MARK RILEY: Hanson is aiming to blast through the metropolitan Pauline-proof fence that has long stopped her posing a credible threat to the major parties.
Mark Riley
The Federal Budget’s extension of funding for the Albany GP After Hours Collaborative is a temporary reprieve, rather than a long-term solution, writes Member for O’Connor Rick Wilson.
Melissa Sheil
Football world cups are special. With Ronaldo and Messi playing in their last World Cup, this year’s will be one to remember.
Rita Saffioti
Good riddance to investors from interstate who have exacerbated Perth’s housing crisis.
Kim Macdonald
Senator Pauline Hanson arrived in Perth flush with cash, having raised close to $1 million in her Fire the Liar campaign.
Voters were begging for choice. They’ve got it. Now the devil will be in the detail.
Jessica Page
The Cook Government often likes to point to its track record in education, but having the worst student-to-teacher ratios in Australia is hardly something to boast about.
Bethany Hiatt
Australians are facing some of the bleakest consumer sentiment in decades, leaving households increasingly pessimistic about what comes next.
Editorial
AARON PATRICK: The return of one of the greatest communicators in conservative politics is an opportunity and threat for Liberal leader Angus Taylor.
Aaron Patrick
The $120 for a cheeky midweek feed and a chance to get out of the house is now being weighed against a more pressing need to allocate that money on fuel or groceries.
Ben O'Shea
A flat economy, low growth and the spectre of a per capita recession is weighing heavily on the minds of hardworking Australians.
So dire is the Coalition’s standing that Labor MPs are starting to feel sorry for their opponents and are genuinely worried that One Nation will soon take their place as the formal opposition.
Andrew Greene
When I saw Nat Fyfe walking back into the Freo change rooms after the Brisbane match, I understood that community comes in all forms.
Justin Langer
Winters suit me better than 40 degree summers. I can take my sad Celtic pallor outdoors without my internal organs getting sunburnt.
Andrew Miller
Basil Zempilas has put extended shopping hours back on the political agenda, promising to modernise Perth’s outdated shopping laws — if, one day, he becomes premier.
Brace yourself. The FIFA World Cup is coming. And you might not know it yet, but you’ll likely be on the bandwagon very soon.
A few readers have observed that it’s been a while since I have written about my occasionally infuriating dog Clancy.
BEN HARVEY
I’m not sure that Cook would willingly be prepared to stand with his mate at Elizabeth Quay during a Federal election campaign should Albo’s popularity continue to plummet.
JOE SPAGNOLO
Finally, after decades of waiting, quicksand finally made an appearance in the news. You could almost hear my entire generation thinking: ‘At last. The training is relevant.’
Nat Locke
Avoid anything of a romantic nature, so absolutely no Taylor Swift playlists or Bridgerton binges
Jay Hanna
It’s been a week shy of a month since the Budget was handed down (time flies when you’re having not much fun) and it’s still among the top political stories every day.And not in a good way.
The West Australian
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has a catch-cry when he is in spin mode — which is just about all the time — to describe passing political events as ‘a good thing’.
Paul Murray
Being just the second chair who hasn’t worked at Wesfarmers makes the appointment of Ken MacKenzie rare enough to question whether he will stick to the succession script when it comes to the next CEO.
Sean Smith
The State Government is yet to answer many of the key questions about the decommissioning of Albany’s gas network, writes Albany MLA Scott Leary.
Scott Leary
