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Perth’s underground smackdown

By Lachlan Denney on July 17, 2026

Love at first swipe?

By Oda Bekkestad on July 17, 2026

No room to sing

By Kyle Halcyon on July 17, 2026

Rebuilding Te Whare Tapa Wha

By Renee Hilton-Jones on June 26, 2026

Pride flagged for removal

By Rachel Jennings on May 19, 2026

Fighting fire with fire

By Nima Monazami on May 14, 2026

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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.

New lessons in surviving shark bites

By Lainey Smith on November 9, 2022

New research in NSW takes swabs from sharks’ teeth to learn more about how infections affect shark bite victims.

The human crisis we prefer not to see

By Matthew Robson on November 8, 2022

Unaffordable housing and the rising cost of living are putting more Perth people at risk of homelessness.

In search of perfect pockets

By Greg McFerran on November 8, 2022

A fashion epiphany leads to questions about the history, function and use of pockets.

Reconciliation missing key first step

By Nathan Johnston on November 8, 2022

Is Australia’s reconciliation process being hindered by a lack of understanding of our true history?

A silenced spectrum

By Lauren Cherry on November 4, 2022

In a highly sexualised world, where does the asexual community fit?

The platypus in peril

By Duncan Bailey on November 3, 2022

One of Australia’s most iconic animals is disappearing around the country, and scientists aren’t sure why.

Perth protests for Iranian women

By Yeeshin Woon on November 3, 2022

The Iranian community in Perth is calling for action to change Iran’s repressive regime, and the protests are getting bigger.

Shoring up the future

By Bronte Holmes on November 3, 2022

Volunteers are trying to turn the tide for one of Perth’s most important rivers.

Day of the Girl

By Sasha Moodoosoodun on November 2, 2022
Girls coming from school. Photo: Sasha Moodoosoodun

The United Nations encourages celebration of The Day of the Girl in October each year. We look into why.

Nicotine-flavoured raspberries

By Dhanya Vimalan on November 1, 2022

The dangers of nicotine paired with a growing black market are driving calls for stricter regulation of the vaping industry.

Food for the eyes

By Elliahn Blenkinsop on November 1, 2022

The impact that dedicated ‘eating videos’, or mukbangs, have on viewers and creators may be hard to stomach.

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