Freelance journalist and broadcaster, columnist for The West Australian.
In the middle of Budget season, the future of Australia as a socially cohesive society is just as critical as our financial future, says Paul Murray.
Paul Murray
Welcome to the welfare State. That noise you hear is other Labor Treasurers sharpening their knives.
Perth motorists have had a rude reminder of life under Big Brother with the introduction of AI traffic cameras.
When government ministers blow their own trumpet, they need to make sure they are using their mouths and not just any old orifice that expels gas.
This cannot be a Budget that shirks the many difficult issues facing the nation. Some of the necessary solutions would require substantial political skill to co-opt citizens to the cause.
Does Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen not read his own department’s reports that detail Australia’s critical reliance on fossil fuels?
If BP and our politicians could turn back time, would WA still have an oil refinery at Kwinana?
Angry and disaffected voters attracted to Hanson are unwittingly gifting power to Labor. This is how conservatives can fight back.
Nothing pressure-tests a nation’s internal systems like war.
After a long wait, Amber-Jade Sanderson’s capitulation over Labor’s failing renewable energy transition away from coal-fired power was meek.
More Australian voters are leaning towards Pauline Hanson and One Nation but electoral consequences are murky.
Ex-WA Premier Colin Barnett has offered up a sound solution to bail out the PM amid disaster GST mess.
