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2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

One Nation’s WA leader says they can’t vet everyone after alleged neo-Nazi hands out how-to-vote cards

🔮 One guy, maybe that was identified by someone who used to be involved in something that was not good. assertive

2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

These laws were designed to ban thugs from Perth nightspots. Have they worked?

🔮 He also found fears held before the laws passed in 2022 by groups like Aboriginal Legal Service WA that the bans, known as exclusion orders, would be heavily skewed toward vulnerable groups had been realised. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Outgoing WA Liberals president declares ‘The Clan’ a footnote

🔮 She conceded factionalism was always at play in politics, which could sometimes be healthy, but The Clan was no more. assertive

2026-09-23 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘So flawed’: Satterley loses bid to build 1000-lot housing estate in Perth bushfire zone

🔮 At the heart of the commission’s refusal was the bushfire risk posed to the projected 2800 residents that would live in the estate once complete. assertive

2026-09-23 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Clock is ticking for remaining Memorial Drive campers

🔮 Homelessness Minister Matthew Swinbourn said as of Tuesday night between 45 and 50 people still at the camp with around half telling authorities they would move on. assertive

2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Police operation under way to move on last Memorial Drive rough sleepers

🔮 About two dozen police and DBCA officers began speaking to the remaining campers around 10.30am to advise them they would be moved on, which was met with general acceptance from most rough sleepers this masthead witnessed. assertive

2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Police operation moves on last Memorial Drive rough sleepers

2026-09-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Sharks circle as whale carcass washes up on City Beach

🔮 The whale carcass is several metres long and Town of Cambridge mayor Gary Mack said they were seeking advice from experts as to its condition before a decision is made on what to do with it. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Brickworks to re-enter market as WA grapples with brick shortage

🔮 Three years after it was mothballed, national brick maker Brickworks will restart operations at its Austral Bricks facility in Cardup, south of Perth, with the help of taxpayers. assertive

2026-09-30 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Nothing’s off the cards’: Prison boss still has eyes on Bullsbrook quarantine centre

🔮 Plans to convert the Bullsbrook quarantine centre into a prison remain live, with WA’s Corrective Services Commissioner Brad Royce confirming he would be interested in using the $400 million Commonwealth-owned facility if it became available. assertive

2026-10-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Climate activists banned from entering police ‘fort’ around Perth defence expo

🔮 Activists have slammed the Cook government for “draconian” police powers banning people from going near the Land Forces Expo that will be held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre next week. assertive

2026-10-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Perth Zoo to build a Black Cockatoo hospital to boost bird flu response

🔮 Perth Zoo will spend at least half a million dollars to build a black cockatoo hospital at its South Perth site as H5 bird flu threat looms for WA’s wildlife. mixed

2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald

WA’s most famous infrastructure project is getting a glow-up

🔮 About 44.5 kilometres of the 566 kilometre-long pipeline, designed by famed WA engineer CY O’Connor, will be replaced to boost the amount of water able to be pumped through it by 10 per cent. assertive

2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald

WA Greens staffer’s Land Forces ban overturned after police backflip

🔮 Matilda Lane-Rose was one of several people, including Rising Tide and Disrupt Burrup Hub activist Will Shanahan, who were placed on an exclusion list by WA Police barring them from entering the area around the Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre where the defence expo is being held this week. assertive

2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald

WA Greens staffer’s Land Forces ban overturned

2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Behind the scenes at Perth’s most controversial expo

🔮 The WA Anti-War Collective is hosting a protest in Yagan Square on Tuesday evening, which will end in a march to Elizabeth Quay, just outside the security zone. assertive

2026-10-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald

WA premier defends ex-minister’s new role at defence company

🔮 “I don’t think the community will think this is above board, and I think Labor should be embarrassed to their core about this position that he’s taken up.” assertive

2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Cook suggests land sales could fund WA mega-uni merger

🔮 WA Premier Roger Cook says WA’s universities could sell land for housing to help fund a proposed three-way merger between Curtin, Murdoch and the University of Western Australia. assertive

2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald

The $6600 donation that has WA politicians up in arms

🔮 The donation drew the ire of the opposition and the Greens, which both questioned why a charity would spend crucial funding to pay for access to government ministers through the Labor events. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

A fix for an ‘east coast problem’: WA wary as gas reservation policy unveiled

🔮 The Cook government may be happy, but Western Australia’s peak resources lobby is nervous the proposed federal gas reservation policy could undermine the state’s current longstanding system. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

WA parliament erupts into chaos as minister details uni merger conversation

🔮 While being scolded by Price and told he could make a statement after question time correcting the record, Zempilas said: “So you can just say what you like in the meantime.” assertive

2026-10-16 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Qantas removed seat covers before Perth to Rome bed bug flight

🔮 The return flight to Perth was cancelled so the plane could undergo a deep clean in Sydney. assertive

2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘A bad call’: Greens rift deepens over Steele-John allegations

🔮 The senator criticised Shoebridge for saying he had requested time off “because I knew it would be read as validating a story where there isn’t one”. assertive

2026-10-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald

WA Police Minister laments ‘MAGA rubbish’ online as MPs react to Haines attack

🔮 Whitby was one of several WA politicians expressing dismay and shock after Victorian Independent MP Helen Haines was hit by a car on Monday afternoon in what appears to be a targeted attack. assertive

2026-10-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Uni mega-merger dealt blow as Buti says his government hasn’t articulated it properly

🔮 Higher Education Minister Tony Buti says his government hasn’t “articulated” the benefits of a university merger as a hostile upper house look set to kill the proposal before it even gets off the ground. assertive

2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Man charged after entering WA MP’s electorate office with ‘nunchucks’

🔮 A 56-year-old Bentley man has since been charged with being armed in a way that may cause fear, making a threat, and possessing cannabis. assertive

2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Inside the rescue submarine the Navy hopes it never has to use

🔮 There are no windows in the back, the condensation from your breath clinging to the roof drips down your neck, and you have to fold your body in half just to fit, but for a submariner stranded hundreds of metres underwater, boarding the LR5 would feel like getting into the back of a Rolls Royce. assertive

2026-10-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Push for early train times to get FIFO workers to Perth Airport

🔮 Perth Airport boss Jason Waters is “confident” the state government will tinker with its train timetable to better cater the Airport Line for fly-in, fly-out workers. assertive

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