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Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King.

Resources Technology ShowcaseCommentsPremiumMinecraft to mine worker: King and Cook laud RTS

Madeleine King believes the Resources Technology Showcase will help bridge the gap between kids playing Minecraft and the future of Australia’s most important industry.

Adrian Rauso

Treasurer Jim Chalmers welcomed the RBA’s rate cuts and called it a ‘good day’ for homeowners.

Federal PoliticsCommentsCan Chalmers break free of roundtable’s talkfest hoodoo?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his hand-picked roundtable participants are sifting through hundreds of suggestions for how to fix poor productivity, a budget mired in red ink, and economic resilience.

Katina Curtis

Caleb Runciman with illegal cigarettes.

WA NewsCommentsPremium‘Cheap smokes’ being sold in Perth fuelling WA tobacco wars

Black market cigarettes are brazenly being sold by convenience stores in Perth, undercutting the legal market and lining the pockets of organised criminals fuelling a tobacco war across WA.

Caleb Runciman

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Martin Place cenotaph during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Pacific in Sydney, Friday, August 15, 2025. VP Day marks the end of World War II for Australia when Japan accepted the Allied demand for unconditional surrender. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsPremiumPM clashes with top US diplomat over Palestinian statehood

Anthony Albanese and a top US diplomat in Israel have clashed over Australia’s engagement with the Trump Administration over its decision to recognise Palestinian statehood. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Australia’s Attorney General has vowed to speed up changes to improve the Working with Children Check system.

CHILD SAFETYCommentsGovt vows to speed up abuse safeguards in child care centres

Australia’s Attorney General has vowed to speed up changes to improve the working with children check system amid a spate of sickening childcare abuse allegations.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Business Council of Australia’s head Bran Black will attend next week’s roundtable.

Federal PoliticsCommentsBusiness hopes roundtable can lift ‘red-tape handbrake’

Business wants the Government to set a target to cut the cost of red tape by a quarter over the next five years at its economic roundtable next week.

Katina Curtis

Anthony Albanese has deflected criticism over his Palestinian recognition move.

Federal PoliticsCommentsAlbo deflects recognition criticism, points finger elsewhere

The Prime Minister has blamed the media and the Opposition for feeding Hamas propaganda, deflecting criticism from his own move to recognise Palestinian statehood.

Caitlyn Rintoul

GEN Rio Tinto’s $3.1 billion iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

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Federal PoliticsCommentsPremium
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Much-needed plan to speed up north-west WA mining approvals

Miners seeking to develop new Pilbara projects will get faster decisions with a traffic light system built into a new regional environmental plan, as the economic roundtable looks at how to speed up approvals.

Katina Curtis

Prime Minister Albanese has given a ‘warning to the media’ and says reports praising him from Hamas are likely propaganda.

PoliticsCommentsPM says Hamas support is just ‘propaganda’

LIVE UPDATES: Prime Minister Albanese has hit back at reports highlighting Hamas praising him for his decision to recognise Palestinian statehood, arguing it was 'propaganda’.

Matt Shrivell and Kimberley Braddish

The Productivity Commission says a national screening clearance for workers in aged care and child care sectors would help protect vulnerable care users from harm.

Federal PoliticsCommentsCall for national screening clearance across care sectors

The Productivity Commission says a national screening clearance for workers in aged care and child care sectors would help protect vulnerable care users from harm and cut unnecessary complexity and costs.

Bethany Hiatt

Nearly half of Australian’s fell victim to a cybercrime in 2024.

Cyber securityCommentsShocking amount of Aussies hit by cybercrime last year

The alarming figures came to light in a new report, despite more people feeling they were confident at using technology than the previous year.

Oliver Lane

Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers have addressed the US election result. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Federal PoliticsCommentsUnion push for four-day work week shot down by PM, Chalmers

A union-led call for Australia to adopt a four-day work week has been shot down by both the Prime Minister and Treasurer before it could even be discussed at next week’s productivity roundtable. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef.

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US relationsComments
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Opposition pounces after Hamas praise for Albanese

Hamas has hailed the Albanese Government’s ‘political courage’ in recognising a Palestinian statehood, a move the Opposition says proves the PM is ‘out of his depth’.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Federal Minister for the Environment Murray WatT.

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The West Australian exclusive
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Watt working ‘flat out’ bid to land environment law overhaul

Murray Watt says he’s ‘going flat out’ to land an overhaul of environmental laws and has a pledge from Premier Roger Cook to do whatever he can to help.

Katina Curtis

Treasurer Rita Saffioti has expressed her desire to have more funding towards economic infrastructure at WA productivity roundtable on Tuesday morning.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumSaffioti outlines action needed to boost WA productivity

Treasurer Rita Saffioti has outlined her desire for more investment in economic infrastructure and less red tape for projects to a table of industry leaders at a State productivity roundtable.

Oliver Lane

Anthony Albanese’s move to recognise Palestine has been condemned by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Federal politicsPM: Netanyahu in ‘denial’ about impact of Gaza conflict

Anthony Albanese says Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘in denial’ about the consequences of the war in Gaza on innocent civilians as he defended his government’s call to recognise Palestinian statehood.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Sussan Ley says the Coalition would never have made a call similar to Anthony Albanese’s on Palestine.

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Ley: Coalition will revoke Palestinian recognition

LIVE UPDATES: Sussan Ley has announced the Coalition would revoke the Albanese government’s recognition of the state of Palestine if it won the next election, and that they ‘would have never made this call’.

Matt Shrivell and Kimberley Braddish

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Katina CurtisCommentsPremium
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Plenty of real-world issues in political age of distraction

A hundred days on from the Federal election, the second term of the Albanese Government is already notable for how much international events are influencing Australian politics.

Katina Curtis

Dr Heath Williams in the classroom with Albany Senior High School Year 11 students.

Federal PoliticsCommentsReport suggests platform for teachers to access lesson plans

The Productivity Commission says Australia must focus on addressing stagnation in school students’ achievements to make sure they leave with the skills they need to take on further education and find jobs.

Katina Curtis

The 51-year-old fronted Bunbury Magistrates Court on Monday.

Courts & JusticePremiumWA woman behind bars after harassing parliamentarians

A Bunbury woman is behind bars after allegedly using social media to harass two Federal parliamentarians.

Jessica Evensen

The Albanese government is mulling a road user charge for electric vehicles.

Federal PoliticsCommentsFree ride could soon be over for EV owners in Australia

As petrol and diesel cars disappear from the roads, senior Labor ministers admit it’s ‘no secret’ EV drivers may soon face new fees to help pay for Australia’s crumbling infrastructure.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti said that WA would take charge of drafting a national overhaul of e-rideables that could lead to high-powered vehicles being banned.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumWA to take charge of national crackdown on e-rideables

WA will lead a national overhaul of e-rideables that could lead to high-powered vehicles being banned, with Transport Minister Rita Saffioti saying all States had agreed that tougher rules were needed.

Jessica Page

Anthony Albanese has confirmed Australia will recognise a Palestinian statehood and revealed what the turning point moment was.

Federal PoliticsCommentsAlbanese reveals Palestine recognition turning point

Australia will recognise the state of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September after Anthony Albanese said he had secured guarantees from the Palestinian Authority. 

Katina Curtis

Jodie Haydon, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and wife Amanda Luxon carry wreaths to the memorial.

Federal PoliticsCommentsPMs Albanese and Luxon bond over tributes to fallen Anzacs

Anthony Albanese and Christopher Luxon renewed the long bonds between Australia and New Zealand with a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at a small gold mining town’s war memorial on Sunday.

Katina Curtis