The public transport cash splash that has been WA Labor’s election-winning hallmark could become a luxury this Government can’t afford.
Jessica Page
Whether it was blissfully, or deliberately, ignorant of disrepair in some of Perth’s hospitals, the government has now been forced into action.
Labor did learn a lesson out of the election. It learnt that it can ride out this fish ban backlash. But the Government’s not off the hook.
WA has been slowest to act on a black market for vapes. But where there is a will there is a way.
The blood is on the hands of the father and son terrorists who pulled the triggers. But our leaders are culpable.
The Cook Government is blaming the dog for eating its homework. The legislative backlog was of its own making.
There’s no right to disconnect for politicians. But 19 weeks is not enough.
By being tricky with their figures over the NRL deal for the Perth Bears, the Cook Government has decided it is easier to beg for forgiveness, than ask for permission.
So long as the good economic times keep rolling, and ambulance ramping remains at record highs, the Cook Government is hard pressed to say no to any demands for more.
Not all of WA’s history deserves celebrating. But it all warrants remembering - the good, the bad and the very ugly.
It’s a way off, but the 2029 poll could shape up to be a fairer fight than expected.
The environmental lobby doesn’t want to admit it, but they need WA’s mining billionaires onboard to ensure the nation’s net zero efforts don’t sink.
In 2025, at the halfway mark of the 10-year ‘Path to Safety’ strategy, it is time for more action.
Ramping might be a nationwide problem, but WA can afford to do better.
You cannot legislate against (alleged) stupidity. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try.
The Premier should put that Medicare card the PM showed off during the Federal campaign to the test.
Hard to reach targets on health and housing are worth aiming for.
The door might be open, but it’s time to give some mayors a shove through it.
The Budget’s cost-of-living relief only adds up for some demographics — and not necessarily the ones that need it.
‘The Cook Government’s strategists have been weighing up whether a little pain now will spare them a bigger backlash later.’
Cries of ‘nothing to see here’ from the Albanese Government rang obviously hollow, as the AUKUS deal was put squarely on Donald Trump’s negotiating table.
Voters will only give the Government credit in 2029 for the nice, shiny things if they also get the basics right.
It’s a high stakes decision that could condemn both sides of the conservative coin to electoral oblivion for years to come, but sometimes you have to break something to fix it.
Records that were broken during COVID should be the exception, not the new standard.
