Bill Shorten is promising voters billions of extra dollars for health and bigger personal income tax cuts for low income workers if Labor wins the next election.
Western Australia has recorded the largest percentage increase in net overseas migration in Australia, but its population growth was the third lowest in the country.
The prime minister has defended the timing of his government's migration intake announcement, despite it occurring days after the Christchurch terrorist attacks.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has pledged an additional $110 million in new healthcare projects in Western Australia, adding to a string of spending promises ahead of the federal election due in May.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ramped up his attack on Labor's plan to lift wages, accusing Bill Shorten of forcing business to sack people to give others pay rises.
Mortgage brokers will continue receiving trail commissions beyond 2020 under a federal coalition government, with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg revealing a plan to scrap them has been dropped.
One of the leading Liberal Party of Australia pre-selection candidates for Curtin, Celia Hammond, has already come under fire from former Subcontractors WA chair Louise Stewart, who is likely to run as an independent candidate for the seat.
The banking sector has been told it "must change forever" for forcing the Australian community to pay an immense financial and emotional price over many years.
Opinion: A federal Labor government would change the political dynamic between Canberra and WA for the better, but all relationships need careful management.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has promised Western Australia a legislated floor in GST payments, saying Labor is on a unity ticket with the Coalition to deliver a fairer carve-up.
Labor leader Bill Shorten has backed down from his ‘captain's call' to roll back company tax cuts for businesses with turnovers between $10 million and $50 million a year, after a leadership meeting today.
WA Labor MP Anne Aly claims that a letter from the Egyptian embassy regarding her citizenship has “put the matter to rest" following concerns surrounding her eligibility for parliament.
Federal Labor has effectively committed to end live sheep exports with its agriculture spokesman, Joel Fitzgibbon, telling an Adelaide radio station the party does not believe there is a future for the sector.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten today pledged $241 million to extend the Armadale suburban rail line to Byford, bringing federal Labor's infrastructure commitments in the state to $1.2 billion.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten confirmed today that $700 million of federal money will be provided for a train line to Ellenbrook in Perth's north-east if Labor wins the next national election.
Western Australian indigenous and community leaders are pleading with the prime minister to urgently expand cashless welfare card rollouts, releasing a graphic video depicting "war zone" conditions across the state.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has dismissed as "complete and utter waffle" Western Australian federal Labor MPs' submission to an inquiry into the GST.
OPINION: The formation of the Put Western Australia First Party has raised the stakes over tax reform, with the Liberals and Labor on notice that Senate seats may come under threat unless something tangible is done to resolve the GST impasse.
Federal Labor is having a bet each way on the government's new billion-dollar bank levy, backing its introduction but supporting a banker's call for a public inquiry.
New Liberal Party WA leader Mike Nahan has written to Bill Shorten asking for his commitment to a GST floor, saying the federal Labor leader cannot be a spectator on the issue.
The state's businesses leaders are optimistic about improved conditions in the year ahead, according to feedback from the annual Business News chief executive survey, with tax reform identified as a priority issue whichever party is in government after the March poll.
Western Australia is unlikely to pocket a larger share of the GST pie before its voters go to the polls early in 2017 after Treasurer Scott Morrison warned any change in the distribution formula would be made gradually and was "down the track".
Malcolm Turnbull will be returned as prime minister, according to renowned election analyst Antony Green, as postal vote flows strongly favour the coalition parties and three lower house independents have offered him supply and confidence.
The cities of Armadale and Cockburn are renewing a push for federal funding of a $160 million new bridge linking Armadale and North Lake roads, with local jobs and a near-$300 million expansion of Cockburn Gateway Shopping Centre hinging on the commitment.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten says a Labor government would review the NBN Company board in the wake of questions about the impartiality of its chairman.
