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Gareth Parker is a WAtoday columnist, News Director at 9News Perth, and WA Journalist of the Year 2021.

Property developer makes offer to buy struggling Perth Glory
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Property developer makes offer to buy struggling Perth Glory

Ross Pelligra, whose family company Pelligra Group is behind significant commercial and industrial property developments in Victoria, Queensland and South Australia, has submitted a non-binding offer.

  • by Gareth Parker and Paddy Sweeney

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Tony Sage out as Perth Glory go into receivership
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Tony Sage out as Perth Glory go into receivership

WA businessman Tony Sage’s ownership of Perth Glory has collapsed, with the A-League club put into voluntary receivership.

  • by Michael Stamp and Gareth Parker
Will ministers stand by Alcoa or experts after bombshell revelations?
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Will ministers stand by Alcoa or experts after bombshell revelations?

Do State Development Minister (and Deputy Premier) Roger Cook, Environment Minister Reece Whitby and Water Minister Simone McGurk stand by Alcoa, or by the advice of their own departmental experts?

  • by Gareth Parker
WA’s conservatives have a long way to go even after leadership turnover

WA’s conservatives have a long way to go even after leadership turnover

It is hard to make a clear-eyed case that WA’s Liberal and Nationals parties are obviously better off.

  • by Gareth Parker
WA’s COVID review must not forget victims of hard border

WA’s COVID review must not forget victims of hard border

Some pretty basic human rights - and humanity - were cast aside in the pursuit of keeping the virus out.

  • by Gareth Parker
Perth house prices the subject of a great national guessing game

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.

  • by Gareth Parker
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What McGowan’s Banksia Hill brawl says about his politics (and WA’s)

What McGowan’s Banksia Hill brawl says about his politics (and WA’s)

Mark McGowan’s posturing over Banksia Hill is another illustration of how the conservative side of politics in WA has absolutely nowhere to go.

  • by Gareth Parker
Unfiltered, unapologetic Alannah among the last of dying political breed

Unfiltered, unapologetic Alannah among the last of dying political breed

Throughout a long political career, Alannah MacTiernan was both beloved and at times reviled. But by the end, always respected, even by her opponents.

  • by Gareth Parker
Where are the WA Liberals? Fighting their battles but ignoring the war

Where are the WA Liberals? Fighting their battles but ignoring the war

Despite their humiliation, the penny has not entirely dropped for our lay party that without all shoulders to the wheel, this is their existential moment.

  • by Gareth Parker
Pat Cummins billboards show you can find fault in any sports sponsor

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.

  • by Gareth Parker
No more double shifts: Fed up West Australian nurses launch action

No more double shifts: Fed up West Australian nurses launch action

Nurses are worn out and strung out, using little more than goodwill to keep going a system with razor-thin margins – and we’re about to find out just how thin.

  • by Gareth Parker

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