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Paul Garvey is an award-winning journalist with more than two decades’ experience in newsrooms around Australia and the world. He is currently the senior reporter in The Australian’s WA bureau, covering politics, courts, billionaires and everything in between. He has previously written for The Wall Street Journal in New York, The Australian Financial Review in Melbourne, and for The Australian from Hong Kong before returning to his native Perth. He was the WA Journalist of the Year in 2024 and is a two-time winner of The Beck Prize for political journalism.

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DefenceDefence

WA Labor MP Kyle McGinn (L) and WA premier Roger Cook. Picture: Facebook

Premier moves to reassure US after anti-AUKUS MP’s visit

State and federal opposition MPs slammed state MP Kyle McGinn and Labor for allowing factional politics and union influences to potentially jeopardise the AUKUS program.

Paul Garvey

exclusiveDefence

America's USS Minnesota at the HMAS Stirling base in February; inset: Labor MP Kyle McGinn and WA Premier Roger Cook.

Labor MP’s secret US mission to warn of subs ‘security risks’

A document distributed through Washington by Kyle McGinn warns that a flagship WA government project ‘fundamentally changes the security environment’ for the AUKUS agreement.

Paul Garvey

GazaPolitics

1/4/2025Adam Bandt, Leader of the Australian Greens at Hyde Park, Perth, WA.Pic Colin Murty

Bandt says Hamas’ fate in Palestinian hands, despite executions

The Greens leader’s latest comment saw him accused of ‘exploiting’ rather than supporting Palestinians.

Paul Garvey

Communist PartyPolitics

James Chan restaurant: James Chan at his now-closed restaurant, Chan's Canton Village. Picture - Supplied

Coalition heat on PM over China link

James Paterson said the Prime Minister needed to explain if a vice-president of an organisation linked to China’s United Front attended his fundraiser.

Paul Garvey

exclusivePolitics

Albanese donor linked to foreign influence body

Thousands of dollars was accepted from a long-term office holder of a controversial Chinese group red-flagged by the Attorney-General as an agent of foreign influence.

Paul Garvey

Election 2025Politics

20/3/2025Federal Nationals candidate for the seat of Bullwinkel, Mia Davies, at Bellevue.Pic Colin Murty

Meet the characters of the rocky Bullwinkel show

The politics of Bullwinkel is a bit like Belgium and its languages: three distinctly different areas with distinctly different political leanings.

Paul Garvey

AnalysisCommentary

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - March 25, 2025: Minister for the Environment and Water of Australia, Tanya Plibersek during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Parking project on the shelf opens a can of worms

Plibersek’s decision to delay a call on the North West Shelf extension is undoubtedly a win for environmentalists and activists.

Paul Garvey

gas project stallsNation

NETWORK SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH NETWORK PIC DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING. Woodside Energy Karratha Gas plant

Woodside gas delay to fuel fight for west

The Coalition has promised to approve the gas project within 30 days and the Greens are demanding it be blocked.

Paul Garvey

DemographicsNation

We asked everyday Australians what they expected from the budget. This is what they had to say. Picture: The Australian

How the budget will impact Australians of all ages

From students and young families to professionals and retirees, Australians are grappling with cost-of-living pressures. How will the budget help – or hinder – them?

Sarah Elks, Elodie Jakes, Mackenzie Scott, Stephen Lunn, Matthew Denholm and Paul Garvey

politicsNation

25/3/2025Basil Zempilas and Libby Mettam arrive for the meeting.WA Liberal Party meeting at Parliament House to elect their new Leader.Pic Colin Murty

Liberals lock in Basil as new leader

New WA Libs leader Basil Zempilas said his immediate target would be the Cook government’s spending record as he attempts to turn around the party’s fortunes.

Paul Garvey

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