‘Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen,’ Donald Trump allegedly said in a December phone call.
Eric Tucker
George W Bush, who ordered US forces into Afghanistan in 2001, says he fears women in the country will "suffer unspeakable harm" after the West's pullout.
AAP
The federal and Victorian governments are at loggerheads after Treasurer Josh Frydenberg accused the state of ‘whinging’ over its pandemic support package.
Benita Kolovos
The WACA is confident that the absence of a public pool would not risk $60 million in government funding for the proposed WACA Ground redevelopment project.
John Townsend
The new Deputy Prime Minister has been fined $200 for breaking the rules imposed during the current COVID-19 lockdown.
Ben McClellan
Nationals WA leader Mia Davies says she’s ‘disappointed’ Barnaby Joyce is back as the party’s Federal leader, three years after she led calls for him to resign.
Peter Law & Charlotte Elton
Barnaby Joyce will return as deputy prime minister after defeating Michael McCormack in a Nationals leadership spill this morning.
Lanai Scarr & Sarah Ison
Premier Mark McGowan has confirmed the State’s border will remain open with Victoria, but travellers are required to wear masks and isolate until they return a negative COVID-19 test.
Peter Law
Nationals MP Vince Catania has called for reform of the beleaguered Tourism WA after it was revealed that half its board — including the chairman — will resign by the end of June.
Charlotte Elton
Nationals MP Jacqui Boydell has used her final speech in parliament to slam the ‘toxic culture’ in political organisations and call on her fellow MPs to be ‘champions for change’.
A $1.2 billion provision for Roe 8 and 9 will remain in the Budget despite the McGowan Government’s landslide election victory handing WA Labor the power to permanently delete the road reserve.
Josh Zimmerman
After repeatedly claiming before the election reform to reduce country representation was ‘not on our agenda’ the McGowan Government has announced an expert advisory panel will examine exactly that.
New member for Geraldton Lara Dalton delivered a love letter to her home town as part of a prestigious speech on the first sitting day of the 41st Parliament yesterday.
Phoebe Pin
The Nationals and Liberals have committed to hold talks on how they can work together to defeat Labor after signing an ‘alliance agreement’ today.
South West MLC Steve Thomas has sounded a warning about Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan and her colleagues having “unfettered power” in Parliament.
Cally Dupe
Wickepin farmer Steve Martin has secured the sole Liberal seat in the Legislative Council’s Agricultural Region and is set to become one of a handful of farmers in State Parliament.
Margaret River vineyard owner and former RRR Women’s Network chief executive Jackie Jarvis has won a seat in the Upper House for WA Labor after a massive shake-up of the South West Region.
Failed Western Australia Party Upper House candidate Dave Grills says he “had very little to do” with his party’s decision to preference an obscure micro-party
Jason Mennell
Daylight Saving Party leader and new WA Upper House MP Wilson Tucker has broken his silence with a bombshell revelation he is living in the United States.
Mark McGowan might be popular with city slickers, but in the Central Wheatbelt it’s Mia Davies that attracts a crowd.
The Premier has labelled Nationals leader Mia Davies ‘inexperienced’ after he confirmed her office would receive the same level of funding that he received when in Opposition.
WA Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan says helping the industry address climate change is her primary motivation for wanting to continue in the portfolio.
The stalwart of regional WA politics lost his seat after 16 years in what he called the “McGowan tsunami” during this year’s State election, with Labor’s Jane Kelsbie officially set to take his place.
Shannon Verhagen
Farmers have slammed Murray-Wellington MLA Robyn Clarke for beginning her second term in parliament by backing a pro-vegan organisation in one of the biggest agricultural electorates in the State.
Briana Fiore
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