Dom Sheed had a chance at footy immortality and took it. It will be interesting to see whether Rita Saffioti or Amber-Jade Sanderson also manage to nail that kick from the boundary.
JOE SPAGNOLO
As Western Australia grapples with its worst road toll to date so far this year — more than 100 at the halfway point of 2025 — everything and anything must be considered to keep drivers safe behind the wheel.
Editorial
‘My Life in Crime’ is a rollicking ride through the tapestry of cases that made up his more-than 50 years in law and order.
Ben Harvey
I’m fully aware that I am technically an adult, but recent experiences have taught me that I am nowhere near qualified to act without a proper adult watching over me.
Nat Locke
Want to win? Start by thinking like a winner — every single day.
Justin Langer
It was the only news story that parents of young kids wanted to talk about this week. It was also the one news story that parents of young children could not bear to hear about.
Kate Emery
Political and news issues often flare like bushfires, then rage for weeks or even months, until they are finally extinguished by action or fade by being overtaken by the next big thing.
Michelle Grattan
The jelly cups are gone from the school canteen. So are the juice pop tops and flavoured milks. Not because of sugar bans or budget cuts but because there aren’t enough parent volunteers to serve them.
Lanna Hill
There are two things that should particularly exercise an editor’s mind when deciding on the publication of certain sensitive reports. Public safety and national security.
Paul Murray
Looking back over the 2025 financial year show’s there is plenty for the glass half-full types to celebrate.
The Qantas data breach has probably made many of us think about all the personal data we’ve have submitted online and wonder where it could have ended up, and how it could be used against us.
Angela Pownall
‘West is best’ is a phrase I have said many times in my three years as United States Consul General in WA.
Siriana Nair
The national outcry we have seen this week is justified, and parents are rightly fearful. It is terrifying that a monster allegedly slipped through the net.
Rhianna Mitchell
In tonight’s show, following the death of Eileen Bond, aged 87, Ben Harvey recounts the highs and lows of Perth’s original power couple.
Ben Harvey | Thu, July 3
Just societies should be measured on their ability to care for their most vulnerable members. On that, we have failed.
Mark Riley
It took a lot to overshadow the late businessman Alan Bond, but the woman he married when she was just 17 and pregnant with their first child managed to do it time and time again.
We have many hard working taxi drivers in the taxi industry but recently we have received complaints about drivers refusing to use meters and drivers not appropriately displaying their authorisation.
Rita Saffioti
Budget estimates is the three day window every year in State Parliament following the Budget. It’s very clear which ministers know their stuff, and which ones have skimmed the briefing notes.
Basil Zempilas
As consumers we may welcome lower prices but should we be concerned about Bezos’ wealth? Is it a threat to democracy to have so much money in the hands of so few people?
Raymond Da Silva Rosa
I’m not sure of the legality of removing amenities that were priced into the cost of apartments next to Fraser Suites. But it certainly does not pass the pub test.
Kim Macdonald
The recent WA Budget was big on ambition for our infrastructure build but showed little ambition for much-needed tax reform.
Cassandra Winzar
Pride events are important for individuals in the South West, even if certain people are “offended” by it. It’s not only a celebration but an acknowledgement of the fight for self-expression rights.
Daniel Hocking
In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey recaps the prison-breaking life and times of Australia’s most notorious armed robber, Brenden ‘The Postcard Bandit’.
Ben Harvey | Wed, July 2
EDITORIAL: Our national airline is the latest big Australian company to fall prey to a malicious cyber attack.
