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Banksia Hill inmates to be relocated to new youth facility at Casuarina after cells damaged

A group of 20 young offenders from Banksia Hill detention centre will be relocated to a new youth facility at Casuarina Prison in a move an advocate says is gearing them up for a life in the criminal justice system.

ABC News · Jul 5, 2022

WA forges ahead with renewables transition as other states face energy crisis

Power has been a hot topic in Australia this week, although for starkly different reasons depending on which side of the country you're on. But what does it all mean for West Australians?

ABC News · Jun 18, 2022

Coal exit only part of the answer, say professors calling for tougher WA climate change action

Professors of five Australian universities hit out at the WA government as greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, condemning its cosy relationship with the resources industry.

ABC News · Jun 15, 2022

'Critical minerals' sector in WA's Goldfields becomes political battleground in federal election campaign

Labor brands Prime Minister Scott Morrison "ignorant" of the importance of critical minerals to the national economy, as construction of a $500 million rare earths refinery officially begins in WA.

ABC News · Apr 21, 2022

New funding for troubled WA youth prison

Western Australia's government will invest $25 million into the trouble-plagued Banksia Hill youth detention centre in next month's budget.

AAP · Apr 18, 2022

Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre gets $25 million to address 'dehumanising' conditions, cut incarceration rates

A children's detention facility slammed by Perth Children's Court President Hylton Quail as "dehumanising" and a place to "make a monster" receives $25 million in new government funding.

ABC News · Apr 18, 2022

Injuries taking toll on WA mine workers as new workplace laws roll out

A new report reveals workers in the booming resources sector continue to be seriously injured at a rate of more than one a day, as the state prepares to roll out new workplace health and safety laws.

ABC News · Mar 23, 2022

Struggling WA businesses locked into a power monopoly as reform calls heat up

Most WA business have no say on where they purchase their power from, and as the pandemic continues to impact their bottom line, some say its time for that to change.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2022

As household solar stresses the grid, WA and South Australia will have the power to turn it off

Authorities are moving to gain more control over rooftop solar panels amid a ballooning number of installations that are threatening to overload the grid at certain times.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2022