All 17 members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH) have resigned as a rebuke to US President Donald Trump’s handling of the Charlottesville attack, where he refrained from condemning white supremacists after one drove a car into a group of counter-protestors. The mass resignation letter cites the Trump administration’s “refusal to…
By Jacinta Payne Scott Ludlam started a domino effect in early July when he resigned from parliament following the revelation that he was a dual citizen to New Zealand. Nick Xenophon makes the seventh Australian Federal politician to be potentially impacted by a dual citizenship issue. Dr Ian Cook, senior politics lecturer at Murdoch University,…
Click on the player above to watch the interview in the newscast! For the past 13 years, WA Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan has never been shy to share his views in the media. In his final sit-down TV interview with WAMN News as the top cop, Dr O’Callaghan spoke candidly about various issues. Amongst all…
Close to a thousand Police Officers walked off the job to march at Parliament House demanding a pay rise of 1.5%. The Police Union and its members are sticking to the 1.5% deal, rejecting the state government’s $1,000 per year wage policy offer. Union boss George Tilbury says the Police Officers already shared the state’s…
Former Deputy Commissioner Chris Dawson APM has been appointed as Western Australia’s new Police Commissioner by the McGowan Government. Mr Dawson has spent 30 years in WA Police, 10 of them as the second in-charge, before jump ship to ACIC as commissioner for three and a half years. During his time as Deputy Commissioner, he oversaw WA Police’s…
White House Chief Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci was reported sacked by U.S. President Donald Trump, just 10 days after he was appointed. It was reported that Mr Scaramucci had a verbal outburst against senior staffers within the White House just days before his sacking. In a statement, the White House has confirmed his departure. “Mr…
Premier Mark McGowan has made moves to boost tourism in Rottnest Island with a new ferry contract awarded to Captain Cook Cruisers. The new service will commence in November this year, ferrying tourists and visitors between Rotto and Fremantle CBD. It’s a move that Rottnest Island Authority hopes will increase visiting numbers and boost business competition. There were a…
WATCH this report on the video player above! Vincent Mayor Emma Cole says the council’s move on video streaming meetings increase community engagement. Her response comes following last week’s exclusive story on whether video-streaming council debates will increase transparency on council decisions. The City Of Vincent has told us web-streaming council enable ratepayers to attend them from the…
A Chinese spy ship has been sighted monitoring the Talisman Sabre war games between Australia and the US, the Department of Defence has confirmed to the ABC. An Auxiliary General Intelligence vessel was seen in international waters in an unusually bold move by the Chinese navy. The Department of Defence released a statement discussing the…
The history of Aboriginal peoples living in Australia has been lengthened, after a new archaeological discovery proves they have been here for at least 65,000 years. This is about 18,000 years longer than the 45-47,000 years that Aboriginals were thought to have lived here by Archaeologists. The discovery was made by an international team, led…
