State and Territory Parliament

Police have arrested a man and seized a water pistol following reports that a replica gun was allegedly fired today in Sydney's CBD near parliament house.

WA premier Roger Cook has conceded the timing of the next state election is "out of his hands" as a looming, but undetermined, federal election date threatens to cause a schedule clash.

WA Labor pressured taxpayer-funded electorate officers to campaign for its MPs in a way that risked fair elections, was fundamentally "undemocratic" and also risked serious misconduct, the state's corruption watchdog finds.

With two weeks left of one of the most lopsided parliaments in Western Australia's history, the wheels appear to be falling off the Liberal and National alliance over firearm laws. So where does this leave the opposition just four months out from the state election?

Queensland may have a new state government but the same issues surrounding a centrepiece stadium for the 2023 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games persist.

Tasmanian Braddon independent MP Craig Garland says he has tested positive for cannabis at a roadside drug test, and police found a small amount of the drug in his car.

The return of Donald Trump to the White House sparks intense debate 15,000 kilometres away from the action inside Australia's economic powerhouse — a place so heavily reliant on mining, oil, gas and China.

WA's prisons watchdog puts the government on notice over the "bleak" situation inside Hakea Prison, which is buckling under overcrowded conditions.

An independent review of two cases at Joondalup Health Campus finds there was inadequate communication with parents, who described feeling "disempowered" in the decision-making around their child's care.

The WA premier concedes he failed to disclose his membership of the Qantas Chairman's Lounge to parliament this year, amid growing scrutiny of travel perks made available to federal and state politicians.

Steven Miles will today nominate to lead Queensland Labor in opposition at the party's first caucus meeting since losing the state election.

Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews responds to the release of a triple-0 call he made more than 10 years ago after a cycling collision, saying the recording confirms his previous statements on the incident.

South Australia's late-term abortion debate has played out inside parliament, on the steps outside the building, and on social media platforms — and campaigner and academic Joanna Howe has been at the centre of that debate.

Queensland's newly elected Premier David Crisafulli has unveiled his cabinet.

Member for Prahran Sam Hibbins said he had breached party room rules by engaging in a consensual relationship with a staffer from his office, with the Victorian Greens leader condemning his behaviour.

Shortly after unveiling his cabinet, the new premier was pressed on what message shutting down the Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry sent to First Nations Queenslanders.

Both major parties have supported an amendment so Victorians with a valid prescription for medicinal cannabis will no longer automatically lose their licence.

The WA government is trying to entice more people to buy off-the-plan apartments but some buyers, caught in a dispute with an embattled builder, wonder whether there are enough guardrails in place.

The state government has signalled it is open to a change of direction in drug policy in the state but a legalisation of cannabis in the state has been ruled out.

The long-awaited drug summit starts today, with the NSW government signalling it is open to a change of direction in drug policy. However, legalisation of cannabis in the state has already been ruled out.