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The State Government has moved to curb regional shires’ powers to charge mining companies.

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New WA laws to stop snowballing shire vs explorer rates blue

A legal barney between the Shire of Mt Magnet and a local vanadium play over rates charges has escalated to the point where the State Government has to draw up new laws to fix the mess. 

Simone Grogan

Coalition stamping their feet illustration :Don Lindsay

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Demoted pair of libs prove to be a test for Sussan Ley

Unhappy libs Sarah Henderson and Jane Hume remain vocal after being demoted to backbench, and they are not letting off the Opposition leader easy.

Michelle Grattan

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Federal PoliticsCommentsNew parliament, same old props for Albanese in ascendency

Anthony Albanese and his Government are determined to focus attention on their delivery of election commitments, seeing the Opposition as irrelevant in the new world order.

Katina Curtis

Premier Jacinta Allan, other Labor heavyweights and party faithful gather for a state conference. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPremiumPalestine, AUKUS set for debate at Labor love-in

Security has been ramped up for an annual gathering of federal and state Labor heavy-hitters after pro-Palestine protesters crashed the 2024 event.

Callum Godde and Rachael Ward

The US increased tariffs on many nations but left levies on most Australian products at 10 per cent. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPremiumDepth of US-Australia ties on show in tariff reprieve

While face-to-face talks with Donald Trump remain elusive, a US decision to spare Australia from increased tariffs highlights the strength of the partnership.

Kat Wong

Industrial Relations Minister Simone McGurk in a questionable photo as dispute drags on with firefighters union.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumMinister in firefighter photo fallout over pay dispute

A Cook Government minister who locked in a battle with firefighters over a new pay deal has turned heads after a photo of her surfaced online.

Charlton Hart

The PM will announce a $31m pledge to set up mobile TAFE units to help train Indigenous communities in critical skills when he attends the Garma Festival this weekend. Yothu Yindi Foundation/Nina Franova via NewsWire

newsPremiumAlbo’s $31m pitch for remote Australians

The PM will announce a $31m pledge to set up mobile TAFE units to help train Indigenous communities in critical skills when he attends the Garma Festival this weekend.

Jessica Wang

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Gumatj leader Djawa Yunupingu during the Garma Festival held at the Gulkula ceremonial in the Gove Peninsula of the Northern Territory, Saturday, August 3, 2024.

Federal PoliticsCommentsPM commits to ‘tangible’ change for Indigenous communities

Anthony Albanese will use a speech at the Garma Festival to recommit to ‘tangible, meaningful change in remote communities’ and extend his promises of a focus on delivery to Indigenous people.

Katina Curtis

President Donald Trump has repeatedly slammed central bank boss Jerome Powell over interest rates. (AP PHOTO)

PoliticsPremiumTrump calls on US Fed board to take over from Powell

US President Donald Trump is calling on the Federal Reserve board to assume control if chair Jerome Powell continues to refuse to lower interest rates.

Josh Boak

Allen Hicks and Natalie Major picked up awards.

Award winWagin and Williams pair earn deserved merit awards

Two Wheatbelt stalwarts were recognised on a State level for their dedicated work and ideas in local government at the 2025 WA Local Government Association awards earlier this month.

Hannah Whitehead

WA Health Director-General Shirley Bowen.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumShirley Bowen assures old hospital equipment to be replaced

The State’s health boss said it was always the plan to replace ageing equipment that sparked bombshell radiation claims at Fiona Stanley Hospital.

Jessica Page

WA Health Minister Meredith Hammat.

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Minister’s seven word response to health crisis

Health Minister Meredith Hammat repeated the same phrase 20 times.

Jessica Page and Charlton Hart

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NEWSPremium‘Zero tolerance’: Vow to close pedo ‘loophole’

One state premier has vowed to close a “loophole” in the childcare system after more disturbing allegations of child sex abuse surfaced.

Nathan Schmidt, Blair Jackson and Rhiannon Lewin

Cottesloe Mayor Lorraine Young.

Local governmentCommentsPremiumCottesloe mayor steps down to be ‘more available to family’

Lorraine Young says her decision to finish as Cottesloe mayor in October isn’t the end of her council career.

Harriet Flinn

Robert Martin and Tania Safi address Australian media in Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport after being released from IDF custody. Free Gaza Australia

NEWSPremiumAussie activists ‘brutalised’ by IDF

A pair of Australian activists have spoken about being “psychologically brutalised” by Israeli soldiers after trying to deliver aid to starving Gazans.

Jack Nivison

You won't see Donald Trumps name at the American History museum's impeachment exhibit for now. (AP PHOTO)

PoliticsPremiumUS museum removes Trump's name from impeachment exhibit

A museum in Washington DC now features "only three presidents to have seriously faced removal", with Donald Trump removed from an exhibit about impeachments.

Kanishka Singh

Labor's Ed Husic says recognising a Palestinian state would declare the suffering in Gaza must end. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPremiumPalestinian statehood declares 'enough' suffering

Australia is considering the timing of recognising a Palestinian state, as other nations commit to formal acknowledgement at the United Nations.

Tess Ikonomou

Disgraced Kiama MP Gareth Ward has been found guilty of sexually abusing two younger men. NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

UpdatedPremiumRapist MP speaks out after conviction

A disgraced MP found guilty of sexually abusing two young men has announced his next steps as pressure mounts on him to resign from parliament.

Rhiannon Lewin and Nathan Schmidt

A commission of inquiry into allegations of CFMEU criminality and intimidation has begun. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPremiumYear-long inquiry into CFMEU 'thuggery' begins

A prominent industrial relations lawyer has kicked off an inquiry into allegations of criminal links and workplace harassment in a construction union.

Savannah Meacham

The tariff decision vindicates the Albanese government's approach, Trade Minister Don Farrell says. (Aap/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsAustralia to argue for tariff removal after US reprieve

Australia has been granted a rare reprieve from higher US tariffs on its goods but officials haven't given up hope of the levies being removed entirely.

Kat Wong, Tess Ikonomou and Andrew Brown

US President Donald Trump has confirmed Australia’s new tariff rate.

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‘Cool, calm’ diplomacy credited for tariff hike escape

Australia will escape a tariff higher than 10 per cent on exports to the US after President Donald Trump announced his latest position, slapping other countries with brutal rates.

Katina Curtis

Workers are being warned against making their security clearance status public. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPremiumPublic servants warned over social media security risk

Workers with access to secret information have been warned against boasting about it on social media as foreign spies target them online.

Tess Ikonomou

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newsPremiumMinister breaks silence on secret FBI meeting

Australia’s Home Affairs Minister has been forced to defend a meeting with the FBI director in Sydney.

Blair Jackson

Labor has welcomed Donald Trump’s tariff confirmation, saying it is ‘vindication’ for the Albanese Government’s work.

PoliticsComments‘Vindication for Albanese’: Labor welcomes Trump tariff

LIVE UPDATES: As counties comes to terms with US President Donald Trump’s new tariff executive order, Labor is celebrating it’s work to achieve the Australian result.

Kimberley Braddish

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