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The Labor leaders disembark a Metronet train on the new line.

‘Over budget’ Thornlie-Cockburn link opens, free travel for Armadale line continues

Labor also reiterated its plan to expand Metronet with more Swan River ferry stops.

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From a high of 16 MPs after the 22 election, the party has lost its leader and a handful of MPs to have just 11 in the new parliament.

Betrayal over breakfast: How Dorinda Cox’s shock defection was a year in the making

Hours before Dorinda Cox put herself forward to be deputy leader of the Greens, she was spotted having breakfast with unusual dining companions.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and James Massola
Illustration by Dionne Gain

Chalmers has earned the right to snub the Coalition, but here’s why he shouldn’t

If Jim Chalmers wants to be remembered as a reforming treasurer he needs to sometimes work with the Coalition. That should start now.

  • James Massola
Dorinda Cox said she had lost confidence in the Greens and felt her values aligned with Labor.

Greens call on defector to do ‘honourable thing’ and resign

The comment is an escalation of the party’s criticism of its former senator, Dorinda Cox, who it had previously wished well.

  • Paul Sakkal

Every seat has been called, but one might end up in court. Here are the 19 that changed hands.

It’s taken more than a month, but the final seat from the May 3 election has been decided… pending a potential court appeal.

  • Matt Wade, Shane Wright, Millie Muroi and Olivia Ireland
Alan Stockdale raised eyebrows at the NSW Liberal Women’s Council meeting.

‘Nobody cares about the Liberals’: Party elder’s message to women

Alan Stockdale, one of a trio of external administrators running the NSW Liberals, angered female members during a four-hour Zoom briefing on Tuesday night.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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The delay to aged care reforms from July to November will cost the budget almost $1 billion.

Labor delays start date for aged care changes, costing budget $1 billion

The delay will add to a growing backlog of reforms for Labor, which is also yet to ink a five-year hospital funding deal and new disability system with the states.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Dorinda Cox was highly critical Labor in her application to join the Greens.

Defecting senator torched ‘patronising’ Labor in leaked Greens application

A leaked document from Dorinda Cox’s application to become a senator for the Greens shows she was highly critical of Labor, which she has now rejoined.

  • James Massola
Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Wednesday.

Coalition shuts down deal on super tax, accusing Chalmers of ‘shooting the messenger’

Since Labor’s election win, criticism has grown of the government’s attempt to raise the tax on superannuation balances above $3 million.

  • Paul Sakkal and Shane Wright
Parliament House in Canberra. The number of people employed by government departments has risen sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Butting out: Parliament House crackdown on political puffers

New changes to federal parliament’s smoking policy have some hacks up in arms. But no pollie will admit to smoking any more.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Gemma Grant

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