Coronavirus (COVID-19)

New normalMeet the man who makes WA’s rules under COVID

Their advice determines where we can go, who we can see and what we can do in this bizarre new world living with COVID-19 but until this year few people knew what a Chief Health Officer was.

Angela Pownall

Behind barsMan accused of breaching quarantine ‘went to the pub’

A 42-year-old man is due in court today on allegations he visited a Northbridge venue last night while he was supposed to be in self-quarantine after travelling to WA from South Australia.

Shannon Hampton

Border uncertaintyMcGowan remains tight-lipped on opening up to Victoria

Mark McGowan has been heckled about the border as he once again refused to say when WA would reopen to Victoria.

Peter Law

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Building grant extension to ‘keep tradies on the tools’

New home builders or renovators rushing to access a HomeBuilder grant before the end of the year have been given a three-month reprieve under changes to the Morrison Government’s stimulus scheme.

Linda Silmalis

Optimistic outlookWA small businesses look to expand as confidence grows

WA small business owners are feeling optimistic about the future as the state continues to make up ground lost during the pandemic.

Meilin Chew

‘Closer every day’Premier’s biggest hint yet eased WA-Vic border is close

Mark McGowan expects WA’s border will remain closed to South Australia for Christmas, but he’s offered the biggest hint yet that quarantine obligations for Victorian arrivals will be relaxed.

Peter Law

Upbeat outlookWA revenue optimism shines through COVID gloom

WA small businesses are the most optimistic in the country concerning revenue prospects in 2021, new research shows.

Paul Osborne

ECONOMYPremier: China wants what we’ve got

Annastacia Palaszczuk says while trade tensions with China are a concern, demand for Qld resources will stay the course.

DOMANII CAMERON

ContagionMore COVID found in Qld sewage

More traces of pandemic coronavirus have been found in Queensland sewage, but this time health authorities are unsure if it relates to an active case or not.

Janelle Miles

Show them the moneyWA urged to pay early childhood educators like teachers

With mounting support for structured early learning, and in the wake of a deal between the Victorian Government and education union, advocates say now is time for WA to tackle low wages in the sector.

Kate Emery

COVID CLUSTER‘Good luck’ alone saved Qld from Covid hospital disaster

The State Government is accused of putting ‘lives at risk’ after revelations a Covid hospital cluster was only narrowly avoided.

Jackie Sinnerton, Health reporter

Still waitingStranded Australians may not be home for Christmas

There are more than 36,000 people registered to return to the country with the Department of Foreign Affiars and Travel classifying 8070 as vulnerable.

Matt Coughlan

COVID hotelOfficers still in isolation after hotel escape

Eleven Queensland police officers remain in isolation after they restrained a man in hotel quarantine who has coronavirus.

Kate Kyriacou

EliminatedVictoria coronavirus free for 28-days

Victoria has gone four weeks without a new case of COVID-19, officially eliminating the virus from the community.

Callum Godde

qld newsQld cops in isolation after Covid man tried to escape quarantine

Several police officers have been forced into isolation after a security incident at a Brisbane hotel being used for quarantine.

Ellen Ransley

‘disturbing’D’Ath slams request for COVID capacity info

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has refused to detail health advice on why planes can be packed to capacity but charter boats can’t, bizarrely labelling the request for information “disturbing” and akin to questioning smoking rules.

Jessica Marszalek

BUYING V RENTINGBuying a ‘no brainer’ as WA rentals hit ‘crisis levels’

With WA rental costs set to soar as vacancy rates fall below one per cent, REIWA says — despite rising house prices in 2021 — ‘if you can afford to buy... you will be a lot financially better off’.

Danielle Le Messurier

SELLING OUTQLD wine bonanza as sales soar

Wine lovers deliver ‘big shock’ to QLD wine producers in a pandemic silver lining, writes Kylie Lang.

Kylie Lang

STUCKStranded Aussies turned down flights home

Shocking numbers of Aussies overseas are desperate to get back before Christmas, although some have turned down the chance.

Matthew Killoran, Michael Wray

recoveryQld economy lags but jobs bounce back

Queensland’s economic “bounce back” was the second-worst in the nation last quarter, beating only locked-down Victoria.

MICHAEL WRAY

Uh ohSIX Pakistan cricketers test COVID positive in NZ

Six members of the Pakistan cricket squad in New Zealand have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been moved from managed isolation into quarantine.

Still waitingStranded Perth family ‘betrayed and abandoned’ by Govt

A Perth family stranded in Canada is facing a $50,000 bill just to get back home.

Sarah Ison

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Close call for resources sector is revealed

As revealed in The West Australian today, we came within a whisker of a mining sector shutdown — due to a lack of understanding across the Nullarbor about what we have, and do, here in WA.