Young adults are betting more than $200 million each year on everything from AFL to horse racing. What’s driving them to gamble with their future?
Playing the odds
Study vs sport
Going all in on sport can mean leaving education behind, and young sailor Jamie Randall is feeling the strain.
Developers threaten Woolstores ledge
Developers have applied to alter the Fremantle Woolstores plan, risking a section of the world-famous skate ledge.
A local socialist alternative
A new party has entered Western Australia’s political sphere, and it claims to be far from your typical political party.
Let’s talk about books, baby
Romance novels are booming on TikTok, but behind the pastel covers lies a bigger story about the conversations we’re not having with kids.
Finding joy in new identities
As members of Perth’s cosplay community gathered to buy and sell costumes, shy newcomers were offered support to express themselves.
More than words
Developmental Language Disorder is more common that autism and ADHD but fewer than 20 per cent of Australians have heard of it.
A different kind of brilliance
Is a special school the best option for supporting children with autism in WA?
Adoption rates reach record low
Child welfare experts and advocates respond to the latest data on adoption rates.
Prevention the cure
The state government is expanding a domestic violence prevention program aimed at school children and educators.
The game blame
Addiction to devices continues to rise among young people, and the impacts are not just being felt in the home.
So you think you can’t write?
Melville’s Write Club project is helping school kids develop literacy skills and become published authors.
More Auslan in WA schools
More WA schools are signing on to include Auslan classes.
Protestors demand safer teen detention
Demonstrators are furious another young West Australian has died in custody and want an overhaul of the system.
Knives out for new law
WA’s proposed stop-and-search knife laws could be the toughest in the country, if passed, but experts have mixed feelings.
From street to class
Finding accommodation can be hard for international students. What happens when they can’t?
St Pat’s revamp sparks hope
What’s going on with St Patrick’s $22 million redevelopment, and what does it tell us about homelessness in WA?