The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Potential candidates include opposition party’s federal vice-president and upper house MP Matt Bach as Labor considers whether to contest electorate

With the withdrawal of his principal challengers and the implicit endorsement from key factions within the Labor party, Roger Cook will become Western Australia’s 31st premier. We can expect final endorsement from the Labor caucus and a formal swearing-in from the WA governor in the coming days.

After spending the morning meeting with a key WA Labor faction, it is confirmed Roger Cook will be the state's new premier.

Voters in Melbourne's north-east will head to the polls for the third time in just over a year, after Liberal MP Ryan Smith — a critic of leader John Pesutto — called time on his Victorian political career.

Roger Cook has hit the ground running, gaining the approval of Labor's right faction today to confirm his endorsement as WA's next premier.

Labor has rejected a claim that it has cut a special deal with an energy giant to exempt it from paying additional taxes under a proposal change.

The South Australian government has passed legislation to lift protest fines after a marathon debate 14-hour debate.

Hundreds of paramedics and allied health workers will walk off the job at some NSW hospitals as they pursue a 6.5 per cent pay rise.

A fiery debate is under way in the territory's parliament.