News Articles for Bill Shorten

South Australia will put up $50 million and has called on the next federal government to commit $100 million to help save Arrium's troubled Whyalla steelworks.

Parents won't be getting a schoolkids bonus after July, no matter who wins the federal election.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has pledged an extra $60 million to fix mobile phone black spots; boosting the program Tony Abbott announced in the previous election campaign to $220 million.

Bill Shorten is trying to woo Perth commuters with a $1 billion pledge for the Metronet urban rail project, which WA Labor says will cost $2.5 billion but the WA Liberals have labelled as pork-barrelling.

The federal government has deferred introduction of the so-called backpacker tax in a bid to rid the issue as an election irritant in rural and regional seats.

Newly appointed Labor candidate for Fremantle, Josh Wilson, says he sympathises with the man he has replaced in what he has described as extraordinary circumstances.

Labor candidate Chris Brown reportedly could be disendorsed for the seat of Fremantle due to undisclosed convictions from the 1980s.

Federal Labor has pledged to hold a royal commission into misconduct in the banking and financial services sectors if the government ignores its call for an inquiry.

Clive Palmer has promised to rehire 550 workers facing the axe at his troubled north Queensland nickel refinery.

WA chief executives are hoping a federal election year and a new direction from Malcolm Turnbull will ignite reforms needed to get the state moving again, according to the latest CEO survey by Business News.

Led by the competent and effective Warren Truss, the Nationals emerged from the political machinations of 2015 with reputations intact.

Labor and Greens voters are so glad Tony Abbott's gone they are indicating their support for Malcolm Turnbull. But will this support transfer to the ballot box?

Australia's incoming chief scientist believes the country should work towards zero emission energy generation and must consider nuclear as part of the mix.

The majority of Australian home owners will be hit with higher mortgage repayments after the country's big four banks hiked their interest rates.

Economic growth in the southern suburbs, including a $300 million expansion of Cockburn Gateway Shopping City, hinges on a $290 million road project being put forward by the cities of Armadale and

Despite the Liberals' big margin in Canning, the government is taking nothing for granted as the by-election nears.

Two years on from Tony Abbott's decisive win over Labor, voters are puzzled.

Colin Barnett has set the scene for an industrial stoush with his proposed changes to Sunday penalty rates.

The Canning by-election will test the leadership of both the PM and opposition leader.

Political parties' focus on the polls, and winning power for its own sake, have led to an absence of mature policy debate in Australia.

The findings of the royal commission into unions, particularly as they apply to Labor leader Bill Shorten, may yet extract a political price.

One crucial question was missing from the excellent TV documentary The Killing Season, and it goes to the heart of the matter.

The first two weeks of sittings by the new Senate have only added to the uncertainty surrounding the government's legislative agenda.

Western Australian voters will return to the polls tomorrow for a Senate election re-run which could have major consequences for the federal government's legislative agenda.

There's an easy fix for the busted Senate preference system currently in operation, but little political will to take the first step.

Three business lobby groups with large representation in Western Australia have presented a united front to urge the Senate to repeal both the mining and carbon taxes.

Labor leader Bill Shorten has named his opposition ministry, with WA MPs Gary Gray and Melissa Parke awarded the resources and assistant health portfolios respectively.

Federal Labor's leadership ballot, which will involve rank-and-file members for the first time, has the capacity to make or break the party – including in Western Australia.

Fair Work Australia could be given greater powers to resolve mining industry pay disputes, and improve flexibility for carers, under changes proposed in a review of the Fair Work Act.

THE Australian Securities Dealers Association has criticised new Commonwealth regulations that prevent 450 financial service businesses from paying standard brokerage fees to their advisers.

REAL estate veteran Paul Conti has a goal that is shared by people working in many industries – he wants to elevate the standing of his profession.