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The Australian media have aimed their latest barb at England ahead of the second Ashes Test later this week.
Ben Stokes' side have been licking their wounds since suffering a harrowing defeat inside two days in the first Test at Perth.
After a lengthy break, the action resumes in Brisbane on Thursday when the sole pink-ball day-night Test of the series gets underway.
Pink-ball Tests were introduced in 2015, but they have been embraced in Australia far more than anywhere else, with 13 of the 24 matches in the format to have taken place Down Under.
Speaking in the build-up to this week's encounter, England batter Joe Root had questioned whether such an historic rivalry like the Ashes needed a pink-ball match.
And on Monday, The West Australian paper took aim at Root's comments and plastered the 34-year-old on their front page with the headline: 'Death, taxes and whiny Poms.'
The Australian media have lashed out at Joe Root after his comments about pink-ball Tests
Root had questioned whether a series like the Ashes needs to include a pink-ball Test match
England's poor record in pink-ball Tests
August 2017 - Beat West Indies by an innings and 209 runs
March 2018 - Lost to New Zealand by an innings and 49 runs
February 2021 - Lost to India by 10 wickets
December 2021 - Lost to Australia by 275 runs
January 2022 - Lost to Australia by 146 runs
February 2023 - Beat New Zealand by 267 runs
'I personally don't think so,' Root had replied when asked whether he believes the Ashes needed a pink-ball Test, before he caveated his view by adding: 'It does add to things.
'It's successful and popular here, and Australia have got a good record here as well. You can see why we're playing one of those games.
'Ultimately, you know from two years out it is going to be there. It's part and parcel of making sure you're ready for it.
'A series like this, does it need it? I don't think so, but it doesn't mean it shouldn't be here either.'
When pink-ball Tests were approved in 2015 by the ICC, there was the belief that the matches would 'encourage and improve' audiences.
England have played seven such Tests in total, losing five of those, which includes defeats in Adelaide in 2017 and 2021, along with another loss in Hobart in 2022.
On the contrary, Australia have won 13 of their 14 matches in the format and they form a regular part of their home summer.
England bowler Mark Wood celebrates after taking six wickets in the last Ashes day-night pink-ball Test in January 2022 in Hobart
Speaking after Root, Australia batter Travis Head defended the concept and felt it brings something different to the game.
'We've embraced it,' he said. 'We've been able to put out a good product and play really well with it.
'Pink ball, white ball, red ball - who really cares? Does it need it, does it not? It's a great spectacle and we're going to have huge crowds again.
'If you win, you think it's great. If you lose, maybe not. Both teams may have differing opinions by the end of it. I think it's great for the game.
'We talk about T20, T10 and you see all these different formats. It still works the same way. It's still five days, it's just with a slightly different coloured ball and it brings a different atmosphere.'
The West Australian's latest outburst at England comes as no surprise, with the outlet having been continually critical of Stokes' side ever since they landed in Australia last month.
Stokes was dubbed 'cocky captain complainer' upon arrival, while they also labelled England as 'pathetic Poms' after the first Test and mocked Root as 'Average Joe' and a 'dud Root'.
Last week, former Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, writing in The West Australian, said England were 'arrogant' and claimed they needed 'to stop patting themselves on the back' or they 'risk serious embarrassment'.
