News Articles for Dorinda Cox

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended Western Australian senator Dorinda Cox in the wake of her shock defection from The Greens to Labor, backing her to toe the party line.

Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston has been accused of mansplaining in a fiery sparring match with federal Liberal senators Dean Smith and Linda Reynolds during a Perth Mint probe.

Support for constitutional change is firming in business and political circles despite hesitancy in some quarters to take a stance on the issue.

Perth company Perdaman has started work on one of WA's largest projects after gaining backing from Global Infrastructure Partners, the same group that backed Woodside's Pluto gas project.

Business News asked five celebrated women about their career journeys, challenges and future plans.

A candidate backed by billionaire Clive Palmer will join the Senate crossbench following the declaration of the vote count in Victoria and Western Australia.

Calls for the state government to rethink its process on an indigenous heritage bill are growing, with criticism from both the federal Greens and WA Liberals today.

The state government will introduce its landmark Aboriginal heritage bill to parliament today despite strong opposition from major Aboriginal groups.

Western Australia's premier has joined with the mining sector in dismissing calls for stronger federal oversight of Aboriginal cultural heritage.

Western Australian Liberal Slade Brockman has been sworn in as the new Senate president.

Former police officer and Indigenous social justice campaigner Dorinda Cox has been confirmed to fill a Western Australian Senate vacancy for the Greens.