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Mark McGowan urges caution regarding public speculation about the death of Cassius Turvey, 15, as the outpouring of community grief grows across the country. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains an image of a person who has died.

WA's public sector wages dispute is far from over, with nurses ratcheting up their industrial action as police begin their own.

Across the developed world, countries are betting big on gas to be the transition fuel to renewable energy. So why is Australia, with all its gas reserves, unable to follow suit?

Nurses and midwives vote to demand a 10 per cent annual wage increase from the state government and threaten industrial action that could lead to bed closures.

After a two-year delay due to a sinkhole, workplace safety issues, supply disruptions and labour shortages, the airport rail link is finally up and running.

An audit of Western Australia's finances finds an extra $344 million in operating surplus, taking the total surplus to $6 billion for the last financial year, a new Australian record.

Amid an ongoing standoff between the state government and unions over public sector wages, Western Australia's budget surplus has reached $6 billion.

Western Australia's government will seek to crack down on antisocial behaviour in nightlife spots with mandatory five-year bans for some convicted criminals.

After more than two years of WA being in a state of emergency, the government is trying to quickly pass legislation to replace it with a new scheme – but the opposition says it's "more draconian" than the existing arrangement.