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Tony Abbott's paid parental leave scheme is "expensive" and will be the most generous in the world but it's money well spent, Malcolm Turnbull says.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says it makes long-term strategic and economic sense to move the navy's main east coast base from Sydney to Brisbane.

Colin Barnett is in danger of losing the PR battle over the reasons he's asking Western Australians to tighten their belts.

Cedar Woods Properties has made its third significant Western Australian land acquisition for the year, adding a 35 hecta

Pressure is mounting on the state government to abandon plans to run light rail down Perth's busiest shopping mall.

Finance Minister Penny Wong doubts a coalition government can deliver a budget surplus without cutting services.

Tony Abbott says the coalition will have more to say about budget savings this week, but maintains the opposition's full costings won't be released until the final week of the campaign.

Kevin Rudd should have stayed gone when his party pushed him from the PM's office, so now it's up to the voters to deliver the message.

Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke has taken aim at the poor standard of political leadership in Australia, which he said was the fundamental barrier to implementing vital economic reforms.

A new medical school will go ahead in Western Australia regardless of whether federal government support is provided, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Human rights group UNICEF is appealing to the state government to reconsider its plan to charge 457 visa holders $4,000 a year to educate their children at public schools.

Seven outstanding Western Australian business and community leaders will go on to represent the state in the 2013 EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards after being announced ascategory winners for the

Treasurer Chris Bowen is putting renewed pressure on the coalition to release its costings after an independent analysis found a $30 billion hole in their figures.

The two men vying for the nation's top job at next month's federal election talked up their infrastructure credentials during their first visits to Western Australia during the campaign.

Kevin Rudd's ‘tax breaks for the Territory' plan has a strong similarity to a proposal by Gina Rinehart that was ridiculed by Labor.

First and second year apprentices across all industries are set to receive phased pay increases of up to 40 per cent over the next two years, following a Fair Work Commission ruling today.

More heat is being applied to Education Minister Peter Collier, with the state opposition demanding an independent inquiry into allegations he tampered with an inquiry into alleged bullying behavio

Tony Abbott says he has instructed the Liberal Party not to accept any more donations from tobacco companies.

Energy Minister Mike Nahan is positive the remerging of energy retailer Synergy and generator Verve will lead to increased competition in the marketplace, but acknowledges the details of how the ‘r

A plywood train is sitting in the Hay Street Mall, part of a council protest against government plans to run the real thing down the middle of the city's shopping malls.

Economic growth is expected to remain below trend well into the new year as Australia struggles to transition away from being a mining focused economy.

A leading business group is unimpressed at how the federal election campaign has shaped up after what had been a promising start.

Western Australia is destined for further skills shortages and a reliance on temporary migrants despite the slowdown of work on major resources projects.

Government failures at James Price Point can teach us many lessons, around long-term planning, due process and adapting to change.

Greens leader Christine Milne has warned the botched approvals process for James Price Point is a sign of things to come under a coalition plan to return environmental decision-making powers to the

It's not easy being an optimist these days, which is why an outbreak of confidence about Australia at investment bank Morgan Stanley is worth analysing – it just could change your plans for the fut

Premier Colin Barnett's push to keep the Browse gas project onshore has suffered another blow, with lead proponent Woodside recommending, as expected, the construction of a floating offshore plant

Premier Colin Barnett says he's received clarification of the federal coalition's paid parental leave plan and the state will cooperate with it.

The debate around Liberal leader Tony Abbott's paid parental leave scheme is another example of how it often takes someone on the wrong side of the political divide to achieve things.

Those who made the initial decision on the solar feed-in tariff should have been more switched on to community sentiment.

Opposition leader Tony Abbott says the coalition will contribute more than $600 million towards the $840 million Swan Valley Bypass project if it wins government at next month's federal election.