WA Parliament
The case of the missing taxpayer-funded ice cream machine
An ice cream machine worth $3200 owned by North Metro TAFE is just one of hundreds of portable assets that have vanished without a trace from the books of five government agencies.
- Hamish Hastie
Latest
Labor MP’s Roe 8 protest pictures ‘would be caught up by post and boast laws’
A senior WA Labor figure has conceded his “very good friend” and federal Fremantle MP Josh Wilson would have faced charges had the state’s “post and boast” laws been in effect at the height of the Roe 8 protests.
- Hamish Hastie
Major WA fishing ban primed for probe after Greens support
A petition calling for an inquiry that gathered 27,654 signatures was tabled in WA parliament on Thursday
- Hamish Hastie
WA opposition leader accused of 'standing over' MP
Basil Zempilas was accused of standing over a fellow MP in WA parliament. Credit: WA Parliament
- Updated
- Basil Zempilas
‘I won’t do that again’: Zempilas apologises over Labor MP ‘intimidation’
Footage of the incident shows an exasperated Zempilas standing over Maynard who remained seated while he pointed to his phone.
- Hamish Hastie
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Firefighters to escalate pay fight as some leave service for safer, better-paid roles
The lengthy pay and conditions fight started in March last year, but 22 meetings and several rejected offers and counteroffers later, the government and the United Firefighters Union of WA are no closer to striking a deal.
- Hamish Hastie
WA tragedy to change state’s road laws forever
“Kelly’s Law” amendments to the Road Traffic Act will ban anyone facing driving charges from getting back behind the wheel until they face court.
- Hamish Hastie
The WA ministers and political staffers racking up traffic fines
The litany of infringements was uncovered by the opposition in response to a question from Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas in parliament in December.
- Hamish Hastie
WA treasurer concedes $950k payout to former public service boss was ‘very, very large’
Asked how the payout would sit with the voting public in the midst of a cost-of-living and housing crisis, Rita Saffioti said: “These are the entitlements that senior public servants have.”
- Hamish Hastie
Name-calling and racism claims: First day of WA parliament gets off to a rocky start
A West Australian minister has been forced to apologise for calling an opposition MP an “arsehole” in parliament.
- Hamish Hastie