Paul Murray

2 weeks ago | thebookerprizes.com | Iris Murdoch |Paul Murray |Charlotte Mendelson |Mark Haddon

Featuring the tragicomic adventures of a host of eccentric misfits, these beguiling books will appeal to fans of Wes Anderson – a film director known as a bibliophile as well as an auteur Written by Helen Babbs Publication date and time: Published May 23, 2025If you were to write a checklist of what makes Wes Anderson’s film style so distinctive, it would have to include books. They’re a big deal in almost all his movies and many of his characters are writers or storytellers of some sort.

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