The Missing Piece
A deaths in custody inquest reveals more by what it omits
Latest
"Her happy place"
Housing isn't fungible, and nor are the families that live in it.
An Open Letter on Woodside's North West Shelf Extension
From Samantha Walker, Ngarluma manga (woman), Ngurrara-ngarli (Traditional Owner) of Murujuga
This is World Heritage?
Reflections on the new Quarterly Essay from the source of emissions
Coral Whitewash
The kids heading along to Woodside’s Open Day at the Fremantle Maritime Museum might have seen pretty much the only healthy coral left in WA.
Repost and Boast
A new crackdown could criminalise media coverage of peaceful protests
Lessons from Lutruwita
Tasmanian politics offers a taste of what might have been, and what could be next
Inside UNESCO
Reflections from Paris on World Heritage for Murujuga
PODCAST: Winter recess
Settling some accounts
The government about nothing
I met a traveller from an antique land who said “Literally what is the point of the West Australian government?”
Walking the Talk
If you're getting out and about, you've got to get it all on camera
PODCAST: Cooked Up — The North West Shelf Fix
Environment Minister Murray Watt has approved Woodside's export plans even faster than Peter Dutton promised to.
The WA Disease
The derivative function of Albanese’s Labor
You can’t always get what you want
But will the climate ever get what it needs?
PODCAST: Greening Out
How did it go so wrong for Adam Bandt and co.?
PODCAST: Ballot Exhaustion
A look at how Albanese, Dutton, the Greens and independents are performing this election.
The Week in the West
For young voters, what does Labor represent?
Three more years of majority Labor government looks increasingly like the real risk this election.
The Week in the West
An Apology for Coming at Labor from the Progressive Left
The definition of insanity is expecting Labor to do anything other than let you down again.
Podcast
PODCAST: Frustrations in Forrest feat. Dr Sue Chapman
The community independent for Forrest on political donations, energy debates, housing and more.
The Week in the West
Dutton admits: we’ve got a gas problem
Acceptance is the first step — but will more exports solve the issue?
The Week in the West
Is The West losing its grip?
An update on the state of the WA media.
The Week in the West
‘Shitshow’: The WA election was a privatised debacle
Corporate interests intruded on the ballot box — just as Western Australians voted to reject them.
Podcast
PODCAST: Punter's Politics takes on the WA petrostate
Konrad Benjamin is helping Aussie punters understand who to get angry at.
The Week in the West
PODCAST: The real story of the WA state election
The election result has punctured the narrative on what WA voters want.
News
WA Labor's dodgy polling booth website
Roger Cook’s Labor is gaming Google results to distribute how-to-vote cards.
Podcast
PODCAST: High Diplomacy feat. Dr Brian Walker
The Legalise Cannabis Party leader talks AUKUS, psychedelics, and the WA state election.
The Week in the West
Missing the Mark
Without McGowan, things just aren't the same.
The Week in the West
Who's the real ‘Aussie Trump’?
Plus: Albo hits the podcast circuit.
Podcast
PODCAST: Aussie Trump vs. The Woke Freo Bubble
Austin 'Aussie' Trump MLC (formerly Ben Dawkins) ventures behind enemy lines.
News
EXCLUSIVE: Aussie Trump's office vandalised with "swastika" and clown face paint
The MP formerly known as Ben Dawkins said the action should not be classified as hate speech.
The Week in the West
All Quiet on the Western Front
With less than three weeks to go until WA’s state election, the discourse is as bleached as the coral.
The Week in the West
Labor’s got a bad case of brain rot
While actual rents skyrocket, Basil Zempilas is living rent-free in Housing Minister John Carey’s head.