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Gina Rinehart, Kerry Stokes and Chris Ellison in race to stake claim over Perth Basin despite gas price gap

Australia's richest people are in a battle for control of Western Australia's burgeoning onshore gas industry, despite the Commonwealth's decision to cap prices. Energy reporter Dan Mercer explains why.

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Iron ore keeps WA on track for surplus

Western Australia's forecast budget surplus has improved slightly to $1.8 billion despite the premier warning of a deteriorating global economic outlook.

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WA budget surplus rises slightly in mid-year review as Mark McGowan eyes potential storms

Premier Mark McGowan paints a bleak picture of what's ahead for Western Australia's economy as he announces a $1.8 billion surplus for the next year.

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McGowan retains treasury in new WA cabinet

Western Australia's premier has appointed new child protection and education ministers in a cabinet reshuffle midway through Labor's second term.

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Simone McGurk loses child protection, domestic violence portfolios in Mark McGowan's cabinet reshuffle

Simone McGurk, who was also the long serving minister for women's interests and community services was one of the biggest losers in the McGowan government political shake-up.

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Two new women in McGowan's WA cabinet

First-term West Australian state MP Jackie Jarvis is one of two women promoted by the Labor caucus into Mark McGowan's new-look cabinet.

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Mark McGowan's new cabinet takes shape, with Jackie Jarvis and Sabine Winton joining ranks

The make-up of Mark McGowan's next WA cabinet becomes clearer, with Sabine Winton and Jackie Jarvis picked to fill the shoes of departing veterans Alannah MacTiernan and Dave Kelly.

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WA water minister resigns, reshuffle looms

Western Australia's water minister has resigned at the behest of Premier Mark McGowan, paving the way for a cabinet reshuffle.

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WA Water Minister Dave Kelly resigns from cabinet at request of Premier Mark McGowan

Dave Kelly says Mark McGowan asked him to step down to allow for renewal, particularly in the interests of getting more women into cabinet.

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Albo nukes nuclear energy idea

Anthony Albanese says nuclear energy is off the table, and Stuart Robert warned a lobbyist off donating to a minister’s fundraising group because ‘it will be declared, and it will hurt you’.

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Grieving family pays tribute to pregnant woman who died in Perth after being hit by concrete block

Noongar woman Diane Miller and her unborn baby died in hospital three days after incident at Waterford Plaza shopping centre

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Mark McGowan set to reshuffle WA cabinet but John Quigley dismisses 'nonsense' about future

The departure of one of WA's longest-serving parliamentarians has guaranteed an impending reshuffle of the McGowan government's cabinet, with the opposition saying John Quigley should be replaced as attorney-general.

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Plan to overhaul troubled Banksia Hill youth detention centre commissioned but kept secret

Aboriginal leaders express anger as review declared an ‘internal document’ just weeks after crisis talks with state government

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WA to ban gay conversion therapy

Gay conversion therapy will be made a criminal offence in Western Australia after evidence of abuse and mistreatment at a Perth women's rehabilitation centre.

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WA nurses union avoids deregistration, says no plans for further strikes in bitter pay dispute

The Australian Nursing Federation says a threat to deregister the union in WA will not be carried out after it met with the state's Industrial Relations Commission, adding it has no plans for further strikes.

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Diane Miller still critical after being hit by lump of concrete at Waterford Plaza shopping centre

Diane Miller is still fighting for her life and that of her unborn child after being hit in the head by a lump of concrete as she sat in her parked car at a suburban shopping centre. WARNING: This story may cause distress to some readers.

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Dangerous 'folding up' restraint to be banned in West Australian youth detention this month

The potentially-deadly practice used on children by youth detention officers in Western Australia will be replaced with an alternative method within weeks.

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‘International embarrassment’: WA government taken to task over treatment of Aboriginal children in detention

Indigenous human rights expert says state is risking its reputation – ‘We’ve seen children assaulted, treated in highly abusive ways’

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WA premier dismisses calls to raise criminal age as Aboriginal advocates accuse him of ‘contempt’

Mark McGowan describes last week’s meeting about youth justice as positive, while Aboriginal leader Daniel Morrison called it a failure and a media stunt

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Backlash continues over WA youth detention

Premier Mark McGowan is facing criticism from Labor party elders and other prominent West Australians over issues within the justice system.

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Fiona Stanley and advocates urge for inquiry, greater Indigenous involvement in rehabilitation in juvenile detention

Former Australian of the Year Fiona Stanley says she's disappointed by a meeting with Mark McGowan last week to discuss the youth justice system, and is calling for greater involvement of Aboriginal Australians.

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Losers who lived: Matthew Guy is among the rare breed of opposition leaders given a second chance

Thrashed in 2018, the Liberal leader is hoping to find redemption in this weekend’s Victorian election – but the polls are not on his side

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Extreme-heat jail finally gets aircon fix

Western Australia's government has belatedly agreed to install air-conditioning at the remote Roebourne prison after advocates raised extreme heat concerns.

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Banksia Hill juvenile detention meeting a 'good start' to addressing youth detention

The meeting in Mark McGowan's office was called after a week of intense pressure on the government, with a range of eminent figures decrying conditions in juvenile detention.

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Cashed-up WA government faces nurse strike

Nurses in Western Australia are again threatening to walk off the job after rejecting the state Labor government's latest pay offer.

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