The Western Australian Labor Party has announced that the Upper House will face a complete overhaul—despite Premier Mark McGowan’s repeated assurance stating otherwise—leading some to call into question McGowan’s integrity following an election promise saw record high regional support. Despite McGowan’s expressed support for “enhanced regional representation in Parliament,” the restructure will serve to achieve the exact…
Thousands of Australians Stranded in India
The federal government has promised to help Australians stranded in India get back once flights resume. “As soon as it’s possible for us to look at flights to bring them back to Australia, we will be doing all that we can to make that happen,” Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews told Sky News on Wednesday….
Western Australia Did Not Do Enough to Prevent Hotel Quarantine Outbreak: AMA
Australian Medical Association (AMA) President Dr. Omar Khorshid has said that the Western Australian (WA) government could have done more to prevent the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent 3-day lockdown. A report came in early April identifying the Mercure hotel as “high-risk” for ventilation issues, one of three in Perth. According to Khorshid, the problem lay…
Lockdowns in Western Australia Are About Control
Commentary As Anzac Day Dawn Services were held across the nation, another lockdown in Perth and the Peel region after two cases of locally acquired COVID-19 forced their cancellation in Western Australia (WA), with the people instead asked to commemorate the day at home. These lockdown measures compromise at least two of our most cherished…
Can Voluntary Assisted Dying Really Be Policed?
Commentary In March of this year, Tasmania became the third jurisdiction in Australia to legalise euthanasia, with the passage of the End-Of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020, the law will give patients a way to end their lives if the right criteria are met. This law is of course not the first of its type…
Western Australia Evacuations Ordered as Cyclones Loom
Strong to gale force winds are expected in parts of Western Australia, as two tropical cyclones hover near the state’s coast. People on islands or at sea off parts of Western Australia’s northwest coast have been ordered to evacuate. Emergency services late on Friday told residents in the Exmouth Gulf Coast and parts of the…
WA Premier McGowan’s Centralization of Power Raises Concerns for the State’s Future
The Western Australian government is facing increasing scrutiny after Premier Mark McGowan appointed himself to the portfolio of Treasurer, raising concerns over the democratic processes in the state. This comes after McGowan led the state Labor party to a landslide victory, winning 53 out of 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Federal MP Craig Kelly…
WA Premier McGowan’s Centralisation of Power Raises Concerns for the State’s Future
The West Australian (WA) government is facing increasing scrutiny after Premier Mark McGowan appointed himself to the portfolio of treasurer, raising concerns over democratic processes in the state. This comes after McGowan led the state Labor party to a landslide victory at the recent election, winning 53 out of 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly….
WA Labor’s Landslide Win Tells of More Than Just Lacklustre Liberal Leadership
Labor’s stunning victory in Western Australia—more than any other in the state’s history— was driven by a tandem of a weak, inexperienced Liberal Party and dangerously deified Labor leadership, independent candidates say. At close to 60 percent of votes counted for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, the Labor party under Mark McGowan…
Archeologists Find 17,000-Year-Old Kangaroo Painting
An Australian rock painting has been dated at approximately 17,300 years old—the oldest known artwork still on the wall of a rock shelter in the country—in a finding that unlocks a greater understanding of humanity’s ancient past. Researchers from the University of Melbourne (UM) and the University of Western Australia (UWA) found the kangaroo painted by…
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