Search
thewest.com.au
PoliticsChevron Right Icon

Federal Politics

opinion
opinion
Mark RileyCommentsPremium
opinion
Will Albo resist urge to splurge in Budget reply?

Anthony Albanese will aim to find a path to deliver on policies without the big spending promised by Josh Frydenberg in this week’s Federal Budget, writes Mark Riley.

Mark Riley

Mark RileySeven News Political Editor

Unwanted ‘milestone’PremiumConfidence in Fed Govt sliced and diced by scandals

A new survey has revealed the damaging hit to Australians’ confidence in their federal leaders in the wake of ugly sexual assault and harassment scandals plaguing Canberra.

Sarah Ison

analysis
analysis
Lanai ScarrCommentsPremium
analysis
Albo’s Budget reply an election audition for the people

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese declared he wanted to be Prime Minister and build a ‘better future’ for Australians as he delivered Labor’s Budget reply tonight.

Lanai Scarr

Bad lookCommentsPremiumFormer Dockers coach apologises for shooting joke

Former Fremantle coach turned Federal MP Damian Drum has been forced to apologise for a joke he made about a man shooting his wife, the same night the Government revealed a women’s safety package.

Serious allegationsPremiumReynolds gives statement to police about Higgins case

WA Federal MP Linda Reynolds has given an official statement to police about the alleged rape of her ex-staffer Brittany Higgins.

‘Better future’CommentsPremiumAlbo pledges $10b for social housing in Budget reply

Anthony Albanese has put social housing at the centre of his plan for economic growth, promising 30,000 new Government-subsidised homes for Australians in Labor’s Budget reply delivered tonight.

Lanai Scarr

Heading homeVideoCommentsPremiumNSW Govt allows Aussie cricketers to isolate in Sydney

Superstar cricketers Steve Smith, Patrick Cummins and the rest of the Australians who fled the Indian Premier League bubble for the Maldives are on track to return home as early as Sunday.

R&D ignoredPremiumWA biotechs lament patent box’s revenue hurdle

The Federal Government’s new “patent box” initiative does little to support early stage companies yet to start generating a revenue stream, WA industry experts say.

Kate Purnell

Switching offCommentsPremiumNo phones, no Dixers: Plan to reform Question Time

A committee of Liberal and Labor MPs want to drastically overhaul a part of Parliament that has developed a reputation for raucous theatre.

Josh Zimmerman

Moderna dealCommentsPremiumAustralia could provide world with AstraZeneca jabs

Australia could provide its domestically-manufactured AstraZeneca vaccines to the rest of the world, after securing 25 million doses of another vaccine, says Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt.

Sarah Ison

opinion
opinion
Glaring budget omissionCommentsPremium
opinion
How the COVID crisis will open the door for Labor

Last year’s interstate borders battle hurt the Liberal Party badly and a squabble over quarantine could cause similar political damage.

Peter Law

Peter LawState Political Editor

Quarantine planVideoCommentsPM hints at overseas travel for vaccinated Aussies

Australians who are vaccinated could be able to travel overseas and return in a ‘modified quarantine arrangement’, the Prime Minister has revealed.

Sarah Ison

Falling shortPremiumPriced out: Single parent homebuying scheme under fire

The government’s new solo parent homebuying scheme won’t help many families get the home they want, despite all the fanfare.

Rebecca Di Nuzzo and Nathan Mawby

Federal BudgetPremiumCalls Budget lacks skills shortage & quarantine funds

The lack of funding to fix Australia’s hotel quarantine system and address worsening labour shortages are the missing pieces in an otherwise “high-scoring” Budget, WA business leaders say.

Danielle Le Messurier

Budget 2021CommentsPremiumWhat’s in the Federal Budget for First Nation’s people

What does this year’s Budget mean for Indigenous Australians? It depends on who you ask.

Rangi Hirini

Critical resourceCommentsPremiumBudget boost was built on iron ore, says Joyce

Barnaby Joyce said without iron ore and other key resources, the Budget would have been worse for wear.

Sarah Ison

Early educationCommentsPremiumBudget can’t stop child care ‘workforce crisis’

Billions of dollars in additional subsidies will do nothing to address the ‘workforce crisis’ engulfing early childhood education, with advocates warning of nationwide staff shortages.

Josh Zimmerman

Economic recoveryCommentsPremiumScott Morrison’s warning to States on border closures

Australia’s international borders will remain closed until next year but the Prime Minister says States shouldn’t think of doing the same thing.

Sarah Ison & Josh Zimmerman

More supportPremiumFirst-homebuyers, women big winners in Budget

An additional 10,000 places will be released from July 1 through the Federal Government’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Budget 2021CommentsPremiumHow WA has fuelled the nation’s recovery

Booming iron ore exports are supercharging Australia’s pandemic recovery, helping to deliver the Federal Government a company tax windfall this year that’s almost $9 billion higher than forecast.

Peter Law

‘Engine is roaring’VideoCommentsPremiumSuddenly employment (not a surplus) is benchmark

‘Our plan is working.’ That is a key message Josh Frydenberg wants us to take away from the Budget, which delivered figures not thought possible seven months ago, writes Sarah-Jane Tasker.

Sarah-Jane Tasker

Sarah-Jane TaskerBusiness Editor

Flying coloursCommentsPremiumBudget: $1.2b to help travel industry find its wings

The aviation and tourism sectors, which have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, will receive a $1.2 billion support package.

Rhianna Mitchell

opinion
opinion
Jenna ClarkeCommentsPremium
opinion
ScoMo and Frydo prove it pays to shut up and listen

With this year’s Budget, Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg have drawn a line in the sand with their own hardline approaches and shown that it does in fact pay to shut up and listen.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

Investment incentivesPremiumBusiness takes economic reins in big spending Budget

The Budget push to put business in the driver’s seat of the recovery has been backed by WA’s peak industry body but it also warns further investment incentives are needed to diversify the economy.

Danielle Le Messurier