The Cook Labor Government will be investing $692 million in a range of initiatives that will support more housing in the regions, including the delivery of 500 new homes for frontline Government workers.
Rita Saffioti
More and more West Australians relying on income support or minimum wage are falling through the cracks in housing, with fewer rentals than ever being accessible to those struggling most.
Oliver Lane
Albany has been named among seven regional cities “critical” to WA’s future economic growth, with the region to be bolstered with 26 new homes for frontline workers by 2030.
Melissa Sheil
An Aussie capital is weighing up a ban on short-term rentals offered by companies like Airbnb and Stayz, amid a housing affordability crisis.
Blair Jackson
Anthony Albanese has all-but ruled out a new tax on gas, declaring there are currently no ‘windfall profits’ after anti-gas activists disrupted his appearance at an industry event in Perth.
Jessica Page
Exmouth residents who experienced power outages of more than 12 hours during Tropical Cyclone Narelle will now receive double the usual extended outage payment.
Jessica Page is not the only NDIS parent mystified by the elevation of Mark Butler to potential leader status in the same week that he put the future of thousands of disabled kids in even more limbo.
Anthony Albanese has insisted a tax on gas profits is not on his agenda, as Roger Cook assured WA industry leaders that he’s ‘made it clear’ it must not be part of the upcoming Federal Budget.
Jessica Page and Charlton Hart
Extra battery rebates in WA have hampered the uptake of a Federal Government program facilitating loans for green energy home upgrades, according to Assistant Climate Change and Energy Minister Josh Wilson.
Premier Roger Cook has told WA’s resources giants that industrial harmony will not ‘come free of charge’ as he urges a resolution to union pay fights in the Pilbara.
Matt Mckenzie
Port Hedland is the biggest winner out of Roger Cook’s Budget boost for regional housing but after years of inaction, the Premier is blamed for playing ‘catch-up’ on supply.
Sydney’s public transport and Opal card regime will get an $820m overhaul that promises to fix one major bugbear for commuters.
The State Government is providing $10.8m to aid Albany’s transition away from mains gas, with most of the cash going towards converting the city’s social housing
Claire Middleton
WA has fallen behind all other mainland States in the uptake of the Federal Government’s home energy upgrade scheme, which has reached the 10,000 upgrades milestone.
The words ‘decentralisation’ and ‘infrastructure’ are beloved of politicians in a massive State like WA. But too often the words are thrown about without the details required to give them any substance.
Roger Cook will unveil his vision for seven regional cities to propel WA’s economy and will use hundreds of millions of dollars from WA’s mining giants to foot almost a third of the bill for more housing.
The military community has backed one of the country’s most senior officers after he highlighted the importance of ‘freedom of expression’ following the booing of the Indigenous welcome to country on Anzac Day.
Andrew Greene
An international student’s death has reignited calls for reform and scrutiny of policy failures after he died while sleeping rough in Sydney’s CBD.
Emma Kirk
Calls are growing for the WA Government to establish a 20 million litre diesel reserve in Albany, with local leaders saying the Great Southern has been overlooked in the State’s fuel security strategy.
Amy Towers
Perth motorists will be able to fill up their tanks for as little as 153 cents a litre on Tuesday as fuel prices continue to drop around the city.
The future of Albany’s only alternative urgent-care medical service hangs in the balance, as its funding stream ends on June 30 and the Federal Government considers shifting funding focus elsewhere.
Jacki Elezovich
The Army veteran and Whadjuk Noongar elder who was booed during a Welcome to Country at Perth’s Anzac Day service says she was ‘mortified’ but won’t back down, as Roger Cook defended the tradition.
A whopping $1.4 billion will be pumped into connecting Perth’s power grid to wind farms in the State’s south-west as part of Labor’s pledge to supply ‘cheaper, cleaner’ green energy.
Defiant residents say their fight is “far from over” after a McDonald’s was given the green light to build on the world’s “coolest” street.
Tia Clarkson-Pascoe
