Gareth Parker
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Past articles by Gareth:
Perth house prices the subject of a great national guessing game
Prices in Perth are just 1 per cent behind the peak of August 2022 – as rate hikes were beginning. Why is WA (again) different to the east coast? Three reasons. → Read More
Pat Cummins billboards show you can find fault in any sports sponsor
Modern professional sport is funded entirely by brands. It’s the cold hard economic reality that underpins the lucrative playing contracts of the stars who are speaking out. → Read More
Wagering newcomer raises the stakes in bumper $1 billion WA TAB sale
With the winner’s post in sight the horse with its nose in front is an inexperienced colt but with strong bloodlines and connections. → Read More
The larrikin golf superstar in the Shark’s sights
Winning The Open has made Cameron Smith a bona fide golfing superstar for the next generation. Perhaps that’s why Greg Norman is so keen on luring him to his rebel tour. → Read More
Western Australia’s green dream is underpinned by gas
WA’s move to phase out all but one coal-fired power stations is a daring policy in the state that has been the national laggard on reducing emissions. → Read More
Could the east coast’s gas crisis prove to be an opportunity for WA?
There’s nothing ‘national’ about the gas crisis currently unfolding on Australia’s east coast. → Read More
Albanese’s road to the Lodge was paved by Mark McGowan
Sandgropers again bucked the national trend, but this time swung hard towards Labor and Anthony Albanese. That road was cleared, graded, paved and marked by Mark McGowan. → Read More
‘Soft landing’ achieved, but McGowan still faces challenges ahead
After more than two years, and a few months after the rest of the nation, we are going to give living with the virus a red-hot go. → Read More
Frydenberg throws the kitchen sink at middle Australia ahead of May vote
Tuesday’s budget stakes the terrain the government will fight on to May as it seeks a repeat performance of Scott Morrison’s 2019 “miracle”. → Read More
‘Mark put his face on the freakin’ bus’: New friction opens old Labor wounds
Two months out from the federal election, we probably did not expect to see a public airing of grievances between WA Labor’s federal contingent and the leader of the state party. → Read More
These troubled times favour the battlefield Morrison wants to fight on
In fending off a challenge from Albanese and Labor, the Coalition refers to its economic and national security metrics – and current crises overseas only play to this. → Read More
From egg cartons to rare earths, global supply chains are about to get a lot shorter
Did you know most WA egg cartons were manufactured in China? The situation is a microcosm of the shift under way as industries reliant on global supply chains rush to adapt to a changing geopolitical situation. → Read More
Why it’s time for a return to normality in highly vaccinated WA
West Australians have proved they are very willing to get vaccinated, and we don’t need bottle shop attendants (allegedly) punched in the head to get the job finished. → Read More
Outside the WA bubble life goes on – with risk, but free
WA residents have told ourselves for the past two years that we live a lifestyle freer than anywhere in the world, yet my lived experience was that this isn’t quite true. → Read More
Dial down the fear and drop the chest beating: What I wish for WA in 2022
After the annus horribilis of 2020, was 2021 any better? It is debatable and it depends very much upon your frame of reference. → Read More
Why the next eight weeks will be critical to WA’s COVID reopening plans
In those eight weeks, Western Australia is going to have to grapple with a seismic shift – institutionally, intellectually, and emotionally. → Read More
With Australia on the cusp of conquering the pandemic, why are some so angry?
Nationwide, tens of thousands have marched in the streets for their right to shun safe and effective medical treatments. → Read More
With Australia on the cusp of conquering the pandemic, why are some so angry?
Nationwide, tens of thousands have marched in the streets for their right to shun safe and effective medical treatments. → Read More
WA the only state to have increased emissions since 2005 as people power sees surge in solar
If it’s good enough to label Barnaby Joyce and Matt Canavan as climate criminals for protecting coal jobs in NSW and Queensland, why doesn’t WA Labor cop the same treatment? → Read More
The very thing keeping COVID-19 out of WA is also suffocating our hospital system
The report detailing the failures that led to Aishwarya Aswath’s death at Perth Children’s Hospital must be the start of some soul-searching as we wonder how our health system got to such a strained point. → Read More