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Peter Dutton and his shadow treasurer Angus Taylor have made contradictory statements on insurance.

Leaked Coalition talking points show U-turn on insurance company break-ups

The Coalition talking points, issued to all MPs, show that senior Liberals understood they were against a divestment policy until Dutton backed the idea.

  • David Crowe and Paul Sakkal

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Dugald Saunders and Jo Haylen have both fallen foul of the rules around using public-funded transport.

NSW Nationals leader jetted to the wineries. He took ministerial car too

Documents released via freedom of information show then-agriculture minister Dugald Saunders took a ministerial vehicle with him on a controversial Hunter Valley trip.

  • Michael McGowan
Roger Cook and wife Carly lane arrive at Medina Hall after being re-elected as WA Premier.

WA state election 2025: How it all went down on election night as Labor wins historic third term

Labor has won a third term of government. Roger Cook will remain premier of Western Australia.

  • Daile Cross, Hamish Hastie, Jesinta Burton and Sarah Brookes
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and travel.

Jacinta Price being investigated for 14th potential misuse of expenses

The Coalition senator has had to repay expenses she improperly claimed from the taxpayer 13 times totalling almost $11,000.

  • James Massola
undreds of election signs from conservative leaning parties were found dumped off Great Eastern Highway in Greenmount this week.

Apple Airtags lead police to Perth Hills election sign thief

The Liberals Perth Hills campaign team decided to purchase eight of the Apple tracking devices after losing up to 10 signs a night, which one campaign insider said was the worst he’d ever seen. 

  • Hamish Hastie
Former NSW Nationals MP Michael Johnsen.

Police hold ‘serious concerns’ over missing former Nationals MP

Barnaby Joyce said he ‘hoped and prayed’ for news of Michael Johnsen, a former state MP whom police said was last seen in Tamworth on Friday.

  • Michael McGowan
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WA Opposition Leader Shane Love.

Nationals to break ranks with Liberal colleagues and get election promises costed by treasury

The country party confirmed to WAtoday it would submit its costings to the Treasury next week, marking an embarrassing deviation from alliance partner the WA Liberal’s defiant stance against using the agency to cost its commitments.

  • Hamish Hastie
NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders

Jetting to the wineries: NSW Nationals leader took RFS plane to Hunter Valley

NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders was the only passenger on a 34-minute taxpayer-funded flight from Dubbo to the Hunter region for a two-day trip which included a wine tour and tasting.

  • Michael McGowan, Alexandra Smith and Max Maddison
Pauline Hanson says she and Barnaby Joyce are “on the same page”.

‘I like what he stands for’: Hanson says she did try to woo Joyce for One Nation

The One Nation leader says asked the former Nationals leader to join her party after he was filmed mumbling obscenities while lying on a Canberra street.

  • Paul Sakkal
Barnaby Joyce and David Littleproud are rivals in the National Party.

‘Barnaby rule’ hides former deputy PM in his seat

The National Party has hidden former leader Barnaby Joyce by creating a rule that effectively bars him from making political trips outside his seat.

  • Paul Sakkal

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