Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity Angus Taylor and the Western Australian Minister for Emergency Services Francis Logan today announced the activation of disaster assistance for Broome in response to the impacts from Tropical Cyclone Hilda on 27 December 2017. Minister Taylor said assistance was being provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State
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Western Australians are encouraged to support Optus Stadium's push to attract the country's biggest-ever crowd for a standalone women's sporting match when the Fremantle Dockers play Collingwood on Saturday, February 10. More than 30,000 fans are expected at the match, which would break the AFLW attendance record, and put into play
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Health Minister Roger Cook today announced Healthway grants totalling $899,956 towards the education and promotion of sun safety to reduce the incidence of skin cancer. Two in three Australians will develop skin cancer before the age of 70, and every year more than 2,300 people die from the disease. In Western Australia
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The WA Government today announced an independent review of the Human Reproductive Technology Act 1991 (HRT) and the Surrogacy Act 2008. There is considerable public interest in assisted reproductive technology (ART) and surrogacy as about one in six couples have difficulty in conceiving a baby; about four per cent of births
Read MoreThe WA Government has today announced the first round of grant recipients for its Community Rivercare Program, which will see $900,000 allocated to community groups over three years via the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. The funding will help deliver projects including foreshore restoration and riverbank erosion, reduction of nutrient
Read MorePremier Mark McGowan has today announced the appointments of Professor Kingsley Dixon and Elisabeth McLellan to the Lotterywest Board of Commissioners. Professor Dixon - a renowned botanist and Western Australia's 2016 Scientist of the Year - officially took up his appointment from December 1, 2017 and has played a leading role
Read MoreOptus Stadium's media facility will be known as the Dennis Cometti Media Centre in honour of the Western Australian commentary legend. Premier Mark McGowan made the announcement today at Optus Stadium alongside some of the State's sporting media icons. Starting on radio as a Top-40 disc jockey in 1968, Cometti has had
Read More1,001 hectares of Class A conservation reserve will be added within world-renowned Yalgorup National Park, the WA Government announced today. Located just over 100 kilometres south of Perth, Yalgorup National Park contains the internationally recognised Peel-Yalgorup Ramsar wetlands which provide habitat for migratory shorebird species as well as resident species such
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Major Crash officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 56 year old motorcycle rider who was involved in a traffic crash in Cockburn Central around 1:40pm yesterday, Thursday 11 January 2018. The man rode his black and silver 1993 model Harley Davison motorcycle onto the Kwinana Freeway from
Read MoreKaren Whitney has been appointed for a five-year term as President of the Mental Health Tribunal of Western Australia. In the role of President, Ms Whitney will lead the Tribunal whose role is to safeguard the rights of people who are subject to involuntary treatment orders under the Mental Health Act
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