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No quick fix for WA’s job crisis

The impact of WA’s chronic skills shortage has reached every industry and every corner of the economy.

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WA must commit to early learning plan

Ninety per cent of a child’s brain development has already occurred before they start their first year of schooling at age 5. That’s why it’s so vitally important to make the most of these crucial early years.

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Fyfe exit no silver bullet for ambo crisis

The St John chief executive’s departure won’t fix overflowing emergency departments, and it will do nothing to prevent the near constant code yellows at our public hospitals.

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Speak to your kids about seatbelt safety today

It’s a simple — and potentially life-saving — act drilled into us from childhood. But somewhere along the way, some of us have forgotten the message.

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McGowan’s push for workers is crucial

The pandemic and the closed borders left many businesses desperately short of workers so the push must succeed. Much rests on it.

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Predator Pen Dragon catch and release a futile exercise

WA’s most notorious paedophile was almost certainly going to end up back behind bars — it was only a matter of when, and what he would do to wind up there.

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FIFOs don’t like the new rules? Tough luck

It’s an indictment on both the mining sector and the departmental watchdog in place to oversee it that it took our reporting to force this inquiry to expose just how bad things had become.

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Apology over murdered baby long overdue

The apology was long overdue. What needs to follow is a determination to ensure no family in future endures such treatment.

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Paedophile is making an ass of the law

We often hear that the law is an ass. Today we reveal details of a shocking example of that saying in action in Western Australia.

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EditorialCommentsPremiumSaving Activ worksites is the right decision

Thank goodness the McGowan and Albanese governments have agreed to save — at least for now — the jobs of 750 West Australians with disabilities.

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EditorialPremiumWhy the perfect economic storm hurts us

The question is whether the Albanese Government can, and will, adequately support people through these tough times. We expect no less.

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Our inclusion on Russia’s blacklist is proud badge of honour

The truth is that inclusion on Russia’s blacklist is a badge of honour and at the end of the day, we will report the continuing conflict in Ukraine without fear or favour.

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Relief needed now from living cost pain

The truth is many families will be going hungry across Perth. That’s the point we make today and will keep making so leaders understand how big an issue it is.

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Rise for low-paid an early win for Albanese

Politically, Mr Albanese has got one of his election boxes ticked — which seems like a great early win.

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Celebrating Socceroos’ World Cup journey

Australians can already be proud, and show it by displaying the Socceroos heroes poster that comes with today’s newspaper.

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The scary new front in our war on guns

WA has reached a worrying new front in the fight against crime. Police revealed on Monday they had seized a 3D-printed semi-automatic rifle at a property in the Perth suburb of Bayswater.

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EditorialCommentsPremiumWA’s ambulance crisis must be sorted. NOW.

Enough is ENOUGH. That is what every West Australian is thinking when it comes to our continuing ambulance crisis.

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Cost of living rise puts lives of real people in firing line

The lives of real people are in the firing line. They don’t want complex formulas aimed at a distant policy goal. Many simply need help to keep their heads above water.

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Boost for racing a positive move & readers can play a part

WA is rolling out the red carpet in a multi-million dollar mission to make the State’s annual racing carnival the must-be-at destination

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Throw kitchen sink at anti-vaping message

This newspaper has been warning for some time of the alarming increase in the rate of vaping among WA schoolchildren.

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Welcome to the age of ‘the big squeeze’

The big squeeze on our hip pockets is undoubtedly on and it’s going to be the first real test for Albo’s team to see how they step up and help families.

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Minjee Lee gives WA another reason to be proud

Last week, it was Perth cyclist Jai Hindley doing WA proud with his win in the Giro d’Italia. This week, it is Perth golfer Minjee Lee who has demonstrated WA’s sporting prowess to the world.

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EditorialIt’s worth pausing to celebrate our State

Today is the day we celebrate why this glorious State is one of the greatest places on Earth to live.

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EditorialVideoPremiumHarrowing view of the front in Ukraine

As the fight for Ukraine intensifies, The West Australian journalist Daryna Zadvirna urges people not to forget what is happening in her homeland.

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