How many warnings do we need before we get serious about reversing the economic self-sabotage successive governments have overseen?
Editorial
What this war has shown us is the economic and social cost of not being able to stand on our own two feet.
Joe Spagnolo
Women should not need to be someone’s daughter or sister or mother to deserve respect. They deserve it because they are human beings. Full stop.
Justin Langer
‘Every cloud has a silver lining and One would urge you to go out in search of yours. Don’t focus on the dark cloud, or else that is all you will see. Focus on the positives.’
Jay Hanna
If BP and our politicians could turn back time, would WA still have an oil refinery at Kwinana?
Paul Murray
The Iran war has shown how easily fuel security can be compromised. A comprehensive, detailed, credible fuel plan should be at the centre of any ‘reform’ agenda from our Government.
Michelle Grattan
The Prime Minister missed the mark this week — but it doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
Lanna Hill
It can be hard to evaluate the sound and fury coming out of Washington about the war in the Middle East, but Australia must be ready to help get fuel flowing again.
The West Australian
Just as in the COVID days, it is already clear States are prepared to go their own way.
Being a primary school principal should not involve the risk of being punched, shoved, bitten, kicked or spat on just for doing your job.
Bethany Hiatt
Be careful what you wish for: A fuel excise cut that will be wiped out within a week or two is effectively throwing $2.6 billion onto the inflationary fire.
Jessica Page
The fuel crisis has thrown the spotlight on how the nation has found itself in this position and what can be done to protect against a repeat in the future.
Primed by COVID to look to governments for answers, people’s frustration is bubbling up that answers about the fuel crisis and plan for dealing with it have been difficult to find these past few weeks.
Katina Curtis
The Albanese Government has got on the front foot and there is a plan and it has been shared with the Australian people.
WA Police have got some serious explaining to do after closing a case of a masked gunman walking the streets near a popular Perth beach without even bothering to speak with two eye witnesses.
Charlton Hart
While people are not necessarily open about their feelings for all sorts of reasons, even professional poker players struggle to hide their tells.
Andrew Miller
Sharing a bed each night is often viewed as a sign a relationship of the romantic variety is in tip-top shape. Yet for many couples, this assumption struggles to survive a single night.
Gary Martin
The biggest test for our Prime Minister on Monday may not be orchestrating agreement when he sits down to talk fuel action with State premiers at National Cabinet.
At the start of the year, I set myself a challenge to list 100 everyday things that annoy the hell out of me and which I hope will disappear in 2026. Here’s this week’s list of things that grind my gears.
BEN HARVEY
If Zempilas does a preference deal with Hanson, you would think his set of principles and policies would have to marry up to those of One Nation.
It’s my birthday this week and while I have never been one of those “It’s my birthday festival!” kind of people, I do have some ideas for the perfect celebration. This is what my dream birthday would look like.
Nat Locke
Such is the nature of Australian society and politics at the moment that the main story to come out of the poll was not that Premier Peter Malinauskas was re-elected.
Don’t immediately sign yourself up for an open-mic night and spend the next six weeks stressing about it.
Angry and disaffected voters attracted to Hanson are unwittingly gifting power to Labor. This is how conservatives can fight back.
