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9.23am
Budget to boost tradie incentives
The state government has committed $37.5 million in the upcoming WA budget to boost apprenticeships and training, and attract skilled tradies to the west.
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This will include $25.2 million to expand the Group Training Organisation Wage Subsidy program.
The GTO program helps building and construction employers cover the cost of employing an apprentice or trainee. This latest funding to the program unlocks places for an additional 225 apprentices or trainees.
The investment will fund 150 places at 75 per cent subsidy and 75 places at 100 per cent.
The government is also providing $12.3 million to extend successful programs such as the Build a Life in WA Incentive, which have so far lured 1019 skilled tradespeople to WA.
The incentive provides up to $10,000 paid in two milestone payments.
Treasurer Rita Saffioti will hand down the 2025-26 budget on Thursday.
9.22am
Man fights for life after freeway rollover
Major Crash detectives are investigating a car rollover in North Lake last night that left its male passenger fighting for life.
About 11.30pm, a red Jeep Wrangler was travelling northbound on the Kwinana Freeway, at the intersection of Roe Highway, when it veered off the road and rolled.
Emergency services took the 32-year-old male passenger and 22-year-old driver to Royal Perth Hospital, the former with life-threatening injuries, the latter with minor injuries.
Major Crash investigators are examining the scene and appealing for any witnesses to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or report online.
Anyone with dash-cam or phone footage relating to the crash is urged to upload it directly to
investigators via this link.
9.22am
Across the nation and around the world
By Anthony Segaert
Making headlines further afield today:
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US President Donald Trump vetoed a plan by Israel to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to reports from AP and Reuters.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in the United States and will soon meet Trump to discuss tariffs and AUKUS.
Israel's ambassador to Australia has delivered a veiled barb to Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who revealed she had phoned her Iranian counterpart urging restraint after Israel's strikes on Iran.
Indonesian police have launched a manhunt in Bali for two masked men, suspected to be Australians, who could face the death penalty for a fatal shooting.
In NSW, the state's transport authority has secretly warned of the heightened risk of failures on Sydney's rail network over the coming months.
And in Victoria, half of the state's new building surveyors are using a loophole to bypass years of training and become qualified interstate.
9.19am
Today's weather
Cloudy and 21 today.
9.18am
This morning in Perth
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Good morning fellow West Australians, and welcome to the first live blog of the week.
This morning, our contributor Mark Naglazas reports after taking a ride on the Morley-Ellebrook train line to see why it took out four gongs, including the top prize, at the state architecture awards on Friday night.
And education reporter Holly Thompson reports on a group of Perth teens and their touching, gutsy quest to honour the memory of their friend, who died of cancer last year.
And yesterday, in case you missed it, WA mining billionaire Andrew Forrest called for the United Nations to back a major overhaul of global fishing regulations and marine life protections following last week's international ocean summit.
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