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‘It doesn’t feel real’CommentsPremiumEmotions soar as first NZ arrivals touch down in Perth

The first New Zealand arrivals as part of the trans-Tasman travel bubble have touched down in WA — with families embracing after more than a year apart.

Sarah Steger

Power outage helpCommentsPremiumFinancial relief on way for cyclone victims

Relief for those affected by ex-tropical cyclone Seroja has been announced, after 20 per cent of the Western Power network — an area larger than Tasmania — was taken off the grid.

Briana Fiore

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The West Australian exclusive
In from the coldPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Liberal leader hires director who resigned in disgrace

WA Liberal leader David Honey has recruited ex-premier Richard Court’s former right hand man Jack Gilleece — 22 years after he quit government in disgrace over outside business dealings.

Peter Law

Quarantine conundrumCommentsPremiumOverseas travel plan comes down to States: PM

Scott Morrison says he will not force any state or territory leader to agree to new overseas travel arrangements that would see hotel quarantine scrapped for returning Australians.

Joe Spagnolo

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
No certaintyCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Doctors call for PCH ‘revolving door’ to stop

The ‘revolving door’ at Perth Children’s Hospital needs to stop — Australian Medical Association Chief Andrew Miller has warned — after revelations the facility had three bosses in three years.

Joe Spagnolo

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The West Australian exclusive
What a wasteCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Hundreds of WA homes empty as rental crisis worsens

More than 900 government-owned houses are sitting empty in WA, while desperate families are having to pitch tents in family and friends’ backyards because they have nowhere to live.

Joe Spagnolo

Devastating funeralVideoCommentsPremium‘Nothing more tragic’: Heartache at Aishwarya farewell

The devastated family and friends of Aishwarya Aswath, who died at Perth Children’s Hospital after a two-hour wait in emergency, today remembered the seven-year-old as ‘kind, gentle and caring’.

Caitlyn Rintoul

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The West Australian exclusive
West Coast recruitCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Eagles on cusp of major signing with role for Wyatt

The West Australian can reveal former WA treasurer Ben Wyatt has accepted an offer to join the club and the process has begun to formalise his appointment with the WA Football Commission.

Peter Law

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The West Australian exclusive
New-look partnershipCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Nats and Libs to form alliance after election bloodbath

The Nationals and Liberals are just days away from signing an agreement to form an alliance in State Parliament for the next four years, The West can reveal.

Peter Law

‘Team effort’CommentsPremiumScoMo claims credit for McGowan’s landslide victory

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is claiming credit for Premier Mark McGowan’s electoral wipe out of the WA Liberal Party, in his first trip to Perth in 537 days.

Michael Traill

ScoMo’s WA visitVideoCommentsPremiumPM assures West Aussies AstraZeneca jab ‘safe’

Prime Minister Scott Morrison attempted to ease the nerves of anxious West Australians today after public confidence in the AstraZeneca vaccine took a hit earlier this month.

Briana Fiore

‘Conflict of interest’CommentsPremiumMcGowan knew of environment minister’s mining ties

WA’s new Environment Minister has ‘recused herself’ from decision making regarding two major mining projects because of a potential conflict of interest involving her step-father.

Peter Law

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The West Australian exclusive
Sad dose of realityCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Four-year high in hospital deaths due to clinical error

Clinical mishaps were linked to the deaths of 142 people in WA’s health system last financial year, the equal highest on record.

Peter Law

Blak Deaths in CustodyVideoPremiumWhy are Aboriginal people still dying in custody?

A landmark royal commission report was handed down 30 years ago today with 339 recommendations, yet Indigenous men and women continue to die, writes Rangi Hirini.

Rangi Hirini

VAD lawsVideoCommentsPremiumDementia Australia chair recounts mum’s 15-year torment

Graeme Samuels has called for WA’s assisted dying legislation to be extended to include dementia, recounting his mother’s 15 years of confusion, torment and unbearable distress.

Sarah Ison

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The West Australian exclusive
‘Normal process’CommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
‘It’s a lie’: PM denies Palmer support in border spat

Scott Morrison says political advertising linking him with Clive Palmer over his fight with Mark McGowan and WA’s hard border reflects badly on Federal Labor.

Ben O'Shea & Sarah Ison

Seroja carnageCommentsPremiumExtraordinary tales of survival from cyclone hell

Three families in Kalbarri as Cyclone Seroja tore through WA’s Mid West on Sunday night have recounted the sheer horror as their windows were ‘shattered’ and roofs ‘peeled off’.

Sarah Steger

Cyclone SerojaVideoComments‘Resilience’ of locals praised in cyclone-hit Kalbarri

In the aftermath of Cyclone Seroja ripping through Kalbarri, Mark McGowan has celebrated the resilience of residents who are ‘dealing with this disaster with a great deal of good spirit’.

Sarah Steger

‘Step forward’CommentsPremiumAussies are ‘sitting ducks’ without vaccinations: Cook

Australians can't continue to ‘believe we are immune’ from the global pandemic, Roger Cook has warned, as he encouraged Aussies — amid hesitation over the AstraZeneca vaccine — to secure a jab.

Peter Law

Clotting concernsCommentsPremiumAlbanese hits out at Morrison over vaccine rollout

Federal opposition leader Anthony Albanese has slammed Scott Morrison for abandoning the timeline for Australia’s vaccine roll-out and for ‘putting all their eggs’ in the AstraZeneca basket.

Briana Fiore

Medical emergencyCOVID case strikes bulk carrier off Karratha

A ship off the coast of Karratha was subject to an emergency evacuation yesterday after a crew member tested positive for COVID-19, it has been revealed.

Perth Children’s Hospital crisisCommentsPremiumMourning parents deserve answers over child deaths

First we learnt of the death of Aishwarya Aswath, who was forced to wait in an emergency department for two hours while her desperate parents pleaded for help. Now there has been another tragedy.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
No captain's callsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
WA Libs to overhaul election commitment policy

WA Liberal MPs will be prevented from springing election commitments on the party without input in a major shake-up designed to avoid a repeat of Zak Kirkup’s controversial green energy plan.

Josh Zimmerman

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The West Australian exclusive
No shot, no payCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Pfizer jabs to be mandatory for WA quarantine workers

Anyone wanting to work in hotel quarantine will need to be jabbed with the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, under tough new rules set to be introduced by the State Government.

Joe Spagnolo

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