Politics
Western Australia
WA’s challenge to keep the lights on with more solar and less coal
The Australian Energy Market Operator’s annual review of the power system serving WA’s populous south-west predicted a need for new generation from 2025 and more than 300 megawatts by 2031.
- by Peter Milne
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Archaic WA rule that cops don’t even follow blocks special bicycle orders for NDIS claims
The width restriction is mostly unknown and rarely adhered to by cyclists and retailers but the regulations means the NDIS does not cover special bicycles needed by claimants.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Power network
WA-owned coal-fired power stations to close
“We’re standing at a point where to continue business as usual would lead to around $3 billion dollars of losses by the end of the decade,” Premier Mark McGowan said.
- by Peter Milne
Taxpayers to stump up $112 million for billionaires’ East Perth power station vision
The jump is the latest in two years of incremental cost increases scattered throughout budget papers and mid-year reviews.
- by Hamish Hastie
Perth council headed to tribunal after homeless centre rejection
Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas recently pushed for a decentralisation of homeless service providers from his local government’s boundaries to other councils.
- by Peter de Kruijff
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Australian Border Force
Border Force commander wants travellers to be ‘match fit’ on arrival in WA
The ABF has processed 158,000 passengers since the borders came down on March 3, averaging about 5000 arrivals a day.
- by Hamish Hastie
Nationals MP Vince Catania announces retirement from WA parliament
The North West Central MP said it was time to call time on his political career to spend more time with his family.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Liberal Party
Credit card membership rort uncovered by WA Liberal Party audit
The audit found widespread occurrences of multiple membership renewals on one credit card and more than half of the party’s members living outside branch areas.
- by Hamish Hastie
Former Liberal MP pleads not guilty to impeding CCC in expenses probe
Former Liberal MP Phil Edman will fight charges that he impeded a CCC investigation into his parliamentary expenses.
- by Hamish Hastie and Louise Rennie
Infamous councillor takes fellow councillors to the toilet
The infamous Perth councillor who was captured on Zoom having a desk-banging, light-flicking tantrum during a three-hour long meeting has also taken his fellow councillors on his journey to the toilet.
Once ‘out of their mines’, the EPA now seems ahead of its time
Pilloried at the time by WA’s daily newspaper with the headline, ‘Out of their mines’, the EPA’s plan for carbon offsets may have gained traction if released a year later, its new chair says.
- by Peter de Kruijff