Opinion: When the Liberal Party lost the 2025 WA election it had many excuses for its performance. So, what is the federal Liberal Party's excuse for losing the national election?
ANALYSIS: It's notoriously hard for incumbent governments to win elections in times of economic uncertainty, yet Canada's progressive Liberal party has won. Could Australia be next?
Peter Dutton has pledged to increase Australia's defence spending to 3 per cent of the nation's GDP within a decade if elected next month, in line with US requests.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has pledged $112 million to duplicate congestion-riddled Shelley Bridge, picking up the promise made by the the Liberal Party of WA ahead of the recent the state election.
The latest Roy Morgan polling has pointed to a Labor majority in the May election, with confidence in the ALP its highest in 18 months - while support for the Greens again increased.
Australians wanting to buy their first home and taxpayers looking for cost of living reprieve became the centrepiece of the major parties' pitches over the weekend.
A Coalition government would, if elected, repeal Labor's New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, which leader Peter Dutton described as an unfair tax on families.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton says US President Donald Trump has treated Anthony Albanese with disdain, and vowed to “not give anything away” in any negotiations with the US.
Peter Dutton used a visit to Perth today to bemoan red and green tape delays to resources projects and hint he wasn't as tied to nuclear energy as previously thought.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have clashed in the first leadership debate of the 2025 federal election campaign, with cost of living and housing central to the debate.
Peter Dutton has signalled clearly he does not plan to reverse Labor's controversial workplace relations reforms, including the ‘same job, same pay' laws that have upset the mining industry.
Veterans Affairs Minister Matt Keogh has warned 2,000 public sector jobs in WA would be put at risk should the Coalition implement one of its hallmark policies if it wins government in May.
Anthony Albanese has confirmed, if re-elected, he would revamp controversial nature positive laws, introducing an independent environment watchdog and overhauling approvals processes.
A former adviser to the WA agriculture minister has been selected to run as Labor candidate for Forrest in the upcoming election, as the prime minister revealed Australia will head to the polls on May 3.
Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton has used his budget reply speech to spruik four bills a Coalition government would introduce on the first day of parliament, if elected.
The Liberal Party of Australia has pledged to fast track approval of the North West Shelf project in Karratha, if elected in the upcoming federal election.
Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton knocked back suggestions that the Liberal Party would do poorly in the state, following Labor's success in the WA election.
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong used a Business News breakfast event to double down on the importance of Southeast Asia in Australia's path navigating the fallout of US tariffs.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called the US tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium “entirely unjustified”, while confirming retaliatory tariffs would not be imposed on US imports.
Peter Dutton appears to be kicking with the wind behind his back, with multiple opinion polls showing the Albanese government could be on the nose with voters as an election nears.
A nuclear energy advocacy group backed by entrepreneur Dick Smith will bring 2023 Miss America winner Grace Stanke to Perth this month, in a bid to win public support.
Peter Dutton has made a personal pitch to voters and promised to rein in government spending at the coalition's first campaign rally ahead of the federal election.
ANALYSIS: Collie's omission from the modelling that guides the federal opposition's $331 billion nuclear plan highlights the ‘otherness' of the state's electricity grid.
Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton claims a $331 billion plan to rollout nuclear energy across Australia will save taxpayers as much as $263 billion compared with renewables.
