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Sarah-Jane TaskerCommentsPremium
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How Woodside’s O’Neill is breaking the blokey CEO mould

We all dream big as a kid but how many of us fulfil those childhood dreams?

Sarah-Jane Tasker

Sarah-Jane Tasker

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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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Mark RileyComments
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Albo seeks seat at top table in international climate club

Albanese’s diplomatic dance card was full at the NATO summit as each president, prime minister and chancellor clamoured to discover what made this new boy from Oz tick on policy.

Mark Riley

Mark Riley

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Kiarna BrownComments
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Pre-term death of First Nations babies a preventable tragedy

There are times I lose sleep because I’m worrying about a baby and hoping that it continues to grow healthily inside its mother’s womb for another day, week or month.

Kiarna Brown

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David GainerCommentsPremium
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Independence Day time for Americans to recommit to equality

Our principles are far more powerful and true than fear and authoritarianism and they are worth standing up for.

David Gainer

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Basil ZempilasCommentsPremium
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The pasta may be better in Rome, but it’s still no Perth

The Eternal City has style, culture, people, sport, food and passion — but while Rome is stunning, it’s not a city which sparkles. Perth by comparison is pristine.

Basil Zempilas

Basil Zempilas

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Kate PhillipsCommentsPremium
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Dr Google no cure for COVID-19 anxiety

The only good thing about catching COVID is the relief you feel after you’ve recovered.

Kate Phillips

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Peter LawCommentsPremium
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Sick West Aussies lose out in St John power struggle

An international search for a new CEO will just be window dressing from the St John WA hierarchy and Government if it is not matched by both sides working together on overdue reform.

Peter Law

Peter Law

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David GossageCommentsPremium
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Keep WA’s volunteer firefighters under local control

Handing control of WA’s bush volunteer firefighter brigades to a Perth-based bureaucracy could have disastrous consequences.

David Gossage

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Kim MacdonaldCommentsPremium
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Pay airfares of would-be migrants to solve skills crisis

If we don’t put in the extra yards to get skilled migrants, how will we compete against all the other countries crying out for them amid building booms across the globe?

Kim Macdonald

Kim Macdonald

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Lawrence PelletierCommentsPremium
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Technology is the key to solving WA’s hospo staffing crisis

QR codes and self-service kiosks are changing the hospitality ordering landscape and are here to stay.

Lawrence Pelletier

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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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Kate EmeryCommentsPremium
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Millennials are in charge now and we’re making some changes

Welcome, thanks for coming. You might be wondering who I am and I’m happy to report that I’m the new normal and you’ll be seeing a lot more of me from now on.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

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Bill ShortenCommentsPremium
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Australia must do its part to help Ukraine

Another deadly missile strike on a civilian target a tragic reminder of the horrors of Russia’s unjustified invasion.

Bill Shorten

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Colin MendelsohnCommentsPremium
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Vape hysteria will send smokers to the black market

A State Government crackdown on nicotine vapes will only benefit criminal gangs.

Colin Mendelsohn

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Katherine FlemingComments
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Dinner time dance a stress I can do without

Of all the things I thought would make me uneasy about motherhood, I did not expect one of them would be talking to my kids about food.

Katherine Fleming

Katherine Fleming

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Kimberley CainesCommentsPremium
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Abortion law reversal could happen in Australia, too

The US decision to overturn Roe v Wade shows how fragile political systems can be if the wrong people are in power.

Kimberley Caines

Kimberley Caines

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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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500,000-strong Australian ‘grey army’ workers stand ready

There are close to 500,000 older Australians out there ready and willing to return to the workforce — if it was worth their while financially.

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Cassandra WinzarCommentsPremium
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Aged-care worker crisis will worsen without action

At a time when we need to be recruiting more workers, we are actively losing them. As workers leave, the demands on the existing workforce compound, exacerbating poor working conditions. 

Cassandra Winzar

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Chrissie MausCommentsPremium
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Women must be believed or more will die

Sitting at a table with old friends and women I admire, I realised I was the only one not to have experienced domestic violence.

Chrissie Maus

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Laura NewellCommentsPremium
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Kindness really is as as easy as child’s play

An app may not cure the ‘kindness gap’ in a world where women’s rights seem to be going backwards but remembering the golden rule might go some way toward helping.

Laura Newell

Laura Newell

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Ethical investmentCommentsPremium
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Shareholders will demand First Nations fairness over profits

We have seen the power we hold when we band together — we can spill boards, force change and make companies operate in ways which support our future.

Emma Garlett

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Free worker accommodation could solve WA skills shortage

Mark McGowan believes he has a compelling pitch for his European recruitment drive this week. But high wages and beautiful sunsets won’t be enough to lure workers to Perth, writes Josh Zimmerman.

Josh Zimmerman

Josh Zimmerman