Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison says rising inflation levels are not just limited to Australia, amid a predicted rise in interest rates in coming months.

This week's jobs data will give Scott Morrison's election campaign a shot in the arm, with the nation's unemployment rate expected to fall below four per cent.

Scott Morrison wanted a six-week election campaign believing it could expose any of Anthony Albanese's shortfalls. One day was enough.

Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese has started day two of the election campaign admitting he "regrets" his performance on day one and plans to do a Taylor Swift and "shake it off".

The government has announced a $220 million forestry package, while Labor is keen to keep the focus on health as the first week of campaigning nears its end.

Scott Morrison has used his trip to Western Australia to announce grants for eight businesses in the mining and energy sector, with the biggest grants going to two new hydrogen hubs.

Shipbuilder Austal has emerged as a beneficiary of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Easter campaign blitz in Western Australia.

Defence analysts, government bodies and political figures agree that WA needs a dry dock, but how the federal government builds one is less straightforward.

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.

Our political leaders need to show a united front on the China-Solomons deal rather that trying to outmuscle each other.

Anthony Albanese has lashed out at the prime minister's leaders' debate performance as nothing but smirk and smears, as pre-poll voting gets under way across the country.

Labor's Anthony Albanese finishes campaign visit to WA.

New data suggests the sharp rise in inflation and an expected rapid rise in interest rates will take the edge off Australia's economic expansion.

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?

Swan, Hasluck, Pearce and Tangney have fallen to Labor as Anthony Albanese is set to become Australia’s 31st prime minister.

The new Labor government will hit the ground running following the election as the exact make up of parliament remains unclear.

The Liberal Party is taking stock in the wake of an election defeat but is turning its focus to a replacement for Scott Morrison as leader.

In a post-federal election spray, Premier Mark McGowan attacks Peter Dutton's intellect and calls for an end to hostilities with China.

WA’s north-west remains a point of potential strategic vulnerability that must be addressed.

A North Perth-based gas company is challenging the decision of two federal government ministers in refusing an exploration permit.

The nation clearly voted for action on climate change at the May 21 poll; the challenge for Labor is to corral the Independents and Greens to support action.

Deeper engagement with Asia will require more than just a change in style from the Australian government.

Government boards in WA are among the least political in the country, according to new research that has found federal boards to be stacked with party-affiliated appointees.

WA's chief scientist has bemoaned 'a decade of nothingness' on federal energy policy while expressing cautious optimism about a change in approach with a new government in Canberra.

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

Parliamentarians are questioning the governor-general's role in Scott Morrison's secret appointment to five additional portfolios while he was prime minister.

The Scott Morrison ministerial appointments scandal will face a further inquiry in the wake of a scathing report into his actions by Australia’s Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue.

Perth-based gas explorer Asset Energy is reviewing its legal options against former prime minister Scott Morrison following the revelation of his secret ministerial roles.

The public submission period for the inquiry into the secret appointments of former prime minister Scott Morrison is open.

Defeated in his quest to return to Canberra, one of Scott Morrison's closest political allies has now nabbed a major board role with one of the state government's biggest businesses.

Federal parliament is set to invoke a rare censure motion against Scott Morrison over the way he secretly appointed himself to ministerial portfolios.

Scott Morrison has become the first former prime minister to be formally censured in parliament over his secret ministry appointments.

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.

A Perth-based gas explorer has succeeded in challenging a decision by former prime minister Scott Morrison concerning the company's petroleum exploration permit.

Shifting further to the right will be electorally disastrous for the Liberal Party.

Premier Roger Cook has weighed in on the upcoming local government elections as campaign season heats up, suggesting former Prime Minister Scott Morrison stays out of matters on WA councils.

Former prime minister Scott Morrison has announced his resignation from politics after 16 years in parliament, to take up roles in the private and global advisory sectors.

Former prime minister Scott Morrison says shortcomings in process, rather than Senator Linda Reynolds’ conduct, were to blame for the handling of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation.

An agreement between the state and federal governments will begin the process to develop a consolidated defence precinct at Henderson, with millions committed and billions of investment forecast.