Western Australia was the cherry on top for Labor, likely to deliver a majority Albanese government into power.
Lanai Scarr
On Monday an interesting poll popped into my inbox. Coffee and snack chain Muffin Break says it has done a ‘bean poll’ every election since 2007 that has always predicted the correct winner.
The Premier and State Treasurer has wanted to play both sides of the fence when it comes to Anthony Albanese vs Scott Morrison.
In a bruising political year when the sexism and disadvantage of women has been in the spotlight, it’s disappointing we haven’t seen these issues dominate the rhetoric throughout the four weeks of campaigning.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday he wasn’t looking at a potential rate rise through a political lens - but the problem is the rest of Australia might.
Labor’s launch in WA was a moment to show the nation Albanese could be just like Mark McGowan. Here’s how determined the party is to make WA matter more than ever in this Federal election.
Lanai Scarr Federal Political Editor
The arrival of postal votes will be the real kick-off of the election. What will also be tested is Scott Morrison’s pledge not to do any preference deals with Clive Palmer.
When the election microscope is turned on, it’s time to know your stuff.
Politics is a brutal business at the best of times. But now the election race is on, it might just rival Married at First Sight for week night viewing. Watch this space, writes Lanai Scarr.
The weight of the Morrison Government’s fate rests heavily on Josh Frydenberg’s ability to walk the tightrope of spending enough and spending too much. Will he get it right?
Spending 20 years with the love of your life seems nowhere near long enough when she’s taken from you prematurely at the age of 52 .
The crisis in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia has led to the price of filling up soaring to more than $2.50 a litre in some parts of the country. For middle-class and low-income families, that bites.
From the personal to the political, eight of The West’s leading journalists share their views on obliterating sexist barriers.
Edith Cowan was the first female politician in Australia and only the second in the entire British Empire. But during her time in Parliament, she wasn’t as fondly revered or even given basic workplace equity.
The election starter gun has been well and truly fired, and WA will be the battleground over the coming week.
Just thirty-eight minutes. That’s how long it took Parliament to get through a statement of acknowledgement and five speeches on harassment faced by staff - but some members couldn’t even make it to the end.
In the Prime Minister’s courtyard in Parliament House in Canberra, the timber beams buttressing the sides used for trellising greenery have had to be replaced. The beams were rotting.
Newspolls have often sounded the death knell for prime ministers. The poll has been enough of a justification to roll Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull.
WA has several key seats up for grabs but with the party leaders locked out for most of last year, the pitch for WA was to happen this year. Cue last week’s press conference.
As we head into an election year, Labor will be hoping it can turn the tide and go from Opposition to government. Who are the top performers?
The end of year report card is always a favourite within the political bubble. It’s a chance to sit back and assess the year that was and how everyone performed. This year, much like 2020, was a bruising year.
Just a day after Canberra’s sordid, boozy culture was laid bare in a staggering report, a Coalition meeting to address its findings missed the mark completely.
In my 11 years reporting from the frontline of the nation’s centre of democracy, the 46th Parliament has been by far one of the toughest emotionally.
Politics is a brutal sport, Christian Porter is the prime example of that - and he was likely talked into waiting longer to announce his resignation.
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