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‘I’m breathing in corona’: WA hotel quarantine security guard thought he caught COVID-19 while working at the InterContinental late last year.

Perth business

WA Health denies security guard whistleblower’s claims as Premier defends ‘not perfect’ system

WA Health has refuted claims by a former hotel quarantine security guard and denied a quarantine guest could have been forgotten for three months at Perth’s InterContinental Hotel late last year.

by Aja Styles

Iluka Resources, a leading Australian mineral sands company, has been expanding into the production of rare-earth elements.

Mining

First full-scale rare earth refinery proposed for WA

by Nick Toscano

Yongah Hill detainee in isolation after escape tunnel plot foiled

Detention centres

Yongah Hill detainee in isolation after escape tunnel plot foiled

by Hamish Hastie

The state’s hotel quarantine system has been plagued by five virus transmissions to security guards, now an ex-guard reveals what he saw on the inside.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Ex-guard fears more virus leaks from WA’s ‘festering’ hotel quarantine system

by Aja Styles

Stephen Kaless with his wife and legal team outside court in August 2020.

Defamation

Former McGowan government media adviser paid $300,000 over unfair dismissal

by Hamish Hastie

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Politics

The report into Aishwarya’s death was given to her parents on Wednesday.

Hospitals in crisis

PCH boss, Health Minister stay on as report lays bare emergency department failures

Child and Adolescent Health Service chair Debbie Karasinski stood down on Wednesday, however chief executive Aresh Anwar said his offer to resign was rejected.

by Hamish Hastie

Aishwarya Aswath wanted to be a teacher and loved the news.

Hospitals in crisis

‘Confronting’ report into Aishwarya’s death finds she should have received better care

Health Minister Roger Cook provided a summary of report, which found Aishwarya succumbed to an infection related to group A streptococcus.

by Hamish Hastie and Lauren Pilat

The smart drumline trial will finish next week.

Sharks

‘Ineffective’: South West shark drumlines trial to end next week

by Hamish Hastie

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Simon Birmingham during a budget lock up press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on May 11, 2021. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Federal budget

Federal Budget 2021: What’s in it for Western Australia?

by Hamish Hastie

Stephen Kaless with his wife and legal team outside court in August 2020.

Defamation

Former McGowan media adviser paid $300,000 over unfair dismissal

by Hamish Hastie

Crime & Courts

Zeljko Kuch. Picture: Supplied

Courts

Perth man fronts court on murder charge over Ocean Reef death

by Cameron Myles

The identity of the man accused of murdering Nick Martin has been suppressed.

Courts

Alleged shooter of Rebels boss Nick Martin facing fresh charges

by Heather McNeill and Michael Stamp

WA Premier Mark McGowan

Courts

Perth man fronts court over threats to kill WA Premier

by Michael Stamp

Ms Dhu’s family members at a coronial inquest into her death in 2016.

Deaths in custody

WA doctor who declared Ms Dhu fit to return to custody 24 hours before her death fined $30,000

by Heather McNeill

A woman has been charged after two incidents with WA police in the CBD.

Coronavirus pandemic

Woman charged for twice refusing to wear a face mask in Perth CBD

by David Prestipino

Gina Rinehart and Bianca Rinehart are at war over Lang Hancock’s iron ore throne.

Mining

War of the Rineharts: How succession to Lang’s iron ore throne ‘may tear it all apart’

by Aja Styles

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Education

Perth College principal Helen Aguiar.

Social media

Perth principal speaks out after fake Instagram account set up in her name ‘grooms’ students

by Heather McNeill

Education

‘Rape joke chants’: Hale alumnus details ‘misogynist’ attitudes of male classmates

by Lauren Pilat

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Private schools

‘Like a girl’: Perth private school student leader urges peers to take responsibility for attitudes towards females

by Lauren Pilat

Health

The Mecure Hotel, Perth.

Coronavirus pandemic

WA to close ‘high-risk’ hotels as state records fourth day of no new community COVID-19 cases

by Peter de Kruijff

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Coronavirus pandemic

Welshpool warehouse workers linked to COVID patient told to get tested, quarantine

by Darius Winterfield

Coronavirus pandemic

WA Health told in March to move quarantine guests away from COVID-19 cases

by Peter de Kruijff

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