A three-month ceasefire has been confirmed as the Premier and police insist safety — not punishment — will be the primary objective when new gun laws come into effect on Monday.
Jessica Page
Audio has emerged of Josh Wilson saying he doesn’t think it’s in Australia’s national interests to be buying nuclear-powered submarines, prompting the Liberals to accuse him of breaching cabinet solidarity.
Katina Curtis
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has vowed to bring down power prices in West Australia by fast-tracking the approval of an exporting gas project.
Ellen Ransley
Anonymous donations are boosting a WA teal candidate’s campaign, despite her website promising ‘greater transparency and accountability’, it can be revealed.
While last week’s Federal Budget contained few surprises, the unexpected tax cuts are likely to have a significant impact on seniors and those making heavy use of superannuation in the lead-up to retirement.
Nick Bruining
Almost 500,000 part-pensioners are in limbo as confusion surrounds reports that an extension to the freeze on Centrelink deeming rates may have been revealed in last week’s Federal Budget. Spoiler: It wasn’t.
Daniel Newell
President Donald Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term in the White House.
Staff Writers
Greenland's new leader has declared the United States will not get the Arctic island, as Donald Trump ramps up threats to take control of the territory.
Anthony Albanese's next stop on the election campaign is the state that played a key role in his victory three years ago - Western Australia.
Tess Ikonomou
Former Liberal premier Barry O'Farrell warns multicultural communities need to be treated like any other in Australia as the election campaign heats up.
Dominic Giannini
Anthony Albanese says Australia can still reliably work alongside Donald Trump, despite the US president's plan to impose further tariffs.
Andrew Brown
Three major polls show voters are swinging Labor's way less than five weeks from the federal election as the race to form government narrows.
The toll from Myanmar's earthquake continues to rise, as foreign rescue teams and aid are rushed into the impoverished country.
Finland has urged Donald Trump to set a deadline for establishing a Ukraine ceasefire, as the US President threatens Moscow with secondary oil tariffs.
In defiance of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Hungary this week.
Anthony Albanese has jetted into Perth ahead of his first campaign appearance in WA on the back of a wave of improved polls, showing Labor improving its chances of a second term.
Nicola Smith and Dylan Caporn
The PM is unleashing a big new chunk of spending as he shifts his focus in the election campaign to another city – and another attack line.
Samuel Clench
The Federal election heads west on Monday with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese set to announce the hospital funding alongside Premier Roger Cook.
The claim? That letting first-homebuyers access their super could cost taxpayers more than $1.4 billion a year in extra age pension costs by 2050. Here’s the reality.
Noel Whittaker
The first polls of the election campaign have been released, showing it’s a very tight race but with one party just in front – but it’s not all good news.
Sam Clench
Labor MP Sam Lim has revealed his new phone does not include the Whatsapp app, months after a bizarre phone hacking scandal.
Basil Zempilas is asking for more money, to take the fight up to Labor when State Parliament resumes on April 8.
The Armadale line’s Metronet facelift is now officially behind schedule, it was revealed, as the State Government announced the new Thornlie to Cockburn link will open this winter.
Labor’s Jason Clare and Liberal James Paterson have the job of debunking claims about their party’s policies, poking holes in the other side’s and serving as attack dogs for their leaders.
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