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Mar 24, 2025 | theage.com.au | Daile Cross |Jesinta Burton |Hamish Hastie

Sticking with the WA Liberals leadership challenge, most MPs have made their way into parliament to rubber stamp Basil Zempilas as opposition leader. WAtoday caught most of them going in. Here’s what they had to say:Jonathan Huston, new Nedlands MP: “No comment”. Sandra Brewer, new Cottesloe MP: “I think it’s worked out for the best. I think talking to my colleagues, people are really optimistic about the future.

Mar 24, 2025 | watoday.com.au | Daile Cross

WA news LIVE: Liberals win Kalamunda, Basil Zempilas on track to be leader of the opposition; Bryce Cotton leaving Perth WildcatsSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeKey postsHide key postsLiberals win Kalamunda, Basil Zempilas on track to be leader of the opposition Back to the state election count which has dragged on for two weeks, and the Liberal Party has claimed the seat of Kalamunda by a tiny 82 votes after the recount.

Mar 24, 2025 | theage.com.au | Daile Cross

Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Tuesday, March 25. Making headlines today is new analysis which reveals the likelihood of a family sending their child to a private high school, based on the suburb they live in. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Peppermint Grove had the highest private school attendance rate for high school students at nearly 95 per cent.

Mar 21, 2025 | smh.com.au | Daile Cross |Rebecca Peppiatt |Jesinta Burton |Cameron Myles

By Rebecca PeppiattMarlion Pickett’s criminal charges over his alleged involvement in several burglaries have come before the courts again today, but the former AFL star remains in Melbourne, having only been to court in Perth once since being arrested in June 2023. Pickett, who debuted for the Richmond Tigers as a mature-age recruit in the 2019 grand final, faces 12 charges, including stealing, criminal damage to a property and aggravated burglary.

Mar 20, 2025 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Daile Cross |Jesinta Burton |Cameron Myles

By Jesinta BurtonTo some breaking news now, and Curtin University researchers have sounded the alarm over the health of the state’s World Heritage Listed Ningaloo Reef, after surveys uncovered widespread coral bleaching in up to 90 per cent of some areas. Associate Professor Zoe Richards and PhD candidate David Juszkiewicz conducted coral biodiversity and health surveys at almost two dozen sites over a one-week period after a severe marine heatwave began impacting north-west earlier this year.