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Not again!Panic buying starts across Perth ahead of conference

Supermarkets have been swamped by panic buyers after Premier Mark McGowan announced he will hold a press conference this afternoon to provide a COVID-19 update for WA.

COVID-19 updateCommentsPremier calls emergency conference amid hotel case

Premier Mark McGowan will hold a press conference at 2pm to provide a COVID-19 update after a man contracted the virus in Perth hotel quarantine and flew to Melbourne.

Peter Law

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opinion
Basil ZempilasCommentsPremium
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Nonsensical Anzac Day COVID restrictions miss the mark

In his weekly top 10, Basil argues that if red-tape means at least half a dozen suburban Anzac Day services have been called off, we’ve got it wrong.

Basil Zempilas

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‘We were really careful’PremiumNurse who caught COVID in ‘high risk’ hotel pregnant

A pregnant, asthmatic nurse has told of concern for her unborn baby after she contracted COVID-19 from another guest in hotel quarantine in Perth.

Peter Law

Barking madCommentsPremiumDPP therapy dog to earn more than junior nurses

A taxpayer-funded emotional support dog for stressed public prosecutors will be paid more than a junior nurse after the signing of a $162,000 contract. Here’s where that cash will go

Briana Fiore

Supreme Court scrapPremiumFreedom of speech ‘at risk’ amid WA Parliament turf war

Freedom of speech in WA’s Parliament would be ‘profoundly’ affected if it was forced to hand over the contents of devices belonging to disgraced ex-MPs, lawyers for Kate Doust have argued.

Emily Moulton

‘High risk’ nationCommentsPM restricts travel from India after McGowan warning

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced flights from India will be scaled back by 30 per cent, with the country in the midst of a crippling coronavirus outbreak.

Sarah Ison

Transmission shockCommentsPremiumOfficials knew Mercure was ‘biggest hotel spread risk’

WA Health has known for weeks the Mercure Hotel — at the centre of an investigation into how COVID-19 jumped between rooms with closed doors — was the quarantine facility most at risk of transmission.

Peter Law

Off the leashCommentsPremiumProsecution office therapy dog to cost taxpayers $162K

A full-time emotional support dog placed in WA’s public prosecution office will cost tax payers more than $1000 a week over the coming three years.

No top jobCommentsPremiumFreo council happy to leave $135,000 mayor role vacant

He’s been the mayor of Fremantle since 2009 but it now seems the city thinks it can get along quite nicely without anyone in the top job — at least until the next local government election.

Michael Traill

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The West Australian exclusive
Shock travel blockCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
McGowan calls for possible ban on travel from India

Premier Mark McGowan wants Australia to seriously consider temporarily banning all travellers from India — despite a reported 9000 Aussies waiting for flights home, The West can reveal.

Peter Law

‘it beggars belief’PremiumCOVID hotel management receive cut of $1.2m top-up

Workers in low-risk management and admin roles at WA’s quarantine hotels receiving a cut of $1.2 million in topped-up wages has been labelled an ‘insult to our hospital healthcare workers’.

Peter Law

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opinion
Letters to the editorCommentsPremium
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War vet urges pollies not to forget Anzac sacrifice

An Air Force veteran is among The West readers to have their say over WA’s Anzac Day coronavirus restrictions, with scathing messages for Minister for Veterans Issues Paul Papalia.

Letters to the Editor

COVID caseCommentsPremiumWill Premier burst NZ travel bubble after COVID case?

Mark McGowan is getting ‘advice’ on whether WA should leave the 24-hour-old travel bubble with New Zealand after an airport worker from across the ditch tested positive for COVID-19.

Briana Fiore

‘Really grim’PremiumRental crisis pushes DV shelters, victims to the brink

Domestic violence victims are being forced to stay with abusive parnters because there’s nowhere else to go amid WA’s rental crisis. Some are even being placed into motels to escape immediate danger.

Briana Fiore

New EraCommentsPremiumNats, Libs sign ‘alliance agreement’ to battle Labor

The Nationals and Liberals have committed to hold talks on how they can work together to defeat Labor after signing an ‘alliance agreement’ today.

Peter Law

Locked inCommentsPremiumREVEALED: Ben Wyatt’s first post-politics role

Ben Wyatt is following in the footsteps of another high-profile former WA politician in his first gig post-politics, after joining the board of a ‘household name’.

Peter Law

‘It doesn’t feel real’CommentsPremiumEmotions soar as first NZ arrivals touch down in Perth

The first New Zealand arrivals as part of the trans-Tasman travel bubble have touched down in WA — with families embracing after more than a year apart.

Sarah Steger

Power outage helpCommentsPremiumFinancial relief on way for cyclone victims

Relief for those affected by ex-tropical cyclone Seroja has been announced, after 20 per cent of the Western Power network — an area larger than Tasmania — was taken off the grid.

Briana Fiore

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The West Australian exclusive
In from the coldPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Liberal leader hires director who resigned in disgrace

WA Liberal leader David Honey has recruited ex-premier Richard Court’s former right hand man Jack Gilleece — 22 years after he quit government in disgrace over outside business dealings.

Peter Law

Quarantine conundrumCommentsPremiumOverseas travel plan comes down to States: PM

Scott Morrison says he will not force any state or territory leader to agree to new overseas travel arrangements that would see hotel quarantine scrapped for returning Australians.

Joe Spagnolo

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The West Australian exclusive
No certaintyCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Doctors call for PCH ‘revolving door’ to stop

The ‘revolving door’ at Perth Children’s Hospital needs to stop — Australian Medical Association Chief Andrew Miller has warned — after revelations the facility had three bosses in three years.

Joe Spagnolo

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The West Australian exclusive
What a wasteCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Hundreds of WA homes empty as rental crisis worsens

More than 900 government-owned houses are sitting empty in WA, while desperate families are having to pitch tents in family and friends’ backyards because they have nowhere to live.

Joe Spagnolo

Devastating funeralVideoCommentsPremium‘Nothing more tragic’: Heartache at Aishwarya farewell

The devastated family and friends of Aishwarya Aswath, who died at Perth Children’s Hospital after a two-hour wait in emergency, today remembered the seven-year-old as ‘kind, gentle and caring’.

Caitlyn Rintoul

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