Michael Chaney
Kate Chaney on duty to family, falling into politics – and not putting up with crap
Kate Chaney talks about what her prominent West Australian political family taught her, and about being bold on climate policy in a mining town.
- Jesinta Burton
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Perth’s best high schools and the powerbrokers who attended them
It’s an age-old question: What’s the secret to success? A deep-dive into the lives of some of WA’s most high-profile figures indicates there’s one significant determining factor.
- Jesinta Burton and Holly Thompson
‘Have an open heart’: Former Liberal Chaney and Labor elder Dodson pressure Dutton on Voice
Former deputy leader of the Liberal Party and Labor senator Patrick Dodson join forces to call on Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to support an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
- Tony Wright
Business titans get behind an Indigenous Voice to parliament
The bid to change Australia’s constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians has united powerful allies across the political spectrum.
- Anne Hyland
‘Eating a banana with a knife and fork’: WA ‘teal’ independent Kate Chaney takes on parliament
The Curtin MP used her first speech to parliament on Thursday to warn that humanity needed to start questioning the assumption that “more is always better”.
- Hamish Hastie
‘It’s an arms race’: The $500m spend on the federal election
Experts say it will cost as much as $2m to win a marginal seat as candidates are expected to raise a record half-billion dollars trying to get elected this year.
- Anne Hyland
'Grave violations of human rights': Supermarkets, retailers uncover exposure to modern slavery
The government will on Wednesday build on laws to combat modern slavery, with a new five-year action plan involving government, communities, unions and business to further crack down on worker exploitation.
- Rob Harris
Wesfarmers bosses say limiting retail products to Australian-made would burden customers
Bunnings sources between 35 and 40 per cent of its products from Australia, but Wesfarmers' wider retail businesses source between 20 and 70 per cent of products from China, depending on the category.
- Hamish Hastie
Wesfarmers chairman warns of high unemployment if tax reforms stall
Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney has warned if significant industrial relations and tax reforms are not passed Australia will face a future of high unemployment.
- Dominic Powell
Investors don't 'blindly follow' proxy firms, $430b fund manager declares
A top executive at a $430 billion funds management powerhouse that owns shares in Harvey Norman and Wesfarmers has hit back at criticism of proxy advisers
- Dominic Powell
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