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Smiling. Happy. Healthy. Three things every child should have the right to be. But WA knows that for Noah Johnson, these basic blessings didn’t come easy.

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Bringing smiles to kids’ faces at heart of Telethon’s goal

Smiling. Happy. Healthy. Three things every child should have the right to be. But WA knows that for Noah Johnson, these basic blessings didn’t come easy. 

Hayley Sorensen

Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and Donald Trump.

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Paul MurrayCommentsPremium
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Our growing hatred of America is obscuring the big issues

Everyone is so consumed with panicking about Donald Trump that we seem to barely notice other pressing problems much closer to home.

Paul Murray

Paul Murray

When it comes to examples of binary or dichotomous thinking, we don’t need to look very hard to find one of the most prominent examples on Earth in recent memory — Donald Trump 2.0. 

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Lanna HillCommentsPremium
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Don’t fall for this reductive dichotomy designed to divide

When it comes to examples of binary or dichotomous thinking, we don’t need to look very hard to find one of the most prominent examples on Earth in recent memory — Donald Trump 2.0. 

Lanna Hill

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton both agree Australia should react to US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff regime by continuing to seek a special deal.

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Michelle GrattanCommentsPremium
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Do we want to ‘owe’ Trump like Albo & Dutton seem to think?

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton both agree Australia should react to US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff regime by continuing to seek a special deal.

Michelle Grattan

Josh Giddey of the Chicago Bulls celebrates with teammates after hitting a game-winning three pointer.

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Justin LangerPremium
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Josh Giddey winner a reminder there’s so much more to sport

Nelson Mandela famously spoke about the power of sport and its ability to unite people and inspire change. 

Justin Langer

Basil Zempilas arrives at Parliament House.

state politicsCommentsPremium‘Real world experience’: Basil reveals his shadow cabinet

A new generation of first-term Liberal MP’s have been promoted to senior positions inside the shadow cabinet. SEE THE FULL LIST.

Jessica Page

An out-of-control bushfire at Woodvale.

opinionPremiumWA heading for fire disaster

Walking through the wreckage of the wildfires in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, there’s this unsettling silence. It’s the kind of quiet that forces you to confront the enormity of what’s happened.

Justin Rooney

The election campaign is set to be dominated by tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.

editorialPremiumNot much separating Albanese from Trump

Anthony Albanese won’t like to admit it, but he has a lot in common with Donald Trump. 

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Leader of WA Liberals Basil Zempilas.

Basil ZempilasCommentsPremiumWho authorised the $87 million outsourcing of our elections?

The Olympics and State elections — they both happen every four years. So when the moment comes, you want to get it right.

Basil Zempilas

Treasurer Rita Saffioti.

Rita Saffioti PremiumDerby win hopefully kick-starts good form for the Dockers

Hoping the Derby win is the kick-start that the Dockers need for a good stretch of form.

Rita Saffioti

MP Ian Goodenough.

opinionCommentsPremiumHealthcare system is not delivering quality care to everyone

Government officials view health specialists with scepticism, specialists feel policymakers don’t understand clinical realities, and patients doubt they’ll receive timely care.

Ian Goodenough

Adolescence is a four-part British series.~|~|Xqxc6FLAze

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Adolescence critics are missing the point

Is Adolescence a gripping piece of entertainment and nothing more, a must-watch educational tool or a misandrist assault?

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

Dr Clare Burns is an Assistant Professor at Bond University Business School

opinionCommentsPremiumSuperannuation industry facing governance failures

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman Joe Longo recently gave super fund directors some serious lip for ongoing failures of governance and customer service.

Clare Burns

Jade Lattimore is principal and senior lawyer at Greenstone Legal.

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Who can help and how to prevent elder abuse

“Awareness is the first step, but action is just as important. Here’s how to recognise the warning signs, step in when needed, and put safeguards in place,” writes Albany-based lawyer Jade Lattimore.

Jade Lattimore

Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ is set to be anything but for the American economy.

editorialCommentsTrump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff’s may impact election

Australia is waiting nervously to find out just what Mr Trump has in store for the nation in his so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs. 

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Andrew Krakouer .

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Familiar struggles made Krakouer an Aboriginal role model

His greatest legacy isn’t anything he did on the footy field, but his courage, resilience, strength, and love for his family. 

Emma Garlett

Emma Garlett

Winthrop Professor Raymond Da Silva Rosa.

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China is the world’s manufacturing powerhouse. Here’s why

Given WA’s reliance on Chinese demand for resources, it’s worth asking: how did China achieve its status as the world’s sole manufacturing superpower?

Raymond Da Silva Rosa

Up Late

WATCHVideoComments‘Teals, like all politicians, are a bit full of sh*t’

With polls showing Independents will be kingmakers in a hung parliament on May 3, Ben Harvey reveals the hypocritical history of the Teals and the dirty places their campaign money comes from.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

Anthony Albanese.

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Path to the Lodge once again runs through WA

Mr Albanese and his Treasurer Jim Chalmers can cherrypick all the economic data they want to try to prove things aren’t as bad as they seem, but there is a vibe against them.

Runt features an all-star cast including BREC board member Michelle Doake.

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Kate EmeryCommentsPremium
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US billionaires are stealing Aussie books

At the turn of the century you couldn’t watch a movie without sitting through a now-notorious public service announcement about film piracy.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

In February, the Productivity Commission sounded the alarm bell on WA’s prisons, reporting they were fast approaching maximum capacity.

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Marc LevinCommentsPremium
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WA’s prison system is in need of urgent reform

Premier Roger Cook and Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia face a reckoning when it comes to a prison system that is well and truly beyond breaking point.

Marc Levin & Mia Schlicht

Up Late

WATCHVideo‘Auspicious moment the Australian stock market sh*t itself’

As stock markets collapse ahead of Trump’s Liberation Day, Ben Harvey identifies the everyday health food that’s a tariff war winner. 

Ben Harvey | Mon, March 31

Albanese and Dutton.

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“Known unknowns” threaten best-laid election campaign plans

Three big “known unknowns” could knock Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton off their planned courses in this crucial first week of the election campaign.

Katina Curtis

As they battle tight budgets and the rising pressures to deliver outcomes, for principals to also have to put up with students pushing, shoving, biting, kicking or throwing items is unacceptable. 

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School violence a sad indictment of us all

As they battle tight budgets and the rising pressures to deliver outcomes, for principals to also have to put up with students pushing, shoving, biting, kicking or throwing items is unacceptable. 

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