“Pothole of the Week” is our way of highlighting the deplorable condition of our roads—and since a state Labor MP’s office recently told us to “send photos and locations,” we’re taking them at their word. At the local level, the shire has unanimously adopted its 2025 Road Management Plan, which sets out its responsibilities for inspecting, maintaining, and repairing the roads under its control. The next step is turning that plan into real action, backed by appropriate funding, to ensure the local road network is properly maintained. And now, here are this week’s potholes – real examples of the problems…
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“Pothole of the Week” is our way of highlighting the deplorable condition of our roads—and since a state Labor MP’s office recently told us to “send photos and locations,” we’re taking them at their word. At the local level, the shire has unanimously adopted its 2025 Road Management Plan, which sets out its responsibilities for inspecting, maintaining, and repairing the roads under its control. The next step is turning that plan into real action, backed by appropriate funding, to ensure the local road network is properly maintained. And now, here are this week’s potholes – real examples of the problems…
FROM THE EDITOR ONE of the great scourges of our modern democratic system is that political parties view power as an end in itself, and not a means to an end. Of course, governing is the end. Power is just the means to be able to govern. We live in a state where the Labor government seems unwilling or incapable of performing the tasks required to effectively govern. Decision making is tortured and flawed, with the best outcomes taking a distant second place to political considerations. Whether it is crime, cost-shifting or crumbling infrastructure, the result is that we live…