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Calls for WA to spend more of its surplus

Western Australia's health and housing pressures continue in the shadow of the state's $5.7 billion nation-leading budget surplus.

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Sky News host Paul Murray in expletive-laden anti-Labor tirade to audience before Peter Dutton interview

Murray urged crowd to vote for Coalition while mocking Penny Wong, trans people and described a regular guest as ‘blow-up clown doll’

The Guardian - AU

Health spending and cost of living major focus of Mark McGowan's WA budget

Mark McGowan says this year's budget aims to ease cost of living pressures, but welfare groups say it's not enough while unions describe the absence of a pay rise for public sector workers is a "kick in the guts".

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WA reveals 'envy of the nation' budget

Western Australia is forecasting a $5.7 billion budget surplus for 2021/22 with Premier Mark McGowan championing one of the world's strongest economies.

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Libs call for tax freeze in WA budget

The West Australian opposition has called for a freeze on all government taxes and charges in Thursday's state budget.

AAP

What is WA's Emergency Management Act and why have the pandemic powers been extended again?

The WA Government is rushing through legislation to extend its pandemic powers for another six months. This is what it means and why it is important.

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WA state budget to include $3,500 rebates for electric vehicles, but there's a downside

The McGowan Labor government will allocate $60 million in the state budget to accelerate the use of zero emission vehicles, which will include rebates for electric vehicle purchases, but there's a catch.

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Households to get electricity credit in WA state budget to cope with cost of living pressures

The West Australian government will unveil a multimillion-dollar package to help people with their electricity costs in next Thursday's state budget.

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Defence funding in PM's pitch to WA voters

Scott Morrison has spruiked GST reform and announced funding for special forces in a speech in WA where several marginal seats are up for grabs at the election.

AAP

More than 80 per cent of Aboriginal people speak Kriol — why is it still widely misunderstood?

Kriol interpreter services are used across Australia and often form a bridge between Indigenous communities and the wider population. Yet many people don't see the need.

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Western Australia could hit fresh COVID-19 peak as AMA remains nervous over removal of mask mandate

An epidemiologist warns Western Australia could be facing a much bigger peak and a slower let-up after dropping most of its COVID-19 rules, but a lot will depend on what individuals do to stop the spread.

ABC News

WA premier flags cost of living relief

Western Australia's premier is under pressure to deliver hip-pocket relief as he prepares to deliver another multi-billion dollar budget surplus.

AAP

No quick ramping fix amid WA health spend

A $252 million investment in Western Australia's emergency departments is unlikely to immediately ease hospital pressures, the health minister has warned.

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Ailing WA health system gets $252 million budget boost amid pressure on emergency departments

The WA government vows to spend more than a quarter of a billion dollars trying to address issues in the health system, as the Health Minister takes aim at the Commonwealth for its "abject failure" to manage some patients.

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Labor calls for cheaper, fairer Australia in election pledge

Federal election: Labor's Anthony Albanese outlines no one left behind.

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Albanese basks in McGowan's WA popularity

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese pledges to lower cost of PBS medicines and boost EVs at Labor campaign launch

Opposition leader also vows to make gender equity an objective of the Fair Work Act if ALP wins federal election on 21 May

The Guardian - AU

Albanese rallies against ‘fear and division’ at Labor campaign launch – as it happened

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Green energy to fuel WA's Rottnest Island

Western Australia's government is hoping to lure interstate and overseas visitors back to Rottnest Island with a major new renewable energy investment.

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Less meth in Western Australia due to border closure leads to dangerous drug landscape change, support workers say

Frontline workers are encountering more people using heroin, benzodiazepines and other tranquillising prescription drugs in Western Australia after the state's border closure.

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Premier Mark McGowan confident it is the right time to lift WA COVID restrictions

As Western Australia sees most of its COVID restrictions lifted, Premier Mark McGowan says authorities are thinking of alternative uses for a purpose-built quarantine facility which may be obsolete by the time it is built.

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McGowan recovered as WA eases virus rules

Western Australia's premier says the state's lower-than-expected hospitalisation rates have paved the way for the state to remove most COVID-19 restrictions.

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WA scraps masks, proof of vaccine mandates

Western Australia is set to abolish quarantine for asymptomatic COVID-19 close contacts and remove proof of vaccination and face mask mandates.

The Guardian - UK

Morning mail: lobby group under fire for trans billboard, old China trip sparks new dispute, Elon Musk buys Twitter

Tuesday: AOC and Swimming Australia threaten legal action over billboards claiming ‘women’s sport is not for men’. Plus: the world’s richest man now owns Twitter

The Guardian - AU

Why not both? Voters in two key WA seats doubtful about ‘Morrison plus McGowan’ deal

Swan and Hasluck could be among the seats to fall if Labor gets a swing just one-third as big as Mark McGowan’s at state level

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