Roger Cook

Roger Cook

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Roger Cook is the Premier of Western Australia who has been in the news for his urgent warnings regarding Tropical Cyclone Zelia, describing it as a dangerous and unpredictable system that poses significant risks to the residents of the Pilbara region.

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Albanese has already had discussions with the chair of the Council of Federation, Premier Roger Cook.

Tapering the right thing, prime minister says in defence of $400m in fuel relief
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-06-21
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Roger Cook is the other Labor premier affected by the budget's widespread unpopularity.

Business groups are howling over the budget, and it’s getting messy
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-05-28
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Premier Roger Cook provided further details of the alleged terrorist plot at a press conference.

Man arrested over alleged ‘white supremacist ideology’ terrorist plot
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-27
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Premier Roger Cook expressed gratitude for the prevention of the alleged bomb detonation at the rally.

Accused Invasion Day rally terrorist identified after suppression order lifted
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-17
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Roger Cook stated that the coroner would decide on the initiation of an investigation.

Index - Külföld - Egy ausztrál pár megölte két autista fiát, majd a háziállatokkal és magukkal is végeztek
Index.hu·HungaryHungary· 2026-02-05
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WA Premier Roger Cook praised Austin's extraordinary effort in rescuing his family.

Hero teenager swims 4km to rescue family stranded in ocean off Dunsborough
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-03
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West Australian Premier Roger Cook said 'we can't let hate win'.

Australian PM says man who allegedly tried to bomb rally deserves 'full force of law'
BBC·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2026-01-28
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Roger Cook described the incident in Perth as 'completely unacceptable' and emphasized the importance of respect for differing views.

Perth plaza evacuated after man throws device into crowd
BBC·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2026-01-26
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Premier Roger Cook said the loss would be felt deeply across WA and Australia, offering condolences to Picton's family.

Tributes flow for WA Labor election mastermind after death following alleged ‘coward-punch’
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-01-19
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Roger Cook is leading reform proposals for national cabinet.

Australia launches biggest gun buyback in 30 years after Bondi beach terror attack | Gun control
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-12-19
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Western Australian Premier Roger Cook opened Australia's first energy recovery facility, the Kwinana Energy Recovery facility.

Energy-from-waste facility sparks health, pollution and Aboriginal cultural heritage concerns
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-12-07
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Albanese, siding with WA Labor premier Roger Cook, ruled out any concessions.

Labor minister delivers environment protection reforms
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-11-26
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Roger Cook is the WA premier who is planning to fight any changes to the GST system.

Why councils, states don’t fix things they’re supposed to
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-11-17
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West Australian Premier Roger Cook scuppered the Environment Protection Act following vigorous lobbying against the bill from the mining industry.

Labor will force developers to protect wildlife – but it needs the Coalition’s help
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-10-19
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WA Premier Roger Cook described the allegations as particularly disturbing and emphasized the need for acceptable behavior.

Osborne Park Football Club evicted by City of Stirling after player dresses in ‘distasteful’ Silly Sunday costume
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-10-08
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Western Australia Premier Roger Cook said that Western Australia Police were alerted to the case while conducting welfare checks.

Optus was warned twice about outage to Triple-0, which is linked to four deaths
The New Zealand Herald – country’s largest newspaper, est. 1863·New ZealandNew Zealand· 2025-09-21
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Western Australia Premier Roger Cook says a fourth person has died as a result of the call failures.

What happened in the 32 hours after a customer told Optus Triple Zero wasn’t working
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-09-20
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West Australian Premier Roger Cook said he was urgently seeking more information from the telco.

Three deaths linked to Triple Zero failure after network upgrade
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-09-19
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WA Premier Roger Cook successfully lobbied Albanese to abandon a deal with the Greens last term.

Albanese asks ‘Mr Fix-it’ to conduct overhaul
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-08-25
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WA Premier Roger Cook stated that Wilga was in good hands after her rescue.

Backpacker plans to gain back the 12kg she lost in WA outback
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-07-15
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Premier Roger Cook stated that Wilga would remain in the hospital for a few more nights as her condition improves.

German backpacker releases statement after rescue from Western Australia’s outback
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-07-14
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Western Australian premier Roger Cook praised Wilga's survival as an extraordinary feat.

German backpacker who went missing in WA outback says she got lost after hitting head in car crash | Western Australia
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-07-14
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Roger Cook, the Premier of Western Australia, provided updates on Carolina W.'s recovery.

Rekonstruktion eines Wunders: Wie Carolina W. im Busch überlebte - Panorama
Süddeutsche Zeitung·GermanyGermany· 2025-07-13
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The WA premier, Roger Cook, said he was 'incredibly relieved' that Wilga had been found alive.

‘Sheer luck’: how German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found after 11 nights lost in dense Australian outback | Australia news
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-07-12
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Western Australia's Premier Roger Cook described the news of Wilga's discovery as remarkable and thanked those involved in the search.

Vermisste lebend in Australien gefunden
Luxemburger Wort·LuxembourgLuxembourg· 2025-07-11
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West Australian Premier Roger Cook was involved in the pushback from the mining lobby.

Federal EPA back on Labor agenda after Woodside North West Shelf gas project
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-06-10
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The Perth Bears, a membership-based team with a local chair to be born with seed funding of $65 million over seven years from Roger Cook’s state government.

Perth Bears; West Coast Eagles; Fremantle Dockers
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-06-01
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