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Be(ing) 4 real

By Emily Vajs on October 22, 2026

Uni-mergency

By Kyle Halcyon on October 22, 2026

Baldivis drivers battle risky road

By Bethany Forbes on October 22, 2026

Learning about living with death

By Hannah Davies on October 18, 2026

Farming from above

By Gemma Seymour on October 16, 2026

Writing a different journey

By Hannah Davies on October 11, 2026

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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.

Young renters tighten belts

By Ben Chapman on April 20, 2023

New data has found some on youth allowance are surviving on less than $15 a day. We take a look at how students are fairing.

Competing with the gift of life

By Anneke de Boer on April 20, 2023

About 1,500 athletes from around the world are competing in Perth this week, but they have already won the gift of life.

Volunteer firefighters ignite PTSD debate

By Cailin Lucken on April 19, 2023

A new legislative agreement offering presumptive PTSD coverage is a success for career firefighters, however, volunteers say they’re left out.

National push for sepsis awareness

By Chloe Maher on April 19, 2023
Associate Professor Fenella Gill

Health experts and the public have come together for Australia’s first paediatric sepsis awareness week.

Garbage collectors trash ‘unfair’ wages

By Carolyn Tan on April 19, 2023

Bins in some suburbs across Perth remain full, as waste workers strike for better pay and conditions.

Age with grace: WA reveals seniors plan

By Piper Duffy on April 19, 2023

Combating ageism is a key goal for a new 10-year seniors strategy launched in Western Australia.

Councils urged to say amen to prayers

By Dylan Storer on April 19, 2023

Two of WA’s most important councils are facing calls to end reciting Christian prayers as part of official proceedings.

Go West: WA calls for international students

By Oliver Lane on April 19, 2023

While the State Government announces more funding to attract international students, many already in WA are feeling the pinch.

Standing in the shadow of the moon 

By Eleanor Forte on April 19, 2023

Perth will see one of its most significant solar eclipses in a decade, and there are plenty of ways to view it safely.

NASA lands in Perth

By Liam Murphy on April 19, 2023
Dad teaching his son to look through a telescope

NASA scientist Henry Throop has arrived in WA ahead of the much-anticipated solar eclipse in Exmouth.

“Death by a thousand cuts”

By Premila Ratnam on April 18, 2023

WA’s black cockatoos are under threat from the cumulative impact of land clearing and conservationists are calling for action.

Out of touch

By Rachelle Grosse on April 17, 2023

Fidget toys are considered to be an important tool for students with ADHD, but some schools have banned them.

Renaming ‘Nyi Nyi Bidi’

By Tylah Tully on April 14, 2023

The street name of one of the oldest streetscapes in Australia has officially been replaced in a change welcomed by the Indigenous community.

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