The Latest Breaking News from Roger Cook

State premier says ‘in emergency situations sometimes it doesn’t always go to plan’ after mistake when fighting Bullsbrook blaze

The federal and WA governments are trying to find a quarantine facility to take 16,500 head of sheep and cattle stuck aboard a ship in heatwave conditions.

Anthony Albanese, NZ PM Christopher Luxon and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau have jointly issued a strong statement calling for a ‘sustainable ceasefire’ in Gaza, and WA Premier Roger Cook says ‘green’ groups are working to divide Indigenous communities and use them to take big resources projects to court.

WA's Cook government will overhaul the state's environmental protection laws and give politicians more power in a bid to streamline EPA approval processes.

Hannah Beazley, the daughter of former federal Labor leader and diplomat Kim Beazley, will become a minister in the WA government.

Taxpayers will fork out $220 million to prop up a failed coal mine, critical for electricity generation in West Australia.

Western Australia's premier has taken a swipe at City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas for being on an overseas trip as a vulnerable women's shelter closes.

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has slammed Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s Murray-Darling Basin Plan water deal with Senator David Van who Thorpe has accused of sexual assault, and the Australian privacy watchdog said it couldn’t do anything about a company accessing personal emails because the employee had used a work laptop.

The WA government will spend $72.6 million combating family violence, with funding for crisis accommodation and prevention, intervention and education programs.