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Perth Airport rail line to open in October, as Forrestfield Metronet costs revealed to be $1.9 billion

The Forrestfield-Airport Link will open on October 10, the WA Government announces, with fares to be capped at $5 for the 20,000 passengers a day expected to use the service.

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Perth airport rail line to finally open

Six years after construction began, the $1.9 billion Perth Airport rail link is set to commence full operations from October 10.

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Top site for WA Aboriginal cultural centre

A proposed new Aboriginal cultural centre on the Perth riverfront is being touted as Western Australia's answer to the Sydney Opera House.

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Location chosen for new Aboriginal cultural centre to be built in central Perth

A site is chosen in central Perth for the creation of an Aboriginal cultural centre, an attraction Premier Mark McGowan describes as a "great opportunity" for Western Australia.

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Clive Palmer ordered to pay part of Mark McGowan’s legal costs after defamation battle

Billionaire’s costs will not similarly be paid by WA premier, as judge finds ‘asymmetry of responsibility’ for ‘long and costly’ case

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Palmer to pay bulk of defamation costs

West Australian taxpayers are set to be spared some of the cost of the Premier Mark McGowan's defamation case against billionaire litigant Clive Palmer.

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Medi-hotels were sold by Labor as a way to fix WA's health system, but only one has been built

So-called medi-hotels formed a big part of WA Labor's pitch to voters at the 2017 election, but five years on there's little sign of them — and one of the proposed facilities appears to be no more.

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WA police commissioner Col Blanch gives in-principle support for northern booze ban

Full and mid-strength takeaway alcohol sales could soon be banned in WA's north. Community leaders fear the measure would "marginalise" residents.

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John Quigley apologises for having to correct evidence in defamation trial between Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan

John Quigley admits to feeling "embarrassed" over a mistake in his testimony during Mark McGowan's defamation trial with Clive Palmer.

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WA premier defends by-election no show

Labor is opting not to run a candidate in an upcoming West Australian by-election because it is unlikely to win, Premier Mark McGowan has admitted.

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Bail act, Crown Perth and Metronet top priority list as WA Parliament resumes after winter break

Reforms to bail laws and Crown Casino are among the priorities on the West Australian government's to-do list as parliament returns after the winter recess.

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WA lifts state care age limit from 18 to 21 following successful trial

Shell Jacovic, who spent most of her childhood in state care, describes the process of being cut off from care when she turned 18 as scary and daunting.

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WA monkeypox spread unlikely according to Premier Mark McGowan as WA COVID cases drop

Monkeypox vaccines will arrive in Western Australia within days, after the state recorded its first case of the disease in a traveller returning from overseas.

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Key WA businesses want more done to address state's chronic skilled worker shortages

Major West Australian businesses want barriers to migration dropped to boost the number of skilled workers able to enter the state.

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WA unions plan rally despite pay offer

Western Australia's government is set to face further pressure from public sector workers despite having offered them an improved wages deal.

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WA unions warn of more industrial action as they reject McGowan government's latest wage offer

Hundreds of public sector workers brave strong winds and rain to rally for better pay as unions denounce the state government's revised wage offer as a "one-off sugar hit".

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A Judge Roasted State Dad Mark McGowan Sour Cream McGee Clive Palmer It Was *Chef’s Kiss*

The floppiest defamation trial to ever flop.

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The Loop: RBA's interest rate rise, first bill passes new parliament, Palmer vs McGowan defamation verdict, giant sinkhole

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Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan ordered to pay damages to each other in defamation case

Federal court rules Palmer pay WA premier $20,000, while United Australia party chair is awarded $5,000 after both found liable for defamation

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Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan hard border defamation case ends with both awarded damages

A public spat between mining magnate Clive Palmer and West Australian Premier Mark McGowan results in both being awarded damages.

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Police meet with Pingelly community leaders after man's shooting by officer

An Aboriginal leader says there is no tension between the Noongar community and police, with a man remaining in a stable condition after being shot by an officer on Sunday morning.

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Verdict looms in Palmer defamation trial

A defamation trial between billionaire Clive Palmer and Western Australia's premier is set to finally be resolved with a judge poised to deliver his verdict.

AAP

Inflation forces WA to up worker pay offer

The Western Australian government has upped its pay offer for 150,000 public sector workers after facing union-led pressure over rampant inflation.

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Pay rise for West Australian public sector workers in a bid to offset rising inflation, cost-of-living pressures

Public sector workers — including teachers, doctors and nurses — will be given a 3 per cent pay increase, up from 2.75 per cent, as well as a one-off $2,500 payment.

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Record ambulance ramping at WA hospitals

Western Australia's ambulance ramping figures have reached record levels as hospitals grapple with COVID-19 and flu outbreaks.

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