Resources Minister Madeleine King has denounced the “hysteria” surrounding the union initiative in the Pilbara region and stressed that the federal government's controversial industrial relations laws are “working as intended”.
Western Australian Premier Roger Cook has said Anthony Albanese “clarified” his joke about live exports when the two spoke ahead of a state visit next week. But although Cook demanded an apology from the Prime Minister for the comments at a farmers' dinner last week – saying that the Labour Party had ensured that live … Read more
Linda Burney says the referendum to create an Indigenous voice in Parliament will be “looked upon more favorably by history,” even if it ultimately failed to win public support. In her farewell speech to Parliament on Wednesday, the former Minister for Indigenous Australia said The Voice would be a “catalyst for progress and positive change”, … Read more
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has reached an agreement with Australia's premiers to support controversial legislation to begin overhauling the troubled system.
A Northern Territory minister may have ruined the Labor Party's chances of staying in government after an election brochure was found to be in breach of electoral law. Labour's Ngaree Ah Kit has held the Karama seat for the past four years, but it emerged that she had misled voters by distributing a leaflet saying … Read more
The former Premier of Western Australia will continue his foray into the corporate world after politics with a position as non-executive chairman at Frontier Energy.
Fremantle port workers striking over their demand for equal pay with colleagues in the region should accept the “generous” offer on the table, Prime Minister Roger Cook says, claiming the industrial action has not affected operations. When workers walked off the job at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Cook said some ships had been brought into … Read more
Falling iron ore prices and the weakening Chinese steel industry could cause three billion dollars in damage to the Australian economy, warns Finance Minister Jim Chalmers. With iron ore prices closing at USD 81.80/tonne on Thursday, the global commodity price is below the price forecast at the time of the budget announcement, according to the … Read more
A “clean-up” of the books and plays taught to high school students – including the removal of Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet” and other texts – is being driven forward by teachers, the prime minister says. After the Sunday Times announced last week that older works had been replaced in the updated list of prescribed texts … Read more
The Thai king has confirmed Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former President Thaksin Shinawatra, as the country's new prime minister.