Health Minister Roger Cook has today announced Geraldton Health Campus is set to receive a new 64-slice, state-of-the-art CT scanner worth more than $500,000. The funding, secured under the Department of Health's Medical Equipment Replacement Program, was confirmed during the Minister's visit to the Mid-West region. Mr Cook also announced project planning
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Western Australia will host the Australian Women's Masters Hockey Championships later this year, and the Australian Men's Masters Hockey Championships in 2019, with both events being staged at hockey stadiums in Bunbury and Busselton. The events, which are run by Hockey Australia and supported by the City of Busselton and City
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Western Australia's potential to create jobs and revitalise regional economies by developing specialised trail towns will be the focus of a forum held today in Collie. Key decision makers from government, the not-for-profit sector and businesses will come together to discuss how Western Australia can capitalise on the growing trails industry
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The State Government intends to increase penalties for offenders who trespass on Public Transport Authority property, to reduce dangerous incidents. The proposed changes will make it easier for the PTA to impose harsher penalties on offenders, without entering into an often prolonged and costly court process. Most trespass offences are currently dealt
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Emergency Services Minister Francis Logan today opened the new Vincent Career Fire and Rescue Station that will boost the response to emergencies within the Perth central business district and surrounding areas. The $19 million facility will house specially trained firefighters who respond to a wide range of incidents, including high-rise building
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Commerce and Industrial Relations Minister Bill Johnston today announced an update on the audit into Western Australian buildings that is examining potentially dangerous wall cladding. The audit was commissioned by the State's building regulator in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017, where 71 people, including two Australians,
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Up to 17 regional local governments with endorsed Bushfire Risk Management Plans are now eligible to apply for a share in $2 million of funding, under the $15 million Mitigation Activity Fund to treat bushfire risks in their area. Fifteen of the local governments who are eligible this year have already
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A total of 69 diverse regional events across Western Australia have received funding as part of the 2018-19 Regional Events Scheme (RES). The 2018-19 RES round included the addition of the Regional Aboriginal Events Scheme (RAES), a funding pool of $150,000 exclusively allocated to events delivering Aboriginal activities and experiences. Of the
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The Minister for Health and Mental Health has responded to the Interim Report of the Sustainable Health Review (SHR) and set up a review of the clinical governance of public mental health services. The review was recommended as a directive that required immediate action in the recent Interim Report of
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Transport Minister Rita Saffioti today visited local workers on the Cape Leveque Road project, near Broome, which recently started pre-construction works. Once completed, a sealed Broome-Cape Leveque Road will improve access through the Dampier Peninsula to Aboriginal communities, pastoral stations, pearling industries and tourist destinations. The local government road that links Broome
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