Western Australian politics
Latest news and comment on Western Australian politics
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Albanese calls on One Nation to dump candidate who called single mothers 'ugly and lazy'WA candidate David Archibald wrote ‘these are women too lazy to attract and hold a mate, undoing the work of possibly three million years of evolutionary pressure’
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Fourth Queensland LNP member Michael Pucci defects to One NationFormer Newman government MP joins Hanson’s party as campaign director as pressure mounts for LNP to reveal any preference deal with One Nation
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Liberals face wipeout in key Western Australian seat, polling showsLabor is leading 58-42 on two-party preferred vote in Joondalup, one of nine seats that need to change hands for the ALP to win 11 March state election
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Indigenous man filmed with whole-body tremors days after being tasered by policeClifton Wayne Penny was tasered while being arrested in Perth. Prison advocate Mervyn Eades has released video of him in hospital more than a week later
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Dean Smith: prospect of a parliamentary vote on marriage equality 'brighter than ever'Interview: The independent-minded Liberal senator bangs the drum for authenticity in politics, says the use of plebiscites is dead in Australia and that a conscience vote on same-sex marriage is ‘consistent with the customs’ of his party
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George Brandis to face inquiry into actions over Bell Group scandalSenate votes for inquiry which will examine whether there was a deal between the federal and WA governments which cost the tax office $300m
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WA must embrace dawn of renewable energy era or risk being left behindWestern Australia could become a renewable energy superpower – if the government halts LNG expansion plans and creates an innovation fund
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John Howard backs Liberal preference deal with One Nation in WA