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Anthony Albanese is deflecting, but really the rules should just be changed.

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Albo’s deflection treats voters like mugs

It is politicians treating Australians with contempt that has led to this scandal blowing up in the first place.

Anthony Albanese has been forced to defend Anika Wells and her travel spending during an under 16s social media ban victory lap.

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‘Within the rules’ doesn’t make Anika Wells’ spending right

Anika Wells appears steadfastly determined to dig in and ride out the furore over her liberal use of taxpayer-funded travel entitlements.

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The RBA has sounded the alarm.

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Era of rate cuts is dead as crippling inflation roars

Economists had expected the RBA to keep rates on hold, but the bank’s tone of extreme caution will rattle some. This was the RBA sounding the alarm.

The social media ban is only a temporary solution.

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Kids’ social ban is a starting point, not the end

The ban buys us time to shield children from harmful content. But the real work will be educating them to become social media literate.

Immy Walker and husband Brandon with Miller, 4 and Elodie, 3 months with the ashes of their baby son Asher, who died at one week old.

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Grieving families deserve better than this

Nine months to grow a baby, one week of having them earthside and three years to find out why they died. 

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Perth’s parking levy s at the centre of another controversy amid revelations that it added $32 million to State coffers in the three months to September 30 alone.

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Perth’s parking levy cash clarity is essential

Perth’s parking levy - hated by commercial property owners - is at the centre of another controversy amid revelations that it added $32 million to State coffers in the three months to September 30 alone.

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Treasurer Rita Saffioti speaks to the media ahead of the GST Industry Roundtable at Hale House, Perth, on Wednesday.

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State’s stamp duty windfall shows need for tax reform

On the unpopularity scale there could hardly be any taxes more detested than stamp duty.

Would AC/DC even have emerged in today’s world?

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Spotify Wrapped poses questions for Aussie music

Would AC/DC even have emerged in today’s world?

Michele Bullock The Nightly

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RBA Governor nails Budget deficits and interest rate links

It has fallen to Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock to point out what is really going on

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher finally released the review by former public service commissioner Lynelle Briggs more than two years after it was handed to her.

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Limp response to jobs-for-mates review erodes trust

To help keep our democracy in top shape we need to be engaged in the system and aware of our responsibilities.

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Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles and Minister for Defence Industry.

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Shake-up must deliver better outcomes for Defence

The Government touted the review outcome as the biggest reform to Defence organisation in 50 years.

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Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence Minister Jessica Stojkovski and Sport and Recreation Minister Rita Saffioti have held a press conference for the 16 Days in WA pledge. PIctured is Minister Stojkovski at Kings Park

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Facing challenge of beating DV scourge

Thousands of WA women and children live every single day scared for their lives. And tragically, far too many women still die at the hands of the men who are supposed to love and protect them.

The Perth CBD deserves some love.

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Perth’s CBD deserves some love as it deteriorates

Melbourne’s CBD in 1980 was so dead and devoid of activity after business hours and on weekends that it was likened to a doughnut, the centre was an empty hole. Perth is facing a similar issue today.

Tough challenges are just around the corner for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Albanese ends year relaxed, but challenges loom

The Prime Minister can’t kick back while the cost-of-living crisis roars back to life.

Anthony Albanese says his new environmental laws are ‘win-win’, but a quick look at who is celebrating shows that is not the case. 

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Green laws a handbrake on productivity

Anthony Albanese says his new environmental laws are ‘win-win’, but a quick look at who is celebrating shows that is not the case. 

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Joondalup councillor Nige Jones has quit

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Commonsense in short supply on councils

Nige Jones campaigned for mayor of Joondalup under the slogan: “The people’s voice for commonsense”. If only he had exercised a little more of the stuff himself.

Sussan Ley and Murray Watt.

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Dithering risks handing Greens power

The constant chopping and changing of regulations must end and give way to a system that is workable for both conservationists and developers.

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Joe Root's Test batting woes continued on his latest tour Down Under. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

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English cricket fans should look on the bright side

It was bewilderingly bad, brainless cricket. The good news is, it’s over for now.

Confirmation Perth’s rental affordability is getting worse comes as no surprise, but the speed of the turn-around is shocking.

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Rental crisis is a blight on our wealthy State

Rome wasn’t built in a day, but Perth needs to keep trying to build faster. Because in the meantime, more people are in danger of falling through the cracks. 

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Fliptease Entertainment at Burswood Park for WA Day Festival.

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What a weekend for Western Australia

We’re rightly proud of our State and the lifestyle it affords us. But celebrating with a dedicated WA Day Festival provides a fresh opportunity to consider what’s important to us.

Spectators pictured at Optus Stadium for the first Ashes Test between Australia and England in Perth on Friday. Carwyn Monck

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Perth sets the stage for one of the great Ashes series

The first day might not have been exactly to Perth fans’ liking, but there’s one massive comfort that West Aussie cricket lovers can take out of the action.

Australian cricket team captain Steve Smith and England cricket team captain Ben Stokes pose with the Ashes trophy ahead of the Ashes Test.

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Perth is Australia’s new home of cricket

Whether you managed to snag tickets to the West Test or not, this weekend will be a celebration of our State. 

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The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, in Bunbury, meeting the locals at Cafe Bean.

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No one gets WA like Anthony Albanese

Of the 30 prime ministers to have preceded him, only one — actual, real life Cottesloe resident John Curtin — can claim to understand the unique experience of West Australian-ness like Mr Albanese. 

CBA chief executive Matt Comyn.

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Bank boss puts heat on Labor to act on economy

When the boss of the country’s biggest bank is warning that Australians are taking on too much mortgage debt, you know things have gotten out of hand.