‘Some women take to the organisation of a wedding like a duck to water, others see it as a military operation, some bury their heads in the sand . . . and others turn into control freaks’
Jay Hanna
WA ministers have followed Federal Labor’s lead on dealing with anti-Semitism following revelations a teacher used a classroom whiteboard to praise slain terrorist Ismail Haniyeh as ‘a great leader’.
Independents are likely to hold sway at the Federal election and Labor has no shame in who it courts as it tries desperately to cling on to power.
Paul Murray
While we’ve come a long way over the past decade, the ‘big country town’ stigma of Perth still sticks.
Lanna Hill
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will not be organising a buck’s night ahead of the coming nuptials of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon.
Michelle Grattan
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. It’s up to voters to tell the difference if the Liberal party can’t.
Jessica Page
Indigenous players are the lifeblood of our great game but dwindling numbers of them in our top flight competition needs to be addressed.
Justin Langer
The Cook Government’s interpretation and application of Aboriginal cultural heritage should concern all WA landowners.
Libby Mettam
WA supports uranium exploration. So surely we must support uranium mining right?
Warren Pearce
Former political leaders tend to fall into two groups.
Dylan Caporn
MARK RILEY: The tribes have splintered. They are still there. But there are a great many more of them and they no longer identify automatically under the banner of the red team or the blue team.
Mark Riley
It’s being cast by the ballooning list of un-costed and un-funded promises by Premier Roger Cook and WA Labor who are making last minute deals on the run - from rugby to rail.
Steve Martin
The clouds looming over Mineral Resources are getting darker and shareholder patience has run out.
Adrian Rauso
In a previously unspoken money-saving shift we sit on a wall outside the dance school clutching insulated mugs filled with homemade coffee.
Laura Newell
$300 million for an NRL team based in Perth. Is our Premier totally delusional?
Basil Zempilas
The urgency for action cannot be overstated, and there is a solution.
Grey Coupland
After 40 years, gas resources in the North West Shelf are dwindling. Opening up new gas fields to the north could extend the project’s life. But its success is under threat.
Editorial
The irony of President Donald Trump’s electorally potent slogan ‘Make America Great Again’ is that the US has grown faster than other rich countries over the past three decades.
Raymond Da Silva Rosa
An interest rate cut might boost borrowing prospects for some but also risks pushing median prices further beyond reach. Sacrificing a weekly $22 smashed avocado won’t bridge that gap.
These are just some of the negative stereotypes First Nations peoples face, online and in everyday life. And I am sick and tired of it.
Emma Garlett
President Prabowo Subianto has made no secret of his desire to attract even more Chinese investment into Indonesia, along with a large increase in trade.
Ross Taylor
There’s a danger that the RBA’s decision to cut rates will do more to remind mortgage-holders of just how much their repayments have risen than it will to overwhelm voters with feelings of gratitude.
In Up Late Ben Harvey delivers an uncomfortable memo to Arab Australia after an open letter by peak Muslim groups condemns the outrage over the Sydney nurse’s video.
Ben Harvey | Tue, February 18
AHRON SHAPIRO: As we seek to heal the breakdown in trust the Bankstown nurse scandal placed on our healthcare system, we could do worse than look to how Israeli health care navigates multicultural challenges.
Ahron Shapiro