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With the withdrawal of his principal challengers and the implicit endorsement from key factions within the Labor party, Roger Cook will become Western Australia’s 31st premier. We can expect final endorsement from the Labor caucus and a formal swearing-in from the WA governor in the coming days.

After spending the morning meeting with a key WA Labor faction, it is confirmed Roger Cook will be the state's new premier.

Roger Cook has hit the ground running, gaining the approval of Labor's right faction today to confirm his endorsement as WA's next premier.

Roger Cook is poised to replace Mark McGowan as WA's next premier after Amber-Jade Sanderson dropped out of the leadership race.

Roger Cook and Rita Saffioti are emerging as strong contenders to lead WA Labor, after Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson earlier secured key factional backing.

After being lauded for his tough Covid response and winning the most one-sided election in Australian history, Labor premier goes out at the top

The 18-month closure of the Armadale line will have a big impact on the 10,000 commuters who use the transport route each day. Here's everything you need to know about how to minimise the disruption.

Plans to build the first public school in Perth's CBD in more than 100 years are unveiled, but the proposal relies on a complex deal between the state government and the City of Perth.

More than 500 Dunsborough residents rally for a ban on apartment buildings over three storeys high, which they say will ruin the "village atmosphere" of their town.

The demolition of one of Perth's most iconic and notorious pieces of infrastructure has begun.

The WA government says "human error" is responsible for conflicting public messaging about the success of Perth's new $1.8 billion airport passenger rail link.