Labor’s candidate for O’Connor has gone to ground the week of the election, deferring questions about live export to a spokeswoman who said he was “working on his farm” and wouldn’t be available for comment.
Melissa Pedelty
Colin Barnett says he would have loved to have been the State’s Agriculture Minister and would dedicate the “attention” he gave to the resources industry to farming if he had his time again.
Cally Dupe
WA Minister Madeleine King has launched a bizarre new attack on Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy, warning that a reactor in Collie could pose a risk to Margaret River’s wine crops.
Jessica Page
The former premier has called the South West seat of Forrest as one of two ‘impossible’ to predict ahead of Saturday’s Federal election.
Rural voters want a national plan that considers the millions of people living outside cities, with a new poll predicting a political shake up in the bush.
Stephanie Gardiner
A former Labor defence minister has issued a withering assessment of Australia’s complacency in the face of looming conflict, urging bipartisanship and stronger will to build up the Defence Force.
Katina Curtis
China isn't negotiating with the United States over tariffs, Beijing says, as signs emerge that the Trump administration might de-escalate its trade war.
Huizhong Wu
The coalition will review the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme, which has grown to include more than 30,000 workers, should it win the May 3 election.
Ben McKay
The Nationals first acts in Government will be to resurrect the live sheep export trade and restore Australia’s international agricultural standing, David Littleproud will vow in an Easter campaign stop in WA.
Dylan Caporn
Peter Dutton has deflected questions about disunity within Coalition after Nationals Bullwinkel candidate Mia Davies broke ranks by publicly backing Labor’s flagship critical mineral policy.
Caitlyn Rintoul
The candidates for the seat of Durack have been announced, with nine people vying for the seat when the region hits the polls next month for the Federal election.
Matthew Paddick
The Prime Minister spoke around the ever-looming presence of Donald Trump, seeking to link the US president to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.
Katina Curtis and Dylan Caporn
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced another tax cut, with workers to get another $1000 off through deductible expenses.
Duncan Evans, Nathan Schmidt and Jessica Wang
Speaking exclusively to The Sunday Times, Mr Howard did not mince his words on Ms Chaney and her Teal colleagues, saying they stood for very little.
Joe Spagnolo
Peter Dutton’s Liberals have learned from the lessons of 2022 and will run WA-specific ads that give the Prime Minister an F for ‘failing’ WA.
Peter Dutton will not be Prime Minister if the Liberals do not win Curtin — a fact the Opposition Leader himself has acknowledged.
The final two candidates for the Federal division of O’Connor have been confirmed with Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots party and Legalise Cannabis joining the ballot.
Eliza Kavanagh
Exiled former WA Senator Rod Culleton has launched a shock political comeback, but his election bid is already in trouble over disputed claims he is ineligible for the May 3 poll.
A Coalition press conference in the seat of Bullwinkel went off the rails when an angry member of the public confronted Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie, leading her to say speed limits don’t stop accidents.
Oliver Lane
Geraldton MLA Kirrilee Warr has taken to Parliament for the first time as the local member, with her first speaking opportunity focusing on shortfalls in healthcare in the Mid West.
The Road Safety Minister has acknowledged regional road incidents are on a “disturbing trend”, following a probe into the latest crash on Mid West roads.
A “complex” count has been blamed for leaving candidates in limbo, after the WA Electoral Commission revealed the Upper House results are on hold.
WA farmers are making their stamp on State Parliament, with six of the Liberal and Nationals’ new shadow ministry hailing from properties in the Wheatbelt, Mid West and South West.
Anthony Albanese says caretaker conventions hinder tariff talks with Donald Trump as Australia’s second-largest export to the US — pharmaceuticals — is added to the US President’s target list.
