Farmers protested outside Anthony Albanese’s hotel in downtown Perth just hours before Labor officially kicked off its re-election campaign in the Western Australian capital.
Staff Reporter and Cally Dupe
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced another tax cut, with workers to get another $1000 off through deductible expenses.
Duncan Evans, Nathan Schmidt and Jessica Wang
Exiled former WA Senator Rod Culleton has launched a shock political comeback, but his election bid is already in trouble over disputed claims he is ineligible for the May 3 poll.
Jessica Page
A Coalition press conference in the seat of Bullwinkel went off the rails when an angry member of the public confronted Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie, leading her to say speed limits don’t stop accidents.
Oliver Lane
Local governments have different rules and guidelines around election signage.
Harriet Flinn
Geraldton MLA Kirrilee Warr has taken to Parliament for the first time as the local member, with her first speaking opportunity focusing on shortfalls in healthcare in the Mid West.
Matthew Paddick
The Road Safety Minister has acknowledged regional road incidents are on a “disturbing trend”, following a probe into the latest crash on Mid West roads.
As a sheep farmer and the owner of a Merino stud, I need to share a few concerns within the sheep industry.
Peter Wilkinson
A “complex” count has been blamed for leaving candidates in limbo, after the WA Electoral Commission revealed the Upper House results are on hold.
This new funding commitment is simply the State Government funding RSPCA WA for the job it contracts it to do, and recognises that it does that job efficiently and effectively.
Lynne Bradshaw
AFL footballers have been bumped from their regular home by 35 bison as one entertainer gets ready to show 800,000 people "what's possible with horses".
Rachel Jackson
Despite a fresh US tariff on Australian beef exports, Kimberley industry leaders say it’s not international trade that’s hampering growth — it’s Canberra’s red tape.
Cain Andrews
Australian farmers singled out by US president Donald Trump and hit with a 10 per cent tariff on agricultural export markets say they it is America’s beef-loving consumers that will suffer the most.
Cally Dupe, Simone Grogan and Katina Curtis
WA Labor has been accused of neglecting agricultural freight routes in favour of its pet project in the city following revelations the cost of Metronet is heading towards $14 billion.
Cally Dupe
WA farmers are making their stamp on State Parliament, with six of the Liberal and Nationals’ new shadow ministry hailing from properties in the Wheatbelt, Mid West and South West.
Regional drivers may have noticed some unusually shiny, clean grain wagons rolling through the countryside in recent weeks.
Former Nationals MPs welcome WA Labor’s decision to explore taking on WA’s grain freight network
Max Trenorden and Philip Gardiner
Markets have been whipsawed as President Donald Trump dropped new tariff rates on imports from most US trade partners to 10 per cent for 90 days to allow trade negotiations with those countries.
Dan Mangan
Anthony Albanese says caretaker conventions hinder tariff talks with Donald Trump as Australia’s second-largest export to the US — pharmaceuticals — is added to the US President’s target list.
Katina Curtis
Premier Roger Cook has brushed off revelations of empty rail cars on the new rail line to Yanchep, likening low passenger numbers to a country road that ‘has no cars on it’.
Matt Mckenzie
The City of Canning is claiming an Australian-first chemical trial could be the breakthrough to combating Perth’s invasive tree borer crisis.
Caitlin Vinci
A six-way contest in the agricultural and mining electorate of O’Connor will pit two farmers against Liberal incumbent Rick Wilson as he chases a fourth term.
Tegan Guthrie, Claire Middleton and Cally Dupe
Ashleigh Hall was on the way to Melbourne to start a new chapter of her life when she was tragically killed in a car accident in York.
Artemisia Blythe
Buyers’ appetite for Australian wool will be tested this week, with a smaller national offering and global currency volatility – thanks to Donald Trump - meaning prices could continue to rise.
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