In news that came as no surprise to anyone paying attention, Basil Zempilas has been announced as the new leader of the WA Liberal Party.
EDITORIAL
Be warned. Sending the teals into the Parliament is dicing with a radical green agenda which would undermine the very industries which drive Australian jobs and inject billions into the economy.
The NRL is so desperate to claim relevance outside of its traditional two States that it will do and say anything to convince its fan club on the east coast that a Perth-based team is a thing in this town.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has spent his weekend working on Tuesday’s Federal Budget — one that hold particular importance as Labor seeks re-election in the coming weeks.
In the world of politics, words and actions have a habit of coming back to bite.
Editorial
The party must finally end the leadership revolving door.
The reality is Anthony Albanese is on the nose all over Australia as cost-of-living misery continues to batter families.
Roger Cook won the election. Fair and square. He is now not just the Premier his party chose, he’s the Premier this State elected.
Peter Dutton and Michaelia Cash weren’t mincing their words when describing how the Coalition would deal with militant trade unions after more accusations of corruption were levelled against the CMFEU.
A decade on, what hurts the most is the simplicity of how Riley’s life could have been saved and how many Australians are blind to the benefits of vaccines.
Christopher Dore
As the Labor Government gets back to work this week, chief among Premier Roger Cook’s jobs will be to reshuffle his Cabinet.
Teaching early years is tough enough at the best of times.
EDITORIAL: Trade Minister Don Farrell reckons there’s no point in a mercy dash to the US to try to convince Donald Trump of the folly of his steel and aluminium tariffs.
EDITORIAL: Donald Trump’s tariff insult to Australia is no way to treat a mate. Especially one you’ve been friends with for over a century.
NRL chairman Peter V’Landys wasted no time in bringing negotiations back to the top of Mr Cook’s in-tray.
We’re richer now, with about double the amount of disposable income available to Australians today, adjusted for inflation.
The shadow of Mark McGowan has loomed large the past two years.
Week after week a new shonky tale comes to light, with hoodwinked shoppers or buyers left financially bereft and with few options for restitution or remediation.
As Australians focus their nervous gaze on Cyclone Alfred as it continues to steam its way towards south-east Queensland, another potentially more destructive storm is brewing in the Northern Hemisphere.
It says everything about this State election that the highlight of the campaign came four days from polling day when Roger Cook veered off script in a moment of hubris and called the US vice-president a ‘knob’.
EDITORIAL: These are nervous times, for Australia and the world. Europe sits on a knife-edge, waiting to see if Donald Trump will make up with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Australians want clarity and strength from their leaders. So far, they’ve received little of that from Anthony Albanese.
Clearly, Donald Trump wants Ukraine to fold to Russia. That would be a catastrophe for the Western world, even if Mr Trump is too busy hero-worshipping Putin to see it.
Peter Garrett should know better. His West Australian fans deserved better.
