Politics
Western Australia
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.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Police
WA’s top cop weighs in on AI traffic cameras as the state prepares to double its fleet
The furore comes as the WA government confirmed it would spend a further $24 million to purchase six new mobile AI traffic cameras.
- by Hamish Hastie
‘Elegant’, ‘handsome’ – but not for South Beach: Controversial five-storey apartment plan rejected
A “premature” proposal to build a five-storey apartment building overlooking Fremantle’s iconic South Beach has been rejected following a lengthy planning debate.
- by Carla Hildebrandt
Why this economist says WA can’t build its way out of housing crisis
WAtoday put questions about WA’s economy, particularly the state’s housing crisis, to Stevenson, who became a multi-millionaire while working for Citibank, ahead of his show on Monday.
- by Hamish Hastie
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.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Healthcare
I came across a man dying... and felt totally useless
I knew I needed to help. And I wanted to help. But I found myself frozen, standing around like a traffic cone at a car crash.
- by Hamish Hastie
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WA Parliament
‘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.
- by Hamish Hastie
Greens MP refers Alcoa to watchdog over more alleged WA tree clearing breaches
The Greens MP trespassed in Alcoa’s mining area to investigate another suspected clearing breach late last year.
- by Hamish Hastie
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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.
- by Hamish Hastie
‘Long time coming’: The days of free-roaming cats could be numbered in WA
Amendments to the state’s Cat Act will give local governments the legal right to introduce and manage their own cat containment laws.
- by 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.
- by Hamish Hastie