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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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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

commentaryPolitics

25/3/2025New Deputy WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam and new WA Liberal Leader Basil Zempilas face the media after winning the vote count.WA Liberal Party meeting at Parliament House to elect their new Leader.Pic Colin Murty

Love or loathe him, Basil is Libs’ only option

The downside of having such a high profile is that public opinions about Basil Zempilas are already baked in. And not all of those opinions are favourable.

Paul Garvey

federal electionPolitics

PERTH, AUSTRALIA- News Wire Photos- MARCH 8 2025. Contesting the seat of Fremantle, Teal independent candidate for the WA seat of Fremantle, Kate Hulett, speaks to voters at Beaconsfield school. , Picture: NewsWire / Sharon Smith

Labor-targeting teal vows to oppose AUKUS

The federal seat of Fremantle is home to the shipyards that stand to attract more than $10bn of investment under AUKUS but teal candidate says she will oppose the ‘crazy’ deal.

Paul Garvey

Federal electionPolitics

9/3/20235Independent Kate Hulett who won the seat of Fremantle from Labor.Pic Colin Murty

Teal is aiming for a new Labor scalp

Kate Hulett, who secured a 26.4 per cent swing against Labor earlier this month, will retain her existing campaign headquarters and infrastructure and will not even need new corflutes.

Paul Garvey

exclusiveLegal Affairs

Australian businessman Mo Munshi before (main picture) and after his incarceration in a Mongolian prison (small insert). Picture - Supplied

A decade trapped in Mongolia: Aussie miner begs UN for help

Mo Munshi’s complaint to the UN spells out details of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment while in prison and the ongoing punishment of a travel ban.

Paul Garvey

WA electionPolitics

State Liberals in danger of another four years as minor party

A deadlock between the Liberals and Nationals would leave the latter as the official West Australian opposition party unless Nats leader Shane Love relinquishes his position.

Paul Garvey

Influence claimsPolitics

27/2/2025Labor MP Sam Lim speaks.WA Citizenship ceremony at Perth Convention Centre.Pic Colin Murty

MP’s budget invite to China-linked mate

MP Sam Lim’s allocation of four tickets for the budget speech have gone to businessman Fuxin Li, previously named as having a long history of ties to China’s United Front.

Paul Garvey

politicsPolitics

20/3/2025Libby Mettam announces her resignation as WA Liberals Leader , Perth.Pic Colin Murty

Mettam quits as WA Liberal leader

Libby Mettam has stepped down as leader of the WA Liberal Party, clearing the path for Basil Zempilas to become the state’s opposition leader.

Paul Garvey

mediaPolitics

19/03/2025: An instagram post by Patrick Gorman MP supporting the PROSH newspaper by the University of Western Australia Student Guild. Picture: Instagram

Student newspaper apologises for anti-Semitic front page

A satirical student newspaper that was described by prominent members of Anthony Albanese’s government as ‘funny’ has apologised for a front-page cartoon that Jewish leaders said perpetuated anti-Semitic tropes.

Paul Garvey

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