The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

View from The Hill: Fresh from its WA triumph, how will One Nation do in the eastern trenches?

Neither Labor nor the Liberals needed the bruising Secret Harbour byelection to tell them One Nation had become a major player. But Saturday’s result in the Western Australian state seat will raise a couple of notches in the major parties’ perception of the political threat level it represents.

The Conversation · Aug 30

One Nation claims victory in Secret Harbour byelection in Western Australia

One Nation candidate Luke Herdegen secures 57% of the vote after preferences as Barnaby Joyce says ‘politics has changed’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

Australia’s ancient red desert rocks may be hiding a natural hydrogen secret; scientists find magnetite produces 5 times more hydrogen than solid rock

Beneath Western Australia’s iron-rich landscapes, ordinary looking rocks may have a unique ability to produce hydrogen. A new study published in the ‘ International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ’ has found that magnetite, an iron oxide found in many ancient rocks, can generate natural hydrogen when it reacts with water…

The Times of India · Aug 28

View from The Hill: Pragmatism holds Albanese to bad GST carve up, but Productivity Commission remains burr under saddle

Anthony Albanese insists there will be no retreat from his promise that Western Australia’s over-generous slice of the GST will remain intact as long as he is prime minister, regardless of the Productivity Commission’s compelling argument for it to be scrapped.

The Conversation · Aug 25

'I've signed body parts': Albanese steadfast on GST

The prime minister has no intention of ending a deal costing federal taxpayers more than $6 billion a year to stuff the coffers of the wealthy WA government.

AAP · Aug 24

Grattan on Friday: why a byelection in Western Australia has turned into a national test for One Nation

If you’re not from Western Australia, the byelection in the state seat of Secret Harbour is unlikely to have been on your radar. But Labor, Liberal and One Nation strategists will be intently watching the result on the night of August 29.

The Conversation · Aug 20

'Quite wrong': minister hits out at GST deal criticism

A federal minister from Western Australia has defended her state's generous GST deal despite productivity watchdog calls to scrap the arrangement.

AAP · Aug 18

Scrapping WA's GST deal a 'significant unfairness'

Former ministers who helped set up a controversial GST deal for Western Australia have defended the scheme despite calls to scrap it.

AAP · Aug 17

Will Labor or the Coalition have the guts to reverse ‘the worst public policy decision’ of the century? Don’t be daft

The Productivity Commission has picked apart Scott Morrison’s 2018 GST deal that gives Western Australia an outsized share of revenue. But there is no prospect of government action

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14

Afternoon Update: Morrison-era multibillion-dollar mistake; airport safety concerns continue; and remembering Johnny Young

Productivity Commission says GST deal with Western Australia has sent tens of billions of taxpayer money to the richest state

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14