In this edition of The West Weekly:

• Student protesters chase WA's favourite ex-premier.
• Bazil Zempilas's diabolical R U OK burn.
• Does shipping our gas offshore really help with our energy security?
• Will the Greens and Canberra lobbyists have Western Australians living in caves?

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In this first installment of The West Weekly:

• We're all obsessed with Basil Zempilas.
• No one knows who our premier is – will free zoo tickets help?
• Man the battle stations! Seven West's cold war against nature laws has turned hot.

Head to www.lastplaceonearth.com.au for reportage, opinion, analysis and more.

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Newly independent Senator Fatima Payman is currently travelling through regional Western Australia on a 'listening tour' to meet with voters and hear their concerns.

The Last Place on Earth sat down with Senator Payman last week in the Pilbara town of Karratha, where she spoke about:

• Feeling constrained in the Labor party
• Meeting with angry students from the Curtin Uni pro-Palestine encampment
• Labor's Future Gas Strategy
• How genocide in Gaza will shape the next Australian federal election
• What she's hearing from voters in the regions

For more on power and politics in the west, and what it means for the rest of the country, visit www.lastplaceonearth.com.au

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