As thousands of cane toads continue to cross the country at an alarming rate a battle is brewing between two organisations dedicated to stopping the toads from entering Western Australia. The Perth based ‘Stop the Toad’ coalition and the lesser known but well established ‘Kimberley Toad Busters’ are now fighting over which toad ‘mustering’ group is entitled to promised government funding, writes Jade Barry.
Western Australia
A long way to the top for Australia’s women
Anna Bligh yesterday was sworn in as Queensland’s first woman premier. Her legacy from the remarkable Peter Beattie includes a large majority in parliament and a commanding lead in the opinion polls. If she goes on to win the next election, Bligh will be the first woman in Australia to reach that milestone at state or federal level.
Canberra vs The States, Part XVI
There’s nothing new about John Howard’s centralism. Like most
federal politicians, fighting the states comes naturally to him. But the most recent twist - trying to sell the idea that the states are to blame for upward pressure on interest rates - still comes as something of a
surprise, writes Charles Richardson.
What’s Howard doing in the golden West?
The Prime Minister is in the West, the Liberals’ land of opportunity. Yesterday, he was campaigning in Kalgoorlie – an electorate The Crikey Guide to the 2007 Election describes as fairly safe Liberal territory with a margin of 6.3%.
