An east coast economist has attacked the Federal Government’s assurances on WA’s GST share, labelling it the worst public policy decision of the century.
Katina Curtis and Dan Jervis-Bardy
Colin Barnett got a rock star reception as he walked down Napoleon Street in Cottesloe this week — and he had every reason to do so.
Joe Spagnolo
In some ways, Colin Barnett was ahead of his time. In others, he remains a throwback to a bygone era.
Josh Zimmerman
Serial conman Sam Barnett has reinvented himself in a small WA town.
John Flint
Colin Barnett has ruled out nominating for WA Liberal Party state president, declaring it was time for the ‘older guard’ of State and Federal MPs to ‘make way for younger people’.
The former WA premier has spoken of his fondest memory of Tricia the elephant — and revealed his regret over a plan he never got off the ground.
Shannon Hampton and Rebecca Le May
The former premier believes Australia’s voting system needs to be overhauled to stop elections being ‘corrupted’ by preference swap deals.
Peter Law
Colin Barnett’s government gave Perth a world-class footy stadium, Elizabeth Quay and the Perth Children’s Hospital — but he regrets not delivering an open-range zoo.
Ben O'Shea
Former premier Colin Barnett has spoken for the first time about the full extent of threats he received while in office, and revealed someone had mailed bullets to his home after he left politics.
Liberal leader Zak Kirkup’s former boss Colin Barnett lost a state election before later winning. His Labor rival Mark McGowan also lost before he won. These initial failures should prove inspiring.
Gareth Parker
Former premier Colin Barnett has warned his old party against a preference swap with One Nation after Liberal leader Liza Harvey said she wouldn’t rule out a deal.
Angry investors are chasing down Sam Barnett, son of former Premier Colin Barnett, in court to make him pay them what they claim they are owed.
Having largely kept a low profile since walking away from State politics in 2018, Colin Barnett is back in the spotlight after accepting his first directorship.
Colin Barnett ignored advice to appeal one of Clive Palmer’s early wins in the long-running legal dispute that threatens to hand the Queensland businessman $30 billion.
WA has a long history of big projects, sometimes delivered against the odds. If ever there was a need for visionary thinking, it is now.
Former WA Premier Colin Barnett has praised the State Government's health response to COVID-19 but picked holes in its economic handling of the crisis, labelling it "a bit namby-pamby".
Caitlyn Rintoul and Jenna Clarke
Ex-Premier Colin Barnett should be thanked for delivering Optus Stadium to WA and ensuring a Perth grand final was even possible, according to his former cross-country colleague Jeff Kennett.
Caitlyn Rintoul & Jenna Clarke
The former premier says Australia’s relationship with China is at risk of further damage if the Morrison Government backs Clive Palmer’s legal bid to pull down WA’s hard border.
EXCLUSIVE: Dixie Marshall has spoken out for the first time following the Barnett Government’s bruising defeat in 2017, revealing she urged the former Premier to quit before the poll.
Belle Taylor
More legal issues are stalking Sam Barnett, with a writ lodged in the Supreme Court revealing a disgruntled investor is pursuing the son of former WA premier Colin Barnett for nearly $2 million.
Tim Clarke
Selling half of Western Power is an economic no-brainer... even a 22-year-old press release says so.
Ben Harvey
Scott Morrison must go carefully in bid to win back Pauline’s people.
Nick Butterly
Kim Papalia has hit out at a corruption investigation of a Barnett government decision to sponsor rugby team Western Force.
Trying to follow the political discourse on whether the TAB in WA should be sold to a private bidder has been like trying to pin the tail on a donkey blindfolded after a bottle of red.
Gary Adshead