Political leadership
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Roger Cook
WA seeks bigger voice in Canberra with new ‘embassy’
The office would work like the state’s overseas trade missions and would provide a permanent base for government officials and advocacy groups on “team WA” to “disrupt the thinking in Canberra that holds us back”.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Indigenous Voice
Voice paradox starting to take political toll on Albanese
Labor has lost support at a time of huge division over its pledge to find a new way to end Indigenous disadvantage.
- by David Crowe
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Indigenous Voice
Albanese pays price as Voice support slips again
Voters have cut their support for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after a fierce political dispute over the Indigenous Voice, slashing his net performance rating from 16 to just 2 percentage points over the past month.
- by David Crowe
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State Parliament
The great political split: Latham and Hanson were never going to last
Labor turncoat Mark Latham overpromised and under-delivered for One Nation. It is little wonder Pauline Hanson has turned on him.
- by Alexandra Smith
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One Nation
Latham axed as One Nation leader, blames Hanson for ‘bizarre’ takeover
A spokesperson for federal One Nation leader Pauline Hanson confirmed the party has a new NSW executive and Mark Latham is not a member of that executive.
- by Olivia Ireland, Alexandra Smith and Anthony Segaert
Analysis
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Which state in Australia has the most political power?
NSW and Victoria have long competed to be Australia’s most consequential state. But economic and population changes, along with the pandemic’s influence on state power, have shaken things up.
- by James Massola
Minister refuses to confirm scrapping of controversial WA Aboriginal heritage laws
Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson said he was not denying the controversial Act would be scrapped, amid reports that Premier Roger Cook would be making the announcement early next week.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Opinion
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Why Trumpism failed here, despite Morrison giving it a red-hot go
Trumpism wasn’t an Australian outfit; it was an American fashion that we tried on briefly, but shrugged off and left on fitting room floor.
- by Peter Hartcher
One less regional electorate, one more for Perth in voting district shake-up
Moore and North West Central will be merged into one electorate to be called Mid West, while in Perth’s south, the Oakford electorate will take in several suburbs including Anketell, Aubin Grove, Banjup and Forrestdale.
- by Daile Cross
Opinion
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As teal seats harden against Liberals, Dutton markets himself as Prime Minister for Queensland
The response from the Liberal hard right to the threat of a schism which 2022 portended has been a redoubling of efforts to purge moderates from the party by stripping them of their pre-selections. It won’t win the teal seats back.
- by Niki Savva
Opinion
Chris Minns
Real or perceived, cronyism will shake confidence in Minns government
Accusations of “jobs for the boys” have been directed at the NSW government. Just because the Coalition did it, too, does not make it OK.
- by Alexandra Smith