Unfortunately its not only a case of corrupted politicians. I think with the after career board appointments its hard to argue against that. And also, WA Inc....

But theres the fact that the only major media (sevenwest) in the State is owned by Kerry Stokes with deeply vested interests in mining.

And then, most importantly, it comes down to that Upton Sinclair quote, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." Too many people in the State are ready to believe their industries arguments against possible reform before debate even begins, which it can't due to the aforementioned media dominance by mining interests.

At this stage we should just put the flag's Black Swan in a hi-vis vest.

After all its pretty high up on those flag poles.

I love a good conti roll!

Tried one from a local store just last week, it wasn't that good though, so i'm a bit deficient in that department right now.

Really?

Things have definitely changed in the last 15 or so years.

Isn't this somewhat true? Don't we have plenty of that building sand for concrete, that the rest of the world is apparently slowly running out of?