The Week in the West
In Hot Water
Cancel culture is alive and well – but 30,000 marine creatures are not.
Jesse Noakes
Jesse Noakes is a writer, broadcaster, and campaigner from Western Australia. He has written for Guardian Australia, the ABC, The Saturday Paper, Crikey, and elsewhere.
Podcast
PODCAST: The Secret Staircase feat. Brad Pettitt
Western Australia's only Greens MP on how industry gets its way in WA.
Podcast
PODCAST: Something in the Water feat. Kate Hulett
Freo's recently launched independent candidate talks taking on Labor.
The Week in the West
This Year in the West
What to expect from The Last Place on Earth in 2025
Podcast
PODCAST: What to expect in 2025
Our predictions for the year ahead.
The Week in the West
PODCAST: Deny, defend, depose
The United Healthcare CEO assassin is the breakout star of 2024.
The Week in the West
PODCAST: Monkey-fighting Snakes
A Disney star wrangles a snake on a plane, and Basil Zempilas slides up the ladder
The Week in the West
Welcome to the future
Where to from here?
The Week in the West
“You come at the King, you best not miss”
Lidia Thorpe has an instinctive understanding of visual semiotics – after all, her people pioneered it here long before anyone else.
The Week in the West
Anatomy of a retraction: WA Labor closes ranks like they were never broken
Outgoing MP Jessica Shaw reverts to party line.
Podcast
PODCAST: The West Weekly #2
Mineral Resources mining billionaire Chris Ellison emerges from the shadows.
The Week in the West
Wreck or be 'rekt'
Plus: WA government allows onshore gas exports after MinRes and Woodside donations to Labor.
Podcast
PODCAST: The West Weekly #1
With enemies at the gate, we bring you correspondence from the front lines of Seven West's war on nature laws.
The Week in the West
Folks, they've done it again
Sexy Santas are quality clickbait.
Opinion
How the West leads Australia over the edge
Ahead of federal and state elections, Seven West Media is on the attack and extending its range.
The Week in the West
Party favours
You would cry too if it happened to you.