After years of battling unreliable water access, residents in Chidlow have secured a breakthrough, with the State Government finally acknowledging service failures and committing to action.

The WA Police Union has joined the chorus of criticism of the Cook Labor Government’s failure to deliver a functional GPS monitoring system, claiming a lack of resourcing is frustrating police officers responding to breaches of high-risk criminals and defendants.

The Cook Labor Government has serious questions to answer after a man accused of rape was released on bail in the Great Southern despite Adult Community Corrections (ACC) admitting in court it didn’t have the resources to monitor him.