Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the nation’s state leaders should come together to visit and meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, says Western Australian (WA) Premier Mark McGowan. The Labor Premier McGowan is currently touring China—WA’s largest trading partner—and has been vocal in his support for stronger economic ties with Beijing and critical of…
Call for China Appeasement: Premier Says PM Should Bring Entourage of State Leaders to Meet With Xi
April 20, 2023
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Tensions High After Guards Injured in Riot at Western Australia Prison
Tensions remain high in the youth wing of a West Australian prison after six guards were allegedly injured during a riot and inmates freed themselves from their cells. Casuarina Prison’s youth custodial officers feel unsafe following the incident on Saturday when a guard’s keys were allegedly stolen, and she was hit with a makeshift weapon. “There…
The Biggest Gun Confiscation in Australia’s History
Commentary A disarmed population is defenceless in the face of impending tyranny. The American Founders mistrusted government armies and believed, on the basis of English history and their own colonial experience, that governments are prone to use their weapons to oppress the people. They believed that whenever governments plan to destroy our inalienable rights to…
Aussie Gunsmith Issues Stark Warning to US Firearm Owners on Gun Control
April 2, 2023
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In a stark warning to U.S. gun owners, Australian weapons manufacturer Lance French says firearm control laws—once introduced—never stop expanding. The owner of SGS Industries made the comments during the Western Australian Firearms Community Alliance meeting on April 1. The meeting of gun owners and industry experts was held in reaction to impending state laws that…
New High-Powered Weapons Ban a Smokescreen for Real Problems: Industry
April 2, 2023
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Moves to implement the toughest firearm controls in Australia have been met with accusations that it is nothing more than a smokescreen for weak action on high crime rates and cost of living problems. On Feb. 14, the Western Australian (WA) Labor government announced a new ban on high-powered firearms able to fire over long…
Police Thwart Attempts to Smuggle $1 Billion Worth of Cocaine Into Australia
An international covert operation has intercepted a record of 2.4 tonnes of cocaine, estimated to be worth A$1 billion ($677 million), from entering Western Australia in what is believed to be the nation’s biggest drug bust. The Western Australian (WA) Police Force said on Saturday that it has arrested 12 individuals, including an American, who…
Toxic Chemical Threat to Western Australia’s Drinking Water Supply
A pipeline built without approval by alumina giant Alcoa is at risk of leaking toxic chemicals into a dam which supplies drinking water in Western Australia’s (WA’s) southwest. The state’s environmental regulator has ordered Alcoa to urgently flush out the pipeline which crosses the Samson Dam, about 100km south of Perth. It says the pipeline…
Australia’s Prisons Costing Taxpayers Dearly
A new report has shown that Australia’s imprisonment rate has increased by nearly 50 percent since 2000 and is above all Western European countries and Canada, yet instead of reducing crime, it has only led to higher rates of reoffending. Australia now imprisons more people than at any time since 1900, costing taxpayers over $3.6…
Protester Paints Woodside Energy Logo on Western Australia Parliament
February 21, 2023
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A climate change protester has spray-painted the Woodside Energy logo onto the front doors of Western Australia (WA) parliament house to criticise the government’s investment in fossil fuels. The protest action on Thursday was part of a campaign by WA-based climate change group Disrupt Burrup Hub. The group targets Burrup Hub, which it described as…
WA Government Eyes Solution to Carnarvon Booze Problem
Alcohol restrictions are likely to be introduced in Carnarvon to help the West Australian tourist town deal with a spike in antisocial behaviour. Additional police have been sent to the northern coastal town in WA’s Gascoyne region, where businesses have been burgled, and a police vehicle was allegedly rammed by a stolen car last month….
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