The state government will spend $1.5 billion to bring three public hospital projects into the system, including a move to purchase St John of God Mt Lawley for public use from next year.
Pharmacies from next year will be able to treat more patients for simple ailments under a pilot program launched by the Western Australian government on Thursday.
WA Country Health service chair Neale Fong has called for primary care to be returned to state government's hands and out of its federal counterpart's jurisdiction.
A device borne out of University of Western Australia has been hailed the biggest breakthrough in foetal monitoring in five decades, as its first trials come to an end.
A contractor has been picked to redevelop the ageing Mullewa Hospital, with $19.6 million set aside to build a modern 24/7 emergency department and patient facilities.
Roger Cook's name has been a regular feature on the annual list of Western Australia's most influential business and political players published by Business News.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes new ministerial appointments, Dan Sweet, Priya Brown, Kellie Benda, Jen Leys, and additions to the management team for New World Resources.
Western Australia's health portfolio has been split in two and regional ministers have been introduced to premier Roger Cook's inaugural third-term cabinet.
Three Labor MPs have been elevated to Premier Roger Cook's cabinet, while his former right-hand man has parachuted right into a senior ministerial support role.
The state government has set up an advisory group, with executives from more than 20 businesses and community groups, to provide advice on the impacts of COVID-19 and measures to help economic recovery.
The state government has today introduced harsher industrial manslaughter penalties, in an effort to bring WA's WHS laws in line with that of other states.
WA's Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC) this morning announced a 2.75 per cent increase to the state minimum wage, provoking criticisms from unions and business groups.
Wage growth in Western Australia has again come in at the lowest level in the nation in the year to March, prompting UnionsWA to call for workplace reform.
Western Australians still have higher median incomes than those in other states despite recent softening, according to data released today, with Ashburton and Peppermint Grove the nation's top local government areas by the measure.
Unions and businesses have welcomed a review of Western Australia's industrial relations system, the only remaining state-based scheme operating in parallel with federal laws in the country.
The WA Industrial Relations Commission has ruled that the state's minimum wage should increase by 2.3 per cent, one week after the Fair Work Commission lifted award rates applying nationally by 3.3 perc ent.
Premier Mark McGowan will seek to freeze the wages of all politicians, public service heads, judges, magistrates, the WA governor, and local council chief executives for the next four years, while offering a $1,000 increase to all public sector employees.
An increase to the minimum wage announced today will mean Western Australian businesses pay roughly $20 per week more for mimimum wage workers than their eastern states counterparts, while the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA warns it will have a flow-on effect on employment.
A scaling back of penalty rates for hospitality and retail workers on Sundays was among the major recommendations in the Productivity Commission's draft workplace relations framework released today.
UnionsWA has said that the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shown that women in Western Australia continue to be paid a far less amount on average than men.
