Carey dodges questions over CCC planning law concerns

Carey dodges questions over CCC planning law concerns

McKechnie told the Australian Financial Review earlier this month that the government’s overhaul of planning reforms to remove barriers for new home builds had created new misconduct risks.

  • byHamish Hastie

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CCC source who had fling with corruption fighter was a WA prisoner
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CCC source who had fling with corruption fighter was a WA prisoner

The boss of the CCC team co-ordinating its network of sources also fed her lover confidential information about the commission,according to a report tabled in parliament on Thursday.

  • byHamish Hastie
School teachers threaten to strike next month as wage negotiations stall

School teachers threaten to strike next month as wage negotiations stall

The union and the government have been locked in negotiations since October 2023 but have not yet come to an agreement.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA’s 90,000 gun owners will soon have to answer this suite of questions. Here’s what you need to know

WA’s 90,000 gun owners will soon have to answer this suite of questions. Here’s what you need to know

The health questionnaire devised by WA Police was tabled in parliament on Wednesday as part of the firearms bill currently being debated.

  • byHamish Hastie
Planning minister defends giving cabinet colleague final say on Northbridge safe space

Planning minister defends giving cabinet colleague final say on Northbridge safe space

Planning Minister John Carey delegated the final decision on a long-running saga over a women’s safe night space to Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson in a bid to avoid a perception of bias.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA has big hopes for tiny homes in seniors social housing trial

WA has big hopes for tiny homes in seniors social housing trial

Tiny homes,about the size of a large shipping container with one bedroom and one bathroom in their 43-square-metre frame,are being trialled as a social housing fix.

  • byHamish Hastie
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Sheryl wants to stay in her Gosnells home. But it might not be up to her

Sheryl wants to stay in her Gosnells home. But it might not be up to her

Sheryl Houston is a cleaner who has lived in her “nice old place”,faithfully paying rent,for nine years. But she fears she’ll be on the street come Christmas.

  • byHamish Hastie
Government promises up to $250 for each school-aged WA child

Government promises up to $250 for each school-aged WA child

However,families with kids in childcare will miss out and the policy will not be means-tested.

State swings axe on iconic Kimberley Horizontal Falls experience

State swings axe on iconic Kimberley Horizontal Falls experience

All but one tourism operators in the region will not be allowed to take their boats through the falls from 2026 – and the experience will end completely in 2028.

  • byHamish Hastie
Peter Tinley becomes seventh WA Labor MP to announce retirement ahead of election
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Peter Tinley becomes seventh WA Labor MP to announce retirement ahead of election

Tinley is a former SAS major and one of the longest-serving Labor MPs in parliament after winning the seat of Willagee at a by-election in 2009.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA’s COVID era-style police borders have stopped just 5 grams of cannabis
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WA’s COVID era-style police borders have stopped just 5 grams of cannabis

In the eight months since border search powers were made available to police,they have been used just seven times.

  • byHamish Hastie