Donald Trump’s war on wokeness could spell doom in Australia too.
The economic data tells us Australians are actually better off than they were in 2022. Good luck getting voters to believe it
Mark Riley
This week, WA ran out of electricity in the midst of a heat wave. Oops!
Libby Mettam
This highlights a correlation between states with good laws and legal protections for LGBTI+ people, and those with bad or no laws.
Brian Greig
They could so easily have been missed. Shouting, waving and in desperate trouble about 150m out to sea, the young couple were hard to spot in the glare of the setting sun and its reflection in the churning sea.
Rhianna Mitchell
They seem to believe that we have done nothing all year but wait for them.
Jon Doust
Anthony Albanese is right, we do need more action on anti-Semitism. But the sad reality is that at the moment, we’re not getting that either.
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. That was the reaction of the Keep the Sheep movement to a counter campaign supporting the live sheep ban being launched in WA last week.
Mark Harvey-Sutton
Surprise, surprise, the Liberals don’t support the policy and have repeatedly said we subsidise public transport too much.
Rita Saffioti
We live in an energy rich State with huge budget surpluses and the best Premier Roger Cook can offer up in regard to power outages is ‘they are part and parcel’ of a large energy network.
Basil Zempilas
Perth has never really embraced medium density housing - or done it well. But Europe can teach us how charming mid rise life can be.
Kim Macdonald
Over-incarceration is not a corrections problem, it’s a whole of government problem.
Kimberley Wilde
This is a different President Donald Trump to the one who took office in 2017. He knows now how the system works and how to bend it to his will.
The nice thing about taking a staycation in your home town is that it lets you see it with fresh eyes.
Kate Emery
Reconciliation WA co-chairs Nolan Hunter and Debra Zanella call for Australia Day to be shifted from January 26 to ‘more inclusive’ date, documenting other international examples.
Nolan Hunter & Debra Zanella
‘Trump is a master of distraction, a virtuoso of flooding the zone with bluster and illusion.’
Karen Tumulty
For parliament to be truly representative of society, it needs to be a reflection of our community, including our cultural make-up.
Emma Garlett
As with all political leaders, Dutton has eyes firmly on the government benches, and Liberals are increasingly confident there is a pathway there at this election.
Dylan Caporn
We celebrate on January 26 because it marks the beginning of what we now call Australia. We cannot change this fact.
Michaelia Cash
As well intentioned as the Police Minister’s proposal may be, the concept of trying a serious, defended, offence within 28 days is simply impractical.
Tom Percy
Whatever your views on the 45th and soon-to-be 47th President of the United States, it can’t be denied that we stand at a remarkable moment in history.
In our column that takes you inside the world of media we look at Nine’s horror start to the year with two Today presenters under fire for their Australian Open gaffes, a popular TV presenter suddenly leaves our screens and a Federal Government agency wants more power to censor old TV shows.
Rob McKnight
Standing outside Joondalup train station on Sunday, Premier Roger Cook and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti followed a well-worn script for Labor.
Maybe then we will get thoughtful leaders who know the importance of restraining the hawks — who understand that war, like domestic violence, is always unspeakably terrible.
Andrew Miller
