Premier Roger Cook has lashed opposition leader Basil Zempilas, amid political fallout over shocking allegations over conditions at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
Three Perth pharmaceutical companies will take a share of a $12 million funding injection by the federal government to develop Australian-made heart disease and diabetes treatments.
A multi-partner funding initiative valued at more than $146 million has been launched to bolster childhood cancer research currently being undertaken by PCH and Telethon Kids Institute.
A former public health employee found by the Corruption and Crime Commission to have siphoned more than $280,000 is facing 52 charges related to corruption.
Shares in Argenica Therapeutics were down by 13 per cent on Friday morning, despite the biotechnology technology announcing it would raise $12 million in order to complete its second phase trial of its ARG 007 drug in ischaemic stroke patients.
An incident where a public hospital employee allegedly exploited loopholes to obtain more than $280,000 has led the Corruption and Crime Commission to call for possible prosecution.
The state government's top infrastructure adviser has provided heavily qualified support for the surprise relocation of the $1.8 billion Women and Babies Hospital to a site in Murdoch.
The state government has revealed a record $1.2 billion commitment to public hospital infrastructure projects ahead of next week's state budget - but not all are praising the spend.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will receive a $16.7 million intensive care unit expansion as part of the state government's bid to alleviate pressure on the health system.
WA's health budget has tripled during the past 15 years, but there are concerns about patient outcomes amid workforce, bureaucracy and governance pressures.
The state government announced it will employ another 170 graduate nurses in COVID-response roles, the same day new figures laid bare the strain on Perth's biggest hospitals.
A Perth Glory soccer game planned for next Wednesday has been postponed, while the state government has announced it would open three clinics at metropolitan hospitals tomorrow to test for coronavirus, as the epidemic escalates with WA's sixth case confirmed today.
A senior bureaucrat accused of Western Australia's biggest public sector theft is understood to be in a critical condition in hospital after an incident at his Perth home.
A trailblazer in the field of Alzheimer's research will investigate preventative treatment for the disease on the back of $3.1 million in funding from the federal government.
Perth-based bike business Steadyrack has installed more than 600 bike racks at Woodside's new Capital Square office building as cycling in the city grows in popularity.
Fortescue Metals Group has been fined $50,000 over an incident where a worker's legs were crushed an amputated at the company's Anderson Point facility in 2011.
As Fiona Stanley hospital opens the Department of Health has launched an international recruitment drive, despite indications that some existing staff are losing their jobs.
The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and the Asthma Foundation of Western Australia have reported the outlay of funding worth more than $6.5 million.
The Barnett government has trimmed back its record capital works spend further, deferring spending on key infrastructure projects including the Swan Valley Bypass.
Brightwater Care Group is nine months and $3 million away from completing its new brain injury rehabilitation centre in East Victoria Park, one of a handful of state-of-the-art medical facilities c
The state government has announced construction work has started on a new state-of-the-art pathology centre and expansion of the State's Comprehensive Cancer Centre at the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre.
In a move demonstrating confidence in Western Australia's commercial property sector, Georgiou Capital will commence construction on a Nedlands office development without pre-sales or tenant commitments.
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