Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s promise to shut down the Clean Energy Finance Corporation has cast doubt on $400 million worth of loans to businesses in Western Australia.
Tony Abbott sacked three department heads within minutes of being sworn in as prime minister but one of the nation's most influential public servants, Martin Parkinson, defied speculation and retai
Western Australia's prized AAA credit rating was cut today, with ratings agency Standard & Poor's criticising the Barnett government's "limited political will" to improve its budget.
The Australian Greens say the coalition government's plan to shut down the Clean Energy Finance Corporation will wreck job opportunities in the renewable energy sector.
The search is on for a new director general for the Department of Planning following Eric Lumsden’s resignation from the role.Mr Lumsden was appointed as the director general in 2008.
Plans to charge $4,000 per year for the children of 457 visa holders attending Western Australian public schools have been watered down after a backlash over the budget-boosting measure.
Federal Labor’s leadership ballot, which will involve rank-and-file members for the first time, has the capacity to make or break the party – including in Western Australia.
Three Western Australian politicians have been named in Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott's new ministry, with two others receiving posts in the outer ministry.
Canberra's mid-year budget update, usually released at the end of the year, may be delayed until early 2014 by the incoming federal coalition government.
The continued cooling of the mining industry is being blamed for Western Australia's rising unemployment rate, which has jumped to a seasonally adjusted rate of 5 per cent.
An internet petition set up by a Liberal-voting student to save Labor's national broadband network has become Australia's largest ever online petition.
The federal government's leading employment index fell for an eighth consecutive month in September, pointing to below trend jobs growth in coming months.
Business confidence has soared to its highest level in more than two years, helped by lower interest rates and more certainty about the outcome of the federal election.
The latest round of vote counting shows the Liberal-National coalition ahead in 87 seats, giving it a big majority, but with maverick billionaire Clive Palmer on track to enter federal parliament