For nearly 30 years, Western Australia peddled the lie that Aboriginal people had to apply under state law to become ‘Australian citizens’.
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Cyclone Ilsa has intensified off the Western Australian coast and is now classed as a category-five system. How did this happen?
Only a tiny sliver of the Australian continent will witness the totality this time around. But there are five more total eclipses coming over the next 15 years.
In two remote electorates in WA and the NT, the major parties are being kept afloat due to the efforts of a handful of willing individuals.
Historically, women’s contributions to the agricultural sector often occurred outside of professional roles. ‘Lady’ Maud Williams, who discovered the Lady Williams apple, is one of those women.
A 20-year cultural revitalisation effort has led to a songline being sung again on Country, to an audience of 140 people.
If mining workplaces are anything to go by, the clean energy sector will have their work cut out for them to retain women in the workforce.
A major fertiliser plant is set to be constructed in the Pilbara, potentially impacting as many as 20 ancient rock art sites.
How does democracy cope with a huge imbalance in parliament?
Green-lighting new gas projects is a code red for the Great Barrier Reef. But a new landmark federal court case may stop the Scarborough offshore gas project in its tracks.
These women showed diverse skills while developing education in Australia. In a country enamoured with egalitarianism, the neglect of their stories speaks of a broader historical reality.
The energy crisis is hitting the east coast hard. But Western Australia is sailing through – because of government intervention in the market.
Labor holds the majority of Western Australia’s lower house seats for the first time since 1990.
If Labor wins majority government, it can thank Western Australia, which turned away from the Coalition savagely.
In the first week of the campaign we journeyed around the country with a team of politics experts. Now we retrace our steps to look at what’s happened since.
Modelling suggests Australia would lose half of its export income and one fifth of its jobs if a new “bamboo curtain” cut the economies of China, Russia and like-minded nations off from the West.
What are the key seats and issues affecting Australians? Six experts tell us what to expect in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales.
Scott Morrison is known as a strong campaigner, and while his party is behind in the polls, it can survive a swing if it also manages to gain some seats.
Australia’s forests have controlled their own own flammability since Gondwana. We must respect this natural process.
Extreme heat over 50°C is likely to become more common, giving us yet another reason for Australia to act fast on climate change.
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Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University
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