The Week in the West
Curtin campers claim credit for Payman resignation
Plus: Hospital promises and hostile headlines – an election must be approaching.
Gerard Mazza
Gerard Mazza grew up in Bunbury, Western Australia, and now lives in Fremantle. He's worked as a campaigner, writer, school teacher, radio producer, and bartender.
The Week in the West
Baa baa backflip for Chaney
Plus: Woodside upsets both the weather and weather forecasters
News
Tucker Carlson is obsessed with Perth
Clive Palmer imports MAGA energy to Australia with the Freedom Conferences.
The Week in the West
Comrade Dutton’s 25-year plan for nuclear Collie
Plus: Considerate landlord under fire.
Opinion
Climate warmongers
As Dutton and Cook plan to fry the future, bigger battles are brewing over climate.
The Week in the West
Dutton cribs Cook's 2030 climate target
Plus: WA Labor backbench disquiet, and Tash Peterson caught in deffo triangle
News
Truck protest for Palestine blocks major Perth road
Police bring in crane to remove activists from rental truck.
Podcast
PODCAST: Tilting at windmills
In Western Australia's South West, there's a storm of controversy raging over offshore wind.
The Week in the West
Weather gods look poorly on eastern states imports
Plus: Labor offers no credible pathway to Australia's net zero ambitions.
Investigations
The anger is blowin' in the wind
In a hometown divided over wind farms and whales, I try to work out why turbines have heads a spin.
The Week in the West
Gas industry holds annual orgy of misinformation, and Roger Cook says 'No' to Voice
Plus: Transperth driver fired after boy dragged by bus.
News
Student protesters angry after Curtin's deal with Guild, vow to continue Gaza encampment
The Guild says Memorandum of Understanding signed with Curtin University is a 'win'.
News
Pro-Palestinian camp divided: Curtin Guild condemns fellow student protesters for occupying building
Protesters have faced anger from other students as they escalate in response to horrors in Gaza.
The Week in the West
Baz spruiks fossil fuels at Vatican climate summit
Plus: Fossil fuel subsidies go up as the remaining carbon budget goes down.
Podcast
PODCAST: Iron ore (What is it good for?)
Western Australians have been promised electricity credits from both state and federal government in the past fortnight - but what do we really have to show for all those iron ore royalties?
News
'Forgotten' Pilbara town waits for promised hospital as another budget passes by
The state government can rely on the Pilbara region to bring in iron ore royalties, but can Pilbara residents rely on the government for health care?