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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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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MAY 08: Rita Saffioti (Western Australia Sport and Recreation Minister), Andrew Abdo (National Rugby League CEO), Roger Cook (Western Australia Premier) and Peter VÃ¢â¬â¢landys (Australian Rugby League Commission Chairman) pose during an NRL Perth Bears Announcement press conference at HBF Park on May 08, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Bears resurrection causes a stew

The Cook government’s decision to pump at least $65m into supporting a Perth-based rugby league franchise has raised eyebrows in other sporting codes.

Paul Garvey

WAPolitics

Kate Hulett, Community Independent candidate running for the WA state electorate of Fremantle in the upcoming election on March 8th, 2025. Picture: Natasja Kremers

Red tide continues to creep in the west

Teal independent Kate Hulett suffered her second close loss in as many months as Labor confirmed its best-ever result in WA.

Paul Garvey

EXCLUSIVENation

24/01/2018Former WA premier Colin Barnett as he packs up his office after 27 years in politics, photographed in Cottesloe.pic Colin Murty The Australian.

Former Lib premier urges party to merge with Nats

Colin Barnett says the Liberal Party has been completely outperformed by a far more professional Labor machine and needs to overhaul itself.

Paul Garvey

FremantlePolitics

Hulett to rage against North West Shelf gas

The Climate 200-backed independent poised to end Labor’s 94-year hold on the seat of Fremantle says ‘raging’ against Woodside Energy’s $30bn North West Shelf gas project will be her key priority.

Paul Garvey

‘catastrophic failure’Politics

Retiring Liberal senator Linda Reynolds and teal independent Kate Chaney both argued the Liberal Party needs to repair its standing with women if it is to return as a political force. Pictures: NewsWire, Getty Images

‘A women problem’: Libs urged to improve appeal to female voters

Linda Reynolds said her party had ‘lost our way’ while Kate Chaney said the snubbing of Julie Bishop was a ‘sliding doors’ moment for the Liberals.

Paul Garvey

Politics NowPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - February 26 2025:Senator Linda Reynolds during the Community Affairs Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Libs’ women problem led to ‘catastrophic’ election ‘failure’

Retiring Liberal senator Linda Reynolds said ‘it is very clear where we’ve been going wrong’, as she urged the party to do more to attract both female candidates and voters, while endorsing Sussan Ley as the next leader to help rebuild their standing with women.

Paul Garvey, Rhiannon Down and Amanda Hodge

AdviceNation

3/05/2025: Teal independent Kate Chaney arrives at her post-election party at the University of Western Australia. Picture: Paul Garvey

Liberal Party ‘needs to rethink values’

Janet Holmes a Court says while her son Simon would be thrilled by the election result, he would have no influence over the teals.

Paul Garvey

attacksPolitics

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 30: Kate Chaney, Independent Federal member for Curtin meets members of the electorate at an early voting centre on April 30, 2025 in Perth, Australia. The inner metropolitan seat is currently held with a margin of 1.3% as independent Kate Chaney won during the 2022 election. Australia will hold a federal election on May 3. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)

Teal battles turn nasty as tight contests loom

Kate Chaney’s criticism of Tom White marked a change of tack in what is the most expensive electorate battle in WA history.

Paul Garvey

ResourcesMining & Energy

Pluto LNG Plant, Karratha. Please credit Woodside

Doctors in new bid to block gas project

The EDO and Doctors for the Environment have lodged an application in the Federal Court against both Woodside and the federal regulator, targeting the WA Scarborough gas project.

Paul Garvey

Mining statePolitics

NCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION BUS. 1/05/2025 Australian Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese In Perth visit Winthrop Primary SchoolDeputy Prime Minister Richard MarlesPremier Roger CookSam Lim, Member for TangneyPrincipal, Karina Meldrum.Jodie Haydon Picture: Jason Edwards / NewsWire

Labor hoping to retain WA seats

Labor is increasingly confident it can hold on to most, if not all, of its gains in the key state of Western Australia as it invokes the voice of Mark McGowan in its push to hurt Peter Dutton.

Paul Garvey

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