Jim McGinty


Freo by-election: the start of big things for the Greens

The Fremantle by-election was only the second time the Greens had won a state or federal lower house seat outside of Tasmania.

Labor vs Greens: Fremantle casts another vote

The lid was officially lifted overnight on the worst-kept secret in Western Australian politics, writes PollBludger William Bowe.

The Oz dishes it out, but can it take it?

The Australian’s editor-in-chief, Chris Mitchell, plumbed new depths of hypocrisy and pettiness on Saturday, writes Stephen Mayne.

Brian Burke: the saviour of the nation’s health care system?

There is a bad smell in the West. Now there is nothing new in that but the pong just won’t go away even if the Fong has, writes Professor Gavin Mooney.

WA News rejects Mayne, defends Armstrong

The West Australian Newspapers AGM in Perth on Friday was full of drama with plenty of lively debate and interesting voting, although none of it has yet been reported anywhere in the mainstream press, writes failed candidate for WA News board Stephen Mayne.