With nameplates stacked and benches brimming, Labor enters the new parliamentary term with numbers to spare, leaving a diminished Coalition to rethink its strategy from the back row.
Mark Riley
Michele Bullock knew there was a chance the surprise decision by the Reserve Bank to hold interest rates steady could backfire.
Editorial
I was delighted to welcome Federal Liberal leader Sussan Ley to Perth this week and to have the opportunity to spend an hour or so discussing what’s important to WA
Basil Zempilas
This is yet another example of our commitment to boosting housing supply across the State by removing barriers that prevent major projects getting off the ground.
Rita Saffioti
Synergy was taking money from some of the State’s most vulnerable for services they did not want or receive.
Hard to reach targets on health and housing are worth aiming for.
Jessica Page
We are talking about the custodians of the oldest continuous living cultures on Earth. Surely that’s an achievement and a history that is deserving of a day off to celebrate?
Emma Garlett
The RBA believes that three key reforms would address the issue that aggravates Aussies when it comes to paying.
Michele Bullock
The high profile controversy about the Burswood racetrack is a beard, diverting attention from much more serious questions.
Brian Burke
It’s impossible to ignore that significant tension exists within the relationship, though the Prime Minister was trying his best to do just that in Beijing.
The Prime Minister’s control of how many staff his opponents can employ is like the Dockers picking who gets to join the Eagles’ coaching team: unsporting.
Katina Curtis
Last week, West Australians were treated to an admission from former Labor premier Brian Burke, who claimed the new $217 million Burswood race track was the Labor Government chasing the so-called “bogan vote.”
Shane Love
Palliative care is a basic human right according to the World Health Organization. But is it accessible to everyone, everywhere or is this still an aspiration?
Samar Aoun
It’s tempting sometimes to think of social progress as a train that only runs in one direction. That is a dumb metaphor for a couple of reasons.
Kate Emery
In a speech to the National Press Club last month, Jim Chalmers talked an ambitious game, saying now was the right time for a grown-up conversation about productivity and taxation reform.
I am not sure whether to slap him, give him a hug, or both. I always feel that way when confronted with naive colleagues who have come unstuck by publicly sharing their inner trauma monologue.
Andrew Miller
Bullying isn’t ‘character-building’ and it’s not something we should expect victims to ‘get over’. Those outdated and unhelpful attitudes have no place in our education system.
The proposed street circuit and entertainment precinct at Burswood represent a generational opportunity for WA, promising significant benefits for our economy, tourism sector and local community.
Bradley Woods
Western Australia is not just vital to our national economy, it is the engine room of Australia’s prosperity.
Sussan Ley
In the modern world, fatigue has become less about sleepiness and more about a slow, grinding sense of depletion that does not lift, even with rest.
Gary Martin
There’s a political adage that decisions are made by those who show up. Unfortunately for the electors in Nedlands, this is who showed up.
Ben Harvey
I am currently on a small group tour somewhere in Turkey and I have suddenly realised which role I occupy: it’s making me uncomfortable.
Nat Locke
For mine, Sussan Ley has two years to prove she can at least be competitive at the expected 2028 Federal poll.
Joe Spagnolo
It’s one of the worst ever weeks on WA roads. The road toll is the highest it has been for almost 20 years, with 113 people killed since the start of the yea.
