In a recent opinion piece in The Sunday Times, columnist Ben Harvey argued that guilt has paralysed Australia’s response to Aboriginal disadvantage. We disagree.
Debra Zanella & Jody Nunn
Too many WA families are left feeling helpless as their child struggles at home and at school with developmental and behavioural issues. All because they can’t access a public health system beyond capacity.
Rhianna Mitchell
As Troy Mercanti steps out in matching Raiders outfits with former Hells Angel Dayne Brajkovich, Ben Harvey wonders if the new high-profile recruit was fast tracked to becoming a patched member.
Ben Harvey | Mon, November 17
For all the complaints about Anthony Albanese making incremental change instead of big-bang, Whitlam-style reforms, at least you know what he stands for. Sussan Ley is a different proposition.
Katina Curtis
EDITORIAL: To have any hope of being viewed as a credible alternative government, the Liberals need to unite behind a leader fast and start talking about the issues that actually matter to Australians.
With just a few days until the West Test kicks off, this Ashes team needs to channel the inner mongrel that past Aussie greats embodied.
Lanna Hill
Do you ever get the sense that our little grievances might simply serve to distract us from bigger things - outcomes that are impossible to influence, much less control?
Andrew Miller
The targets we set to limit our carbon pollution are unachievable and universally fail. So let’s just stop pretending and drill, baby, drill.
David Fickling
The moment research starts sounding more like a sales pitch than a search for truth should serve as a fair sign to take it with a healthy pinch of salt.
Gary Martin
Slip, slop, slap, remains a life mantra to a certain generation of Australians but somehow, the serious health message underpinning it appears to have lost its cut-through.
Editorial
The case for shopping hour reform grows every year, but the Cook Government refuses to do anything about it despite claims it is working hard to build a more modern and better Perth.
Joe Spagnolo
About 3500 World War I and World War II veterans are buried at Karrakatta because the Perth War Cemetery wasn’t established until 1942.
Ben Harvey
As we’re celebrating STM’s 21st birthday, I thought I’d take a self-indulgent moment to reminisce about my 16 years of contributions. Pardon me while I wander down memory lane.
Nat Locke
There’s merit in taking away the decision-making process on what development is allowed and not allowed from councils – as tough as that is on local communities.
News today of councils losing the ability to approve development adjacent to 10 train stations across the city will undoubtedly infuriate western suburbs administrations.
Most people can live the dream, not many can live the reality. The truth is that the dream rarely represents the reality of what it takes to enjoy those symbols of public success.
Justin Langer
There are few things One approves of more than a late-stage love affair, especially if it requires the application of fake tan.
Jay Hanna
Who — or what — is going to save Australia from itself as deeply-embedded net zero delusions drag down the national economy and divide the country along an inner-city versus the rest fault line?
Paul Murray
Labor’s $8.5 billion investment into Medicare was supposed to see nine out of 10 GP visits would be free to patients by 2030, so far it has barely moved the dial.
Hayley Sorensen
DANIEL MULINO: The government says Australia’s democracy depends on strong, sustainable journalism and is moving to ensure major digital platforms pay fairly for the news content they use.
Daniel Mulino
With much talk this week about the end of the Whitlam government, Liberal conservatives might do well to read Gough Whitlam’s 1967 speech to the Victorian Labor Party, at the start of his climb to power.
Michelle Grattan
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
Australia’s compulsory voting is rare. It is an electoral form to be unashamedly celebrated, given it has undoubtedly made Australia into a fairer, more democratic and harmonious place to live.
Nick Dyrenfurth & Tony Shields
Our consistent focus in the West has been on reliable, affordable and sustainable energy - but not at any cost.
Basil Zempilas
