Although there is definitely a need to mitigate the risk of wildfire across our conservation estate, the way large burns are implemented by DBCA “must change”, writes Dr Joanna Young.
Dr Joanna Young
We must learn from the mistakes and successes of others to avoid reinventing the wheel. This is how we ensure that our fight for justice at home is informed by a global indigenous struggle.
Emma Garlett
Comparing house prices to incomes, Perth now has less affordable housing than either New York or London.
Joey Moloney & Ashleigh Chang
It should not take a taxpayer-funded trip to Canberra and a million-dollar advertising campaign on the east coast for West Australians to know their GST deal is safe.
Dean Smith
Many of those present to hear Greg Melick’s Remembrance Day address at Canberra’s Australian War Memorial had hoped the debate over the nation’s defence funding had died out.
If you have a teacher, principal or child in your life, you will know that classrooms don’t look, or feel, the way they did a few years ago.
Lee Casuscelli
Australia should say no to uniformed groups who gather to glorify that ideology, recruit for it, and normalise it in our public square.
Dvir Abramovich
If it’s one thing your baby needs, it’s a skincare routine. At least that’s one of the dystopian nuggets that my daily Instagram doom-scroll served up this week.
Jerrie Demasi
With Roger Cook proposing locally made ‘green steel’ could be used to build major projects, Ben Harvey suggests the Premier locates the new sector at ‘Make Believe Business Park’.
Ben Harvey | Mon, November 10
Someone needs to grab hold of the economy’s reins and guide it through. So far, the Labor Government has shown little inclination to do so.
Editorial
Anthony Albanese will no doubt be Australia’s last prime minister to have come into politics inspired by Gough Whitlam. He’s kept the Labor giant’s values but governs entirely differently.
Katina Curtis
AI can be trained on social media data or past investigations to spot when an emoji’s meaning turns from innocent to illicit, but it will be incredibly difficult to keep up with nonsensical internet slang.
Catherine Thorbecke
The Cook Government’s fully sick backflip to help our hospitals is a great outcome for WA.
Andrew Miller
Why are people’s perceptions of a university so influenced by its buildings? If a university manifests via its campus then a great university is distinguished by its edifices.
Raymond da Silva Rosa
The latest trend of ‘skip generation travel’ sees the parents left at home while the grandparents jet off on a holiday with their grandkids, a win win situation for everyone.
Gary Martin
Figures confirming more than one P-plate driver is caught breaking rules every week since Tom’s Law was enacted is proof that among WA’s most inexperienced drivers exists an element of deliberate risk-takers.
We have been indoctrinated to believe that only with reconciliation do we stand a chance of better health and education outcomes for Indigenous Australians, but it’s not the silver bullet many believe it to be.
Ben Harvey
Isn’t it funny how quickly things can change in politics.? Just a few short months ago the Federal Liberals believed their WA colleagues were a millstone around their necks. Now the shoe is on the other foot.
Joe Spagnolo
Facebook memories reminded me that I’ve been writing these columns for 16 YEARS. Here is how I celebrated, and it’s not what anyone expected …
Nat Locke
Australians are just four weeks away from the biggest change to their digital lives, but are still waiting for major details about how it will actually work.
Graham Richardson’s advice to me when my life spiralled into the lonely depths of despair underlined the Labor loyalty that was his long suit.
Brian Burke
Being there for one another, offering assistance where it is needed and small shows of support, are exactly what we need more of in this world.
Jay Hanna
The chequered arrival dates, casual attire and low-key lead up, reflects the modern game - probably modern times - at least in England and Australia.
Justin Langer
Party season concentrates risk. We talk - rightly - about women’s safety at work functions and client events. What we rarely name is the other reality in the room: men are targeted too.
Lanna Hill
