BIZARRE: Roger cook - What They Never Told You

Ambitious energy targets blow in for big mining state

The nation's richest state has set a 75 per cent renewable energy target by 2031 as it attempts to ditch coal and drive down energy costs.

AAP · Oct 27

Backpacker visa caps bad for business, says premier

Roger Cook has called on Immigration Minister Tony Burke to reconsider changes to working holiday visas which would place a cap on backpacker numbers.

AAP · Oct 26

Man accused of MP threats with 'nunchucks' faces court

A lawyer for a man accused of making verbal threats at a state MP's office while armed with nunchucks has expressed concerns for his client's mental health.

AAP · Oct 22

News Corp’s housing special proves a bit too close to home as cadets enlisted as case studies

Six unhappy young Australians fronting Commonwealth Bank-sponsored series are News Corp’s own employees. Plus: Peter Manning remembered

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2

Productivity boss hits out at 'schoolyard name calling'

Derided as "East Coast clowns", the head of the productivity commission has savaged WA Premier Roger Cook for his "schoolyard" attack.

AAP · Sep 23

Danielle Wood’s blunt message to politicians: don’t undermine public trust by attacking institutions

Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood has bluntly warned governments not to undermine public trust by “playing politics with our institutions”.

The Conversation · Sep 23

Australian father, two children found dead in Bali

A possible murder-suicide is being investigated by local police after an Australian father and his two children were found dead in Bali.

AAP · Sep 14

More taxpayer funds to help a mining town ditch coal

The WA government will stump up $58.6 million, in addition to more than $700 million already allocated, to support a mining town transition away from coal.

AAP · Sep 2

'Hubris': premier attacks One Nation's state poll claim

The WA premier has ridiculed a One Nation candidate's claim the party could win the next state election after it secured a lower-house seat in a by-election.

AAP · Aug 31

One Nation thumps Labor to gain WA state seat of Secret Harbour at byelection

With nearly all votes counted in Saturday’s Western Australian state byelection for Secret Harbour, the ABC’s results give One Nation 39.1% of the primary vote (up a huge 30.6% since the March 2025 state election), Labor 24.4% (down 22.1%), the Liberals 17.3% (down 7.1%), the Greens 7.5% (down 1.3%), Legalise…

The Conversation · Aug 29