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Melbourne endured a weekend of anti-Semitic hatred.

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BREN CARLILL: Pro-Palestine activists believe that anyone who doesn’t wholly agree with them is complicit in genocide.

Bren Carlill

Tomorrow’s social engineering scams will be indistinguishable from real life, especially for older generations.

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Sophisticated scams and schemes are the stuff of nightmares

Tomorrow’s social engineering scams will be indistinguishable from real life, especially for older generations.

Andrew Miller

“The cost-of-living crisis has resulted in us borrowing more than ever to avoid extra expenses” says Gary Martin.

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Cost-of-living pressures give rise lending leeches

Lending things feels like an everyday act of generosity — until a simple favour turns into a long-term loan or, worse, a permanent farewell.

Gary Martin

Over the past three years, we’ve seen 90,000 fewer apprentices and trainees in the system nationally.

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‘Bosses’ aren’t the bad guys, there’s no apprenticeships

In the heated debate about how best to address Australia’s skilled trades shortage, one critical truth seems to be missing from the conversation: without employers, there are no apprenticeships.

Aaron Morey

WA Liberal senator Slade Brockman.

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More regulation would strangle WA gas industry

It is no coincidence that Labor’s default response to a gas supply crisis has always been the same tired three-card trick. 

Slade Brockman

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Albanese must act now on anti-Semitism

Benjamin Netanyahu has a lot on his plate at the moment, but disturbing details of more anti-Semitic attacks on Australian soil at the weekend prompted an extraordinary, yet completely justified, response.

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Opinion: Dom Sheed showed us that if life presents you with that once in a lifetime opportunity - you need to take it.

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What can we learn from life’s ‘what ifs?’

Dom Sheed had a chance at footy immortality and took it. It will be interesting to see whether Rita Saffioti or Amber-Jade Sanderson also manage to nail that kick from the boundary.

JOE SPAGNOLO

Despite calls from former coroner Alastair Hope to install more lighting on trains, including a flashing beacon on locomotive, 25 years on, and there’s still no progress. 

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Australian rail safety has been left in the dark ages

As Western Australia grapples with its worst road toll to date so far this year — more than 100 at the halfway point of 2025 — everything and anything must be considered to keep drivers safe behind the wheel. 

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Commissioner John McKechnie.

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The real kingpin of WA justice reveals all in new book

‘My Life in Crime’ is a rollicking ride through the tapestry of cases that made up his more-than 50 years in law and order.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

Nat Locke pictured in the studio

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Do adults require supervision? Asking for a friend

I’m fully aware that I am technically an adult, but recent experiences have taught me that I am nowhere near qualified to act without a proper adult watching over me. 

Nat Locke

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 28: (L-R) Jack Graham, Tyler Brockman and Liam Baker of the Eagles look dejected after a loss during the 2025 AFL Round 16 match between the Collingwood Magpies and the West Coast Eagles at Marvel Stadium on June 28, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

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How to get back to winning ways

Want to win? Start by thinking like a winner — every single day.

Justin Langer

child, to play, kindergarten, daycare, children, toy, leisure time, playground, children's toys, building blocks, playing child, to build, ideas, creative, make

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Kate Emery
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Parents’ nightmare scary reminder kids never completely safe

It was the only news story that parents of young kids wanted to talk about this week. It was also the one news story that parents of young children could not bear to hear about.

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Kate Emery

18C...Free Speech Illustration: Don Lindsay

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Michelle GrattanComments
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Free speech fight reignites as sparks fly in Aussie Politics

Political and news issues often flare like bushfires, then rage for weeks or even months, until they are finally extinguished by action or fade by being overtaken by the next big thing.

Michelle Grattan

Across schools, volunteer numbers are dropping

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Absent jelly cups spell danger for school volunteering

The jelly cups are gone from the school canteen. So are the juice pop tops and flavoured milks. Not because of sugar bans or budget cuts but because there aren’t enough parent volunteers to serve them.

Lanna Hill

Donald Trump

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Public safety and national security come before a scoop

There are two things that should particularly exercise an editor’s mind when deciding on the publication of certain sensitive reports. Public safety and national security. 

Paul Murray

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Contrary to warnings about a potential recession, the share market rose 10 per cent across the past 12 months.

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Australian economy finally showing some signs of life

Looking back over the 2025 financial year show’s there is plenty for the glass half-full types to celebrate.

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Protect yourself in the face of increasing cyber attacks

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Protect yourself in the face of increasing cyber attacks

The Qantas data breach has probably made many of us think about all the personal data we’ve have submitted online and wonder where it could have ended up, and how it could be used against us.

Angela Pownall

ROCKINGHAM, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 26: Captain Jeffrey Corneille, skipper of Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN-783) after the vessel docked at HMAS Stirling on February 26, 2025 in Rockingham, Australia. The submarine was on a port visit. (Photo by Colin Murty - Pool/Getty Images)

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US-Australia alliance remains strong

‘West is best’ is a phrase I have said many times in my three years as United States Consul General in WA. 

Siriana Nair

Male educators make up less than 4 per cent of the early childhood workforce. 

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Banning men from working in childcare is not the answer

The national outcry we have seen this week is justified, and parents are rightly fearful. It is terrifying that a monster allegedly slipped through the net. 

Rhianna Mitchell

In tonight’s show, following the death of Eileen Bond, aged 87, Ben Harvey recounts the highs and lows of Perth’s original power couple.

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In tonight’s show, following the death of Eileen Bond, aged 87, Ben Harvey recounts the highs and lows of Perth’s original power couple.  

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Joshua Dale Brown is the childcare worker facing 70 charges including sexual penetration of children under his care.

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Dithering, delays and our child safety ‘shame’

Just societies should be measured on their ability to care for their most vulnerable members. On that, we have failed.

Mark Riley

Mark Riley

Eileen Bond.

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Vale to WA’s queen of outrageous glamour

It took a lot to overshadow the late businessman Alan Bond, but the woman he married when she was just 17 and pregnant with their first child managed to do it time and time again. 

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Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti at Fraser Suites

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A few bad eggs are affecting the entire taxi industry

We have many hard working taxi drivers in the taxi industry but recently we have received complaints about drivers refusing to use meters and drivers not appropriately displaying their authorisation.

Rita Saffioti

Liberal Leader Basil Zempilas' budget reply speech at Parliament House.

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Budget estimates show some ministers are making guesstimates

Budget estimates is the three day window every year in State Parliament following the Budget. It’s very clear which ministers know their stuff, and which ones have skimmed the briefing notes.

Basil Zempilas