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WA Law Society calls on Cook Government to take urgent action on troubled youth corrections system

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WA's highest legal body urged an independent review of the state's youth justice system in a letter to the Cook government, saying repeated calls to improve it “have fallen on deaf ears”. In a letter sent this week to Premier Roger Cook and Minister for Corrections Paul Papalia, the Law Society of WA, the organisation … Read more

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese explains the joke about live exports to Prime Minister Roger Cook

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Western Australian Premier Roger Cook has said Anthony Albanese “clarified” his joke about live exports when the two spoke ahead of a state visit next week. But although Cook demanded an apology from the Prime Minister for the comments at a farmers' dinner last week – saying that the Labour Party had ensured that live … Read more

Premier Roger Cook denies low supply of IV fluids, while AMA WA warns against hospitals cutting back on products

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The Western Australian Medical Association is at odds with the state government over its claim that hospitals have enough intravenous fluids, even though the state's main children's hospital issued a directive this week to conserve the vital fluids. Michael Page, president of the Australian Medical Association WA, expressed concern that some hospitals were having to … Read more

Prime Minister Roger Cook calls on striking Fremantle dockworkers to accept ‘generous deal’

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Fremantle port workers striking over their demand for equal pay with colleagues in the region should accept the “generous” offer on the table, Prime Minister Roger Cook says, claiming the industrial action has not affected operations. When workers walked off the job at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Cook said some ships had been brought into … Read more

'We're not in the 1980s anymore': Premier Roger Cook dismisses concerns about a return to the dark days of unions in the wake of the Pilbara offensive

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Fears that the return of unions to the Pilbara, Western Australia's economic engine, could create an industrial environment like that of the 1980s are “unrealistic”, the Premier believes, saying things have changed in the decades since then. Amid growing concerns about unionization at iron ore mining sites in the wealthy region, Roger Cook said the … Read more

Premier Roger Cook: NAPLAN results show importance of $1.6 billion Commonwealth funding agreement

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Poor NAPLAN results showing a third of Western Australian students no longer meet basic proficiency standards underscore the importance of the state's agreement to a multi-billion dollar funding deal with the Commonwealth, the Premier says. Following the release of NAPLAN results showing that 30 per cent of WA students were at the bottom of the … Read more

Cook government refuses to set closure date for notorious Unit 18 despite pressure from Cleveland Coroner Dodd

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The Cook administration refused to commit to a date for the closure of the notorious reactor unit 18 and rejected key testimony from leading witnesses at the Cleveland-Dodd inquiry. While the investigation is still ongoing and is scheduled to enter its third round in October, coroner Phil Urqhuart and his lawyer Anthony Crocker have repeatedly … Read more