What's happening in Perth

Shadow Treasurer Sandra Brewer gave the opposition’s official response to the 2026-27 state budget in parliament on Tuesday afternoon. 

A photographer from The West Australian has been stood down pending an investigation into the incident.

WA politicians at both the state and federal level have weighed in on the announcements already made in the lead up to the budget’s release on Tuesday night.

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The $400 million quarantine facility took so long to build that, by the time it was completed, the COVID-19 pandemic had moved along.

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said Western Australia was going to be the first port of call for the returning passengers.

Troy Mercanti has been found guilty of fighting in public and fined $2500 after footage emerged of the 58-year-old brawling with a rival bikie at The Como. 

A Deloitte report has suggested that even if Woodside’s $30 million Browse gas project does not go ahead, WA will miss its target by up to a decade. 

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The Dockers staked their premiership credentials with their best win of the season yet – a come-from-behind triumph over fellow flag fancies Hawthorn on the back of a powerful final quarter.

Police received dozens of reports relating to the leaflets, which targeted Perth’s LGBTQ community, over an almost two-year period.

A press conference was held on Saturday morning to circulate information about Victorian man Samuel Whitsed who has not been seen since February.

Got questions about the fuel support payment, how to get it (and whether it actually needs to go to fuel?) WAtoday is here to help.

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A Harry Potter-themed event set to take over a public reserve in Kalamunda, and already drawing stiff opposition from irate locals, is facing a fresh headache.

In WA, alcohol-caused cancers account for around three deaths a week and more than 1000 hospitalisations a year; and each week there are eight alcohol-related deaths, 402 hospitalisations and 180 family violence incidents.

The company behind Claremont boutique Brinkhaus Jewellers is suing the daughter-in-law of the store’s founder in the Supreme Court of WA.

See what WA advocacy groups and stakeholders think about the 2026-27 state budget.

The estimated cost of the Perth Park remains unchanged in Thursday’s budget papers, with $104 million to be spent by June and $113.5 million to be spent next year.

Every West Australian driver will receive a $100 “fuel support payment”, as the state posted its eighth straight operating surplus of $3.5 billion.