May 29, 2026 – 8.00pmRoger Cook decided it was time to lash out.For weeks, the West Australian premier and his senior ministers had played a straight bat over a Deloitte report that suggested his state was likely to miss its 2050 net zero emissions target.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Tom RabePolitical correspondentTom Rabe is the Western Australia political correspondent, based in Perth.Fetching latest articles
Inside the ‘bare-knuckle brawl’ in Australia’s mining heartland
The West Australian government is growing increasingly nervous about the pace of decarbonisation in the Pilbara, where an internal industry fight has blown open.
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