Who would pass up free money during a cost-of-living crisis? As of Monday, roughly 142,000 families had not cashed in on the WA government's Student Assistant Payment — a cost-of-living relief measure open to all parents and carers with school-age children. WA Education Minister Tony Buti says if three quarters of eligible families claimed it would be an "outstanding" result. …
There was no room in the labour ward of a Perth hospital when San-Mari Andrea Krugel turned up after feeling contractions. "It's like a birth centre, a midwife-led unit where they've got all the life saving equipment … it just means you don't have caesarean section facilities and doctor input," she said. "WA hospitals work together to ensure all birthing …