It is important our leaders now take their own advice about engaging in a respectful manner.
The West Australian
There were so many highlights of Telethon this year. It was at different times across its 26 hours on Saturday and Sunday uplifting, poignant, outright hilarious and deeply moving.
On Saturday and Sunday, RAC Arena and the Perth CBD will come alive as Western Australia unites for the 59th Telethon.
The news that the RBA Governor’s base salary has climbed above $1 million will add to the pain for those struggling to make ends meet and to cover their seemingly ever-rising housing loan repayments.
In looking to give itself a role in WA’s gas regulation, the Albanese Government is searching for a solution to a non-existent problem.
With opinion polls showing plunging Labor support, putting it in a dog fight with One Nation as his own popularity dives, the Prime Minister assured his colleagues that political momentum will swing their way.
The State Government owes it to the memory of the three murdered Hawke children and to their grieving grandmother to stop dancing around legal arguments and technicalities.
When an unexpected event occurs that puts a life or lives in danger, we are lucky as a society to have amongst us people who act without hesitation.
It seems not even a week can pass without some sort of problem for the Albanese Government.
Action taken by green activists to halt resource projects is naive in the extreme, or deliberately reckless.
The Albanese Government is clearly having trouble coming to terms with the reality it faces around inflation and interest rates.
The Treasurer can boast about his economic management, but if he insists on running a tight ship, then it is on him to justify why struggling households are the only ones being told to bail the water.
It is hard to believe the Albanese Government swept into a second term just over 16 months ago with a massive majority.
If assessment of the Albanese Government now sounds a bit like a broken record, it’s because its record is well and truly broken.
Less than 48 hours after the football gods delivered heartache and pain to the purple army, the resounding emotion from West Australians towards the Fremantle Dockers is not one of being let down. It’s pride.
One word. Heartbreak. It just wasn’t to be. They got so, so, close, but in the end grand final glory eluded the Fremantle Dockers.
There have been plenty of glowing words written about the Fremantle Dockers this season. All of them well-deserved. So now, what else can we say but this. It’s time.
We have to work out how to extract the best out of this emerging technology and work out how best to use it.
Two old chums, relaxed in each other’s company, grinning like they don’t have a care in the world.
The times call for a major Labor reset. But to do that would require some humility from Mr Albanese. That’s in short supply.
Most Australians won’t be following the bid to ingratiate the Government with other members of the New York follies.
First Ukraine and now Iran, these are the wars that keep on giving. Giving, that is, a convenient smokescreen for a problem way closer to home.
The Federal Government is finally set to outline the future of Australia’s immigration policy amidst an onslaught of One Nation and Liberal party claims.
The numbers make it difficult to conclude anything other than this: housing confidence is heading towards a cliff.
