PODCAST: Winter recess
Settling some accounts
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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.
For young voters, what does Labor represent?
Three more years of majority Labor government looks increasingly like the real risk this election.
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: Frustrations in Forrest feat. Dr Sue Chapman
The community independent for Forrest on political donations, energy debates, housing and more.
Dutton admits: we’ve got a gas problem
Acceptance is the first step — but will more exports solve the issue?
Is The West losing its grip?
An update on the state of the WA media.
‘Shitshow’: The WA election was a privatised debacle
Corporate interests intruded on the ballot box — just as Western Australians voted to reject them.
PODCAST: Punter's Politics takes on the WA petrostate
Konrad Benjamin is helping Aussie punters understand who to get angry at.
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.
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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.
The Week in the West
Centipedal motion
You can feed Albo any old shit.
The Week in the West
In Hot Water
Cancel culture is alive and well – but 30,000 marine creatures are not.
The Week in the West
Fossil schools
Some things should be off limits.
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PODCAST: The Secret Staircase feat. Brad Pettitt
Western Australia's only Greens MP on how industry gets its way in WA.
Opinion
Is TikTok knockin’ on heaven’s door?
With a US TikTok ban set to begin the day before Trump’s inauguration, will our For You Pages be altered forever?
Podcast
PODCAST: Something in the Water feat. Kate Hulett
Freo's recently launched independent candidate talks taking on Labor.
The Week in the West
This Year in the West
What to expect from The Last Place on Earth in 2025
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PODCAST: What to expect in 2025
Our predictions for the year ahead.