{"id":732503,"date":"2026-06-12T19:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/732503\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:55:12","slug":"as-it-happened-wa-news-on-friday-june-12-watoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/732503\/","title":{"rendered":"As it happened: WA news on Friday, June 12 &#8211; WAtoday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6AFBVV95cUxNMkJJUHJpa2hxUXlaWHk1TG5yaHd3aEd5UGFmV3lSR0lvZGZqUTRiZjRVSllyYlI2eDVwREhfVXB2TzEwMGVHNnNjOWRhb1dObFY1Uy1SRmdWRlROQWdRNm5HbkFLNHl2VFlrd29HazZORmFnZUducl9hZE1FU2lyakhQMFp1T0huSmZJcHhPYkR0bzBoX1pIM1dVUzY2MXpuU0NCemdNa1BDLVlSMUo0eDFDR2dlLTlSbnJ0dGVhaVh6a05QZzJJQUI0ZVlSUWxHQlgzR2M3RkhIdzlDQi1yUmNLZWdnMUFw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">As it happened: WA news on Friday, June 12<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WAtoday<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxQcTBzbkVCbWZIeU52dWVFdXpEQmJ4TVJxbXhmbUFKYkh1Rjdqa3ByY0h6amZuX0FIY195OXQydllzTXZEX2xOQUYteDNya1dvVEJzRzhPMlppeDNZaTdWVGZtWWwyN2FRVUFmTDkzc1h0Q1ZKUDltNW5OQ1dlZDJfc1NaUk1DOUhkLU83cUt5S1JDS0VOSjQ1Rnd0eHBWeUt0czhJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Senior Labor figures weigh in on BHP strike, cost could be $120m per day<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2gFBVV95cUxQSHBkWjNaT3FzVVRXeGVOdkhsUklfSmRVLVhfR1RRV3ZITDNaRFVmYmdJRklVTDJjZkJObGFnZHBtUzE2VTY1R1RiRjlfVnZnMC1JU01LaXk3eE1DeHR5VnJRQkR6VGJJc3oxSTFoWjJnWGJQOHh2RjFzMUJ5M0lEOUJOem9NTk9vcnpRaV9YZzc3NXZWSVRLSVFDOFU2UXlFakZHYktxWmN6dEFnLUxudWtuek4zU3BIbDllMWZBLUE5MnRUME1pcUhSRVAtdXUwWHAtM0lIZWxVQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Economy held to ransom\u2019: Warning as BHP workers vote to strike in Port Hedland<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Age<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxORk1xSzhybmdveGlEdVFlT3c2TTB2cWVGVlAyaGJVUlBrWktCWWt2eGNSVHNfdVRsLUtvZExsVUdZZmNqQUJOSDJ2OE1ST0tZV1VNLUFUc2ZnendQeVNOYUdOZXBINzgzaGg3TXpqUjlvX3RvdHY2aXZfQjhmWFBVcTFib1d4eTVOaDIwVnZWZXF6eXZOekRVRElDWlJlTEN5Vkt4SWYzMEo2VWJ0QVBYaHJhdTZrSmRfMXZidElyQUpoUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hundreds of BHP staff vote to strike following stalled pay negotiations<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAJBVV95cUxQS29KNWhLNnhFNFlXdDRERWs2MkJpQkYybUdzc2VSNngzZDRFV0twS1liQWJQYTgyYnBuN1k2d3BuWGZzNkZmUkVjVWhDUkNWMUFqM3ZmVFMtbFZRVTdZTjhjZFhIVmRlYjN2RllVNGhXb1NYTXZlU3AyVW93MXlpejdmMDNTQkpYNkhPZDJmNTNFbHY2ZW5ia2ZpU3h5cnlndmhma3h0U3hEYlNZS29yY0ItZDZ0RXd0RHZqR09LUnM0dWw2NXozTU9CRG55Y3VaYnhhbFY0MGgwQnQtTmlCTC1zT0E5NmZCVkI4Q0dCWGFoM3V0a1d0WUlVMk1zZGgzczFnb1RhN0xuWUVqbjNSckhoc081OGM5?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Unions vote to slam shut export hub to Asia<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As it happened: WA news on Friday, June 12&nbsp;&nbsp;WAtodaySenior Labor figures weigh in on BHP strike, cost could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-732503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}