Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he will ‘invest an historic $9 billion into Medicare’, matching Labor’s bulk-billing re-election pledge and adding $500 million into healthcare support.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will fly to Washington today for critical trade discussions amid the Trump administration’s threats to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminium.
Angus Taylor says the Coalition ‘won’t get in the way’ of Labor’s proposed $8.5b bulk billing GP plan to allow more Australians to visit a doctor but claims the move is ‘cleaning up the mess’ Labor has made.
The Coalition has accused Federal Labor of sitting idle and leaving Aussie households to do the heavy lifting, making sacrifices that ultimately led to the first Reserve Bank rate decrease in four years.
The number of babies born in WA has plunged to a 17-year low, and experts want the Federal Government to back up its calls for more births with greater support for parents.
Four trailblazers with roots firmly in agriculture have been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for their services to regional WA.
Adam Poulsen, Olivia Ford & Caitlyn Rintoul
A neo-nazi group claims to be expanding in WA and is actively recruiting young men on social media where they pose in black outfits proudly holding far-right flags.
Any attempt to withhold vital information on the invasive polyphagous shot-hole borer causing chaos in Perth has been described as ‘unacceptable’ by local governments boss Karen Chappel.
A 75-year-old woman has been remanded in police custody after allegedly killing a 88-year-old woman at a southern suburbs aged care facility.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Oliver Lane
Tens of thousands of Australians have taken to the streets as part of annual ‘Invasion Day’ protests and rallies, but some cities including Perth witnessed smaller crowds than previous years.
Tens of thousands of West Aussies are expected to joy billions globally to celebrate the snake zodiac this 2025 Lunar New Year.
Mental health advocate Kendall Whyte, who started charity Blue Tree Project in the wake of her brother’s 2018 death, has been awarded for her globally recognised campaign.
Claire Sadler and Caitlyn Rintoul
