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Premier Mark McGowan is set to inspect the damage inflicted by Tropical Cyclone Seroja amid fears hundreds of properties could be lost.

A crew member onboard a vessel off waters in the state’s north west is being transferred to Royal Perth Hospital this afternoon after testing positive for COVID-19.

Aged care consumer groups have challenged the federal government to deliver urgent reforms to the trouble-plagued sector.

Scott Morrison has abandoned plans to give all Australians their first vaccine dose by the end of October.

The federal government will revise its national vaccination program, limiting doses of AstraZeneca for those under 50 following concerns about the link between the vaccine and blood clots.

The final report from the aged care royal commission suggested a needs-based system.

The nation’s medical experts are expected to meet to review concerns raised by the European Medicines Agency overnight about the possible link between the vaccine and blood clots.

Politicians and judges will be subject to the same sexual harassment laws as the wider population under major workplace reforms.

Australia's new minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme will soon meet with the sector as the campaign against planned changes ramps up.

The Reserve Bank has left its key interest rates at a record low at its monthly board meeting, while warning it is monitoring developments in the heated housing market.

Western Australian Planning Commission chair David Caddy will spend another two years in the top job after the state government extended his appointment until 2023.

After 11 months in the planning, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the trans-Tasman bubble will open on April 19.

Shenton Park architectural firm Hocking Heritage + Architecture has been appointed to lead the state government’s $6 million Ascot Kilns Conservation project.

UPDATED: Just a week after appointing Malcolm Turnbull to head its climate change board the NSW government has sacked the former prime minister.

The Morrison government has cautioned against a major increase in Australia's minimum wage, citing concerns about job creation.

Lawyers for Christian Porter argue the federal frontbencher was readily identifiable in a report outlining rape allegations against an unnamed cabinet minister.

This past month’s election has provided WA Labor with a rare opportunity to change the political landscape.

The state government and the state’s peak football body have won a bid to host matches at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, with Perth among nine cities hosting the event.

Almost 289,000 jobs were available in February, the highest level in at least eight years, including a 45 per cent lift in Western Australia.

Brisbane’s three-day lockdown was lifted this morning after Queensland recorded just one new case of community transmission of COVID-19, but WA’s hard border with the state remains in place.

Our updated listing of the 50 most influential Western Australians in business and politics highlights four individuals who stand apart from the rest.

Labor has pledged cheaper electric cars and community batteries to drive down power bills if Anthony Albanese becomes prime minister.

Perth-based design consultancy SITE Planning + Design has lodged plans to undertake $102 million worth of wharf upgrades at lots leased by defence contractor BAE Systems.

Health Minister Greg Hunt has stepped in as peacemaker between the states and some of his federal colleagues after they engaged in a stoush over the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Greater Brisbane has been declared a COVID-19 hotspot for the purpose of commonwealth support as Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly warns travellers to stay up to date with border closures.

Some of Western Australia's most vulnerable people are flocking to receive their coronavirus jabs as the rollout begins in remote Aboriginal communities.

More needs to be done to ensure all people feel safe at work, including government and defence.

Manufacturing jobs will be at the heart of Labor's attempt to defeat Scott Morrison with a $15 billion plan designed to drive investment in the sector.

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The demolition of Princess Margaret Hospital has begun, a key step in the planned $227 million Subi East redevelopment that will house more than 2,000 dwellings.

Australia has hit the half a million milestone for COVID-19 vaccinations but is way short of the four million jabs the government predicted just a few months ago.

Travellers from Queensland are now banned from entering Western Australia following 10 new cases of COVID-19 being reported in Brisbane overnight.