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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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Indigenous

Peter Hicks, MAC Chair and Belinda Churnside, MAC Heritage Officer and Traditional Owner - Karratha Airport. Hicks and Churnside are leading a delegation of 17 from Murujuga Aboriginal Corp to the UNESCO meeting in Paris. Picture: Supplied

Murujuga chief has a swipe at greenies

MAC chairman Peter Hicks said the upcoming decision would be the last chance for many of the group’s elders to see Murujuga granted a World Heritage listing.

Paul Garvey

MEDIAMedia

True crime author Bret Christian, whose independent newspaper has been closely tracking the Claremont serial killings investigation, says it is difficult to underestimate the impact of the crimes on Perth. Bret photographed in his office and outside at Shenton Park

Independent printer suffers an early blot with new WA press

A new printing press at the heart of WA’s latest media furore has endured a turbulent first week of operation amid a public spat between Seven West and an independent newspaper.

Paul Garvey

WAPolitics

WA premier Roger Cook celebrates his win in the 2025 WA election.

Labor vastly outspent Libs on way to landslide victory

The spending breakdown showed a disproportionate focus by the Liberals on published advertisements, a medium that was all but abandoned by Labor.

Paul Garvey

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Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation Chairperson Peter Hicks. Image: Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation. Picture CREDIT - Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation

Group calls for end scene on Burrup art film

The group representing the traditional owner groups of the Burrup Peninsula have called for a documentary produced by the left-leaning Australia Institute think tank to be pulled from a major international conference.

Paul Garvey

gas industry rebellionPolitics

Dave Kelly, shadow Minister for Fisheries.

ALP rift deepens as MP attacks Woodside CEO

Dave Kelly’s attack on Meg O’Neill and the gas industry follows similar rumblings from other Labor backbenchers in recent months.

Paul Garvey

Hacking mishapNation

Screenshots of X-rates images posted to the Liberal Party of Australia’s social media page overnight. Picture: Instagram

Liberals’ latest woman problem: X-rated images on party website

A series of explicit images has been posted to the Liberals’ Facebook page overnight, in an embarrassing blunder for a party trying to rebuild its appeal to female voters.

Paul Garvey

exclusivePolitics

Indigenous woman Raelene Cooper, who is one of the founders of Save Our Songlines is photographed here in front of the North West Shelf gas project.

North West Shelf face-off before UNESCO in Paris

Federal and state governments, traditional owner groups and companies including Woodside have long hoped to secure a World Heritage listing for the Burrup Peninsula.

Paul Garvey

Politics

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos June 5, 2025: BUDGET SA -South Australia Treasurer Stephen Mullighan handing down the state budget. Picture: NewsWire / Dean Martin

Labor states at war over GST sweetheart deal

South Australian Treasurer Stephen Mullighan said WA was the beneficiary of a ‘massive free kick’ which should be ended by the commonwealth as a matter of urgency.

David Penberthy and Paul Garvey

Mid-East conflictWorld

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM Ã¢â¬â JUNE 19: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain (not pictured) ahead of bilateral talks at 10 Downing Street on June 19, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Negotiate now, world leaders tell Ayatollah

Leaders from across the world called for calm in the wake of the US’s decision to bomb nuclear facilities in Iran, telling Tehran to open immediate negotiations.

Paul Garvey

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 21: West Australian Premier Roger Cook looks on at the half time break during the round 16 NRL match between the Dolphins and Newcastle Knights at HBF Park, on June 21, 2025, in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Cook launches UK mission to discuss nuke sub fleet options

WA Premier Roger Cook will visit Britain just weeks after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer committed to add another 12 nuclear-powered submarines to the nation’s fleet.

Paul Garvey

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