Annabel Hennessy

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Kate EmeryCommentsPremium
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How Trump and McCormack prove facts really do matter

Facts can be contentious. They are also true. And they matter. The events of the past week in Washington and here in Australia have proven that spreading lies can actually get people killed.

Kate Emery

Kate EmerySenior Reporter

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Election 2021CommentsPremium
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Liberals promise $81 million for WA cycle paths

The WA Liberals have planned a cycle path cash splash if they win this year’s election, including $30m to close gaps in path networks along the freeways and Fremantle and Midland rail lines.

Rourke Walsh

Off the streetsCommentsPremiumKirkup slams Labor on housing, holds fire on Libs’ plan

WA Liberal leader Zak Kirkup has shot down Labor over its ‘inattention to homelessness’, flagging his party is close to unveiling a ‘comprehensive housing policy’ as hundreds sleep rough in Fremantle.

Josh Zimmerman

Savage assaultVideoPremiumSouth Lake attack shows crime ‘out of control’: Libs

Both sides of politics have reacted with horror to the brutal bashing of two 90-year-old grandparents, with the WA Liberals renewing a commitment to examine mandatory sentencing for elderly assaults.

Josh Zimmerman and Sarah Steger

Hospital crisisCommentsPremiumMcGowan blames record ambulance ramping on COVID-19

Premier Mark McGowan has blamed coronavirus and mental health presentations for record levels of ambulance ramping — but Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup says it points to a ‘much bigger crisis’.

Josh Zimmerman

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Libs’ COVID warning amid record ambulance waits

Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup has slammed the ‘ambulance gridlock’ riddling Perth hospitals, which he said indicated a ‘health system in crisis’ that would be overwhelmed by a return of coronavirus.

Josh Zimmerman

Election pledgeCommentsPremiumWA Govt eyes walking trails to kill off Roe 8 for good

A re-elected McGowan Government would reintroduce legislation to permanently kill off the Perth Freight Link while committing $3m to build a boardwalk and walking trails through the Beeliar Wetlands.

Josh Zimmerman

Alert ‘gaps’CommentsPremiumMonster WA shark a ‘concern for all West Aussies’

Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup, who said a Liberal Government would cull any predator that persisted to prowl the coast and was judged an ‘imminent threat’.

Josh Zimmerman

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