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WA Premier Roger Cook.

‘I’m a jobs dealer, not an arms dealer’: Premier defends WA military manufacturing hub

WA could become the third state in Australia to begin manufacturing military missiles after the government announced it was seeking expressions of interest to build a weapons hub. 

  • Heather McNeill and Michael Philipps

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WA Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti have put housing firmly in the crosshairs in this year’s budget.

Saffioti takes aim at rate hike as housing takes centre stage in WA budget

West Australian Treasurer Rita Saffioti claims the government’s big spend on housing will not further inflate house prices, despite the housing crisis being firmly in the budget’s sights this year.

  • Michael Philipps
WA budget main pictures, WA Premier Roger Cook, Treasurer Rita Saffioti

What we know about this year’s WA budget

WAtoday takes a look at the major money spending that has already been allocated by Premier Roger Cook and his cabinet before the official budget is set out on Thursday.

  • Michael Philipps
WA budget main pictures, WA Premier Roger Cook, Treasurer Rita Saffioti

Labor has already hurled billions at WA’s spot fires. What’s left in the budget?

Pick the political thorn in the side of the Cook government and West Australian Treasurer Rita Saffioti has already fired the money cannon at it.

  • Hamish Hastie
Rio Tinto will forgo fuel for WA to boost its stockpile.

Rio Tinto forgoes delivery of 8 million litres of diesel to grow WA stockpile

Premier Roger Cook said he received the unsolicited fuel offer from Rio Tinto’s iron ore chief executive Matthew Holcz earlier this week.

  • Hamish Hastie
Ben Morey and Megan Neal are moving east because of WA’s crippling rents.

The Perth couple moving east to escape WA’s crushing rents

This couple have decided to uproot their lives to move east to avoid WA’s crushing rental crisis.

  • Hamish Hastie
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WA Premier Roger Cook speaks at a Business News breakfast at Crown Perth.

WA premier has ‘no confidence’ we’ve seen the worst of global fuel crisis

Roger Cook offered a pessimistic assessment of the state of fuel uncertainty despite Commonwealth assurances national supplies were confirmed until mid-May.

  • Hamish Hastie
An artist impression of the new Women and Babies hospital at Murdoch.

‘Uncertain times’: Cook blames Iran war for hospital budget blowout

When Cook was asked whether he could guarantee no more cost blowouts on hospital builds he said: “No, we can’t.”

  • Hamish Hastie
WAtoday can reveal the names of the six companies at the centre of the WA government’s new powers.

Revealed: The six fuel companies WA premier refuses to name

The companies that forced the WA government to enact emergency powers to get their business information are among the state’s biggest chains.

  • Hamish Hastie
National cabinet agreed to forgo GST windfall from petrol prices on Monday – but the states took several days to agree how to do it.

Petrol prices to fall further after states agree on GST deal

States and territories have finally agreed on a deal that will reduce petrol and diesel prices by almost 6¢ a litre.

  • Shane Wright