Protecting Western Australia from a Six Billion Dollar Threat
Dr Brian Walker discusses the urgent need to protect Western Australia's GST revenue share following concerning recommendations from the Productivity Commission.
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Unlocking the future of Western Australian hemp through science and vision
Dr Brian Walker challenges the government on their lack of engagement with national hemp industry recommendations, questioning why Western Australia remains hesitant to embrace this vital economic and agricultural opportunity.
Special Powers for a Weapons Fair: A Dangerous New Precedent
Dr Brian Walker reflects on the Land Forces Event (Special Powers) Bill, questioning the normalization of extraordinary police powers and the erosion of our fundamental democratic rights.
Why Our Palliative Care Promises Are Dying On The Vine
Dr Brian Walker reflects on the urgent need for government transparency regarding broken promises in palliative care and the real-world impact on Western Australian families.
Why is the government keeping medicinal cannabis driving reforms hidden from us
Dr Brian Walker examines the government's lack of transparency regarding the Medicinal Cannabis and Safe Driving Working Group report and the impact on WA patients.
Evidence based road safety requires transparency not government silence
Dr Brian Walker examines the lack of transparency regarding road safety statistics and their influence on current medicinal cannabis driving reforms.
Why Ignoring Basic Science in Perth Development Puts Our Future at Risk
Dr Brian Walker reflects on the urgent need to address flawed drainage and soil analysis in North Ellenbrook development plans to prevent long-term flooding disasters.
How a Doctor Learns to See
I remember the day she came to the ward with abdominal pain and clearly some sort of intra-abdominal issue. I palpated the abdomen but could not locate an area of concern. She was treated with antibiotics but did not improve. So we did what was usually done in those days. We took her to theatre and
The Step Down
My father died at fifty. My mother lived to eighty and could have seen ninety-five. Smoking took both of them, and it took my little brother, who grew up watching what it did to them and started anyway. He is dead too. I have detested tobacco since I was five years old, arguing with my parents at th
Why Curiosity is the Best Medicine for Our State
Dr Brian Walker explores the importance of scientific inquiry and the necessity of challenging the status quo for a healthier, more transparent Western Australia.
Restoring Faith in Our Local Councils Through Smarter Oversight
Dr Brian Walker discusses the need for regular parliamentary engagement with the Local Government Inspector to ensure transparency, accountability, and support for Western Australian local councils.
Learning From Germany on Cannabis Reform and Road Safety
Dr Brian Walker questions the government on German cannabis legalisation and its impact on driving, urging reliance on scientific evidence rather than stalling tactics to ensure road safety and sensible reform.
Why Our State Must Finally Protect Animals In Local Government Shelters
Dr Brian Walker advocates for mandatory, science-based standards of care in all Western Australian animal shelters to prevent suffering and ensure consistent treatment.
Fixing the Energy Grid: Why Planning and Transparency Must Come First
Dr Brian Walker addresses the government's flawed energy transition plans and the urgent need for transparency in the new capital charges legislation for Western Australia's grid.
When Policy Collides With Reality: The Urgent Need For Better Cannabis Training
Dr Brian Walker explores the disconnect between current police training for cannabis impairment and the evidence-based approaches needed to ensure fair and accurate roadside assessment in Western Australia.
Bringing Clarity to Medicinal Cannabis Patients Behind the Wheel
Dr Brian Walker addresses the current status of medicinal cannabis driving reforms, pushing for evidence-based changes to protect patients who rely on legal medication.
The Courage to Look
A patient was driving home on a long weekend. They take a prescribed medicine for anxiety. It happens to be a cannabis medicine, and they had taken the dose the evening before, the way the prescription recommends. There was no sign of impairment when the police pulled them over, and no test for impa
Why a Doctor Went Into Politics
A man sat down in front of me a few years ago and I have not really stopped thinking about him since. He had served. He came home from that service carrying things the rest of us were spared, and by the time he reached my room the word for it was PTSD, though the word tells you almost nothing about
The Question of Will
The last piece left a question hanging, the way the one before it left a question for that. If some of what divides us is real and some of it is only made to look that way, and a person can now tell which is which, then we are no longer asking whether we secretly agree. We are asking something harde
Which of Our Divisions Are Real
Telling a real divide from a distorted one The last piece ended with a question I left hanging. I had sorted the reasons a good idea takes so long to catch on into four kinds, and said that telling them apart was the whole of the job. I closed by asking something harder. When we look at everything t
Neither the Fright Nor the Shrug
On the sixth of July a Chinese submarine fired a long-range missile into the Pacific. It carried no warhead, only a dummy, and it came down, by the best reckoning available, in the southern reaches of the ocean. Within a day the event had its shape in the headlines, and the shape was fright. Walke
Why the Good Thing Waits
(Article 14 of The Available Remedies) You hear it and something in you tightens. Somewhere, someone has shown that a job can be done faster, or cheaper, or with less harm. The proof is in. The trial has been run. And still the country goes on doing it the old way, year after year, as though none of
Who Holds The Pen?
Civic education is the remedy I am readiest to believe in. This article is the test I owe it before I ask anyone else to. Through these chapters the people have mostly turned up as the ones things are done to. We pulled the structures apart, followed the money, traced the incentives, and all the way
Why Democracy Is Failing
Where to Look In the middle of 2026 something happened in Australian politics that had never happened before. More people told the pollsters they would put One Nation first than would put either of the two big parties first. Not one stray poll. Several of them, run by different firms, all leaning th