Labor to pick regional development chief as candidate for Darling Range byelection

[WA Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, 21st May, 2018 PM News Update [Senior regional development bureaucrat Colleen Yates is expected to be Labor's candidate for Darling Range.]( [Labor to pick regional development chief as candidate for Darling Range byelection]( BY Nathan Hondros WA Labor is expected to endorse a senior bureaucrat at Regional Development Australia (RDA) as its candidate for Darling Range, according to sources. --------------------------------------------------------------- Top stories ['We need help': Denishar's family seek urgent payment as shock girl heads home]( Two-and-a-half months after a devastating electric shock left Denishar Woods on life support, the young Perth girl is preparing to go home. 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