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It’s time to Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! for NAIDOC Week

We can all Get Up! this week and celebrate our Indigenous population, Stand Up! and focus on our First Nations people’s concerns and Show Up! with our voices to support one of the oldest cultures on earth.

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Why men should care about women’s rights

Allies of women are here not to tell our own story, but to listen to and amplify those affected. Men don’t reflexively respond, because these issues will never live inside our own bodies or cruel our careers.

Andrew Miller

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WA’s economic credentials envy of the world

In taking a read of geopolitical and economic troubles around the world, it’s clear WA is a postcard perfect destination for people to relocate and for global capital to find strong, sustainable returns.

Chris Rodwell

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Trying to keep up with new slang is cheugy as

Keeping on top of the latest ‘cool’ words has always been a challenge but thanks to the internet fuelling the biggest turnover in slang we have ever witnessed, it’s getting even harder.

Gary Martin

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No quick fix for WA’s job crisis

The impact of WA’s chronic skills shortage has reached every industry and every corner of the economy.

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New financial year signals more cost of living pressures

As we start a new financial year, all indications are that life is about to get substantially tougher for West Australians — particularly those who are already struggling to make ends meet.

Joe Spagnolo

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From belts to razors: 20 helpful tips for new prison inmates

Former Comancheros’ State leader Nikola Maksimovic is heading to jail for a generation — here are a few handy hints he’ll need for when he’s on the inside.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

DAD LIFE PremiumWhoever invented the tooth fairy was one twisted individual

Cleo puts us through hell when she gets a tooth and the fact that in five or six years time, we are meant to pay for the pleasure of digging each of these out from under her pillow is already grating on me.

Josh Zimmerman

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Unfit to travel

This week I flew to Rome, boarding my first international flight for more than 1000 days, and it is fair to say I have forgotten some things about travelling.

Nat Locke

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Why Roe v Wade decision is as bad as Russia invading Ukraine

The US Supreme Court’s decision to consign Roe v Wade to history’s toilet is akin to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

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Hedland death another tragic chapter in our hospital crisis

What happened to lead to the death of a Pilbara woman soon after she sought mental health treatment is unclear, but it’s apparent the WA Country Health Service thinks something may have gone terribly wrong.

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Our nostalgia obsession a comfort in trying times

With Top Gun smashing box office records and Kate Bush returning to the ARIA charts you could be forgiven for thinking we had joined Doc in the DeLorean and travelled back to the 80s.

Demelza Leonard

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WA’s ludicrous ban on native logging giving science the chop

The McGowan Government’s own well-documented history proves the decision to ban logging is purely political, to appease green sentiments, and has little to do with science.

Paul Murray

Paul Murray

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The secret to ditching your bullying best mate

Dear Aunty, I want to break up with my best friend but I don’t know how to do it. What should I do?

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

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Sarah-Jane TaskerCommentsPremium
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How Woodside’s O’Neill is breaking the blokey CEO mould

We all dream big as a kid but how many of us fulfil those childhood dreams?

Sarah-Jane Tasker

Sarah-Jane Tasker

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WA must commit to early learning plan

Ninety per cent of a child’s brain development has already occurred before they start their first year of schooling at age 5. That’s why it’s so vitally important to make the most of these crucial early years.

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Albo seeks seat at top table in international climate club

Albanese’s diplomatic dance card was full at the NATO summit as each president, prime minister and chancellor clamoured to discover what made this new boy from Oz tick on policy.

Mark Riley

Mark Riley

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Kiarna BrownComments
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Pre-term death of First Nations babies a preventable tragedy

There are times I lose sleep because I’m worrying about a baby and hoping that it continues to grow healthily inside its mother’s womb for another day, week or month.

Kiarna Brown

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David GainerCommentsPremium
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Independence Day time for Americans to recommit to equality

Our principles are far more powerful and true than fear and authoritarianism and they are worth standing up for.

David Gainer

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Basil ZempilasCommentsPremium
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The pasta may be better in Rome, but it’s still no Perth

The Eternal City has style, culture, people, sport, food and passion — but while Rome is stunning, it’s not a city which sparkles. Perth by comparison is pristine.

Basil Zempilas

Basil Zempilas

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Kate PhillipsCommentsPremium
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Dr Google no cure for COVID-19 anxiety

The only good thing about catching COVID is the relief you feel after you’ve recovered.

Kate Phillips

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Peter LawCommentsPremium
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Sick West Aussies lose out in St John power struggle

An international search for a new CEO will just be window dressing from the St John WA hierarchy and Government if it is not matched by both sides working together on overdue reform.

Peter Law

Peter Law

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David GossageCommentsPremium
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Keep WA’s volunteer firefighters under local control

Handing control of WA’s bush volunteer firefighter brigades to a Perth-based bureaucracy could have disastrous consequences.

David Gossage

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Kim MacdonaldCommentsPremium
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Pay airfares of would-be migrants to solve skills crisis

If we don’t put in the extra yards to get skilled migrants, how will we compete against all the other countries crying out for them amid building booms across the globe?

Kim Macdonald

Kim Macdonald