News Articles for Mark McGowan

Premier Colin Barnett clings to hope the Woodside Petroleum-led Browse liquefied natural gas joint venture will be revived, but says he's not surprised it has been shelved.

Western Australian opposition leader Mark McGowan says his time at Labor's helm will be "finished" if he fails to win the next election.

Western Australian opposition leader Mark McGowan has been given the blessing of caucus after Stephen Smith's failed tilt to topple him.

The challenge to WA Labor leader Mark McGowan looks all but over, after the shadow cabinet expressed unanimous support and called on Stephen Smith to withdraw immediately.

Former senior federal cabinet minister Stephen Smith has identified Western Australia's economic future as a major factor in his audacious bid to wrest leadership of the WA Labor Party from the incumbent, Mark McGowan.

Former federal minister Stephen Smith declared on Sunday he was prepared to take over the leadership of the state Labor Party, but was roundly criticised by supporters of current leader Mark McGowan.

The premier's ‘follow-me' style makes his performance in the lead-up to the next state poll vital for the government's chances of re-election.

Premier Colin Barnett has rejected calls for an independent inquiry into the deadly Yarloop bushfire to also include the recent Esperance bushfires, which killed four people.

The May budget looms as an important opportunity for the Barnett government to put its economic house in order.

The state government will be glad to put 2015 behind it, but there will be no let up in the financial and portfolio challenges it will face next year.

Western Australia's largest private health facility is preparing for major growth during the coming decade amid forecast cuts to public health.

Relentless optimism is a positive quality, as long as it's based upon the evidence at hand.

Perth's tallest hotel, Crown Towers, is on track to be completed by December next year, with Crown Resorts chief executive Barry Felstead staking the claim it will be the best resort in Australia w

Thirteen peak industry groups in Western Australia have backed the establishment of an infrastructure advisory group, in a move designed to give the business sector a unified voice and more weight in policy setting.

Business groups in WA are taking the lead on forming a peak infrastructure council after state government failure to support the concept.

Colin Barnett has set the scene for an industrial stoush with his proposed changes to Sunday penalty rates.

Politics is a ruthless business, where poor performers are quickly found out and (more often than not) moved on.

It's clear Labor will target Perth traffic congestion and the disruption caused by major works as an election issue.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott flew into Perth today to announce $500 million of extra Commonwealth funding for WA roads, while his finance minister Mathias Cormann kept up pressure on the state government to reciprocate by privatising more state-owned assets.

Labor believes the mixed message son transport policy emanating from the government present it with an opportunity.

While acknowledging the issue of patient safety, Labor's attack on delays at Fiona Stanley Hospital are equally concerned with the privatisation of services.

The state government has abandoned plans to cancel late night train services and offered free rides after it was revealed inaccurate information regarding usage had been provided by the Public Transport Authority.

The state government has passed the onus for reform onto local government authorities, with boundary adjustments only set to proceed if they are backed by the councils involved.

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

State Labor is taking the fight to the government over its economic performance.

Medical marijuana company Phytotech Medical is set to be the year's first listing in Western Australia, after taking special steps to deal with last-minute legal concerns by the ASX and keen demand from investors.

Simmering tensions between the Liberal and National parties within the State Government are threatening to come to a head next month. The issue? Local government reform.

Borrowing off the books may minimise the damage to official state debt but the money has to come from somewhere – taxpayers.

The government has thrown out an early marker for the 2017 state election.

The state government has committed to pay $7.3 million per year in fees to the manager of an accommodation village in South Hedland, irrespective of occupancy levels, after tipping in $53 million to support the original development.

The state government will legislate to include the University of Western Australia, Kings Park, the QEII Medical Centre and the City of Vincent in the City of Perth, but will not include the Burswood Peninsula after that proposal was rejected by the independent Local Government Advisory Board.

The key Royalties for Regions project threatens to sap the government as it fends off claims of favoured treatment and political donations.

Both the EPA and Colin Barnett wished the bad headlines would go away … and to a large degree they did.

Apartment developer Finbar Group has responded to scathing criticisms from the Labor opposition of the state government's investment in its Pelago project in Karratha, saying comments from oppositi

Labor may not be able to snatch Vasse from the conservatives, but it could muddy the waters in the by-election brought about by the departure of Troy Buswell.

The premier and treasurer have some tough choices to make if they're to salvage the state's economic fortunes.

Controversy has erupted over The National Trust's decision to end not-for-profit group Fly By Night's lease of the Artillery Drill Hall in Fremantle.

Education Minister Peter Collier has embarked on a bold strategy aimed at reallocating his $4.6 billion budget among the state's 700 secondary and primary schools. It is a move fraught with political risk.

The state government has a lot of political capital invested in a successful build of its Burswood stadium.

WA Labor's road to reform got off to a good start at last week's annual conference, but the momentum must be maintained.