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Western Australia will reintroduce a hard border with New Zealand from midnight tonight, while travel from NSW will be halted under the state's new ‘extreme risk' rating.

Approvals for purpose-built quarantine hubs in Western Australia and Queensland are being fast-tracked as strain increases on state-run facilities.

Australia has now evacuated about 2,650 people from Afghanistan, but danger in Kabul is growing with a deadline for the rescue operation looming.

WA remains out of step with the rest of Australia on campaign finance reform.

Twenty of the 22 crew members on board a cargo ship docked at Fremantle Port have tested positive for COVID-19 overnight.

Balancing offshore inputs with local participation in defence contracting is a challenge.

Scott Morrison has warned continued lockdowns will cause more harm than good when COVID-19 vaccination coverages reaches 70 per cent.

Liberals who thought the Cormann factor in local affairs would wane after his move to France have been mistaken, based on the results of a ballot for positions in the Swan division of the party.

Scott Morrison has warned the most dangerous part of Australia's rescue mission in Afghanistan lies ahead after another 650 people were evacuated.

Children aged 12 to 15 living with a disability will be added to Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout from Wednesday.

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Premier Mark McGowan has cast doubt on the likelihood of allowing full interstate travel by Christmas, saying NSW could face months of restrictions.

Scott Morrison has challenged premiers to stick to vaccine coverage targets tied to ending lockdowns regardless of coronavirus cases.

Migrant farm workers from Asian nations will be offered a path to permanent residency under a long-awaited agriculture visa.

Basil Zempilas has revealed that the City of Perth and the state government are working on attracting a new “major global event” to Perth.

Western Australians in New South Wales have until Wednesday to return home after the state government announced it planned to upgrade it to an extreme risk jurisdiction.

The Liberal Party is bracing for the release of a review into its near-wipeout performance at this year's state election.

Melissa Parke, who held the seat of Fremantle for close to a decade, has been appointed chair of WA Museum Boola Bardip.

More than 160 Australians and Afghan visa holders have now been evacuated from Kabul after a third rescue flight departed chaos at the airport.

Hundreds of Western Australians have heeded a call to return from coronavirus-plagued NSW ahead of restrictions being further tightened.

Western Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6 per cent, the lowest since December 2013.

Rio Tinto has linked arms with the state government to roll out COVID-19 vaccines to FIFO workers and Pilbara residents.

The state government will provide quarantine assistance to arrivals from Kabul, as part of Australia's mission to evacuate people from the Taliban-controlled city.

Australia's vaccination program is opening up to everyone aged over 16 from August 30, after cabinet agreed to expand the national rollout.

Local company Highway Construction has been tasked with upgrading a major intersection in Tuart Hill, as part of a $20 million project.

Businesses would do well to follow Qantas' model of requiring COVID-19 vaccinations, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.

Nurses and midwives have rallied against "dangerous" staff shortages and working conditions at Perth's primary maternity hospital.

The state government has allocated $35 million to upgrade facilities at HBF Park ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

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Premier Mark McGowan has urged Western Australians still in New South Wales to return home, warning that the window could soon close.

New figures show real wage growth was going backwards even before the expected crunch to the economy from widespread virus lockdowns.

The federal government plans to begin construction on WA's 1,000 bed, purpose-built quarantine facility as early as October, despite the location having not yet been finalised.