Ellie Whiteaker’s agenda as a new senator includes tackling the stark disadvantages in WA’s rural and remote communities, supporting women in politics, and making sure all kids get the best start in life.
Katina Curtis
Ali France says her journey to unseat Peter Dutton and represent the people of Dickson wasn’t the result of any grand plan or lifelong dream, but rather hundreds of little steps.
Mark Latham’s photo will remain hanging on the wall of the Labor caucus room in the wake of allegations of domestic violence — with the party instead opting to add an important disclaimer.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Anthony Albanese’s West Aussie MPs are being put to the test as they’re faced with big decisions on issues important to the people who voted them into office.
Joe Spagnolo
Minister Paul Papalia said the government remains committed to supporting the greyhound racing industry, despite past criticism from within its own ranks.
Liam Murphy
Ellie Whiteaker was drawn to the Labor Party as the home of aspiration. The kind of place where a girl from Kalgoorlie, the first in her family to go to uni, could find a way to change the world for everyone.
Political strategist and former Mark McGowan lieutenant Mark Reed has been elected unopposed to lead WA Labor’s party machinery.
A $60 million promise to double the beds at the Great Southern’s largest hospital has been pushed further down the pipeline, as Thursday’s State budget revealed only $1m allocated over four years to planning.
Melissa Sheil
The City of Albany will be keeping their eyes peeled during Thursday’s tabling of the State budget as it waits to see if WA Labor’s multimillion-dollar promises will turn into funded projects.
Greens believe Dorinda Cox jumped ship to join Labor primarily for her political survival but Anthony Albanese has indicated she won’t automatically be preselected for the party ahead of the 2028 election.
She made the bombshell announcement standing alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Perth on Monday afternoon.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Katina Curtis
How Cook and Albanese navigate their four-decade friendship against the backdrop of expectations from their respective voters will be interesting to watch.
JOE SPAGNOLO
Anne Aly sees her trio of new portfolios - small business, multicultural affairs and international development - as being joined by a thread of aspiration and economic opportunity.
Factional quarrels were put on the back burner as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Governor-General Sam Mostyn swore in the new-look Labor Government.
Ellen Ransley
Anne Aly has emerged as a big winner from the post-election reshuffle, taking on three portfolios and joining Madeleine King to double Western Australia’s representation in Cabinet.
Labor’s Ed Husic has mounted a scathing attack on the Deputy Prime Minister, describing him as a “factional assassin” who prioritised factional wars over showing leadership.
We take you inside the opaque and complex decision-making structure of the Labor Party, which is divided along state and factional allegiances between left and right.
Nicola Smith, Katina Curtis and Ellen Ransley
In a strongly worded statement, Paul Keating condemned the dumping of Ed Husic to elevate an MP from Richard Marles’ Victorian Right — a faction he said was ‘demonstrably devoid of creativity and capacity’.
Labor MPs are arriving in Canberra ready for factional stoushes amid arguments about who is owed what ministry positions after the landslide win rebalanced each state’s contribution to the caucus.
Katina Curtis and Nicola Smith
After a thumping election victory, Anthony Albanese now has to contemplate how to best use his strengthened authority within Parliament, his caucus and the public.
In a result few predicted, Labor has gained the seat of Moore, ending decades of Liberal dominance in the northern Perth electorate.
Labor is actively backing Independent MP for Curtin Kate Chaney, blasting its own candidate for daring to criticise the high-profile teal.
Ben Harvey
Pollsters, strategists and party sources alike say there are very few guarantees in this election, but these are the key battlegrounds to watch.
Labor has defended the roll out of its GPS tracking technology on domestic violence thugs, as the issue dominated Parliamentary question time on Tuesday.
Dylan Caporn
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