News Articles for Mark McGowan

The Supreme Court has delivered a tactical win to the WA government in its legal battle with Clive Palmer but strongly criticised legislation that is subject to a High Court appeal.

Australia is eyeing a path to normal life after the latest positive coronavirus vaccine trials boosted hopes of ending the world's pandemic nightmare.

First-term MP Zak Kirkup is tipped to lead the Western Australian Liberals to the polls in March as they seek to avoid electoral obliteration.

WA Limestone and Italia Stone Group have been named the preferred contractors to build new breakwaters for the state government's $500 million marina project in Joondalup.

Moves in the US could signal a shift in direction for interest rates.

Western Australia will enforce mandatory testing for some hotel quarantine workers within days in another effort to head off an Adelaide-style COVID-19 outbreak.

The state government has said it will allow applicants for the federal government's HomeBuilder grant scheme a further three months to commence construction.

Premier Mark McGowan has slammed a "pathetic" campaign by the NSW government to reduce Western Australia's GST revenue intake.

Western Australia is likely to keep quarantine restrictions in place for Victorian travellers even if the state's streak of no new cases continues.

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall's move to quash his state's COVID-19 outbreak has been praised by Western Australian counterpart Mark McGowan.

Edith Cowan University has opened expressions of interest for a lead architect and lead designer to work on its recently announced campus relocation.

Western Australian Treasurer Ben Wyatt has abandoned plans to stay on in politics, announcing he will retire at the next election.

Anyone entering Western Australia from South Australia will be forced to meet exemption criteria in a return to hard border arrangements.

Western Australia's borders will finally reopen on Saturday after seven long months, with Premier Mark McGowan declaring the time is right.

Western Australian Nationals MP Jacqui Boydell says she has experienced bullying, threats and intimidation within her own party.

The state's health minister is confident the state will still be able to hold large events including music festivals once the hard borders come down.

Clive Palmer's legal battle with Premier Mark McGowan has continued just days after the High Court struck out his hard border challenge.

Applications for the state government's exploration incentives drilling grants have surged by more than 50 per cent in its latest round.

Premier Mark McGowan has heralded his state's High Court victory over Clive Palmer as a big win for all Australians.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has ramped up the pressure on her interstate counterparts in WA and Queensland.

It's hard to imagine a more serious purpose for closing Western Australia's border than for the coronavirus pandemic, the High Court has been told.

NSW is now of greater concern than Victoria when it comes to stifling community spread of the coronavirus, Western Australia's health minister says.

Chinese trade strikes on Australian exports have spread to timber and barley, fuelling concerns about the increasingly perilous state of the diplomatic relationship.

Premier Mark McGowan insists Western Australia's hospitals are ready for the state's hard borders coming down amid dire ambulance ramping figures.

Western Australia will reopen its borders to all states and territories from November 14, but some restrictions will remain for people from NSW and Victoria.

BP Australia is ceasing fuel production at its Kwinana refinery and will convert it into an import terminal, resulting in hundreds of job losses.

Having played pandemic politics expertly, Mark McGowan will be under pressure to consider changes to the border policy as the festive season nears.

Research suggests industrial manslaughter laws make workplaces less safe by creating unrealistic accountability expectations, Shane Herbst discusses.

Premier Mark McGowan has brushed aside the findings of a new poll showing most West Australians want him to set a date for reopening state borders.

Brookfield Properties has received development approval for its plans to build two mixed-use towers at Elizabeth Quay.

Telethon 2020 raised a record $46.3m for the Channel 7 Telethon Trust over the weekend, with 14 donors contributing the lion's share of the money.

Western Australians are being encouraged to back local businesses in the lead-up to Christmas, as part of a campaign that launches on Saturday.

Hundreds more Australians stranded overseas will soon be able to fly home each week.

Mark McGowan has slammed Gladys Berejiklian after she claimed WA owed NSW millions of dollars for accommodating travellers in hotel quarantine.

Another round of discounts has been announced for 107 TAFE courses following the signature of a new $103 million agreement under the commonwealth funded JobTrainer program.

A crew member from the Al Messilah livestock ship has been hospitalised in Western Australia as the state recorded eight new COVID-19 cases.

Western Australia's parliament has cleared the way for industrial manslaughter laws which will enforce a maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment for workplace deaths.

WA authorities have begun a deep clean of the coronavirus-infected Al Messilah livestock ship, while crew aboard another vessel have returned negative tests.

Up to 2,000 sporting clubs could benefit from a $5 million COVID-19 relief program announced by the state government today.

The continued arrival of ships carrying crew infected with COVID-19 is one of Western Australia's "weakest links" and greatest risks, Premier Mark McGowan says.