News Articles for Karl O'Callaghan

The state's former deputy police commissioner is returning to Western Australia to take on the top job when Karl O'Callaghan retires later this month.

Fresh calls have surfaced for police and public health authorities to scrap their automatic objection policy for new liquor licences, with opposition leader Mark McGowan today unveiling a new push

Obtaining a small bar liquor licence has become increasingly complicated and prompted some players to abandon plans to open new venues.

Premier Colin Barnett will be forced to undertake another cabinet reshuffle in the lead up to May's state budget after the resignation of Treasurer and Transport Minister Troy Buswell.

SENIOR Western Australian bureaucrats have received pay rises as high as $100,000 during the Liberal-National government's first term in office, research undertaken for the WA Business News Book of