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Trish Cook, Kate Hulett and Vince Connelly are running in key battleground seats.

FEDERAL ELECTION 2025PremiumKey WA seats to watch as the Federal election looms

Voters in a handful of WA electorates could decide the fate of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton at the May 3 election.

Katina Curtis and Caitlyn Rintoul

It will be an election largely fought on the cost of living, and both Labor and the Coalition will be hoping voters buy into their plans.

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsPremiumBuoyed by budget, PM expected to call election ‘imminently’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to use post-budget momentum to call an election as soon as today for a May 3 poll, in what is expected to be a cost-of-living-focused campaign.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Katina Curtis

Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSLabor’s non-compete clause ban ‘could harm business’

Industry groups say Labor’s ban on non-compete clauses unveiled in the Federal Budget on Tuesday could harm small businesses and is a ‘heavy handed’ measure.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Pensioners and concession cardholders will still pay $7.70 for PBS medicines, with that price locked in until 2030.

BudgetAffordable healthcare heart of Chalmers’ Budget

Australians struggling with the cost of medicines and seeing a doctor are among the big winners of Labor’s fourth Budget as it further pushed its health credentials on Tuesday.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Curtin MP Kate Chaney has declared she will not be beholden to lobby groups following a fierce ultimatum by grassroots campaign Keep the Sheep. 

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsPremiumKate Chaney says Keep the Sheep’s ultimatum ‘inappropriate’

Curtin MP Kate Chaney has declared she will not be beholden to lobby groups after being targeted by a fierce ultimatum by grassroots campaign Keep the Sheep. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Peter Dutton addressed the Lowy Institute in Sydney on Thursday. NewsWire / Nikki Short

‘Weak’ recordPremiumDutton vows to mend ties with US, China and allies

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has vowed to mend relations with the United States, Israel and China if elected, slamming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for his ‘weak’ international record.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Curtin MP Kate Chaney is under pressure to make her stance on the live export ban clear to WA farmers, who are threatening to wage war against her. 

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Chaney faces live export ultimatum from Keep the Sheep

Curtin MP Kate Chaney is under pressure to make her stance on the live export ban clear to WA farmers, who are threatening to wage war against her. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Richard Marles' Geelong office has been attacked.

FEDERAL POLITICS‘War crimes start here’: Deputy PM’s office attacked

Vandals have attacked the office of Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, spraying graffiti across numerous windows and smashing the glass entrance.

Max Corstorphan and Caitlyn Rintoul

The mining industry could be “crippled” by a “concerted effort to dismantle the system”, Andrew Michelmore says.

PILBARA UNIONS CommentsMining sector warns IR changes ‘dismantling’ productivity

Australia’s mining sector is facing a ‘concerted effort’ to dismantle a productive industrial relations system and drag the industry back to an ‘era of strikes, inefficiency, and industrial confrontation’.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumTreasurer Jim Chalmers reveals five budget priorities

Vowing to deliver a ‘responsible Budget’ on March 25, Dr Chalmers said the Albanese Government’s economic plan over its first term had been ‘deliberate’ and was working. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Ian Goodenough and Peter Dutton.

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The West Australian exclusive
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Goodenough snubs both major parties in preferences

The Moore MP has ruled out preferencing major parties at the upcoming election, saying he will leave his how-to-vote cards open as an independent. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers speaks to media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, February 18, 2025. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Federal PoliticsCommentsChalmers considers industry support in face of trade storm

The Treasurer has flagged a greater focus on Australian workers, wages and industry support with Donald Trump’s trade war casting a huge shadow over next week’s Budget.

Katina Curtis, Caitlyn Rintoul and Ellen Ransley