Mark Duncan-Smith

Western Australia's capacity to handle a COVID-19 outbreak is being questioned as the state again postpones hundreds of elective surgeries.

A panel to review governance in the state's health system will include the premier's former deputy chief of staff and the former head of Victorian health who resigned weeks after a hotel quarantine inquiry.

WA’s health budget has tripled during the past 15 years, but there are concerns about patient outcomes amid workforce, bureaucracy and governance pressures.

For most Western Australians, learning to live with COVID-19 will mean looking to the eastern states, if not the rest of the world, for direction.

A world-first Perth research project has made a breakthrough in understanding the pandemic’s future ramifications.

Nurses have received public support from a major ally ahead of tomorrow's strike, while the opposition has called for unions to respect the industrial umpire's orders.

More than 1,000 nurses assembled at the steps of parliament today, defying the industrial umpire’s orders in search of a bigger pay rise.