Mathias Cormann

The WA premier is benefitting from a well-received response to the pandemic but faces the real challenge at the state poll in March.

Business News offers a glimpse into Mathias Cormann’s career ahead of a Politics & Policy breakfast on August 7.

Western Australia is at war with Clive Palmer, the state's premier has declared, as the Commonwealth stopped short of backing a new border trial.

Mathias Cormann has given a strong hint he’s exploring leading the OECD after politics, while cautioning Australia's international border closure could continue until late 2021.

Two of Australia’s top economic analysts have taken very different views on the validity of printing money to finance deficits in a crisis.

Australia's top grain exporter has been banned from sending barley to China after disputed claims pests were found in multiple shipments.

The nation's coronavirus death toll has pushed beyond 800 as border closures and the heartbreak they create continue to cause friction between federal and state leaders.

Lifting border restrictions means more jobs can be created and not have coronavirus dictate the way Australians live, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.

Thousands of millionaires have been claiming the dole throughout the coronavirus pandemic but are set to be kicked off later this week when the asset test returns.

The coronavirus pandemic and deepest recession since the 1930s has turned a forecast $5 billion federal budget surplus into an $85.3 billion deficit.

Senior cabinet ministers are promising big changes in aged care after a damning report criticised the federal government's coronavirus response.

Western Australian authorities will keep a close watch on the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria amid growing pressure to reopen the state's borders.

The federal government will spend $1.1 billion on Western Australian road and rail projects, as part of a broader infrastructure package.

The state government has today announced millions of dollars in support for local tourism operators as critics have continued calls for WA to reopen its domestic border.

The federal finance minister has questioned the wisdom of Western Australia handing down a budget surplus in the middle of a global economic downturn.

Tourism Minister Paul Papalia is facing backlash after he said accommodation providers in WA's regions were too full to take in any more from interstate.

Mathias Cormann has been nominated for the position of secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The state's health minister has refused to say when WA will reopen its domestic border as eastern states struggle to suppress fresh COVID-19 outbreaks.

Mathias Cormann has intensified his criticisms of WA’s hard border, arguing the state government is now acting against public health advice.

Ben Wyatt’s fourth budget has set the scene for a push towards re-election.

Telethon 2020 raised a record $46.3m for the Channel 7 Telethon Trust over the weekend, with 14 donors contributing the lion's share of the money.

Australia's longest-serving finance minister has officially resigned to contest the leadership of a powerful global economic advisory body.

Ben Small has won a Liberal Party preselection to fill the senate casual vacancy created by the resignation of Mathias Cormann, while a challenge to government whip Dean Smith fell desperately short.

Scott Morrison has defended using public money to fly former finance minister Mathias Cormann around Europe.

A senior minister, business group and Labor frontbencher have defended Mathias Cormann's bid to take a senior international role with a major economic body.

Western Australia has a new senator with the Liberals' Ben Small officially replacing former finance minister Mathias Cormann.

The new president of the Liberal Party's Mt Lawley branch has called on powerbroker Peter Collier to resign, blaming the long-serving Upper House member and fellow powerbrokers Nick Goiran and Mathias Cormann for the party's "demise".

Mathias Cormann's bid to become next secretary-general of the OECD has gone into extra time with the contest too close to call just yet.

Former finance minister Mathias Cormann has been chosen as the new secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Mathias Cormann is preparing to take over as next secretary general of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Liberals who thought the Cormann factor in local affairs would wane after his move to France have been mistaken, based on the results of a ballot for positions in the Swan division of the party.

If a bitterly divided Liberal Party can’t unite on policies and candidates to win back mainstream voters, its chances at the 2025 state election are doomed.

EXCLUSIVE: An internal Liberal Party document calls out those trying to destroy the party ahead of a crucial meeting.

Former finance minister and Liberal Party powerbroker Mathias Cormann has ruled out a return to politics once his five-year term as OECD secretary general comes to an end.

Former prime minister Scott Morrison has defended his move to be sworn into a number of portfolios, saying the pandemic was an unprecedented time.

Liberal powerbroker and upper house MP Nick Goiran has been cleared of breaching his party's rules as the messy fallout from "the clan" revelations continues.Mr Goiran was part of a WhatsApp chat group called the clan, which actively worked against others in the Liberal Party.

The team-building skills and discipline Andrew Hastie needed to survive on the battlefield have clear applications for his political career.

Former WA senator Mathias Cormann has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame Australia for his commitment to higher education.

Federal Liberal MP Nola Marino will retire from parliament at the next election, bringing an end to a 15-year tenure in the Forrest electorate.