One Nation will demand casual staff get a choice to become permanent sooner among changes it wants to the Morrison government’s industrial relations bill in exchange for its support.
Nearly half of the candidates in the lower house for Saturday’s WA election do not live in the electorate they are running for.
There’s just a few days before early voting and three weeks to election day but there’s still a lot to play for when it comes to Labor and the Liberals.
Political parties in Western Australia have splashed more than $200,000 on social media advertising in the three months leading into the election,with the underdog Liberals accounting for close to half the spend.
One Nation upper house member and WA leader Colin Tincknell said up until a month ago the party was struggling but now had enough for a showing in targeted lower house seats.
Pauline Hanson said the party would field candidates for the upper house but were finding it"extremely hard"to get good candidates for lower house seats.
The NSW government's landmark energy bill has passed the upper house despite a concerted effort from One Nation to block it.
Mark Latham has described the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Bill 2020 as akin to Soviet-style five-year plans.
Labor appears to have won not only a majority government but the social media side of the 2020 election,outspending and eclipsing all other registered parties.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has promised to deliver a budget by Christmas after her win in the 2020 Queensland election,with the final makeup of the government still in play as counting continues.
LNP Leader Deb Frecklington has concedes defeat in the 2020 Queensland election,as Annastacia Palaszczuk prepares for a historic third term in government after a strong result for Labor.