Gary Adshead is widely regarded as one of the state’s best investigative journalists. His career began in 1984, working for a regional newspaper in Western Australia before moving to Auckland to work for Sunday News. Adshead returned to Perth in 1986 to work for Community Newspapers and The West Australian before moving into television in 1990, working for Channels 7, 9, and 10 as both a reporter and chief of staff. A decade later, Adshead joined The Sunday Times before moving on three years later to host 6PR’s Drive program. Adshead then joined The West Australian, later moving back into television. He has been named WA Journalist of the year on four occasions and joined Business News in early 2022, departing for a wide-ranging role with Nine in late 2022.
A specialised unit inside Banksia Hill Detention Centre for juvenile offenders is in a state of crisis with acute staff shortages, regular breaches of human rights laws and an on-going threat from a group of detainees known as the "suicide squad".
Most of Western Australia’s remaining close contact and gathering rules will end at midnight, after the premier announced a suite of changes to COVID management.
Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese has started day two of the election campaign admitting he "regrets" his performance on day one and plans to do a Taylor Swift and "shake it off".
On today's episode of At Close of Business, political editor Gary Adshead gives some insight into why the state's deputy premier has gone from policing COVID-19 to rebuilding WA's tourism industry.
Updated: The court appearance of health sector supremo Kempton Cowan on child pornography charges is sending shockwaves through all sides of politics and across WA's business community.
WA's attorney general has blamed a "memory failure" and having to operate under "a lot of pressure" for giving incorrect evidence at the defamation trial between billionaire Clive Palmer and Premier Mark McGowan.
The former chief executive of Joondalup Health Campus, Kempton Cowan, has been charged with possessing child abuse material and transmitting child pornography.
The corruption scandal involving jailed senior Department of Communities chief Paul Whyte has resulted in further damaging fallout to the government agency's housing division.
Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese says "increasing productivity" would be his government's key strategy for reducing Australia's $866 billion gross debt.
Josh Frydenberg has used a post-budget speech in Perth to reinforce his government's commitment to WA's share of GST revenue and warn about national security complacency.
The security of more than 30 government entity IT systems remains at "considerable risk" despite warnings last year, according to WA's auditor-general.
The Corruption and Crime Commission will need a significant increase in funding to continue chasing the unexplained wealth of organised crime figures in WA, according to a review by Judge Peter Martino.
A review into a series of electricity outages which left thousands of customers without power for up to 12 hours over Christmas has found demand during heatwave conditions went beyond Western Power's capacity.
In another attempt to appease the struggling hospitality sector during level two Covid restrictions, the McGowan Government will spend $5 million on grants promoting al fresco dining.