Joseph Poprzeczny

WA’s two tabloids, The West Australian and Sunday Times, are in a protracted circulation slump and there are concerns that it may be the beginning, not the end, of the downturn.

LORD Acton’s famous line about absolute power corrupting absolutely is something some of our MPs ought to give serious thought to now that the flak over the $50,000 Reith Affair is fast fading.

IN case you hadn’t heard – in which case you’re not alone – WA will begin advertising for judges next year.That means filling Supreme Court vacancies.

NOW that the Aussie dollar is headed for the US50c mark it’s time we thought long and hard about WA’s tourism industry, a sector that can benefit greatly from the Aussie’s slump.

The article Freedom Is Now A Sleeper by Joe Poprzeczny (Business News October 19-25) demonstrates that the WA Government is losing its grip on making meaningful legislative changes.

THE late Professor Patrick O’Brien of the University of WA often openly criticised governments, political parties, and public figures by claiming they had de-authorised themselves.

THE day Australia showed 3.5 billion TV viewers worldwide what it was capable of as a mass entertainer with Sydney’s spectacular Olympics opening ceremony, the Aussie dollar hit an all-time low against the Greenback.News from New York showed the Aussie

THE dogmatic and screaming activists are back – and with a vengeance.Not in any great strength in WA as yet, but they certainly roused up the numbers for eastern Australia last week for their first big screaming fest.

WELL, it’s that time in the democratic cycle again. Four years ago, on December 14 the Court-Cowan Conservative Government was given another four years in office.

Oceanfront Rockingham Beach Road is to become the venue of a new luxury apartment strip offering high-rise ocean views of Garden and Rottnest islands.