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Media bargaining codeVideoCommentsPremiumABC, SBS could receive payment from Facebook, Google

Communications Minister Paul Fletcher says the ACCC will consider submissions from the ABC and SBS that they should benefit from new laws that would see media companies compensated for their content.

Annabel Hennessy

Free the flagCommentsPremiumDesigning new Aboriginal flag would be ‘torment’

An Indigenous business owner who is part of the campaign to “free” the Aboriginal flag says there has been discussions about designing a new flag — but replacing it would be “torment”.

Annabel Hennessy

75th AnniversaryCommentsPremium‘Imperfect’ UN still needed today: PM

Scott Morrison says the United Nations is not perfect but the COVID-19 pandemic means the global organisation is needed now as much as when it was founded following WWII.

Annabel Hennessy

Climate changeCommentsPremiumMorrison Govt’s huge tech-focused climate plan revealed

The Federal Government will support 130,0000 new jobs in the next 10 years under its new climate change policy, with Energy Minister Angus Taylor revealing the plan to focus on technology investment.

Annabel Hennessy

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Must-read investigationCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
One homeless person dying on Perth streets each week

Multiple homeless people have died on the streets in the last three months with at least 15 losing their lives since July — and the average age of those who passed away is just 47.

Annabel Hennessy

Democracy threatCommentsPremiumWe all lose if Google and Facebook win: ACCC

Consumer watchdog boss Rod Sims warned that the platforms have ‘stunningly clever business models’ where they provide so-called free services, but ‘the price is actually your data’.

Annabel Hennessy

SEE THE EXAMPLE QUESTIONSCommentsPremiumNew Aussie citizenship test a walk down the aisle

Migrants will be taught about marriage equality and quizzed on whether people are free to choose who they wed in Australia under the new citizenship test from the Federal Government.

Annabel Hennessy

‘seal of confession’PremiumWA Libs defy powerbroker to support child sex laws

The WA Liberals say they will not support a push from Nick Goiran for priests to be exempt from new laws that would force them to report predators who confess child sex crimes to them.

Annabel Hennessy

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Shock revelationsCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Facebook farce as suicide video accounts remain active

The West Australian can reveal Facebook has not deleted or suspended the accounts of users who posted a graphic video that resulted in WA schools telling parents to keep their children offline.

Annabel Hennessy

Power PlayCommentsPremiumScoMo to put foot on the gas with WA site

WA could play a vital role in Australia’s gas-led economic recovery, with the Federal Government keen to unlock the State’s Perth Basin as one of six key gas resource sites around Australia.

Lanai Scarr and Annabel Hennessy

Yued-Kanyigang womanPremiumWA Greens set to have first Aboriginal Senator

Anti-domestic violence advocate Dorinda Cox has emerged as a strong contender after announcing her intention to run for the number one spot on the party’s ticket.

Annabel Hennessy

Extremism riseCommentsPremiumIslamic State East Asia re-listed as terrorist group

Islamic State East Asia has been re-listed as a terrorist organisation by the Federal Government as extremism rises in the Philippines.

Annabel Hennessy

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