Market access for Canadian beef and beef products to Australia has been lifted, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.
Staff Writers
Nationals maverick Barnaby Joyce has delivered his net zero repeal bill to Parliament while dispelling suggestions that Sussan Ley’s leadership is being undermined.
Caitlyn Rintoul
WA Labor MP Trish Cook, who claimed victory in Australia’s newest electorate, has used her first speech to honour the legacy of the seat’s namesake WWII nurse Vivian Bullwinkel.
The government has avoided ruling out ever taxing unrealised capital gains beyond large superannuation accounts, prompting Opposition accusations Labor has secret plans to go after family homes and trusts.
Katina Curtis
WA’s contentious $35 million firearms registration portal has come under fire after privacy breach concerns were reported, forcing the temporary suspension of the online service.
Georgia Campion & Jessica Page
Forrest MP Ben Small has spoken of the loss of his 30-year-old sister as a driver for his political motivations after winning his bid to return to Parliament.
An alliance of north-eastern Wheatbelt shires has criticised the Federal Government’s “late” live sheep export transition package announcement for forgetting wider regional communities.
Georgia Campion
Anthony Albanese has urged his large Labor party room on the eve of Parliament’s return to maintain discipline across the next three-year term to not lose their 94-seat majority.
Katina Curtis and Caitlyn Rintoul
Sources revealed one attendee slammed the CEO and threatened to resign on the spot.
Oliver Lane and Jessica Page
Federal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is heading back to WA, this time to visit remote and Indigenous communities across the Kimberley region.
Joe Spagnolo
Concerns about mystery names appearing on firearm registrations were raised four weeks before a former gun club official’s expired access prompted police to suspend the system, it can be revealed.
Jessica Page
The $35 million firearms portal launched to enforce WA’s tough new gun laws has been paused after a security breach.
WA’s Aboriginal Heritage Act will be put to the challenge in the Supreme Court in November when Toodyay landholder Tony Maddox begins his appeal against his conviction for breaching the legislation.
The State and Federal Governments spent $57 million inspecting 2.9 million trees and trying to eradicate polyphagous shot-hole borer from the Perth metropolitan area.
Cally Dupe & Harriet Flinn
Bigger grain ships could one day berth at the Port of Albany, but it will take “several years” and more than $10 million in planning before the project breaks ground.
WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis is set to meet the Federally-appointed live sheep export ban transition advocate this week after accusations the State Government had “walked away” from the industry.
Great Southern farmers are frustrated the full $50 million promised prior to the State Election to upgrade nearly 12kms of the “death sentence” that is South Coast Highway was not released at the State Budget.
The WA Liberal Party is resisting implementing quotas for recruiting more women, as insiders insist the approach it took over the past three years worked at recent elections.
Poles, pipes and ports were the main talking points of this year’s State Budget, with WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti unveiling a $10.3b pipeline of regional infrastructure investment.
Cally Dupe
The Member for Roe has slammed WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti’s State Budget, tabled on Thursday, as “city-focused” and a document full of “wrong priorities”.
Melissa Sheil
WA’s State Budget has become home to somewhat of an annual tradition — the GST stoush.
Dylan Caporn
The Cook Government has quietly reduced KidSport vouchers that help struggling families from $500 to $300, it can be revealed, as cost of living support is reined in.
Roger Cook has warned WA drivers to brace for higher petrol prices, in the wake of the latest escalation of conflict in the Middle East.
Jessica Page and Oliver Lane
Basil Zempilas has denied the Opposition Alliance is close to splitting up despite comments by his Nationals counterpart Shane Love that the junior partner would break the agreement if it was not formalised.
Oliver Lane
