350 Optus Stadiums:Counting the staggering profit of God’s acres in Perth
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350 Optus Stadiums:Counting the staggering profit of God’s acres in Perth

From vacant acres on Perth’s fringe to places of worship,schools,commercial buildings and houses,these churches own some of WA’s most valuable private property portfolios.

  • bySarah Brookes andHamish Hastie

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UFC returns for another Perth showdown

UFC returns for another Perth showdown

Tourism Minister Rita Saffioti announced UFC 305 will be held at RAC Arena in Perth on August 18.

  • byHamish Hastie
Get better,Meta:WA minister unleashes on big tech amid record scam losses

Get better,Meta:WA minister unleashes on big tech amid record scam losses

The dressing down came on the back of a new report which found money lost to scams in WA had jumped 36 per cent to a record $22 million.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA government takes over shuttered Cockburn mental health clinic

WA government takes over shuttered Cockburn mental health clinic

The government has entered into a three-year agreement to lease the clinic,which the South Metro Health Service will operate.

  • byHamish Hastie
New push to pinch skilled workers from the east and bring them to WA

New push to pinch skilled workers from the east and bring them to WA

Under a WA Property Council proposal,a business that successfully relocated an employee west for two years would be reimbursed the payroll tax paid.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA Nationals put payroll tax front and centre with election pledge

WA Nationals put payroll tax front and centre with election pledge

The Nationals party will lift the payroll tax threshold to $1.3 million if they form part of the next West Australian government.

  • byHamish Hastie
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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
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