Perth councils are polling ratepayers on whether Australia Day celebrations should be moved as the divisive date debate is set to dominate nationally for another year.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Nearly 250 cancer care nurses will be funded to continue the necessary work of the McGrath Foundation, after it announced a major expansion.
Jessica Wang and Aisling Brennan
Documents have revealed the government’s eye-watering spend on Welcome to Country ceremonies, which has been criticised as a “multi-million-dollar industry”.
Jessica Wang
Liberals have vowed to ‘fight fire with fire’, as the battle for the crucial seat of Curtin in this year’s Federal election turns into a multimillion-dollar shootout.
Joe Spagnolo
A small survey of constituents on Friday indicates Kate Chaney has the edge, but with many votes remaining up for grabs.
Jake Dietsch
If interest rates don’t fall before WA goes to the polls, you can expect a lot of unhappy voters.
Multi-millionaire teal backer Simon Holmes a Court has been blasted after he compared Scott Morrison’s popularity to that of convicted paedophile Rolf Harris.
Ellen Ransley and Katina Curtis
One of Labor’s biggest political boons might not be as mighty as Anthony Albanese hopes, as his government gears up for this year’s federal vote.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
One in five employers suspect they’re not paying their staff correctly, a survey has revealed, as new laws mean they risk huge fines or even jail time.
Cameron Micallef
Queensland steelworker Casey Gadaleta had earlier pleaded for a government-funded flight out of Ukraine after stepping on a landmine.
Chris Reason
Cabinet minister Chris Bowen has quit the social platform X in favour of Bluesky and other social media platforms.
Katina Curtis
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has taken aim at ‘unelected and unaccountable’ bureaucrats for his Government’s failings, claiming he was ‘thwarted by a leftist establishment’.
Ellen Ransley
Clive Palmer has taken a surprise step involving Pauline Hanson ahead of the looming federal election.
The Climate 200 founder and convener is back in the headlines again after comparing Scott Morrison’s popularity to Rolf Harris. But how did he become linked to the so-called teal independent movement?
Katina Curtis and Ellen Ransley
A new trial is underway as part of a push to address key issues disproportionately affecting Indigenous Australians.
Controversy continues to dog the contested date of January 26, and two Aussie historians say there’s only one real solution.
Duncan Evans
Healthcare is shaping up to be a major Federal election battlefield, with both the Government and the Coalition beginning the year by trading barbs and accusing the other of being a worse custodian.
The billionaire has also lodged a trademark application for a ‘Clive and Pauline Party’.
Australians making moves to manifest their New Year’s resolutions have been told to watch out for “traps” which have been slammed as “un-Australian”.
Carmakers need to meet higher standards after new rules came into force on New Year’s Day, with one senior MP slamming the changes as a ‘new tax’.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hit back against John Howard and Peter Costello after the pair warned the country’s debt binge would put Australia’s credit rating at risk.
Matt Mckenzie
Most West Australians were still sleeping off the excesses of the New Year’s Eve when Jim Chalmers tapped out his misleading message on social media site X.
A little more pride and a little less whinging would be a great New Year’s resolution from us all.
Simon Birmingham
The turning of the calendar and the summer lull inevitably bring a degree of introspection about the year past and one beginning. So what should be in and out for federal politics in 2025?
