Opposition demands answers on Floreat shootings
The anguish and heartache felt across WA this week following the tragic murders in Floreat cannot be overstated. Last Friday, Mark Bombara shot and killed Jennifer Petelczyc and her daughter…
Labor asleep at the wheel on Mid West road safety
Labor asleep at the wheel on Mid West road safety The Mid West is a powerhouse. From its rich farming landscapes to its expanding resources sector and growing renewables industry…
Government must get serious about crime and antisocial behaviour in Goldfields
When I visited Kalgoorlie-Boulder this week, I expected to encounter a community frustrated with the state government, Western Power and Telstra for their abject failure to prepare and respond to…
Time to take connectivity in the bush seriously
Happy New Year! How was your start to 2024? Out here in the Wheatbelt we’ve been experiencing some scorching days and nights. That’s nothing new, and we expect it at…
OPINION: WA Labor’s heritage laws: Where to from here?
As the old saying goes, you shouldn’t poke the bear. It’s perhaps something WA Labor should learn following their spectacular backflip on their botched cultural heritage laws. Just six weeks…
OPINION: Cook Labor Government has thrown in the towel on the Albanese Government’s decision to kill off the live sheep export industry
Anyone who was in any doubt that the Cook Labor Government has thrown in the towel on the Albanese Government’s decision to kill off the live sheep export industry should…
OPINION: Albanese Government complicit in unfolding live export disaster
As affected communities are left reeling in the wake of the Labor Government’s decision to shut down the West Australian live export industry, many farmers, primary producers, and the over…
OPINION: South Coast Marine Park Debacle Continues
There are times in politics where you just have to shake your head in disbelief. Sadly, the revelations over the past two weeks with respect to the ongoing train wreck…
OPINION: New recovery approach needed following Cyclone Seroja failings
After two years of delays, inaction, and excuses from the State Government in relation to Cyclone Seroja recovery, it’s abundantly clear the current approach isn’t working. On 11 April 2021…
OPINION: Veil of Secrecy behind proposed South Coast Marine Park
Several weeks ago, I called out the McGowan Labor Government for not releasing the socio-economic impact studies it had undertaken to help it justify the establishment of the South Coast…