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Western Australia's borders will finally reopen on Saturday after seven long months, with Premier Mark McGowan declaring the time is right.

Australia will focus on bringing a growing list of people stranded overseas home before considering allowing international students into the country again.

A special investigator will be appointed to assess potential war crimes charges stemming from allegations against Australian special forces in Afghanistan.

Elderly people, aged care employees and health workers will be first in line to receive coronavirus vaccines with the first jabs expected in March.

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg insists existing workplace laws will protect older workers from being sacked and replaced with subsidised young jobseekers.

Western Australian Nationals MP Jacqui Boydell says she has experienced bullying, threats and intimidation within her own party.

Christou Design Group has secured work on two early childhood facilities worth $5 million, while Oldfield Knott Architects and DWA Architects have also won state government contracts.

The government is considering changes to limit stockpiling and waste levy avoidance in the construction and demolition recycling industry.

Government, the public, and businesses need to work together to turn WA’s poor recycling record around.

Australians could start receiving coronavirus vaccinations from March next year with sophisticated eskies set to transport the leading candidate.

A parliamentary battle looms on safeguards in the Morrison government's hiring scheme for young workers.

Could the battle to replace the dogged incumbent representing WA’s lone coalmining town be a harbinger of the Labor Party’s fortunes?

The state's health minister is confident the state will still be able to hold large events including music festivals once the hard borders come down.

The construction arm of BGC Australia will deliver forward works on the state government’s $13.1 million radiation oncology unit in Albany.

Clive Palmer's legal battle with Premier Mark McGowan has continued just days after the High Court struck out his hard border challenge.

Applications for the state government’s exploration incentives drilling grants have surged by more than 50 per cent in its latest round.

Scott Morrison says confidence is returning and Australia is well on its way to recovery, but concedes life is still tough for many people.

Attorney General Christian Porter has rejected claims he was involved with a ministerial staffer after allegedly being seen at a Canberra bar.

Unemployed Australians will soon receive $100 less per fortnight as coronavirus supplements are extended at a reduced rate.

Scott Morrison says two ministers who were the subject of a Four Corners program about a misogynistic culture in Canberra did not breach his code of conduct.

Parry and Rosenthal Architects will design a $5.3 million performing arts centre at Dianella Secondary College, while Carabiner secured its third state government contract for the month.

Trade Minister Simon Birmingham is leaving the door open to taking China to the World Trade Organisation over barriers to Australian goods.

Western Australia will start banning single-use plastics within three years, while more households will transition to the FOGO three-bin system in 2020-21, the state government has announced.

Ben Small has won a Liberal Party preselection to fill the senate casual vacancy created by the resignation of Mathias Cormann, while a challenge to government whip Dean Smith fell desperately short.

The Reserve Bank board is not contemplating any further interest rate reductions after slicing the cash rate to a wafer thin 0.1 per cent.

Perth-based Carabiner will design $4 million worth of school projects, including a new kindergarten centre in Thornlie and a school upgrade in West Byford.

Exporters are being urged to spread their risk in case China officially suspends imports of various Australian products.

Premier Mark McGowan has heralded his state's High Court victory over Clive Palmer as a big win for all Australians.

Manufacturing of the first coronavirus vaccine for Australians will start in Melbourne next week.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has ramped up the pressure on her interstate counterparts in WA and Queensland.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has hosed down speculation China is planning further trade sanctions on Australian products.

Six local government bodies have partnered on a proof-of-concept plan to better connect Fremantle and Murdoch, encouraging greater use of public transport.