A state of stagnation: Why our legislative agenda is failing Western Australia
Dr Brian Walker addresses the legislative backlog and the government's inability to deliver on long-promised reforms that impact every Western Australian citizen.
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The endless waiting game for medicinal cannabis patients in Western Australia
Dr Brian Walker examines the persistent government delays surrounding medicinal cannabis driving laws and the real world impacts on patients waiting for legislative reform.
The Brutal Reality Behind Our Collapsing State Housing System
Dr Brian Walker examines the crisis in public housing, revealing the devastating wait times that thousands of Western Australians face while trying to secure a home.
The Hidden Costs of Normalised Government Spending in Western Australia Today
Dr Brian Walker examines the concerning trend of normalised, unchecked government expenditure, calling for greater fiscal transparency and accountability in Western Australia.
Cutting Red Tape for Medicinal Cannabis Patients in Western Australia
Dr Brian Walker highlights the ongoing battle to remove bureaucratic barriers for patients seeking medical cannabis access in Western Australia.
Stalling on driving reform leaves medicinal cannabis patients trapped in fear
Dr Brian Walker addresses the government's frustrating delay in releasing the findings from the medicinal cannabis and driving working group, highlighting the ongoing impact on patients.
The Beneficiary's Account
Political Funding and the Architecture of Capture Walker Briefing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The Available Remedies, Part Four The previous article in this series examined deliberative democracy and
What Deliberative Democracy Actually - IsThe Available Remedies, Part Two
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The Hand That Was Never Fed
In Perth in recent days, in a hotel function room, the Chamber of Minerals and Energy and the country’s largest gas and mining companies sat down with the Premier and the Prime Minister and told them, with no apparent embarrassment, not to bite the hand that feeds them. The headline writers obliged.
THE UPSTREAM PRINCIPLE - The Available Remedies, Part One
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What Australia Actually Did
The question that has not been asked In the six weeks between the twenty-eighth of February and the eighth of April, the Australian government took a series of decisions in response to the American and Israeli war against Iran. Most Australians do not know what those decisions were. The decisions we
The Upstream Principle
The Available Remedies, Part One Walker Briefing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. A note on what follows Yesterday I examined how the condition this Briefing has been diagnosing appears at the centre of
The War That Proved the Diagnosis
Six weeks that answered a question In the last weeks I published the second article in a series on the Confucian concept of disciplined proportionate response. The article was titled “What Sustainable Sovereignty Actually Requires.” It asked whether Australia could afford to continue calibrating its
What the Patient Decides
The consulting room In the opening passage of the final article in this series, I described a moment familiar to any general practitioner: the moment after the investigations are complete, the referrals have returned, and the diagnosis is no longer in doubt. The patient sits across the desk. The fil
The System That Teaches Silence
When I first entered parliament, a colleague took me aside and offered what he clearly considered a kind lesson. He explained to the me - the newbie - how the system actually works: stay on the right side of the party room, and you will be able to do things for your constituents. Cross it, and you w
The Recovery of Judgement
Where are we now? As a medical practitioner I often sit in front of a patient with the results of investigations and referrals which mandate an action. Perhaps it is a cardiovascular urgency: familial hyperlipidaemia has produced a 95 per cent stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery
Coming to a Conclusion
You have been exposed over the last few months to some seriously dense material. The last piece in this current series is arriving on Monday, and following that piece I promise I will revert to less challenging density and volume. Once I have these basics of deciphering the “what” out of the way I w
The Sovereign Deficit
The integrating question There is a discipline that experienced practitioners in any complex field eventually develop, though they rarely name it explicitly. It is the habit of distrust toward the presenting complaint. Not distrust of the patient, nor of the reality of the symptom, but of the comple
The Corrective Forces That Overshoot
On Democratic Self-Defence and the Paradox It Has Produced The Measure That Cannot Be Borrowed Walker Briefing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The Zhōng Yōng (中庸) does not ask for the midpoint between co
A Prescription for Change: Why We Must Legalise Living Room Greenery
Dr Brian Walker introduces a landmark bill to allow Western Australians to grow and possess cannabis for personal use, ending decades of failed prohibition and prioritising community health.
A Doctor Diagnoses the State: Why Alcohol Poses a Greater Danger Than Cannabis
Dr Brian Walker uses his medical expertise to contrast the staggering societal costs of alcohol with the potential benefits of a regulated cannabis market for Western Australians.
Respecting the history of Western Australian women and the integrity of Parliament
Dr Brian Walker MLC examines the gap between public relations and parliamentary accountability regarding a new local history trail celebrating the remarkable women of Western Australia.
What Sustainable Sovereignty Actually Requires
The question the series has been building toward The preceding pieces in this series have examined, from different angles, the same underlying condition: a political order losing its capacity for proportionate response, and an Australian strategic posture that has failed to reckon honestly with what
Protecting the Final Resting Places of Our Historical Trailblazers
Dr Brian Walker MLC questions the government on how it plans to protect the graves of notable women from renewal programs at Fremantle Cemetery while celebrating a new historical walk trail.