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How the government is pushing WA families to claim their free money

New figures reveal the state is on track to surpass the 400,000 claims made during last year’s student assistance payment scheme.

  • byHamish Hastie

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Labor claims Bullwinkel,cementing grip on the West

Labor claims Bullwinkel,cementing grip on the West

A Perth nurse winning WA’s newest seat named after a legendary nurse? Labor couldn’t have scripted it better.

  • bySarah Brookes
Don’t talk about Dutton:How Andrew Hastie bucked the trend in a bad campaign

Don’t talk about Dutton:How Andrew Hastie bucked the trend in a bad campaign

In his first major interview since his party’s shattering election loss,Canning MP Andrew Hastie admits the Liberals ran a “bad campaign”.

  • byHamish Hastie
Perth Bears picnic includes another $25m for club as V’Landys chats with Twiggy

Perth Bears picnic includes another $25m for club as V’Landys chats with Twiggy

The NRL squeezed a further $25 million out of the state government to get the deal done to establish the Perth Bears rugby club in Western Australia.

  • byHamish Hastie
Fremantle’s old traffic bridge is closing for 12 months. Where will all the cars go?

Fremantle’s old traffic bridge is closing for 12 months. Where will all the cars go?

And why is Main Roads drawing inspiration from the Armadale line shutdown?

  • byHamish Hastie
Fremantle independent hopeful of Labor upset as vote count continues

Fremantle independent hopeful of Labor upset as vote count continues

Climate 200-backed independent Kate Hulett is on the verge of staging a major upset in Fremantle against one of Labor’s most progressive MPs,just seven weeks after nearly doing the same in the state seat.

  • byHamish Hastie
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Andrew Hastie is ‘leadership material’ but there’s still votes to be counted:Cash

Andrew Hastie is ‘leadership material’ but there’s still votes to be counted:Cash

As the dust settles on the Coalition’s extraordinary election defeat,the party will need to elect a new leader following its former leader Peter Dutton’s defeat in his own seat of Dickson.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA still front and centre despite east coast Labor resurgence:King

WA still front and centre despite east coast Labor resurgence:King

Liberal candidate in Curtin Tom White has rung opponent Kate Chaney to concede defeat.

  • byHamish Hastie
Labor defends in WA – but did anyone notice?

Labor defends in WA – but did anyone notice?

There was plenty to cheer about for Labor in WA,where candidate Tom French denied the Liberals’ Vince Connelly entry to parliament in Moore,north of Perth.

  • byHamish Hastie,Jesinta Burton andMark Naglazas
Big spend highlights Liberals’ hunger for western suburbs seat as WA polls draw to a close

Big spend highlights Liberals’ hunger for western suburbs seat as WA polls draw to a close

Apart from some lengthy waits at booths in the western suburbs seat of Curtin on Saturday morning,voting has opened without any hitches in Western Australia.

  • byHamish Hastie,Jesinta Burton andCameron Myles
The seats to watch in WA this federal election

The seats to watch in WA this federal election

We are set for a series of epic political showdowns.

  • byHamish Hastie