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Connor McGoverne
Connor McGoverne is a federal politics reporter for 9 News.
Connor McGoverne is a federal politics reporter at 9News.
Connor started his journalism career in Canberra with the ABC and 2CC Capital Radio before joining Nine News in 2018.
He moved to Brisbane as a Sports Reporter, covering the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns, as well as NRL, international cricket, rugby and commentating Super Netball.
Connor then worked for a government minister and lived in London, which included a stint for Sky News, before joining the Nine News Perth team as a Reporter and later moving to Canberra as the station's federal politics reporter.
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‘Next frontier of poverty’: Big business and government’s plan to bridge digital divide
About 1.4 million disadvantaged Australian kids do not have access to laptops in their home, despite 2 million devices being dumped in landfill each year.
Supermarket giants could solve childhood poverty with one major fix, report finds
Bob Hawke’s famous hope that “no Australian child need live in poverty” could finally be delivered if Coles and Woolworths used their profits to buy food for disadvantaged children, a new report has claimed
Australia putting ‘nothing’ into AI safety despite unknown threats: expert
Further pressure has been piled on the Albanese government to ramp up funding for the AI Safety Institute, accused of putting “nothing” into the body compared to other equivalent bodies, despite the threats artificial intelligence poses.
The ‘completely ridiculous’ idea that would slash grocery bills by 30 per cent
It comes as soaring supermarket costs force Aussies to skip meals.
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‘Nepal is bleeding’: Aussies dig deep for flood-ravaged country
Australians have rallied to donate a collective $16 million to support victims of the flood disaster in Nepal.
‘Really scary’ petrol prices to stay until US midterms in November
Motorists have been warned to “strap in” for at least two months of high average fuel prices that are likely to exceed $2.50 per litre for petrol and $3 for diesel.
Property market plummets as pricing downturn spreads
Only one of the state and territory capitals saw average property prices rise in the quarter.
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Six million Aussies sign up for scam-fighting biometrics
It’s touted as a major weapon against scammers, and comes as the application hits another major milestone.
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Angry Aussies ‘experiment’ with alternatives as voters flee major parties
Fresh polling has put Angus Taylor’s Coalition under further pressure.
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‘Secret methods’: One Nation to use advanced tech to weed out bad candidates
The right-wing party is deploying a “secret sauce” of systems to weed out nightmare candidates long before they become trouble.
WA budget scraps electricity credit amid rising state debt
The Western Australian government's latest budget has eliminated the $400 electricity credit for households, despite a surplus of $2.5 billion.
WA minister vows to tackle DV, coercive control to be criminalised
The Western Australian government is intensifying its efforts to combat family and domestic violence, with a commitment to criminalise coercive control during its current term.
'Threat to our democracy': Calls for investigation into WA election
The call follows revelations the company that failed to secure enough staff for voting booths donated thousands of dollars to the Labor Party.
Major parties pitch to voters as early voting in WA election begins
Labor and the Liberals are making their final appeals to Western Australians in the state election, as early voting kicks off with less than two weeks until polling day.
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Business closures surge as insolvencies skyrocket in one Aussie state
In a concerning trend, WA witnessed a staggering 42 per cent increase in business insolvencies, with more than 1000 businesses collapsing last year.
Housing and crime in focus as Labor, Libs step up election campaigns
Criminals who escape prison will be publicly named if the WA Liberals win government on March 8.
Housing and crime in focus as Labor, Libs step up election campaigns
Criminals who escape prison will be publicly named if the Western Australian Liberals win government on March 8.
WA Liberal leader accused of misinformation amid hospital controversy
WA Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has accused Liberal leader Libby Mettam of spreading "misinformation" and causing unnecessary fear among parents regarding the government's proposed women and babies hospital.
Abortion emerges as prominent topic in WA election
Abortion rights has emerged as a prominent topic in the upcoming WA election, with Liberal leader Libby Mettam evading questions on one of her candidate's views on women's reproductive rights.