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COVID WRAP: The state government has reversed its scale down of elective surgeries as daily COVID cases in WA continue to drop, but the opposition says it doesn't go far enough.
The state government has opened a new $29 million intensive care unit at Royal Perth exclusively for COVID patients, as WA records 4,037 new cases overnight.
Amber-Jade Sanderson announced the transition to "very high caseload settings" just hours after WA reported another record-breaking jump in figures, with 3,594 new infections.
Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals has lodged significant amendments with the environmental watchdog to expand its $1.2 billion Mardie Project in a bid to increase production capacity.
Cancer Council WA has donated $6 million of mechanical engineer John Street's estate to the Perth Children's Hospital Foundation to fund the construction of a new hospice for kids.
Premier Mark McGowan has locked in March 3 as the date for quarantine-free travel into WA; with the mask mandate expanded and capacity limits returning.
COVID WRAP: Health minister warns WA could experience galloping COVID numbers any day now as the state records 94 cases and Rapid Antigen Tests for new arrivals.
COVID WRAP: WA records 26 new local cases, state halves quarantine, opposition slams the government for withholding Omicron modelling and MinRes rolls out a new contact tracing app.
Police Commissioner Chris Dawson's deputy Gary Dreibergs will succeed him as the state's vaccine commander, as the vaccine rollout reaches school-aged children.
The ANF has pleaded with the government not to reopen the border on February 5 after detailing the conflicting advice received by healthcare workers linked to yesterday's COVID case.
A panel to review governance in the state's health system will include the premier's former deputy chief of staff and the former head of Victorian health who resigned weeks after a hotel quarantine inquiry.
WA has recorded four new local cases of COVID-19 overnight, with the health minister warning that it was likely there had been community spread of the virus.
Premier Mark McGowan and the hotel industry are urging pubgoers to respect hospitality staff after venues reported an increase in abuse directed at workers about COVID-19 rules.
ANALYSIS: Aboriginal leader Kado Muir has publicly asked a question many people are asking privately: why did premier Mark McGowan make so many changes in Friday's ministerial reshuffle?
Fran Logan, a former minister under premiers Geoff Gallop, Alan Carpenter and Mark McGowan, will chair a community reference committee for a proposed marine park in WA's southeast.
The state's environmental regulator has given BHP the green light to increase iron ore exports from Port Hedland by 40 million tonnes annually, despite concerns about dust exposure.
The state's peak environmental body has thrown its support behind Perth-based Perdaman Industries' $4.3 billion Burrup urea project, recommending the proposal be approved.
Global technology company Insight has secured a $23 million contract with the state government to build a new environmental assessment platform over the next three years.
The state's largest grain handler will go ahead with its $50 million Kwinana fertiliser project after the proposal received development approval today.
Consumers are paying more for drinks after the introduction of WA's container deposit scheme but the economic regulator says the price increases are reasonable.
The state's environment minister has rejected appeals against decisions to allow two of Australia's biggest iron ore miners to increase their annual exports through Port Hedland, despite ongoing concerns about dust.
