The Latest Breaking News from Janet Reah

The Australian Nursing Federation's WA branch and a Labor state government are at loggerheads, and not for the first time. How did it come to this?

The workplace relations umpire shuts down a vote by nurses and midwives on the McGowan government's proposed wages offer, and gags their union's leadership.

The McGowan government's in-principle pay agreement with nurses and midwives appears all but sunk, with their union now describing it as insulting.

The Australian Nursing Federation knocks back a WA government offer on pay and conditions, including a proposal for nurse-to-patient ratios, as it weighs up whether to press on with industrial action.

An independent review of the number of nurses in West Australian hospitals finds the present system of rostering does not provide staffing levels to enable safe and quality patient care.

WA nurses will walk off the job next week, angered by the state government's refusal to implement nurse-to-patient ratios, while the Health Minister has not ruled out going to the Industrial Relations Commission to halt the action.

As a coronial inquest begins into the death of Aishwarya Aswath at Perth Children's Hospital, the seven-year-old girl's family hopes the hearings provide clarity on what happened in her final hours.