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Perth’s underground smackdown

By lachlan.denney@postgrad.curtin.edu.au 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 July 7, 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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Last drinks at the Leopold

By Declan Grove-Thompson on November 5, 2025

As an historic hotel calls time, regulars remember its glory – and not so glorious – days.

Lawyers on the brink

By Esma Serin on November 5, 2025

The legal profession needs to start respecting work/life balance boundaries to continue attracting students, experts warn.

Artificial attraction

By Seth Carter on November 4, 2025

As more people turn to AI chatbots for companionship and advice, experts warn we may be redefining what it means to connect.

Out of the shadows

By Camila Egusquiza Santa Cruz on November 3, 2025
Sex workers at WA Pride March

Sex workers don’t usually speak to journalists, but asked about the laws that control their working conditions, they had a lot to say.

Locals worried about wind farm views

By Alexis Dagostino on November 3, 2025
A picture of the clear ocean horizon in Binningup.

A proposed offshore wind farm in WA’s southwest has concerned locals, worried about their visual amenities and marine life.

Lost before they began

By Hayley Primmer on November 3, 2025

With 10 babies abandoned every year across Australia, all eyes are on the government to find a solution to this horrific tragedy.

The orphans who cradled a colony

By Razanne Al-Abdeli on November 2, 2025

The extraordinary story of WA’s “founding mothers”, young Irish orphans transported on the ship Palestine to kickstart a baby boom.

Reading the room

By Declan Grove-Thompson on November 1, 2025

A third of Australian school kids failed to reach the NAPLAN reading standards this year. What can be done to address the issue?

Hungry homes

By Reilly Leeson on October 31, 2025

While Australia wastes more than 300kg of food per-person per-year, food rescue organisations are struggling to meet demand.

Where the tambura fell silent

By Will Corbett on October 30, 2025

Across Australia, once vibrant migrant clubs are disappearing. The laughter and music are fading as generations find new ways to connect.

Skills flow into WA

By Aaryan Kapoor on October 30, 2025
A nearly completed residential house under construction, with finished walls, roof, and windows. The front yard is messy, scattered with scrap materials and sand.

Launched in January, Western Australia’s $10,000 Build a Life in WA initiative aims to ease the state’s housing crisis.

Pride on the field

By Domenic Rossi on October 30, 2025

With headlines about homophobia in the AFL cropping up like weeds, it is worth asking if they have roots in the lower levels of the sport?

Fighting the ferry

By Catherine Ayre on October 30, 2025

The Matilda Bay community is uniting to protect the bay from plans for a new ferry terminal.

Life on the borderline

By Jade McKenzie on October 30, 2025

Borderline personality disorder is a widely stigmatised and misunderstood mental health condition. So what really is bpd?

Is awe the answer?

By Renee Hilton-Jones on October 30, 2025

What if the cure isn’t a pill, but a feeling? Experts say experiencing “awe” might be the new antidote to an old crisis.

Long way from home

By Rose Patane on October 30, 2025

Hundreds of students relocate for university each year as a result of limited options nearby but it isn’t always the fun experience they expect.

Why didn’t Oma tell me about the war?

By Jayde Andrews on October 30, 2025

Eighty years after the end of WWII, families like mine are still impacted by the trauma suffered by loved ones.

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