Hundreds of new citizens in Perth have been sworn in, schooled about electoral boundaries and funnelled past an enrol-to-vote booth, as Tony Burke takes his audacious push to certify thousands of new Australians to the state that could decide the election.
Teal independent Kate Chaney has walked back her position on Woodside Energy’s North West Shelf project, saying she would now be open to the project going ahead if it was subject to certain conditions.
A hung parliament could spell trouble for Australia’s renewable energy rollout, Infrastructure NSW chairman and veteran company director Graham Bradley has warned.
Top energy chiefs have warned a hung parliament would be responsible for ‘horrific’ policy outcomes, amid fears the PM could be left hostage to a crossbench dominated by Greens and teals.
Roger Cook made a gaffe while discussing his government’s health record while Liberal leader Libby Mettam struggled for detail.
Anthony Albanese will come under immediate pressure from the Greens and teals to cancel the $30bn extension of the North West Shelf gas project if Labor falls into minority government.
As Roger Cook appealed to the parochialism of West Australians with his ‘Made in WA’ pledge, the Liberals were trying to focus on the future rather than the past.
Rhys Bellinge seemingly had it all. Elizabeth Pearce had it all in front of her.
The environmental approval delay has prompted concerns that a decision may not come until after the federal election, potentially making the project a bargaining chip of the Greens and teals.
Basil Zempilas acknowledges that he can be polarising, but argues that Labor’s attacks on him have backfired.
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