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Security agencies are facing questions about their threat detection ability after admitting they had no intelligence on the man accused of attacking Helen Haines.

From the Hill: When you're a politician with the name Punch, you'd expect to become a target from time to time.

Councils behaving badly continue to cost ratepayers.

The lead-up to a triple child homicide put the government under enormous pressure.

UPDATED: A local man known to police has been arrested over the alleged attack on independent Victorian MP Helen Haines.

A $4 billion low carbon iron plant earmarked for the Pilbara has been greenlit by Commonwealth regulators, clearing the path for final approval.

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter has called for an audit of security arrangements at the offices of all 96 state politicians following the attack on Victorian independent Helen Haines.

The estimated cost of decommissioning the Cliff Head oilfield off Dongara has fallen by $34 million, but industry may still be on the hook for a $166 million bill.

In Labor Party circles the name Curtin is revered and celebrated, which poses another question about the Cook government's contentious plan to merge the tertiary institution - named after Australia's war-time prime minster - with two other universities.

Australian underwater drones capable of carrying sea mines and supplies will take part in a major AUKUS military exercise.

The Coalition is mulling conflicting demands on whether to back the EU-Australia trade deal.

Premier Roger Cook has launched an investment prospectus, to invite more renewable energy players to invest in the state, to kick off an international conference held in Perth.

Greenpeace insists protestors arrested for scaling Woodside's Scarborough platform over the weekend were acting peacefully, as it ramps up its campaign against the gas giant.

A Greens senator being investigated over accusations about his conduct towards women says he is the victim of a years-long smear campaign coming from within his party.

The federal government has been told to dump the WA GST deal and hike consumption taxes to future-proof the nation.

A green group challenging former environment minister Reece Whitby's approval of Woodside's North West Shelf expansion has failed in a last ditch bid to bolster its case.

The state government claims revenue raised from new parking bays at Elizabeth Quay will respond to rising concerns about increased traffic in the area.

Albany stalwart and former mayor Dennis Wellington has died suddenly aged 77.

The RBA has assured that a $20 billion hole in its finances will not hamper its inflation-fighting abilities.

Australia risks squandering its window of opportunity to shape the direction of artificial intelligence, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.

Alcoa's global CEO says the company may have to make ‘harder decisions', if it does not secure new WA environmental approvals in the first six months of next year.

Department of Health director general Shirley Bowen will retire in February after almost three years in the role, with the state on the hunt again to fill the critical role.

From the Hill: The WA government wants Deloitte to return some of the money it was paid to produce a cost benefit analysis around university mergers.

The Coalition will push for amendments to the federal government's domestic gas reservation policy to ensure it does not discourage investment.

After weeks of damaging headlines, the WA government has finally ordered an inquest into the deaths of three children, whose family had multiple interactions with state authorities before being murdered by their mother.

China's new ambassador has taken a veiled swipe at Australia's treatment of Chinese investments.

Greens senator Jordon Steele-John has taken leave amid an investigation into complaints made against the Western Australian politician.

Police Minister Reece Whitby has raised concerns about a Deloitte report into the cost benefits of merging three of Western Australia's universities into one.

Economists say the Reserve Bank's case to hike interest rates on Melbourne Cup Day has been weakened, following fresh data showing the jobless rate held at a near five-year high of 4.7 per cent in September.

MyPlace group general manager Darren Bee warns of policy stifling ambition in Australia.

WA's civil construction industry has rubbished suggestions Westport and the Henderson defence precinct can't be built at the same time.