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Zempilas eyes 'road less travelled' as WA Liberals face two diverging paths
By Keane Bourke
The WA Liberals must make a difficult choice as they confront the threat of One Nation, and leader Basil Zempilas left no doubt about it while selling his vision for victory to the party faithful.
#Liberals #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #PoliticalParties #KeaneBourke
Hand-delivered death threat, being spat at among abuse ACT politicians cop
By Penny Travers and Adam Shirley
ACT politicians speak about the abuse, threats and intimidation they've regularly been subjected to, following the attack on federal independent MP Helen Haines.
#StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #PennyTravers #AdamShirley
'More and more challenging to do this job': MPs fear rising political tensions
By Keane Bourke
After the attacks on Helen Haines and the office of Hannah Beazley, lawmakers in Western Australia are growing worried about the rising political tensions, and want more ways to defuse them.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-25/wa-politicians-fear-safety-haines-beazley/107304636
#StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #KeaneBourke
Amanda Stoker to replace Amanda Camm as child safety and DV minister
By Ned Hammond
Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm announced she would be standing down this week because of health challenges.
Education support limit frustrates parents with type 1 diabetic children
By Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
Alana Marshall says managing her son Declan's type 1 diabetes requires constant vigilance and wants age-based cut-offs to support in school scrapped.
#Diabetes #StateandTerritoryParliament #GabrielleBecerraMellet
Tasmania's proposed ban on conversion practices explained
By Lucy MacDonald
Laws that ban any attempt to change, suppress or eradicate a person's sexual or gender identity are about to be debated in Tasmania. So, what is — and what isn't — so-called conversion therapy?
#LGBTQIA #StateandTerritoryParliament #Laws #Sexuality #LucyMacDonald
'Safe air' bill passes NT parliament following Inpex, Santos scandals
By Jack Hislop
A scheme to monitor and publicly report toxic air pollutants around Darwin Harbour can now be set up.
#AirPollution #OilandGas #StateandTerritoryParliament #StateandTerritoryGovernment #JackHislop
NSW's second-largest national park created to protect koalas
By Samuel O'Brien
Spanning from Coffs Harbour to Kempsey, New South Wales's second-largest national park has been created after years of campaigning to protect koalas and their habitat.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/great-koala-national-park-legislation-passed/107296314
#NationalParks #StateandTerritoryParliament #ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #SamuelOBrien
MPs 'in tears' after parliament security briefing
By Nick Dole
Following the attack on federal independent MP Helen Haines, NSW state MPs were offered a security briefing from police and parliamentary security. Not all of them got the answers they hoped for.
NT government accused of politicising Kumanjayi Little Baby's death
By Jack Hislop
The Northern Territory government has used its parliamentary majority to pass a motion condemning Chansey Paech for comments he made to the media about Kumanjayi Little Baby on Tuesday.
Man arrested for allegedly making threats at WA MP's office with nunchucks
By Greig Johnston and Cason Ho
Police arrest a man after he reportedly made verbal threats while armed with "nunchucks" at state MP Hannah Beazley's electoral office in the inner-city Perth suburb of Victoria Park.
#Crime #AntisocialBehaviour #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #GreigJohnston #CasonHo
Labor rumblings as Tasmanian MP calls for 'party that can win'
By Josh Duggan
Tasmanian Labor leader Josh Willie has been forced to downplay leadership questions fuelled by Shane Broad's recent social media posts calling for a "party that can win".
#PoliticalLeadership #StateandTerritoryParliament #JoshDuggan
WA politicians air safety concerns after attack on Helen Haines
By Keane Bourke
WA politicians voice concerns about an increasingly hostile political landscape, and the limited options available to address it, after an attack on federal MP Helen Haines.
#GovernmentandPolitics #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #Police #KeaneBourke
'One election at a time': ACT Labor marks 25 years in power
By Monte Bovill
Labor has been in power in the ACT for 25 years, and while it's not always been smooth sailing, the party's grip on power has been particularly tested in the last 12 months.
#StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #PoliticalParties #MonteBovill
Premier defends attorney general over delayed child murder inquest
By Kimberley Putland, Amy Rossbach, and Rosemary Murphy
Western Australia's premier is defending his government's handling of persistent calls for an inquest into the deaths of three children murdered by their mother in the state's north.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-16/margaret-hawke-port-hedland-murder-inquest-reaction/107272546
#LawCrimeandJustice #StateandTerritoryParliament #Homicide #IndigenousAustralians #KimberleyPutland #AmyRossbach #RosemaryMurphy
Gambling reforms defended amid criticism of 'cowardly' outcome
By Meg Whitfield
Tasmania's treasurer says scaled-back poker machine reforms will still bring "substantial improvements", despite criticism from anti-gambling advocates.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-16/pokies-harm-minimisation-eric-abetz-tasmania/107276790
Breaking: Grandmother wins fight for inquest into murders of children by their mother
By Rosemary Murphy
A coronial inquest is announced into the deaths of three children killed by their mother in Port Hedland in 2022.
#StateandTerritoryParliament #LawCrimeandJustice #Homicide #Courts #IndigenousAustralians #RosemaryMurphy
New laws could soon ban cats from public places in WA — here's what's on the cards
By Courtney Withers
As changes to Western Australia's cat laws await final approval in state parliament, several councils are considering options, including curfews.
#Cats #LocalGovernment #Animals #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #CourtneyWithers
Liberal candidate for marginal seat dumped weeks out from election
By Rachel Eddie and Richard Willingham
Opposition leader Jess Wilson says the party replaced Grant Hutchinson, its candidate for the east Melbourne seat of Croydon, after new information emerged about civil legal action he is involved in.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/croydon-liberal-candidate-grant-hutchinson-replaced/107260434
#StateandTerritoryParliament #RachelEddie #RichardWillingham
Molly Ticehurst's father dismayed by killer's possible appeal
By Joanna Woodburn
Tony Ticehurst hoped his beloved daughter, Molly, could finally rest in peace. Her killer has now signalled he may appeal his sentence.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/molly-ticehursts-father-responds-to-possible-appeal/107259172
#DomesticViolence #Courts #Sentencing #StateandTerritoryParliament #JoannaWoodburn
One Nation threatens major parties as voters turn to AI for information
By Patricia Karvelas
Labor and the Liberals are trying to appeal to disgruntled voters as the Victorian election looms. But voters seeking information from AI chatbots could find One Nation missing from the answer.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-12/one-nation-victoria-elections-ai-voters/107253040
#StateandTerritoryElections #AI #StateandTerritoryParliament #StateandTerritoryGovernment #AustralianFederalElections #PatriciaKarvelas
Homelessness camp in Perth's south tip of iceberg
By Keane Bourke
More people, from all walks of life, including dual income families, are becoming homeless, sector workers say, as rising rents and the cost of living bites.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-10/homelessness-increase-perth/107178436
#Homelessness #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #KeaneBourke
Man kept in jail illegally amid psychiatric facility bed shortage
By Keane Bourke
A mentally impaired man is kept in jail illegally because of a chronic lack of beds in the state’s only psychiatric facility caring for prisoners.
#Prisons #MentalHealth #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #KeaneBourke
Gambling lobby hits back at bill proposing deposit caps, inducements ban
By Jack Hislop
A Northern Territory parliament bill seeks to mandate deposit caps and ban inducements, among a series of changes that would affect 50 online bookmakers and their customers nation-wide if passed.
#Gambling #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #JackHislop
Home detention conditions ease for former MP charged with DV offences
By Eva Blandis
A former South Australian MP accused of assaulting his former wife says he can "fully appreciate that people opt to go back to jail because it's easier" than complying with his onerous bail conditions.
#Courts #Crime #DomesticViolence #StateandTerritoryParliament #EvaBlandis
WA has high hopes for Land Forces as anti-war activists prepare to protest
By Courtney Withers
Australia's biggest defence expo is making its debut in Perth with the WA government saying it is important "strategically, commercially" as anti-war activists prepare to protest.
#DefenceIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #CourtneyWithers
SA government advertising spend hits record levels
By Thomas Kelsall
The Malinauskas government has spent nearly $200 million on advertising in its first four years in office, including a record spend last financial year.
#StateandTerritoryGovernment #Advertising #StateandTerritoryParliament #ThomasKelsall
Victorian Liberals promise to slash surgery waitlist while Labor backs land tax cuts
The major parties are ramping up their election campaigns in Victoria, as the Coalition vows to halve elective surgery wait times and Labor promises to reverse course on land tax.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-04/victoria-liberals-elective-surgery-labor-land-tax/107224800
One Nation promises law-and-order boost in Victorian campaign launch
The party pledges to boost police numbers and increase penalties for young offenders, saying it would fund the changes by scrapping the Suburban Rail Loop and Victoria's Treaty.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-03/one-nation-launches-victorian-election-campaign/107223676
ACT government examining making ambulances free
By Monte Bovill
The ACT government has accepted a Legislative Assembly committee's recommendation to consider making emergency ambulance call-outs free in the territory.
#AmbulanceService #EmergencyServices #StateandTerritoryParliament #MonteBovill