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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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By Matthew Craig on September 19, 2019

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By Nigel Jones on September 5, 2019

Sexual health is no longer a taboo subject especially at universities.

The artwork of talented women in tumultuous times

By Guan Shen Png on September 5, 2019

The UWA exhibition features artwork inspired by the Great Depression and World War II.

Axe-citing sport venue opens in WA

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FERN felled

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The colourful houses that have decorated Fremantle’s High Street for decades will soon be no more.

Lowering the ATAR for women in STEM

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No to the new numbat?

By Daniel Patterson on September 5, 2019

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Uluru waste lessons learnt in Exmouth

By Tom Robinson on September 5, 2019

Thousands of people are set to visit Exmouth in 2023 for a solar eclipse, but is the environment ready?

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