Bridget McKenzie

Telstra will build 23 of the 26 new mobile base stations and small cells to be delivered in Western Australia, as part of the fourth round of a government initiative to improve mobile coverage in regional and remote communities.

Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan has quit cabinet today and thrown his support behind former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce, who has announced plans to seek leadership of the National Party tomorrow. It follows the resignation of deputy Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie yesterday and Greens leader Richard Di Natale today.

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has repelled a leadership challenge from Barnaby Joyce, emerging victorious in a party room ballot this morning, while Adam Bandt has been elected unopposed as Greens leader following the resignation of Richard Di Natale.

Nationals MPs Keith Pitt and Darren Chester have been elevated to federal cabinet in a ministerial reshuffle.

All sports projects which merited funding but missed out under the so-called "sports rorts" program should be funded, an inquiry has recommended.

A plan to allow Australia's renewable energy agency to invest in non-renewable technologies has been shot down in the Senate.

Barnaby Joyce's decision to dump resources minister Keith Pitt from the federal cabinet is bad news for Western Australia, writes Peter Kennedy.

Australians are facing a renewed push to receive coronavirus vaccinations after new advice strongly recommending AstraZeneca for all adults in Sydney.

Regional telecommunications are set for a boost with the announcement of 14 new telecommunications towers jointly funded by the state and federal governments.

Ministers are standing by government grants spending, which would face public scrutiny under Labor's proposed "anti-rorting" bill before parliament.

The federal government says 85 per cent of its promised support from the devastating bushfires of 2019/20 has been delivered.

A survey of government backbenchers found 12 support the 2050 net-zero emissions target being pushed by the prime minister and his treasurer.

WA mining magnate Andrew Forrest has slammed the state government for “dithering” on green hydrogen, days after unveiling plans to build a $1 billion green hydrogen hub in Queensland.

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

The trade minister says an improvement in the trade relationship with Beijing is welcome as the first coal shipment in years awaits Chinese customs clearance.

Changes to the safeguard mechanism putting a hard cap on pollution from big emitters have passed the Senate with the support of the Greens and crossbenchers.

Former WA bureaucrat Reece Waldock is one of three transport experts drafted in by the federal government to review its infrastructure pipeline and set new priorities.

The Senate has voted to establish the Indigenous Voice referendum, setting in motion the timeline for the public poll later this year.

The agriculture minister has confirmed the Chinese customs agency will reinstate barley producers CBH and Emerald Grain to the approved list of exporters.

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says there are serious cultural deficiencies at Qantas, which lost a court appeal over the sacking of thousands of workers.

As calls mount for Qantas boss Richard Goyder to resign, Qatar Airways has revealed what happened when it asked the Albanese government for extra flights.

A parliamentary committee examining the Albanese government's blocking of additional Qatar Airways flights will grill senior bureaucrats about what they knew.

Former state MP and prominent live sheep export ban critic Paul Brown will lead the Nationals’ senate ticket in Western Australia for next year’s federal election.