The State Government is providing $10.8m to aid Albany’s transition away from mains gas, with most of the cash going towards converting the city’s social housing
Claire Middleton
At least one billion litres of new storage would be delivered under a coalition plan to shore up national fuel security and protect "Australians' way of life".
Tess Ikonomou
UK parliamentarians will vote on whether to refer the prime minister to an inquiry to consider if he misled MPs over Peter Mandelson's appointment as an envoy.
Staff Writers
WA has fallen behind all other mainland States in the uptake of the Federal Government’s home energy upgrade scheme, which has reached the 10,000 upgrades milestone.
Oliver Lane
The words ‘decentralisation’ and ‘infrastructure’ are beloved of politicians in a massive State like WA. But too often the words are thrown about without the details required to give them any substance.
Roger Cook will unveil his vision for seven regional cities to propel WA’s economy and will use hundreds of millions of dollars from WA’s mining giants to foot almost a third of the bill for more housing.
Jessica Page
It has been 30 years since the mass shooting that shocked Australia and spurred the overhaul of the country’s gun laws.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
The Australian Army has overlooked a locally developed long-range strike weapon, instead selecting an US-made product despite concerns the Pentagon could limit exports of its missiles during the Iran war.
Andrew Greene
The Coalition has unveiled its $800m plan to secure fuel reserves and provide an additional 1bn litres of storage, amid ongoing fallout from the Middle East conflict.
Emma Kirk
Australia’s minimum fuel reserves would more than double to give the country more breathing space in future fuel shocks under new rules the Coalition wants adopted from next year.
Katina Curtis
The ‘reset’ of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is the latest example of Labor coming back to fix the things that were stupidly rushed in the final days of the Gillard government.
ISIS brides attempting to make their way back to Australia with several children have been given a stern warning.
Katina Curtis and Andrew Greene
The military community has backed one of the country’s most senior officers after he highlighted the importance of ‘freedom of expression’ following the booing of the Indigenous welcome to country on Anzac Day.
A Labor senator has sparked outrage after posting a now-deleted Anzac tribute video overlaid with sexually explicit rap lyrics on her Instagram.
Kate Stephenson
An international student’s death has reignited calls for reform and scrutiny of policy failures after he died while sleeping rough in Sydney’s CBD.
Calls are growing for the WA Government to establish a 20 million litre diesel reserve in Albany, with local leaders saying the Great Southern has been overlooked in the State’s fuel security strategy.
Amy Towers
More than $1 billion has been pledged to fix roads and potholes across Australia's second-most-populous state, but riders and advocates argue it's not enough.
Allanah Sciberras and Callum Godde
Perth motorists will be able to fill up their tanks for as little as 153 cents a litre on Tuesday as fuel prices continue to drop around the city.
The future of Albany’s only alternative urgent-care medical service hangs in the balance, as its funding stream ends on June 30 and the Federal Government considers shifting funding focus elsewhere.
Jacki Elezovich
A Tasmanian senator is facing criticism for posting an Anzac Day tribute with a rap song underneath.
Ben McKay
The Army veteran and Whadjuk Noongar elder who was booed during a Welcome to Country at Perth’s Anzac Day service says she was ‘mortified’ but won’t back down, as Roger Cook defended the tradition.
A whopping $1.4 billion will be pumped into connecting Perth’s power grid to wind farms in the State’s south-west as part of Labor’s pledge to supply ‘cheaper, cleaner’ green energy.
The 30th anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre has renewed conversations around gun reform and whether caps on weapons should be implemented.
Ethan James
Defiant residents have vowed their fight is “far from over” after McDonalds secured a huge court win allowing them to build on the “coolest” Aussie street.
Tia Clarkson-Pascoe
