Category: David Honey

COVID-19 Officers to Receive Powers to ‘Break and Enter’ in Western Australia

The Western Australian Labor government looks set to pass an impending law for the “ongoing management” of COVID-19 that grants law enforcement extensive powers, including the authority to “break into and enter any place or vehicle.” A debate has been ongoing since the end of September 2022, with opposition MPs refusing to back the Emergency Management…


WA Liberal and National Parties Join Forces to Form New Opposition

The Western Australia Liberal and National parties have entered into a formal alliance as the new opposition to WA’s recently elected Labor party. In a crushing defeat during the WA elections, the Liberals garnered only two seats—less than the National party’s four—making it the first time in WA election history that the Nationals surpassed the…