Western Australia
One Nation candidates vent their outrage about WA, Ashby, Nagle and Hanson

After the WA election, candidates speak out about the chaos, bullying and scamming in the One ...  
WA election: The 'PH' factor and how the West was lost

A gutful of widespread rorting of the public purse and sneaky backroom deals equals the uncerem ...  
WA WA Land: Inside One Nation's Western Australian scampaign

One Nation's WA election campaign has all the hallmarks of a con, says Ross Jones.  
Renewable energy: It's not a jump to the left

Doctors for the Environment go in to bat for renewable energy as RenewWA's climate forums start ...  
Will Buru Energy's plan to frack the Kimberleys cost Barnett the election?

WA Labor's pre-election commitment to a public inquiry on fracking is gathering support after the ...  
WA housing bubble looks likely to burst

With the mining boom just a memory and residential housing values slipping in the West, the ...  
Density with intensity: Changing negative gearing will revive dead suburbs

While curbing negative gearing may ease house prices in the short term, in time suburbs will be ...  
Inquest into death of Ms Dhu in police custody exposes institutional racism

A terminally ill woman is gaoled for unpaid fines of $3,622 and, rather than receiving urgent ...  
Worse than ice: Push to kill off killer alcohol during TV sports broadcasts

A new push out of Western Australia to reduce advertising for Australia's most dangerous drug on ...  
Abbott should be Closing the Gap, not closing communities

After promising to be a "Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs", Tony Abbott copped universal ...  
Living in remote Indigenous communities is not a 'lifestyle choice'

Whereas Tony Abbott applauds the closing down of remote Indigenous communities in WA, calling ...  
Indigenous community closures in WA: Barnett turns his back on traditional owners

WA Premier Colin Barnett has, without notice or consultation, announced he is closing down 150 ...  
Australia — no home for the homeless

Abbott's first Budget will only add to the problem of homelessness. How to house all these people? ...  
Senator Louise Pratt: No more Labor Bullocks for Australia's sake

Joe Bullock's fringe views are out of touch with even his own union's members, writes Senator ...  
An armchair guide to the Western Australian half Senate by-election

Bemused or befuddled by the strange electoral events happening in the West this weekend? Camo can ...  
Can Western Australia redeem the nation?

Eminent economist Ross Garnaut has weighed into the W.A. half Senate by-election, with some highly ...  
Welcome to WA, Tony Abbott

In advance of the half Senate by-election in WA, Senator Scott Ludlam delivers some searing truths ...  

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