Western Australia is short one major hospital, Australian Medical Association WA president Andrew Miller says.
Health Minister Roger Cook has continued to downplay the stateâs hospital crisis, which hit a tragic peak on Saturday when seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath died after waiting two hours to be seen by Perth Childrenâs Hospital doctors, despite her parentsâ desperate pleas to have her seen earlier.
Aishwarya deteriorated in the emergency department of the Perth Childrenâs Hospital.
Credit:Nine News Perth
Mr Cook has pledged answers for Aishwaryaâs parents but continued to defend the health system and the governmentâs response to its âchallengesâ.
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Speers: Michael McCormack, welcome to the program. Let s just talk about this list of destinations. When it was announced on Thursday, the PM defended not including Hobart, for example. He said, We already have lots of flights going into Hobart. Now Hobart has been added to the list, along with Adelaide and Darwin. How does this work? How do other towns and cities get on the list? Is it a question of who complains the loudest?
WA election leaves ex-Nationals leader Terry Redman in danger of being swept up in Labor landslide
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Terry Redman s seat could end up in the hands of the Labor candidate Jane Kelsbie.
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Labor looks set to pull off another upset after its stunning landslide WA election win, with the career of former Nationals leader Terry Redman hanging by a thread in the seat of Warren-Blackwood.
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The WA Liberals could still end up with just two Lower House MPs
The Nationals and Liberals say it is too early to discuss an opposition alliance
Beware the tides of March Crikey 15/03/2021 MARCHING ORDERS
Note: This story discusses sexual assault.
Thousands are expected to march on state and federal parliament houses today following a slew of government assault and harassment allegations, with
Guardian Australia reports that 5000 protesters, mostly women, took part in Perth’s rally yesterday.
Event organiser Dr Kate Ahmad explained in
Crikey last week that March4Justice is based in part on “dehumanising” responses to allegations against politicians, and protesters will deliver Parliament a petition with demands including a federal Gender Equality Act and strengthening of accountability for parliamentarians and judges in the
Sex Discrimination Act.
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Politics can be brutal. But rarely has this been as obvious as during West Australian Labor Premier Mark McGowan’s decimation of the Liberal and National parties at the polls last weekend. Mr McGowan shattered political records, delivering his party an expected 52 of 59 seats, reducing the Liberals to a likely three seats and the Nationals four.
In a further humiliation, the Liberals, once a dominant force in the west, will be compelled to hand over the role of opposition leader to the head of the Nationals, Mia Davies, after failing to garner enough seats.