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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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From little space can big things grow?

By Mya Kordic on November 24, 2022

Meet the farmers working to cultivate 30 per cent of Singapore’s nutritional needs by 2030, despite limited land and a reliance on imports.

Clean sweep

By kathryn shine on November 24, 2022

WA’s Journalist of the Year Daryna Zadvirna is among numerous Curtin Journalism graduates recognised at recent awards.

“Dirty, demeaning and dangerous”

By Alex Govan on November 24, 2022

Post-pandemic, healthcare and living conditions for migrant construction workers in Singapore are back under the microscope.

Back from the brink, with bite

By Tylah Tully on November 24, 2022

Improved environmental conditions in Singapore have brought the local otter back from near extinction. But there have been unexpected consequences.

Serving Singapore

By Ike Adesanya on November 24, 2022

For some young men, compulsory military service is a major inconvenience, but others find the experience rewarding.

Coming out, speaking up

By Harriet Flinn on November 24, 2022

The LGBTQ+ community in Singapore is fighting to find its voice, in a landscape that still censors non-mainstream views.

Changing minds, with hearts

By Abbey Cullen on November 23, 2022

In a country known for its wealth, some Singaporeans are trying to highlight the spirit of charity and generosity.

The chopping block

By Dylan Storer on November 23, 2022
Trees of a rainforest in Singapore with high rise buildings imposing over them.

Singapore projects an image as the world’s greenest city, but many of its remaining patches of nature are under threat of deforestation. 

Speaking out through the arts

By Charlotte Italiano on November 23, 2022

Theatre is perhaps one of the only places you can publicly discuss issues such as sexuality and racism in Singapore.

The state of innovation

By Angela Ho on November 23, 2022
A young Zambian man gazes at the camera, loosely grasping a whiteboard marker. Project plans scrawled across a whiteboard behind him is evidence of where he collaborates with his team.

WA’s entrepreneurial spirit may be on the rise, but investing in successful startups is about knowing how to fund efficient failure.

Bring on a baby boom

By Jessica Evensen on November 22, 2022

Singapore’s low fertility rate has the government so concerned it is stepping in to play matchmaker. But the target audience remains unconvinced.

Selling sex in a post-pandemic world

By Jesmine Cheong on November 22, 2022

Despite recent shifts in Singapore’s sex industry, advocates say ambiguous laws continue to put women at risk.

The Singapore sling (tackle)

By Rachel Green on November 22, 2022

The biggest AFL Auskick program in the world is in a place very few people would expect.

Pen to paper

By Hojeswinee Kanagarajah on November 19, 2022

Are there enough opportunities and support for Perth’s emerging, diverse and young writers?

Botoxic discrimination

By Huia Karaitiana on November 16, 2022

Botox injections can help people with cerebral palsy and survivors of stroke to move more freely – but there’s a price to pay.

A ‘healthy’ social media feed

By Xander Sapsworth-Collis on November 14, 2022

Can we create food and body image social media content that isn’t harmful? And do those who post have a responsibility to their audience?

Local Perth species faces extinction

By Dylan Storer on November 10, 2022

Conservationists say a unique species of turtle could vanish from Perth unless action is taken now.

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