WA's public sector wages dispute continues with possible strike action by nurses. 

Nurses have moved to a new stage in their industrial action after gathering in Perth to push for better pay and conditions this week.

Separately, Police are taking part in their own action, with officers leaving work phones at work when they go home, with plans to escalate next week.

However, Premier Mark McGowan has suggested the government's current offer is about as good as it will get, with WA now have the lowest inflation in the country.

The state has offered a $3,120-a-year increase for workers earning under $104,000, or a 3-per-cent-a-year increase for those over the threshold, as well as a $3,000 sign-on bonus.

“Our wages offer is more generous than Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, and the cost of living here is lower than those states, and inflation went down,” Mr McGowan said.

“Our wages offer is very good. We just urge the workforce to continue to negotiate.”

WA’s health minister Amber-Jade Sanderson had a similar message for the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF).

“The ANF and senior members of the [health] department, including the Director-General, has been meeting with them almost every day since Thursday last week, including on the weekend,” she said this week. 

“We have put an offer on the table which is everything that they've asked for publicly.

“It is unnecessary and in fact poor form to continue industrial action when there is genuine bargaining afoot. That is actually not the premise of good faith bargaining.”

But the nurses’ union is not budging, beginning a ban on overtime on top of its existing ban on double shifts.

“The point of the industrial action so far is to bring out into the light the amount of staff deficits the government's been hiding,” ANF secretary Janet Reah said.

“There will be some delays with admitting patients and patient care, but unfortunately we've been working under an unsafe nursing load for the longest time, so we need more numbers and ratios and workload limits.”

The WA Police Union is asking for at least a 5 per cent pay rise each year, as well as better pay for officers who work nights and weekends.

“I don't believe that's unreasonable with the fact of the surplus where it is, inflation is still high,” WA Police Union president Mick Kelly said this week.

“I've heard comments that the Premier is preparing for recession.

“Well, sadly with the attrition rates that are soaring through the roof from members not wanting to stay within WA police force, you need police officers out there protecting the community and being able to respond to their calls of need.”

Mr McGowan said the state must tighten its spending due to economic clouds gathering internationally. 

“Every major indicator is now saying there's going to be a worldwide recession,” he told Parliament.

“They're saying all over the world that economies are going to be significantly hit. You need to keep your financial firepower for when that occurs.

“[The offer] reflects the fact we want to reward the workforce more, but we also need to keep some capacity for what could lie ahead.

“We are reasonable, responsible and reliable and cautious because that's the world we're in at this point in time.”