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Cutting it fine

By Stuart Stirling on April 30, 2026

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By Connor Kidd on April 23, 2026

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By Camila Egusquiza Santa Cruz on April 2, 2026

Pour form makes unhappy hour

By Adam Morolla on April 2, 2026

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Pitching for change

By Aimee Glossop on May 2, 2024

New research has found the lack of women coaching junior sports can create negative gender stereotypes in children.

Class control

By Ronan Fitzgerald on May 2, 2024

New disciplinary guidelines are set to be rolled out in schools, however, they have split opinion.

When rainfall is no remedy

By Georgy Sides on May 2, 2024
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Recent wet weather in Perth has ended a severe dry spell but might the damage already be done?

Shoring up safety

By Tegan Shirdon on May 2, 2024

An avid beachgoer says he feels safe that more measures are being rolled out for protection against sharks.

Exercising 9 to 5

By Ava Rawlings on May 2, 2024

A new study has found people need to spend at least four hours exercising each day.

Fare-ly affordable flying

By Ashlyn Forbes on May 2, 2024

The West Australian Government says its Affordable Airfare Program is now bigger than ever.

Out of breath

By Georgia Nicolau on May 2, 2024
Asthma awareness

A lack of education about asthma has led to countless people being misdiagnosed, with experts highlighting the urgent need for increased awareness.

Food for thought

By Olivia Colvin on May 2, 2024

Does labelling food healthy or unhealthy create more problems than it solves?

From Columbia to Curtin

By Jacki Elezovich on May 2, 2024

With signs and megaphones, dozen of students at Curtin University have joined the Palestine solidarity encampment movement.

War on women

By Kalani Bate-Henry on April 30, 2024

Another woman has been found dead in Perth, the second suspected act of gendered violence in a week. Protestors are demanding change.

Perth’s ‘Grande’ coffee culture

By Olivia Colvin on April 29, 2024

With Perth on the brink of getting its first Starbucks, we take a moment to ponder the history of coffee in WA.

Alone together

By Aimee Glossop on April 24, 2024

For sufferers of invisible illnesses, the toll that being unwell takes on friendships often stays in the shadows.

To be or not to be

By Chloe Maher on April 22, 2024

Age old sayings like ‘it wasn’t meant to be’ are still flippantly used today but could their impact be more fateful than commonly thought?

Empty city, empty wallets

By Reilly Leeson on April 22, 2024

With shops and services closing their doors in a cost of living crisis, what do we lose when our physical spaces go online?

Frontier island futures

By Jacki Elezovich on April 19, 2024

Australia’s sub-Antarctic islands need protecting. The experts tell us why.

Damned if you know, or don’t

By Ava Rawlings on April 19, 2024

Everyday kids and young adults go to school, uni and work, while looking after their parents, who should be looking after them. The toll this takes can stay with them their whole lives.

Cat got your tongue?

By Andrew Williams on April 19, 2024

Calls for reform to WA’s cat laws have been growing across the state from wildlife rehabilitators and local governments, so why hasn’t the State Government done anything?

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