Kate Chaney

Anglicare WA’s Kate Chaney boasts an impressively diverse resume, but a recent experience led her to realise a challenge that faces all her peers.

Kate Chaney has backed real-time declaration of, and a lower disclosure threshold for, political donations as she seeks to win the blue-ribbon seat of Curtin at the next federal election.

WA appears set for a political makeover at the next federal election, with tax reform, integrity measures and action on climate change confronting whichever party forms government.

Universal childcare offers the potential for more women to enter the workforce

Labor’s top recruit for Christian Porter’s old seat poured thousands of dollars on online advertising last week, while two at-risk Liberal MPs shored up their position with a spate of Facebook ads.

Labor dominated Facebook and Instagram feeds across WA last week, trumping the Liberal Party's social media advertising outlay in the state by a nearly two-to-one margin.

The Forrest family's philanthropic outfit upped its Facebook and Instagram advertising spend in WA last week as the major parties increasingly lean on memes to make their case on social media.

Three candidates with diverse backgrounds line up to contest three diverse electorates in WA that could be crucial to the outcome of the May poll.

Liberal, Labor and independent candidates fight for the seat of Curtin in a live Business News debate.

ANALYSIS: The prime minister has made WA the target of his final full day on the campaign trail. Was it a desperate attempt to hold on to three seats, or did he just need to shore up support?

Curtin has succumb to the teal wave with Kate Chaney claiming victory in the blue-ribbon seat in Perth's western suburbs.

During her first speech, a newly elected independent MP has urged parliament to be more collaborative and open to trying new approaches.

The Albanese government has agreed to a number of changes to its climate laws, securing Greens support to get them through parliament.

Kate Chaney has conditionally backed the ongoing use of gas in the path to net zero while panning the business case for Woodside's Scarborough project as overly optimistic.

Climate 200 was far and away the largest single donor to Kate Chaney’s successful election campaign, with returns showing more than half her donations came courtesy of the fund.

Senior editor Mark Pownall explains what makes a commercially successful biotechnology business in WA.

Losing a seat in a costly by-election is an unforced error the Liberals can ill afford.

Support for constitutional change is firming in business and political circles despite hesitancy in some quarters to take a stance on the issue.

Independent member for Curtin Kate Chaney has announced she will run again in the next federal election, while firing a shot at the Liberal Party.

Former Nationals leader Mia Davies and Walkley award winning journalist Matt Moran have been preselected to contest the seat of Bullwinkel at the next federal election.

An independent group has found its candidate for Nedlands in the upcoming state election, after being inspired by the 'teal' success with Kate Chaney.

Independents and lobby groups have rallied against donation caps introduced as part of a bipartisan deal pushed through parliament this morning.

OPINION: Somewhere between doing nothing and allowing a free-for-all, there is a way to make apartment developments work well.

Premier Roger Cook insists WA will push back against its federal counterpart if needed, with the North West Shelf project being the latest subject the two governments disagreed on.

Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court used an address at the National Press Club to criticise the major parties and Clive Palmer, and praise independents.

Liberal candidate Tom White says he can snatch Curtin from teal hands.

The Member for Curtin likened funding without reform in WA's social housing space to having “an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff”.

Curtin independent Kate Chaney says Seven West Media is running a smear campaign against her, and fired back at columnist Ben Harvey’s assertion people were “f***ing idiots” for voting for a teal.