PODCAST: Aussie Trump vs. The Woke Freo Bubble
Austin 'Aussie' Trump MLC (formerly Ben Dawkins) ventures behind enemy lines.
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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.
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: Something in the Water feat. Kate Hulett
Freo's recently launched independent candidate talks taking on Labor.
This Year in the West
What to expect from The Last Place on Earth in 2025
PODCAST: What to expect in 2025
Our predictions for the year ahead.
Luigi Mangione is a Gen Z icon
The alleged CEO killer has tapped into the zeitgeist.
PODCAST: Deny, defend, depose
The United Healthcare CEO assassin is the breakout star of 2024.
Albo’s true constituency
With Roger Cook in his ear, Albo lets just about everyone down.
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
The land of opportunity?
It’s good to learn from your mistakes – but it’s better to learn from someone else’s.
The Week in the West
Welcome to the future
Where to from here?
The Week in the West
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.
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.
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'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.
The Week in the West
WA Labor really doesn’t care
This Telethon weekend, Roger Cook should think of the children.
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.
The Week in the West
Commenter-in-chief
Seven West's Chris Dore takes on the haters.
Opinion
Teachers will keep quitting
Covid proved our education system is broken – and teachers have been leaving ever since.
The Week in the West
Does anything ever happen?
Everything is weird. Has something got to give?
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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.
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The pointy end of the housing crisis
Two Western Australian social housing tenants have challenged no-grounds evictions in the Supreme Court.
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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.