Is The West losing its grip?
An update on the state of the WA media.
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‘Shitshow’: The WA election was a privatised debacle
Corporate interests intruded on the ballot box — just as Western Australians voted to reject them.
PODCAST: Punter's Politics takes on the WA petrostate
Konrad Benjamin is helping Aussie punters understand who to get angry at.
PODCAST: The real story of the WA state election
The election result has punctured the narrative on what WA voters want.
WA Labor's dodgy polling booth website
Roger Cook’s Labor is gaming Google results to distribute how-to-vote cards.
PODCAST: High Diplomacy feat. Dr Brian Walker
The Legalise Cannabis Party leader talks AUKUS, psychedelics, and the WA state election.
Missing the Mark
Without McGowan, things just aren't the same.
Who's the real ‘Aussie Trump’?
Plus: Albo hits the podcast circuit.
PODCAST: Aussie Trump vs. The Woke Freo Bubble
Austin 'Aussie' Trump MLC (formerly Ben Dawkins) ventures behind enemy lines.
EXCLUSIVE: Aussie Trump's office vandalised with "swastika" and clown face paint
The MP formerly known as Ben Dawkins said the action should not be classified as hate speech.
All Quiet on the Western Front
With less than three weeks to go until WA’s state election, the discourse is as bleached as the coral.
Labor’s got a bad case of brain rot
While actual rents skyrocket, Basil Zempilas is living rent-free in Housing Minister John Carey’s head.
Centipedal motion
You can feed Albo any old shit.
In Hot Water
Cancel culture is alive and well – but 30,000 marine creatures are not.
Fossil schools
Some things should be off limits.
PODCAST: The Secret Staircase feat. Brad Pettitt
Western Australia's only Greens MP on how industry gets its way in WA.
Opinion
Is TikTok knockin’ on heaven’s door?
With a US TikTok ban set to begin the day before Trump’s inauguration, will our For You Pages be altered forever?
Podcast
PODCAST: Something in the Water feat. Kate Hulett
Freo's recently launched independent candidate talks taking on Labor.
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This Year in the West
What to expect from The Last Place on Earth in 2025
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PODCAST: What to expect in 2025
Our predictions for the year ahead.
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Luigi Mangione is a Gen Z icon
The alleged CEO killer has tapped into the zeitgeist.
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PODCAST: Deny, defend, depose
The United Healthcare CEO assassin is the breakout star of 2024.
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Albo’s true constituency
With Roger Cook in his ear, Albo lets just about everyone down.
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PODCAST: Monkey-fighting Snakes
A Disney star wrangles a snake on a plane, and Basil Zempilas slides up the ladder
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The land of opportunity?
It’s good to learn from your mistakes – but it’s better to learn from someone else’s.
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Welcome to the future
Where to from here?
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Garbage in, garbage out
Plus: Who is in Roger Cook's wolf pack? And why is Seven West in a spin over an English exam?
Opinion
Perspex and profanity: Inside a media storm
Joana Partyka on the WA Museum’s acquisition of her anti-gas protest art.
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“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.
News
'Highly offensive': Cultural heritage conference sponsored by Woodside
Murujuga traditional custodian says Woodside’s sponsorship of Australia ICOMOS symposium “doesn’t make any sense.”
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Seven West Media's Telethon makes another huge privatised health spend – laundering the reputation of big business in the process.
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WA Labor really doesn’t care
This Telethon weekend, Roger Cook should think of the children.