MARK RILEY: Sussan Ley has found herself caught in a self-perpetuating cycle of manufactured instability that, if not broken, will eventually bring on a spill and drag down her leadership.
Mark Riley
The Waikiki Tavern saga sums up WA in all its frustrating glory, highlighting many of the good and bad features of our fair State.
Kim Macdonald
Regional Western Australians understand the importance of road safety, but reducing the default speed limit to 70kms creates an unnecessary burden on WA.
Julie Freeman
Migrants should not be maligned as they are an integral part of communities that keep the country running, writes Ashvora CEO Asha Bhat
Asha Bhat
The Prime Minister reaffirmed his commitment to WA and the current deal, but with plenty of other commentators and State governments lining up to tear down the deal, the State won’t be sitting on the sidelines.
Rita Saffioti
The silence inside England’s Ashes camp must be deafening.
Editorial
Andrew’s scandal could have fomented republican ideology in Australia. Charles’ deft handling has prevented that.
Jeni O’Dowd
Last Thursday, hundreds of West Australians gathered at Galup, previously Lake Monger. They were there having answered a profound, personal invitation extended from the heart of Noongar country.
Emma Garlett
If schools, parents, and GPs worked together more, I’d like to think we could build a culture where every child feels seen, safe, and supported.
Andrew Leech
Jim Chalmers’ decision last week to block Cosette Pharmaceuticals’ takeover of Mayne Pharma was justified on ‘national interest’ grounds, but the account has been misleading and was likely about job security.
Peter Swan & Dimitri Burshtein
In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey looks back at Reserve Bank decisions for the past 20 Melbourne Cups.
Ben Harvey | Tue, November 4
By being tricky with their figures over the NRL deal for the Perth Bears, the Cook Government has decided it is easier to beg for forgiveness, than ask for permission.
Jessica Page
The pressure should be on Treasurer Jim Chalmers to help the RBA tamp down inflation. Unfortunately, with the Coalition tearing itself apart, there is little chance of any pushback inside Parliament.
Policing in WA is at a crossroads. The direction taken from here is the sole responsibility of the State Government and the agency’s hierarchy.
Dave Flaherty
We need to expand support for place-based justice reinvestment co-ordination so that community leaders can address the gaps locally.
Sophie Stewart
The downfall of Andrew Windsor has come too late for the victim at the centre of the Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse scandal, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide in her WA home earlier this year.
Kate Emery
The Nationals are forcing the hand of the Liberals on an issue that picks the scab off divisions that have roiled the Liberals – and rolled its leaders – for more than 16 years.
Katina Curtis
While a certain degree of tumult is to be expected at this point, it is in the interests of the Coalition - and Australians - for the parties to sort themselves out as soon as possible.
Our hope for all kids running about is that life will reveal more treats than tricks, but we best prepare them for both. Get well soon, America, we miss what you could be.
Andrew Miller
Yes, the deal comes with a significant price tag, a point Esteemed economist Saul Eslake correctly identifies. But to label this a ‘cost’ and nothing more is an accounting trick, not sound economic analysis.
Bradley Woods
In most workplaces a slippery floor or an overloaded power socket will spark an immediate safety alert. Yet when the danger takes the form of an unreasonable workload many continue to overlook it as a risk.
Gary Martin
While constant change provides fertile ground for financial advisers, accountants and many others that earn a living off change, it surely highlights this much, much broader problem.
Nick Bruining
Rugby League-loving Premier Roger Cook has once again been caught in a squirrel grip by Sydney’s NRL bosses, and he’s gone nuts.
A lot of facts in the case were in dispute, but here are a few that weren’t, and which will likely be rolling around Judge McGrath’s head as he formulates his judgment.
Ben Harvey
