Paul Murray

Jan 10, 2025 | thewest.com.au | Paul Murray

Paul Murray: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s empty pledge on Green or teals deal shows his true coloursMain Image: The Prime Minister is still living down broken promises he made last time around that he refuses to own, like lowering our power bills by $275 a year. Credit: AAP

Dec 20, 2024 | thewest.com.au | Paul Murray

The Liberals are partly to blame for the predictable bashing that Peter Dutton’s slowly-evolving nuclear policy has taken from all the usual ideologically-blinkered suspects. When Labor put Australia on the dangerous path of a renewables-only energy system — which no other country is dumb enough to countenance — the Liberals stuck to a non-nuclear, fossil fuel preference.

Dec 13, 2024 | thewest.com.au | Paul Murray

A damning review of WA’s awesomely-empowered Corruption and Crime Commission which makes highly critical evaluations of the agency’s culture and leadership has strangely slipped quietly from public view. Any other government operation would be shaken to the core by such findings of internal misconduct and dysfunction over a four-year period. The relevant ministers would have been hounded to provide accountability. Public service heads would be hauled over the coals, in the media and privately.

Dec 6, 2024 | thewest.com.au | Paul Murray

Paul Murray: It seems no one can keep Australia safe from failing Treasurer Jim Chalmers

Nov 22, 2024 | thewest.com.au | Paul Murray

Paul Murray: Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s dismissal of nuclear in favour of renewables is a costly mistakeMain Image: Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen at the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING MICK TSIKAS Credit: MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE