This column serves as a memo to the more than 50 leaders of Australian Muslims who signed an open letter of complaint about the treatment of the two NSW nurses who bragged about wanting to kill Jews.
Ben Harvey
The message to voters is clear: Do your homework. A vote is a privilege — in both houses. The State is well-served by voters considering both votes with equal weight.
What’s Roger Cook’s pass mark at this election? Cook is like a guy who becomes the new coach of a footy side, just after they have won a premiership.
Joe Spagnolo
I recently fronted my own Fringe World show where I did stand-up and introduced funny friends to perform as well. It was a hit. Everyone loved it. Then came the giant slice of perspective just a week later.
Nat Locke
‘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
