WA Liberal leader Mettam challenges ‘cowards in shadows’
A motion proposing to install Perth mayor and TV personality Basil Zempilas as the party’s ‘campaign leader’ was comprehensively defeated.
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A union has been accused of ‘retaliation’ against Indigenous staff who did not want to support the voice referendum campaign.
‘I have needs’: union sex harassment suit
Carolyn Smith has emphatically denied the allegations, describing them as part of a co-ordinated campaign against her
Indigenous culture weaponised to suit activists’ agenda: Price
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comments came after Labor and the Greens blocked a Senate motion aimed at overturning the decision on the Regis Resources gold project.
Teals set their sights on storming last Liberals redoubt
The teals look set to try to exploit Cottesloe residents’ noted resistance to development.
Business warns: Act now, standard of living is at stake
The nation is ‘standing on a burning platform’ and living standards will plummet unless Labor slashes taxes and industrial relations red tape, the Business Council says.
Shock rise in state Indigenous jail population
WA’s Aboriginal prison population was already the highest in Australia and has grown a whopping 17.4 per cent in the past year
Ukraine defiant amid Trump uncertainty
Vasyl Myroshnychenko said the arrival of North Korean troops to fight alongside Russians was a reminder to Australia that the implications of the war stretches well beyond Ukraine’s borders.
Changing date purely a political ploy: Barnett
Colin Barnett says the exceptional circumstances provision around WA’s election date was designed for natural disasters or civil unrest, not ‘political ploys’.
Lib brutally harassed over LGBTQI+ remark
The councillor says the series of disturbing incidents have not diminished his appetite to run for office.
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