Freelance journalist and broadcaster, columnist for The West Australian.
Rita Saffioti must provide all the details on how many local businesses are actually building our new trains.
Paul Murray
Businessman Dick Smith’s recent win over the ABC’s discredited fact-checking unit was much more than just another well-deserved kick in the backside for the biased national broadcaster.
The decision not to try and form a government with the Greens in Tasmania was made with a far bigger picture in mind.
The State Government doesn’t deserve praise for doling out cash, it should be used to pay down debt and shore up the education system.
After complaining for years about WA’s share of the GST carve-up, Victoria has remained strangely silent after cashing in on the hard work of other resource-rich States.
The Prime Minister can take little solace from a by-election result that owes much to the peculiarity of Victorian politics and in which his party actually went backwards.
The Liberals, and in particular leader Libby Mettam, show they have learnt nothing from the lessons of the past.
Everything Donald Trump does creates outrage, but the savage death of the heroic Alexei Navalny has reinforced that Russia and its President are where the real problems lie
The State Government wants to build a much-needed primary school in the City of Perth — but its paltry offer for the valuable land is a heist on ratepayers.
The Lord Mayor’s tilt at Liberal preselection may have had Labor spooked before he even announced it, but he still has plenty of work to do win over the doubters.
The notorious cadre known as The Clan continues to wield way too much influence, as the Liberal Party’s flawed preselection process shows all too well.
Hamas deserves no concessions until it releases all the hostages and turns over the operatives of its inhumane actions for prosecution as required under the Geneva Convention.
