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.
Brittany Higgins' partner David Sharaz has failed to secure a bond to recover costs to be spent in the defamation action launched by WA Senator Linda Reynolds.
A lawyer for Brittany Higgins' fiancé has started to counter WA Senator Linda Reynolds' defamation allegation, claiming it is "a drop in the ocean of publicity", during a court hearing.
The Western Australian senator is suing Brittany Higgins over two social media posts as well as claiming the former staffer breached a non-disparagement clause from 2021.
Senator Linda Reynolds is suing Brittany Higgins' partner David Sharaz, the second writ about defamation claims that she lodged in the Supreme Court of Western Australia this month.
Senator Linda Reynolds is taking a national publisher and author to the state's highest court, alleging defamatory content in a book about former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Linda Reynolds has backflipped on the need for gender-based quotas in the Liberal Party, conceding they should be considered after the party's worst federal election defeat in four decades.
A report launched as part of a campaign by Australia's peak disability services sector body has assumed a multiplier of 2.25 for the $23 billion spent annually through the NDIS.
People with disability will have access to dedicated vaccination hubs in central locations as the Morrison government tries to speed up the rollout across the sector.
Perth-based design consultancy SITE Planning + Design has lodged plans to undertake $102 million worth of wharf upgrades at lots leased by defence contractor BAE Systems.
Michaelia Cash will be attorney-general, Linda Reynolds will take responsibility for the NDIS, and Christian Porter will be industry minister, after a federal cabinet reshuffle today.
Delaying a decision on moving full-cycle docking for the Collins class submarines to Western Australia increases the risk to the capability, a Senate hearing has been told.
Senior government ministers have rejected claims vital decisions in the defence sector are on hold due to Defence Minister Linda Reynolds extending her leave.
Scott Morrison has conceded his defence minister should have told him about an alleged rape in Parliament House without identifying the woman involved.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is sorry a former Liberal staffer feels he has been victim-blaming in response to her allegations of being raped at Parliament House.
The state government has continued efforts to bring full-cycle docking of Australia's Collins-class submarines to WA, much to the chagrin of the federal government.
Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has rejected the basis of anti-dumping duties imposed by China on Australian wine imports and said the Australian government would fight the claims.
The state government has intensified its lobbying for full-cycle docking with a national television, newspaper and radio advertising campaign aimed at bringing the work to WA.