The eventual Sanderson versus Saffioti face-off to become Labor’s next leader is a highly anticipated contest in WA politics.
Joe Spagnolo
Roberts-Smith must be found guilty beyond reasonable doubt by every one of the 12 jurors selected to decide his fate.
Ben Harvey
I’m writing this from the delightful town of Coimbra in Portugal, which is famed for having one of the oldest universities in the world. The uniform is a doozy, it’s basically the inspiration for Hogwarts.
Nat Locke
For years, we learned to ask what sits beneath a brand. We are starting to ask the same of people.
Lanna Hill
If you want a basic measure of the difference between Liberal leader Angus Taylor and Nationals leader Matt Canavan, compare their two reactions to US President Donald Trump’s extraordinary threat.
Niall Mc Ilroy
The dilemma for me is that Cain Walker’s lyrics can’t come from personal experience because there is no person.
Justin Langer
Does Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen not read his own department’s reports that detail Australia’s critical reliance on fossil fuels?
Paul Murray
Real relief depends on the smoke clearing on the Middle East conflict and a lasting resolution.
BEN HARVEY: Even if this ceasefire does hold, the best we can hope for is this is the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end.
The sight of around 100 pensioners, veterans and other local families sleeping rough on the side of the road in cars and tents in Safety Bay should make every West Australian feel sick.
Basil Zempilas
For Australia, which relies completely on the US security blanket, the stakes could not go any higher.
Editorial
The former Labor leader’s idea for a government-owned merchant navy may have seemed a bit batty in 2019, but it is finding an appreciative audience in 2026.
Mark Riley
It’s never been cheaper and easier to catch public transport.
Rita Saffioti
Even if all goes well over the next two weeks and the ceasefire turns into the end of the war, it will be some time before oil supplies return to sufficient levels to take some of the pressure off.
Every Australian, Ben Roberts-Smith included, is entitled to the presumption of innocence and I urge Aussie not to step back from the support of a man the moment it becomes legally inconvenient.
Brett McCarthy
Idiots behind the wheel turned my relaxing Easter long weekend drive down south into a dangerous exercise packed with careless drivers and the wreckage of two four-wheel drives involved in a head-on collision.
Caleb Runciman
Mr Roberts-Smith was once judged to be a hero for his bravery during combat. Authorities are now asking Aussies to judge the decorated soldier as a murderer for his activities in that very same field of combat.
Four years into his prime ministership, Anthony Albanese has finally remembered his Labor values.
Cameron Milner
If Michele Bullock ever needed a sign that deploying interest rates as a weapon to tame inflation is inherently unfair, a walk through Whitford City at 10.30am last Thursday would have made it crystal clear.
Daniel Newell
Australia is a proud democracy, admired across the world for its well-functioning institutions but it has a serious addiction to public secrecy.
Andrew Greene
Being a concerned citizen, of course I want to do my bit, so I did my due diligence on what abandoning my car would actually look like.
Laura Newell
Families waiting anxiously for their home dream to materialise face waiting a bit longer.
Whether you are a doctor, rabbi, priest, imam, space tiger, the Pope, or someone of ordinary kindness, raise your voice for sensible, compassionate peace.
Andrew Miller
What is the most ridiculous day currently on the list? And what is the one cause or issue that probably deserves a day but does not yet have one?
Gary Martin
