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Businesses falling behind CommentsPremiumIndigenous disparity laid bare in worrying job data

Some of Australia’s biggest businesses are falling behind when it comes to recruiting Indigenous people and promoting them to senior roles, according to data made public for the first time.

Annabel Hennessy

It’s officialVideoCommentsAnthony Albanese sworn in as Australia’s 31st Prime Minister

Australia’s 31st Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has officially been sworn in, alongside the country’s new Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

Annabel Hennessy

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
‘Political misjudgment’ CommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Wage debate helped turn campaign, says senior ALP MP

Labor’s likely industrial relations minister Tony Burke says Scott Morrison ‘misread’ the debate around raising the minimum wage making it a ‘pivotal moment’ that changed the whole election campaign.

Annabel Hennessy

Race to be PMVideoCommentsPremium‘We’re better than that’: Albo’s promise ‘to unite Aus’

Anthony Albanese has given a call for unity, saying he hopes to see less division if he is elected prime minister.

Annabel Hennessy

TV blitzComments‘Give me a crack’: Albo tells country to ditch ‘risky’ Libs

Anthony Albanese has declared the current Government is ‘more risky’ and that’s why voters should ‘give Labor a crack’.

Annabel Hennessy

Heated interviewAlbo slams journalists for their ‘nonsense’ during campaign

Anthony Albanese says there has been some ‘nonsense’ from journalists during the Federal election campaign which is putting people off politics.

Annabel Hennessy

Distancing claims deniedPremiumContentious MP has ‘no view’ about PM as leader if he loses

Bridget Archer - the Liberal MP who gained national attention for crossing the floor on key votes - says she ‘doesn’t have a view’ on whether Scott Morrison should remain leader if he loses the election.

Annabel Hennessy

Vote of confidenceCommentsPremiumJulia Gillard says Albanese will be a ‘better PM for women’

Julia Gillard has issued a plea for women to vote for Anthony Albanese saying she was confident if elected he would lead ‘a Government for Australian women’.

Annabel Hennessy

Stay or goPremiumAlbo won’t say if he will stay on as leader if he loses

Anthony Albanese has avoided saying whether he will stay on as Labor Leader if he loses Saturday’s vote, saying he had given the campaign everything and would finish the race with ‘no fuel left in the tank’.

Annabel Hennessy

Key rolePremiumREVEALED: The true power of your election preference vote

Minor party candidates play a relatively obscure role in the overall election - but people who vote for them, or independents, can be crucial to the outcome.

Annabel Hennessy

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The West Australian exclusive
Anti-vaxxer interviewCommentsPremium
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Federal Lib MP calls for McGowan to review virus mandates

Liberal MP Vince Connelly has given an interview to an anti-vaccine activist and United Australia Party supporter where he called for the McGowan Government’s vaccine mandates to be reviewed.

Annabel Hennessy

‘Opera House equivalent’New Aboriginal cultural centre could become WA tourist icon

Anthony Albanese is promising to fund a new Aboriginal cultural centre in Perth if he is elected prime minister, with Labor saying it could become the WA equivalent of the Sydney Opera House.

Annabel Hennessy