Revealed:How Minns will campaign against PM over GST snub

Revealed:How Minns will campaign against PM over GST snub

As the NSW government takes on the Commonwealth over GST,Premier Chris Minns says per-capita distribution of the tax would see an extra $3.6 billion dollars flow into the state.

  • byMichael McGowan

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Former rockstar premier Mark McGowan sells coastal Perth home for tidy profit

Former rockstar premier Mark McGowan sells coastal Perth home for tidy profit

It took just shy of 100 days but former WA Premier Mark McGowan and his wife Sarah have sold their two-storey Rockingham beach house for a tidy profit.

  • bySarah Brookes
Environment watchdog defends ‘green tape’ protection of WA biodiversity

Environment watchdog defends ‘green tape’ protection of WA biodiversity

In a state that pushes resource projects relentlessly,Professor Matthew Tonts - the closest WA has to someone who can say no - defends much maligned environmental approvals.

  • byPeter Milne
Former premiers,business and community leaders warn against antisemitism

Former premiers,business and community leaders warn against antisemitism

Former premiers including Daniel Andrews,Gladys Berejiklian,Anna Bligh and Mark McGowan are among the 600 people who have signed the statement.

  • byDavid Crowe
MinRes chases Western Australian government favour to export gas

MinRes chases Western Australian government favour to export gas

Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources wants a five-year exemption from a Western Australian ban on the export of onshore gas,arguing it would help shore up domestic supply in years to come.

  • byPeter Milne
Rugby Australia chair’s wife crash-tackles the haters

Rugby Australia chair’s wife crash-tackles the haters

Rugby fans have the knives out for RA boss Hamish McLennan. On Instagram,his wife Lucinda fought back.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
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The key promise leaders seem all too willing to break

The key promise leaders seem all too willing to break

Daniel Andrews’ departure from the top job in Victoria is the latest study in the speed at which public pledges to carry on can fall away. Eyes are now on Queensland.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘Spy stuff’ and front organisations:Moments that changed the course of Australia’s pandemic

‘Spy stuff’ and front organisations:Moments that changed the course of Australia’s pandemic

A midnight email. A Friday-night webinar with a Canadian scientist. A conversation with NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant. In this edited extract of a new book on Australia’s COVID-19 responses,Age journalists pinpoint the intriguing events that helped save tens of thousands of lives in Australia.

  • byAisha Dow andMelissa Cunningham
McGowan ‘made no secret’ of calls to watchdog on emissions guidelines,Cook says

McGowan ‘made no secret’ of calls to watchdog on emissions guidelines,Cook says

The WA premier emphatically supported the state’s resources sector after details emerged of the lengths his predecessor went to in stamping out tough emissions guidelines.

  • byHamish Hastie
West Coast Eagles powerbrokers back Adam Simpson

West Coast Eagles powerbrokers back Adam Simpson

A pair of West Coast powerbrokers have backed Adam Simpson,saying that the Eagles should retain the embattled senior coach for 2024.

  • byJake Niall
Cook says WA COVID response vindicated as review heaps praise on government

Cook says WA COVID response vindicated as review heaps praise on government

The report was not a forensic deep dive into the response,but rather sought to “focus on what worked well and what could be done better in the future”.

  • byHamish Hastie