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Western Australia's largest local government has launched an online service, aimed to streamline more than 65 per cent of development applications lodged each year.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged the public to brace for a “cautious” budget, as his government attempts to balance demand for cost-of-living relief with economic headwinds.

Many questions remain regarding the death of a man at Rockingham Hospital.

Cabinet documents will soon be available to the state's auditor general as part of a suite of proposed reforms to the oversight body.

City of Perth councillors will decide on a new deputy lord mayor with Di Bain set to finish her term in the position next week.

The nursing union is forging ahead with its planned industrial action this afternoon, rejecting a final plea by Premier Mark McGowan to abandon the strike and return to the negotiating table.

The state government has appointed Sam Vandongen to the Supreme Court bench and Robert Owen to head the office of Director of Public Prosecutions.

Mark McGowan has backed calls by a parliamentary committee for MP James Hayward to be suspended over claims he used his position to have his bail conditions relaxed.

Defeated in his quest to return to Canberra, one of Scott Morrison's closest political allies has now nabbed a major board role with one of the state government's biggest businesses.

The state government doesn't know how much it will cost to apply the nurse-to-patient ratios it promised the nursing union in an 11th-hour bid to avoid industrial action.

The state government has doubled-down on its plan to ban convicted criminals from the city's entertainment hubs, despite coming under fire for the lack of consultation and judicial oversight.

Frank Marra will step down as chief executive of the state's land development agency, with tomorrow his last day on the job.

The Premier and the Health Minister say nurses and midwives have had the final pay offer from government.

Nurses and midwives have voted to double their pay claim against the McGowan government to 10 per cent a year for two years.

An independent monitor has been appointed to oversee the operation of the Perth casino as the Crown Group works to establish its suitability to hold a casino licence.

The state government is remaining tight-lipped amid speculation newly-established wagering group Betr is leading the bid to takeover its $1 billion betting agency.

Deputy Opposition Leader Shane Love responds to the state government's shake up of local government laws.

New appointments to Australian overseas posts include former Labor minister Stephen Smith as the next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

National cabinet has agreed to get rid of mandatory five-day isolation periods for people with COVID-19.

Calculating what WA gets from spending millions of dollars on overseas trade offices is an imprecise task.

Global economies should not give up on corporate tax despite the challenges of collecting taxes from large multinationals skilled at exploiting tax havens.

The state's finances have been boosted by a revised operating surplus of $6 billion - $344 million higher than expected in the last budget.

The millionaires' row residents on Jutland Parade are up in arms over an unsightly front verge, which has been described by one neighbour as a "monstrosity".

South Perth's council continues to be split on its approach to developing an $80 million swimming pool facility, voting last night to increase pressure on the state government for funding.

Premier Mark McGowan has a simple message for anyone complaining about new criminal and antisocial behaviour exclusion zones from Mandurah to Hillarys.

WA victims of the Optus hack can obtain new drivers' licences free of charge, says the Premier.

Almost a third of Western Australians think inflation won't ease for at least two years, but they're still more confident than five years ago.

The shadow treasurer says higher taxes will hinder business innovation and put a handbrake on the economy.

Legislation designed to simplify the mining approvals process in Western Australia amid record exploration spending and labour shortages has passed in the upper house overnight.

About half of the state's local governments will either lose councillors, move to direct mayoral elections or abolish wards as a result of sweeping overhauls to the sector.

One of the state's leading commercial litigators, Michael Lundberg, has been appointed as the first Aboriginal judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Corporate accounting and legal giants Grant Thornton and MinterEllison have been named in a CCC report into further Department of Communities misconduct.