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A major trade war would complicate Albanese’s mission to cosy up to Donald Trump.

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US-China trade war presents risk & opportunity

The tension will further complicate Anthony Albanese’s mission to cosy up to Donald Trump at the pair’s long-awaited White House meeting next week.

A return to 1950s birth rates is not possible without returning to other aspects of 1950s life.

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Baby bust means we’re headed for a changing nation

It’s unlikely we will be able to birth our way out of this problem without radical — and likely unwelcome — cultural change.

The United States is rightly being praised across the globe.

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Lasting peace will depend on neutralised Iran

That Iran might accept Donald Trump’s ‘hand of friendship’ may be wishful thinking, but at the end of the war it is now time for that sort of optimism.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has backed down on the more contentious aspects of his plan to tax multimillion-dollar superannuation accounts more.

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Policy kryptonite for Labor’s super man

Chalmers has handled what could’ve been a crippling ignominy with typical composure. His spin – that this was a mutual decision rather than a concession – helps save some face.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Hey Albo, the Premier knows what WA needs

The Premier has waded into politically dicey territory in penning a letter to his ‘mate’ Anthony Albanese, urging him to reverse mooted cuts to WA’s skilled migration intake. Rightly so.

Metronet Byford extension. The redesigned Armadale station, to be opened on Monday 13 October 2025 Unknown

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State is on the right line with game-changing completion

After more than a decade of planning, construction and political wrangling, the State Government is set to unveil the last of its major Metronet rail projects on Sunday as the Byford line finally opens.

Vulnerable customers were overcharged by electricity giant Synergy.

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Bungle would have customers switch Synergy off if they could

News that Synergy has overcharged 174,000 of its customers by a collective $40 million should be hugely embarrassing to its executive. 

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If peace in the Middle East is achieved, the world will have Donald Trump to thank.

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If peace holds, hand Donald Trump his Nobel Prize

He wants to be lauded as the peacemaker president, the man who succeeded where his rivals did not. He might have just done it.

The ‘ISIS brides’ are back on Australian soil.

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Government must come clean on where ISIS brides are

Can we be certain these women and their children aren’t still loyal to a doctrine which is anathema to our way of life? These are the questions that Government has so far failed to answer.

Israel's security agency admits it underestimated Hamas' capabilities before the October 7 attack. (AP PHOTO)

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Two years on, the tragedy of October 7 continues to compound

Two years after Hamas militants penetrated the Israeli border on a mission to cause as much death and pain as possible, the tragedy of October 7 continues.

A pro-Palestine rally was staged at the Opera House just after the Hamas attack on Israel in 2023.

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Provocative rallies set back Palestinian cause

The corrosive impacts of Hamas’ campaign of violence and hatred continue to play out here in Australia.

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Col Blanch.

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Gun confiscation is for the greater good

There will be West Australians who think WA Police overreached by seizing guns and ammunition from sovereign citizens who obtained these firearms lawfully but lunatics and guns need to be kept apart.

As Russell Bricknell, chief executive of Juniper, WA’s biggest non-profit provider, says, the sector in WA is ‘in the eye of a perfect storm’.

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Picture’s bleak for WA’s elderly

The number of residential aged-care beds in the State per 1000 older people has steadily dropped over the past five years. 

Full page east-coast newspaper ads the WA Government has taken out to entice tradies to move to WA

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Tradies are crucial to WA’s future prosperity

Once upon a time it was a university degree that was seen as the ticket to a lifetime of financial security. Now, it’s the tradies who are raking it in.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Chance for PM to wipe foreign policy fails

The Pukpuk agreement is Australia’s first such alliance in 70 years, and elevates PNG to the level of the US and New Zealand as one of our chief security partners.

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The impact of Labor’s First Home Guarantee Scheme will be concentrated at the bottom of the market.

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Home guarantee scheme will worsen price crisis

Labor’s First Home Guarantee Scheme will drive up house prices and push the Great Australian Dream of property ownership even further out of reach.

Donald Trump pressed Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a peace deal to end Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, and for Hamas to free their remaining hostages..

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Trump’s peace plan offers hope to ravaged Gaza

EDITORIAL: Hamas’ leadership should realise that their only hope of survival is to accept this deal.

Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, left and Anthony Albanese, Australia's prime minister, wave on the opening day of the UK Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool, UK, on Sunday, September 28, 2025.

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PM’s UK tour crosses the line to self-promotion

Anthony Albanese’s appearance was well-received by his British audience. But back home, his oration has set off alarm bells among the more savvy of Labor heavies.

Six safety camera trailers used across Perth and WA’s regions, along with fixed cameras on the Kwinana Freeway have detected more than 300,000 offences since February.

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Time has come to do right on our roads

AI cameras capable of seeing inside vehicles like never before have caught out the sneaky habits of drivers that authorities say are major contributors to making our roads dangerous.

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A new road safety campaign, which is branded as ‘Tom’s Story’, asked young drivers to ‘drive like your mate’s life depend on it, because it does’.

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We owe it to kids to drive home tough new laws

West Aussies have for too long been appalled at the number of young drivers dying on our roads. Proposals to double the hours learners are required to spend behind the wheel should be considered non-negotiable.

Geelong and Brisbane are preparing to battle.

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Being a champion takes more than excellence

This is about more than just premiership glory. It’s greater than Australia’s greatest sporting spectacle. It’s bragging rights over the first quarter of a century.

US President Donald Trump delivered a blistering critique of the UN given during a speech at its General Assembly in New York.

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UN is failing to fulfil its grand promise

It’s the question policy wonks have been wringing their hands over: at 80 years old, what relevance does the United Nations have within an increasingly polarised world order?

Anthony Albanese has posted a selfie with Donald Trump.

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Albo needs to get Trump on speed dial

If an endorsement of AUKUS is too much to expect, then perhaps Mr Albanese can settle for extracting the Don’s digits so he, like Mr Macron, can get in touch with a few taps of an iPhone

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It looks like Anthony Albanese has failed to secure a meeting with Donald Trump In New York.

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Trump’s snub is bad news for Australia

The fact is Australia needs the US. We need a powerful friend who will come to our aid.

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