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Fiscal agendaVideoCommentsPremiumBig gaps, champagne and spin: 2021 Budget reaction

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced major funding increases for aged care, roads and training in his second pandemic-era federal budget. Here’s how industry and community leaders reacted.

Josh Zimmerman, Annabel Hennessy and Sarah Ison

‘Homophobic comments’CommentsPremiumGay rights group demand ECU revoke honorary doctorate

A Busselton gay rights group is demanding that ECU revokes the honorary doctorate recently awarded to former Liberal MP Barry House unless he apologises for previous ‘homophobic’ comments.

Bethany Hiatt

Building wealthPremiumFive steps for women to bridge the super divide

Some rules may change in tonight’s Budget that allow women to close a gap that sees them retiring with about half the balances of men. Mums can also rebuild their wealth by following these steps.

Anthony Keane

opinion
opinion
Show takes reality too farCommentsPremium
opinion
MAFS should be cancelled over its treatment of women

The grim reality of Australia’s most talked about ‘reality’ television show is slowly emerging, with contestants of this year’s show speaking out to the media about their time on the show.

Rangi Hirini

Economic rebuild continuesCommentsPremiumJobseekers, women and elderly big winners in Budget

Josh Frydenberg will hand down his third Budget tomorrow, focusing on jobs, women and the elderly, and deliver a set of numbers not thought possible at the start of the pandemic a year ago.

Sarah Ison

opinion
opinion
WA housing crisisCommentsPremium
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The crisis of the ‘great Australian dream’

It’s called the Great Australian Dream for a reason. So no matter what the iron ore price is, or the unemployment rate, it all means nothing if mums and dads are locked out of the property market.

‘pro-life’CommentsPremiumSenator opposes late abortions ‘even in rape cases’

Assistant Minister for Women Amanda Stoker has said she doesn’t believe in late-term abortions, even for rape victims, calling for them to be banned.

Brianna Dugan

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The West Australian exclusive
Shoebox livingCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Is this tiny house the Great Australian Dream?

WA’s rent crisis is now so bad that some singles are applying to sleep in tiny buildings intended as short-term housing for homeless and vulnerable people — just so they have a roof over their head.

Ailish Delaney

Social AffairsMillennials in no rush down the aisle

Australians want to meet their life partner at 31 and get married at 33 but millennials are happy to wait longer, research suggests.

Hannah Ryan

Stop Asian HatePremiumCOVID-19 sees Asian Australians face racism pandemic

Dani, 19, had just stepped into a Midland clothing shop when an older man spewed racial abuse at her. ‘You’re not Australian made, you shouldn’t be allowed in here.’ It wasn’t the first time.

Annabel Hennessy

West Australian of the YearCommentsPremiumBlue Tree Project co-founder on ‘visual beacon of hope’

Most will have passed a painted blue tree. Many likely know they have been painted blue to encourage conversations about mental health. But fewer will know the personal tragedy that lies behind them.

Kate Emery

Getting’ Jiggly With itCommentsPremiumIn defence of the ‘dad bod’

Will Smith made headlines this week. Not for a new film, but for sharing photos of his so-called ‘dad bod’ on social media. Is it body shaming, gender equality or just clever marketing?

Kate Emery

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The West Australian exclusive
Freed and presumed guiltyPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Young WA dad dogged by authorities after son’s death

Dylan O’Meara walked free from court, all charges connected with his son’s death dropped. Two years on, he has discovered that ‘presumed innocent’ actually means ‘presumed guilty’, writes John Flint.

John Flint

2pc deposit planCommentsPremiumFed Government to guarantee single parents’ home loans

Single parents will be thrown a lifeline in the Federal Budget with the Government going guarantor on their loans — for up to 18 per cent of the purchase price — to help them into housing.

Lanai Scarr

‘Ongoing support’PremiumAIS apologises to gymnasts after abuse allegations

The Australian Sports Commission is the latest body to apologise to gymnasts following abuse allegations.

Annabel Hennessy

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
‘Conflict of interest’Premium
The West Australian exclusive
WAIS boss offered to step back from alleged abuse probe

The chief executive of the WA Institute of Sport will not be involved in the investigation into allegations of alleged abuse of gymnasts amid perceived conflict of interest concerns.

Annabel Hennessy

Social AffairsSchools trial changes gender attitudes

Victorian and Queensland primary school students involved in a six-month pilot program have shown improved gender attitudes.

Callum Godde

THE WAIT DEBATECommentsPremiumWhy Millennials want to wait to tie the knot

New research has revealed Millennials don’t want to get married until they’re 36 — a whopping six years after baby boomers think they should.

Charlotte Elton

Not going awayPremiumReynolds lashes out over Higgins’ criticism

Former defence minister Linda Reynolds says she’s ‘disappointed but not surprised’ her handling of ex-staffer Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations has once again been raised by a senate committee today.

Sarah Ison

opinion
opinion
Blak lives matterCommentsPremium
opinion
We must fight for murdered and missing Blak women

Murdered and missing Indigenous women is an epidemic most heard of in Canada or the US but rarely reported on in Australia. These women are not statistics, they are real people, and they need justice.

Rangi Hirini

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opinion
Agony auntCommentsPremium
opinion
Help! What can I say to support my gay son?

The West Australian’s Agony Aunt helps a tongue-tied couple whose son came out as gay at the airport find the right words to tell him they love him.

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

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The West Australian exclusive
Abusers’ housing shamePremium
The West Australian exclusive
DV victim paying for attackers’ destructive rampages

A mother of nine’s ex-partner racked up a damage bill in the tens of thousands of dollars during his many rage riots - but she was ordered to repay it. Unable to do so, she wound up on the streets.

Briana Fiore

Hidden by virus hypePremiumFamily violence victims ‘fear for life’ during lockdown

COVID may be insidious but there is a more imminent threat terrorising and threatening the people of Perth.

Jenna Clarke

Reduced burdenCommentsPremiumBudget plan to help parents save $2260 on child care

Parents with more than one child in child care will have fewer out-of-pocket costs under a $1.7 billion package to be unveiled in next week’s Federal Budget.

Lanai Scarr