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West Australian state political reporter. ✉️: joshua.zimmerman@wanews.com.au

Perth, Western Australia
thewest.com.au
Joined May 2009
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  1. 3 hours ago

    Two Filipino crew members on a cargo ship berthed off the Port Hedland coast have tested positive to coronavirus.

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  2. 24 hours ago

    The WA hard border may be torn down in stages with Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson flagging travel bubbles with individual States and Territories “may be considered in the future”.

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  3. Sep 23

    Police Commissioner Chris Dawson has signalled a major impending change to the criteria governing WA’s hard border — potentially opening the door to interstate travel before Christmas.

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  4. Sep 22

    Two French backpackers illegally entered WA through a back road with Police Commissioner Chris Dawson conceding it was “fanciful” to believe he could patrol the State’s entire 1900km land border.

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  5. Sep 20

    Not a single ambulance was available to respond to emergency calls north of the river on Friday afternoon as ramping at Perth hospitals reached near record highs.

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  6. Sep 19

    A look at Perth's tent city, public housing, homelessness and how he got to this point.

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    Sep 17

    The McGowan Government cannot continue to rely on “extreme health advice” to justify the closure of interstate borders, according to Qantas chairman Richard Goyder said tonight. Yarn by

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  8. Sep 16

    More than 32,000 West Aussies picked up work in August, two-thirds of them men, as the WA unemployment rate fell from 8.3% to 7%. We've now recovered nearly 3/4 of the more than 100,000 jobs that were lost during COVID -- but majority part-time.

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  9. Sep 15

    Perth Mayoral candidate Tim Schwass wants rough sleepers in the CBD who refuse assistance to be “scooped up by police” and held in custody until they “come up with a concrete plan”.

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  10. Sep 15

    Rottnest Island could again be cleared to make way for quarantining international arrivals after Premier Mark McGowan was blindsided by plans to double the maximum number of stranded Australians permitted to return to WA each week.

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    Sep 15

    Clive Palmer has launched a High Court challenge to strike out an emergency law introduced by the State Government to kill off his $30 billion damages claim.

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  12. Sep 15

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  13. Sep 15

    The embattled Department of Communities is preparing for a wave of redundancies as it seeks to rein in a “significant overspend” on salaries and services that was permitted to occur under the watch of former assistant director-general Paul Whyte.

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  14. Sep 14

    Ken Wyatt has called for the corporate sector to throw its support behind Aboriginal candidates for Parliament that lack the connections — and the cash — required for a successful campaign.

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  15. Sep 13

    Tourism Council WA leads calls for the the Federal Government to extend visas for all backpackers currently in WA by a year to help fill hospitality roles, especially in the regions.

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  16. Sep 13

    Opposition Leader Liza Harvey has renewed calls for $10,000 cash grants for coronavirus-impacted small businesses, accusing the McGowan Government of prioritising an “election war chest” over providing genuine economic stimulus and relief.

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  17. Sep 9

    A ban on residential evictions has been extended six months to avoid dumping thousands of families into a rental market currently experiencing near record low vacancy rates.

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  18. Sep 8

    Seven WA nurses in isolation in Melbourne — including one who has COVID-19 — won’t be required to quarantine on their return to Perth.

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    Sep 8

    The Big West Australian: BHP will preference Western Australians for new jobs at its WA mines and require interstate candidates to permanently relocate west while working for the iron ore giant.

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  20. Sep 8

    The family of a Perth nurse who tested positive to coronavirus after volunteering to fly to Melbourne to relieve exhausted Victorian nursing home staff feel like she has been “abandoned” by the WA Government.

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