A 41-year-old man from Ellenbrook has been arrested, charged and refused bail after failing to comply with a direction to wear a face mask in public today. The man was located outside a shopping centre on Great Eastern Highway, Midland, which is within the Perth Metropolitan COVID lockdown area. Police engaged with
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The nation-wide National Disability Insurance Scheme Worker Screening Check (NDIS Check) commences in all States and Territories today, along with the NDIS Worker Screening Database. The new screening process will help ensure that individuals seeking work with registered NDIS providers do not present an unacceptable risk of harm to people with
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Effective from 6pm tonight, Sunday, 31 January 2021 until 6pm Friday, 5 February, the Perth metropolitan area and the Peel and South West regions will enter a five-day lockdown. These measures are being implemented due to a fast evolving situation with a positive COVID-19 case detected in a hotel quarantine worker. People
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Following the latest public health advice, Western Australia's controlled interstate border will be adjusted, pending no further outbreaks, with travel from Queensland permitted from 12.01am, Monday, February 1 2021. The transition for Queensland follows the latest public health advice and comes a week after the Chief Health Officer indicated that the
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Perth's first Smart Freeway is officially open, with southern suburbs drivers on the Kwinana Freeway northbound the first to experience a faster, safer and more reliable journey. The new smart technology allows Main Roads' Network Operations Centre to actively manage the freeway in real time by controlling the flow of traffic,
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New laws introduced into State Parliament today aim to protect the Swan Valley's unique character by providing clear planning guidance and outlining appropriate scales of tourism and development. The new Swan Valley Planning Bill 2020 is built off the recommendations of the Swan Valley Action Plan and the Kobelke Report -
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All 137 Western Australian local governments have joined the National Redress Scheme to recognise the harm suffered by survivors of historical child sexual abuse. The Scheme, created in response to recommendations by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, gives survivors a simpler and more streamlined alternative to
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Based on the latest health advice from the Chief Health Officer, Phase 4 of the WA roadmap will be extended for a two-month period and the 2020 Perth Royal Show will no longer go ahead as planned. The State Government today made the announcement, stating the extra cautious approach was necessary
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Electronic monitoring of family and domestic violence offenders is now under way in Western Australia to strengthen protections for victims and the community. The two-year trial launched today involves GPS tracking of up to 100 high-risk offenders who have breached a family violence restraining orderand committed a further act of family
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A $36 million contract for METRONET tracklaying work at Claremont Station has been awarded to John Holland and is expected to create 300 jobs. The work will involve providing track, civil and electrical works and installation of an underpass on the Claremont Station METRONET project, most notably on the turnbacks due
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