AS it has been two months since Labor's factional chiefs moved to replace Simon Crean as leader, it's worth asking whether the change has significantly altered Australia's political landscape.
WITH sport so major an ingredient in Australian cultural life it's not surprising new Labor leader Mark Latham announced he'd welcome, with “open arms” outgoing Test cricket captain Steve Waugh should he ever seek a political career.
IF elections, complex internecine party machinations and factional imbroglios aren't your favourite – and you qualify for long service leave after mid-2004 – take some time off and go interstate or overseas for that long-planned holiday.
THE Wine Industry Association of Western Australia walked into a storm when it announced that our State had a glut of red wine and that millions of litres were sitting unsold from last vintage.
A PUZZLING feature of 2003 was the fact that, despite the Liberals being in disarray, and with a weak and unpopular leader, Gallop-led Labor sometimes found itself trailing the conservatives in the polls.
SIX months ago a contact close to the Liberals' parliamentary leadership group told State Scene that Colin Barnett's number cruncher, Darling Range MLA John Day, was deeply concerned about losing party endorsement.
THE looming concern about property prices, particularly investment-based apartments, is starting to focus attention on the perceived culprits – real estate investment spruikers.
THE Australian High Court's decision not to overturn vote weighting arrangements across WA's farmland and outback regions is the second time it has rejected Attorney-General Jim McGinty's approaches on this issue.
THE announcement last week by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that Western Australian Supreme Court judge Hon Justice Kevin Parker had been appointed to the International Criminal Tribunal...
THE debacle arising from the secretly agreed upon McGinty-Barnett $1.28/vote compulsory vote levy (CVL) plan that consumed so much time and energy, especially within Liberal ranks, rested upon two essential ingredients.
EFFORTS to introduce daylight saving (DLS) into WA have failed at three referendums – in 1975, 1984 and 1992 – having been initiated by premiers Sir Charles Court for the liberals, and Brian Burke and Carmen Lawrence for Labor, respectively.
MOST of us have either read or know about George Orwell's prescient and terrifying novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, which highlights Big Brother Government, an all-knowing, all-powerful overseer.
THE Australian Shareholders Association's battle against what it sees as inappropriate options packages is not just reserved for monster corporations such as Southcorp.
ABOUT this time last year we published a major feature on the Burrup –depicting the development plans for the North West peninsula as being on a knife edge.
AS the Federal Government salivates over the billions it will earn from the Gorgon project, it would be worth its leadership considering how this potential resources revenue and vast billions that preceded it came to be.
