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Bitter pill for sweet treats

By Camila Egusquiza Santa Cruz on April 2, 2026

Pour form makes unhappy hour

By Adam Morolla on April 2, 2026

Holiday plans tanked

By Renee Hilton-Jones on April 2, 2026

Dead quiet

By Olivia Fuderer on March 26, 2026

Trams rights activists

By Domenic Rossi on March 26, 2026

Calcium concerns bone deep

By Renee Hilton-Jones on March 20, 2026

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Teaching plan under spotlight

By Cailin Lucken on May 3, 2023

Some Australian schools are trialing a new model to prepare teaching students for the classroom. Should WA follow suit?

Evidence in deep trouble?

By Seamus Harrison on May 3, 2023

Is Western Australia’s justice system ready to prevent voice cloning technology from impacting trial outcomes?

Surviving on a shoestring

By Rebeka Petroska on April 27, 2023

Some unpaid work placements are causing duress and financial pain for struggling uni students.

Why the waste?

By Orla Latawski on April 26, 2023

Councils embrace the verge valet as a way of reducing waste in the community.

The uphill battle

By Olivia Ford on April 26, 2023

Could a decision in May by Mundaring Council herald the end of a planning saga brewing since 2018?

A halting hemp industry

By Greg McFerran on April 26, 2023

Homegrown hemp building products struggle to find a footing in Australia’s construction sector.

Finally: protection for Aboriginal cultural sites

By Chloe Henville on April 26, 2023

New state legislation and funding aim to protect our Aboriginal heritage sites.

Voting on the Voice in WA

By Jessica Evensen on April 26, 2023

Why are so many West Australians not convinced about the Voice to parliament?

Too old to rule?

By Xander Sapsworth-Collis on April 26, 2023

How old is too old to be an Australian political leader and is ability more important than age?

Stay well WA

By Bronte Holmes on April 26, 2023

This winter there’s a new threat to our health – the flu and COVID together. The advice: be prepared.

Women’s safety extended

By Bronte Holmes on April 26, 2023

Perth City Council has decided to extend the Safe Night Space programme until May giving women a secure place to sleep at night.

The gym generation

By Alex Govan on April 24, 2023

More young people than ever before are flocking to the gym. Why is this happening now?

Country footy carries on

By Joshua Kempton on April 22, 2023

Australia’s game is thriving in our regions, but the reasons keeping it strong are not on the field.

No hands kneaded?

By Gera Kazakov on April 22, 2023

As the baking industry struggles to find staff, is bread “untouched by the human hand” the way of the future?

Mum’s the word

By Ash Ramos on April 21, 2023

A hole in the care market led a Perth woman to create a business model based on the role of an everyday mum.

Ballroom culture: Houses, 007s, kiki? Come inside.

By Stephanie Jacob on April 21, 2023

Meet the creative and colourful new-old culture now blossoming in Perth.

Skatepark ‘shredded’ too soon

By Gera Kazakov on April 20, 2023

Residents of Piara Waters and Harrisdale are divided over a decision to remove a local skatepark, only years after it was built.

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