Activists have taken their protest against Woodside’s controversial Burrup Hub gas expansion into state government offices. More than a dozen campaigners stormed the assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy Josh Wilson’s Fremantle office on Tuesday. Disrupt Burrup Hub and Voices for Climate campaigners want the Cook government to disallow a $50bn proposal to extend […]

On the eve of the Eurovision semi-finals, Australia’s main international broadcaster SBS is set to air the multi-country music competition despite nations across Europe calling for Israeli exclusion. Four nations have approached event organisers, the European Broadcasting Union, calling for the removal of Israel and its national broadcaster KAN from the contest. This follows 72 […]

As Perth children return for term 2 at school, the State Government has rolled out student assistant payments to relieve cost-of-living pressures on WA families. Totalling $75m, these payments allow parents to claim up to $250 for high school students and $150 for primary-aged children and is intended to support parents with the cost of […]

Local support organisations say they are struggling to provide services for the growing population of people experiencing homelessness in Fremantle. Demand for services has grown with the number of people experiencing homelessness and financial disadvantage doubling at the start of the year, a City of Fremantle spokeswoman said. Greens MLC and former Mayor of Fremantle […]

A mission to restore Shark Bay seagrass – a vital oceanic food source for dugongs – is being hampered by environmental red tape, according to volunteers. The Malgana people, Shark Bay’s Indigenous traditional owners, have been working with a family-run project to restore almost 1,500 sq/km of seagrass in Shark Bay, destroyed by a marine […]

Western Australia is a step closer to becoming a hub for major sporting tournaments after new laws pass that could attract event such as the Cricket World Cup, Rugby League World Cup, and Formula 1 grand prix to the state. The Major Events Act became law in May it improves WA’s competitiveness to bid for and […]

Childcare fees will be slashed next month for the 1.2m families that benefit from a government subsidy for working parents. Amendments to family assistance legislation will spring into action from July 1, off the back of yet another rise in the cash rate target from the Reserve Bank of Australia earlier this week. The reformed […]

A Perth golf club that illegally chopped down 22 trees frequented by endangered black cockatoos has been given the green light to remove dozens more. Mount Lawley Golf Club was approved by the City of Stirling on May 30 to chop down 42 mature trees from its grounds. The club rents the land from the […]

Despite the risk posed by bushfires every summer, the WA Government has turned its back on firefighters who today marched on Parliament for better pay. More than 500 firefighters and other union reps descended on parliament house to send a message to Industrial Relations Minister William Johnston after he refused to move beyond a 3 […]

Environmental advocates have taken Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to court over the approval of a new Bunbury Highway that will clear 60ha of habitat critical to endangered animals. The Friends of The Gelorup Corridor faced Perth’s Federal Court of Australia again this week to argue that Mains Roads have not shown how it will […]

By Nathan-lee Abrahams WA’s economy might be the strongest in the nation, but those riches are making little different to thousands of children going without food and health care across the state. As the state budget recorded a surplus of $4.2b this month, the latest government snapshot of children in WA was released, revealing that […]

By Nathan-lee Abrahams Plans to inject half a billion dollars into WA social housing and homelessness initiatives has been blasted as grossly inadequate by advocacy groups. In the state budget papers just released, WA Premier Mark McGowan announced that $511 million has been set aside to boost housing supply, with plans to build around 700 […]

While climate policy was key on election day, Australia’s lack of investment in renewables will cost taxpayers billions to rectify in coming years, a political scientist warns. Murdoch University environment and political policy researcher Dr Tobias Ide wants the Australian government to address financial and environmental issues exasterbated by a delays in effective climate policy.  […]

By Abbey Bishop With almost two-thirds of ballots counted in the federal WA seat of Swan, Labor has already won back a seat it has not controlled since the mid-2000s.  Labor’s Zaneta Mascherenas has become Swan’s first female representative, thanks to Greens preferences cementing her lead at more than 14,000 votes and counting.  So far, […]

By Zahra Al Hilaly Scott Morrison’s new plan to help first home buyers use their superannuation to purchase a house is a “terrible populist policy for extra votes,” a Perth economist says.  The Super Home Buyer Scheme allows first-home buyers to use up to 40 per cent of their superannuation, capped at $50,000 maximum, as […]