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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signs State Political reporter Dylan Caporn's arm at a press conference.

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Paul MurrayPremium
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PM’s word on ‘no change’ to WA GST nothing but empty promise

When Anthony Albanese arrives in Perth in the coming week, he will need to have packed something better than empty promises to protect this State’s ‘fair share’ of GST revenues. 

Paul Murray

Sydney Swans CEO Matthew Pavlich and Chairman Andrew Pridham front the media.

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The truth hurts, and helps, when coming clean in a crisis

When managing a crisis the fundamental and crucial question is: What Do We Stand For?

Justin Langer

Anthony Albanese on the Bush Deep podcast with host Nikki Osborne. Nikki Osborne

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Albanese’s podcast saga reaches a sorry end

What on earth were they thinking by agreeing the Prime Minister should take part?

Growing means improving productivity and boosting investment so benefits continue to flow for future generations. Getting it right means stable and progressive policy.

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Pilbara’s success no fluke, and its future won’t be either

Growing means improving productivity and boosting investment so benefits continue to flow for future generations. Getting it right means stable and progressive policy.

Matt Holcz

Anthony Albanese knows tinkering with WA’s generous GST deal would earn him the ire of every voter west of the Nullarbor, writes Ben Harvey.

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BEN HARVEYPremium
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Why WA’s GST grievance is a nightmare for Labor

Every political decision is considered through three lenses: how many votes will it win; how many votes will it lose; and which part of the country will those votes be won or lost in.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

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Letter to the EditorLetter to the Editor: Pigeons should be shown more empathy

Pigeons have a history as a friend to people, and the birds that are now considered pests deserve more empathy from the community, writes Morgan Brenzi.

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Liberal Leader Basil Zempilas.

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Time to do what’s really ‘fair’ to WA and guarantee our GST

The PM has had a full week to guarantee ‘no change’ on our current GST deal. Instead, all he has said is we’ll get our ‘fair share’. There’s a big difference. 

Basil Zempilas

Isaac Heeney.

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Should Sydney Swans be kicked out of finals as well

The AFL cannot allow Sydney to play finals and jeopardise the integrity of this year’s premiership. It is vital they are kicked out of the finals, writes Craig O’Donoghue.

Craig O’Donoghue

Treasurer Jim Chalmers during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.

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Debt mountain a burden on our future

The best thing Dr Chalmers could do for future generations would be to ensure they are not saddled with a debt burden.

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh during Question Time in the House of Representatives on Thursday, August 20, 2026.

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After winning a Budget battle, Keogh is losing the vets war

ANALYSIS: After a series of major missteps, the Labor Minister for Veterans’ affairs is discovering just how difficult his crucial but notoriously challenging portfolio is.

Andrew Greene

Andrew Greene

‘All of Anthony Albanese’s political problems have been self-inflicted’, writes Mark Riley.

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Labor is fighting for survival and there’s one man to blame

There’s a saying in Canberra, get the policy right and the politics will sort themselves out. Anthony Albanese seems on a mission to prove that wisdom wrong.

Mark Riley

Mark Riley

Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti press conference at Dumas house.

Rita SaffiotiPremiumGST report an all-out attack on Western Australia’s economy

West Australians are hard workers, and we’re proud to be the engine room of the national economy. But ripping billions out of our State places the entire national economy at risk.

Rita Saffioti

Younger people wanting to buy a home, or who are newly on the property ladder, really have got the rough end of the stick when it comes to housing.

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Circle of money does not sit squarely with the young

Younger people wanting to buy a home, or who are newly on the property ladder, really have got the rough end of the stick when it comes to housing.

Kim Macdonald

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Big parties don’t get it, politics has changed

The Labor and Liberal parties just don’t get it. They appear unable or unwilling to come to grips with what is going on.

Dennis Mckenna as he leaves the Magistrate's Court after appearing on a Redress application on old sex charges against boys under 14 on Wednesday October 6, 2010.

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Jessica PagePremium
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The way we treat dangerous WA perpetrators is out of whack

Electronic monitoring is giving WA’s worst criminals a ‘get out of a jail free’ card at taxpayers’ expense, and stretching police resources. 

Jessica Page

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson.

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Burn the black market: Why Hanson’s $20 smokes are a winner

It is rare to find clarity in the policy proposals of Pauline Hanson but when Canberra’s reckless spending and incompetence manages to turn our suburbs into gangland warzones, strange things happen.

Charlton Hart

Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

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Fixing the Budget from hell drags ever onwards

The need to fix the ‘widow tax’ was another nail in the Budget’s coffin.

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You’d think after doing a podcast during the COVID-19 pandemic your trusty columnist would’ve learnt that some cages are better left unrattled. 

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Reporting the science on jabs always needles anti-vaxxers

The spread of misinformation online is a pet peeve, especially when it’s done with a cynical agenda to exploit people for political gain or shameless clicks.

Ben O'Shea

Ben O'Shea

Elbridge Colby, under secretary of defense for policy.

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Tensions lie beneath the surface of AUKUS deal

This time next year American and British nuclear-powered submarines are expected to be operating out of Perth’s HMAS Stirling naval base, but as the deployments fast approach, frustrations are building.

Andrew Greene

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Premier Roger Cook.

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Labor eyes a silver lining from GST brawl

And thus the silver lining will emerge for Labor. Not one, but two leaders who have ‘saved WA’.

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Dean AlstonCamera IconDean Alston’s cartoon Tuesday 21st July

Signed Dean Alston prints are available, framed or unframed, from www.westpix.com.au or by phoning 9482 2378.

One of the beauties of life is there is no correct way to live it and we can all learn from those who take a different course.

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Andrew MillerPremium
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There is no correct way to live life

One of the beauties of life is there is no correct way to live it and we can all learn from those who take a different course.

Andrew Miller

Albanese denies making crude joke about Japanese gift on podcast.

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Albanese’s chance to put ‘Melongate’ behind us

This week will see the arrival of Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Canberra for high-stakes talks with his Australian counterpart, Richard Marles. 

The view from Tom’s Italian at North Beach.

Food review Tom’s Italian: coastal sunset stunner just bellissimo

With a steaming bowl of absolutely delicious pasta in front of us and a can’t-be-beaten view of the setting sun, we definitely aren’t sorry we took a punt on Tom’s Italian. 

Laura Newell

Laura Newell