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Hamish Hastie

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The budget reveals $17.1 billion in new road and rail funding. Only a fraction of that is heading west

The funding realises the fears of the WA government, with Treasurer Rita Saffioti on Monday predicting the state would be short-changed on...

25.03.2025 20

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

Zempilas the only choice for WA Liberals to rejoin the fight

Zempilas the only choice for WA Liberals to rejoin the fight

The former Lord Mayor and Channel 7 sports presenter has a lot going for him as leader of the Liberals but there are just as many unknowns.

20.03.2025 7

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

Roger Cook’s new cabinet is a branding exercise tied to his economic dreams

Since coming to the job in May 2023, Roger Cook has stated several times he wants to grow other industries so WA is not as reliant on the resources...

18.03.2025 8

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WA Labor’s factional makeup has changed dramatically since Saturday. Here’s what we know

Check out the list of WA’s new factional powerbases.

12.03.2025 10

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

Time is ticking for WA Liberals after another catastrophic defeat

The WA Liberals learnt nothing from their supposed rebuild after 2021 and their future in this state is not guaranteed.

09.03.2025 10

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

The seats to watch in the 2025 WA election

Two opinion polls published Friday suggest the Liberals will claw back between 12.2 and 13 per cent of the two-party vote statewide, which would net...

07.03.2025 4

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

First and only WA leaders debate rushed and uninspiring

The pair largely stuck to their talking points in the 40-minute snoozefest in which a small audience watching on determined Cook was the narrow...

24.02.2025 3

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

Basil’s ’10 things’ megaphone may be about to be taken from him

It’s been the thorn in the WA Labor government’s side for several years – 10 bullet points shot from the hip of Perth Lord Mayor and Liberal...

06.12.2024 4

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

‘Clan’ powerbroker back in the fold as Mettam rebuilds frontbench with old parts

Staring down and defeating this week’s leadership coup has been the second notable time that Libby Mettam has shown some gumption in her short...

29.11.2024 4

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Hamish Hastie

Labor’s wall of rabid MPs regularly maul the opposition, but is it bloodlust – or fair game?

Ever called a colleague a “nincompoop” – meant it from the depths of your soul – and got away with it? Were you being filmed at the time? Western...

12.11.2024 1

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

Divine intervention hasn’t saved Nicheliving, it was divine pragmatism

It wasn’t divine intervention that pulled Nicheliving out of the home-building mess it created – it was divine pragmatism. Speaking to...

11.10.2024 5

WA Today

Hamish Hastie