Peter Kennedy

OPINION: The McGowan government has made a big call to put jobs at a major Perth hospital on the public payroll.

OPINION: The Corruption and Crime Commission has experienced highs and lows since being established with draconian powers in 2004 by the Gallop Labor government to root out poor practices in the public sector.

It was Premier Mark McGowan’s ‘Christian Porter moment’, the day he saw his talented younger colleague, and probable successor, decide that a promising future in state politics was not for him.

OPINION: State Labor’s hold on several regional seats could be in jeopardy with the impending retirement of some stalwarts and tough electoral fights for others.

OPINION: The public sector workforce is growing again, having been cut to streamline state expenditure amid the McGowan government’s budget repair efforts.

OPINION: Mark McGowan and his Labor government are sitting pretty entering the final quarter of their first four-year term, with no obvious domestic issues likely to destabilise their approach to the next election in March 2021.

OPINION: The state’s electoral redistribution commissioners shouldn’t expect Christmas cards from opposition leader Liza Harvey, former Labor minister Margaret Quirk or the first-term member for Joondalup, Emily Hamilton.

OPINION: The allegations of millions of dollars of money being stolen from the Housing Authority have exposed WA’s public sector.

OPINION: Premier Mark McGowan, most Labor Party MPs, and many Liberals as well, are keen for the contentious voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation to be passed within the next fortnight, but for significantly different reasons.

Labor has walked away from its planned major redistribution of income, and sought to clarify confusion over coal mining that cost it at the last federal poll.

OPINION: The Labor Party is struggling to embrace a common view of why it lost the 2019 federal election.

OPINION: Having got spending under control, the McGowan government now needs to find ways to encourage business growth.

One of Australia's most experienced electoral officials has called for a major shakeup in the regulation and reporting of political donations at federal and state levels.

OPINION: The actions of some Labor delegates at the recent state conference were farcical.

OPINION: The state government’s $1.6 billion plan to build railcars at Bellevue for the Metronet project represents a massive public sector investment in local manufacturing.

A new report has challenged views on the effects of ambulance ramping on patient outcomes.

OPINION: Paul Papalia’s task to increase local, national and international tourist numbers and spending remains a work in progress, but signs are positive.

OPINION: Having won an election and passed his tax plan, Scott Morrison must now deliver economic growth, while the Greens have a problem of their own.

OPINION: Liza Harvey hasn’t taken long to put her mark on the Liberal leadership in WA.

OPINION: In WA and on the national stage, the men in charge of the purse strings face challenges of control and confidence.

OPINION: Federal Labor failed to capitalise on any remaining goodwill WA voters had for the party after Mark McGowan’s 2017 success.

OPINION: The musical chairs of PMs over the past decade must stop in the interests of the nation

OPINION: Outlying states need their MPs to step up, but ministerial experience on both sides is a bit thin this time around.

OPINION: Both sides of politics are promising tax cuts ahead of the upcoming federal poll amid slowing global economy and sluggish consumer spending.

OPINION: A fair go for WA would be suitable ministerial representation for the state in a Shorten government.

OPINION: Industrial emissions policy in a resources state such as WA is fraught, with much of the electorate wanting action and business requiring certainty.

OPINION: The field of candidates to replace Julie Bishop in the seat of Curtin got crowded very quickly.

OPINION: Nearly two years in, Mark McGowan is finding it tougher in government to realise a key poll promise to create more jobs in WA.

Opinion: Julie Bishop’s standing with the electorate and fundraising skills make her a key player at the coming federal poll, but will she stand?

Opinion: With the government seemingly on track to delivery a budget surplus, one key aspect of the Langoulant review is worth another look.

Opinion: The state government was never going to please all sides whatever decision it made on fracking.

The Liberal Party must learn the lessons from its humiliating defeat in Saturday's Victorian election, otherwise the federal poll due in May will be a repeat performance. It would be swept from office, and its ranks in WA decimated.