Stuart Robert

Digital contact tracing for COVID-19 is now in full swing in many countries like Australia, Germany, Ireland and South Korea.

Australia's disability support scheme is soon expected to become much easier to navigate for participants.

Australians on welfare will soon be subject to Centrelink's debt recovery program again, with the government ending the pause put in place because of the pandemic.

Australians with disability have been promised clearer decision making time frames for support services when major changes are introduced next year.

Planned changes to Australia's disability support scheme will see participants viewed as a number, not individuals, peak groups warn.

The prime minister has confirmed Linda Reynolds and Christian Porter will remain in cabinet, even though a reshuffle is looming.

Michaelia Cash will be attorney-general, Linda Reynolds will take responsibility for the NDIS, and Christian Porter will be industry minister, after a federal cabinet reshuffle today.

Workers who move to regional Australia to take up farm jobs will receive relocation costs sooner, after the federal government tweaked an underperforming scheme.

Unemployment fell slightly to 4.9 per cent in Western Australia, despite 15,000 people losing jobs in April.

The federal government has released a discussion paper seeking submissions on more changes to the auto sector in Australia.

Approvals for purpose-built quarantine hubs in Western Australia and Queensland are being fast-tracked as strain increases on state-run facilities.

Australia has cleared coronavirus vaccine passports for take-off from next month in preparation for international jetsetting to again take flight.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce expects Christian Porter to one day return to the ministry after the latter's resignation over mystery legal money.

Western Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen to an eight year-low of 4.1 per cent while COVID-19 induced lockdowns have fuelled job losses in the eastern states.

Scott Morrison wants to see the unemployment rate below four per cent in the second half of this year, but Employment Minister Stuart Robert says it could come sooner.

Air circulation in classrooms is emerging as a wildcard issue ahead of the upcoming federal election.

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.

After a decade spent in Europe, Andrew Deeks’ homecoming heralds a period of renewal for WA’s second-oldest university.

Reforming childcare and higher education policy shape as top priorities for Labor in its first term in government.