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Sky News senior political reporter Jonathan Lea says the Nationals could take the position of opposition in the lower house. “Attention will throughout the night end up focussing on the National Party it currently holds six seats in the lower house but they are six very important seats,” he told Sky News. Mr Lea said National Party Leader Mia Davies said she did not want to be the opposition but she may end up in the position. “It appears the National Party might end up forming the opposition party in some regard tonight.”

Chief News Anchor Kieran Gilbert and Political Editor Andrew Clennell will lead SKY News coverage of the WA state election tomorrow. Kieran Gilbert said: “With many expecting a historical Labor landslide for this election, the big questions will be whether McGowan’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been enough to secure Labor a rare double majority in both Houses, whether the Liberals will lose enough seats to be turfed out of the Opposition, and what would this mean federally for Scott Morrison ahead of the next election? “Our leading political reporters and panel of experts wi...

Stamp duty holiday Estate agents are gearing up for a second housing mini-boom after the Chancellor extended the stamp duty holiday until the end of June. It means an extra 300,000 home buyers could benefit from the break. House hunters swarmed property websites within minutes of the announcement, suggesting the market may once again go into overdrive. The extension was widely anticipated, but Rishi Sunak went further than expected by announcing an additional tapering-off period. Property experts said the news would be a 'huge relief' to buyers stuck in transaction bottlenecks and would save ...

January 22, 2021 at 12:07 PM Shares40 Listen, we all want COVID over and done with. But the only way we’re going to get to the “post” is diligent mask wearing and vaccination. Yet the conspiracy theories about the novel coronavirus and mask wearing persist. And it turns out, the legal profession is far from immune from the believing and perpetuating the lies. As reported by Roll on Friday, one law firm partner not only believes baseless conspiracy theories about COVID, he’s proselytizing about it. Jonathan Lea, a lawyer in the UK formerly of Clyde & Co and Hammonds (now Squire Patton ...

Security advisors concerned China's fishing facility could double as a military proposition23/12/2020|1min The Morrison Government is seeking clarification from Papua New Guinea regarding its recent signing of a deal with China which allows a Chinese company to build a fishing facility on the Torres Strait island of Daru. A Chinese company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Papua New Guinean government under the controversial Chinese Belt and Road agreement, the multi-billion-dollar plan to use investment and infrastructure to build international links. The recently si...