Having a job helps with our self-identity. It’s a way to take control of our lives. But, not all Australians are able to participate. That is something I want to change.
Bill Shorten
A mark of a civilised society is how it treats the vulnerable among us in need of protection.
John Quigley
The negative effects of toxic masculinity — ask and I’ll send you the list — shouldn’t be downplayed but, if it becomes a cudgel with which men feel bludgeoned, useful conversations become impossible.
Kate Emery
It was captioned rather simply: “my spirit animal”. The video had a languorous, vacation vibe to it. The star? A full-figured bronzed beauty, Freya the walrus.
Arylene Westlake-Jennings
Just three words sum up Scott Morrison’s decision to personally position himself in five ministerial portfolios — power, control and secrecy.
Kimberley Caines
The revelations which caused Mr Albanese to use such phrases were breathtaking and alarming. The former prime minister secretly held five portfolios during his time in the country’s top job.
Outside of systemic reform, there are many things we, as individuals, can do though to take ownership of our own health and wellbeing.
Renee Gardiner
Would it be possible for a city to be any more smug than Melbourne?
Robert Drewe
Deputy Premier Roger Cook has commented on a rift between Premier Mark McGowan and Basil Zempilas after the Perth Lord Mayor was not invited to a major announcement.
Josh Zimmerman
Parents desperate for more help for kids diagnosed with autism are ramping up their push for a specialist autism school in Perth.
Editorial
There is no way to spin Mark McGowan’s latest court victory over serial litigant Clive Palmer as anything other than a massive win for the Premier.
While the early days of inflation may have been seen most acutely in the weekly food shop and at the petrol bowser as time has worn on even pocket money has taken a hit.
Laura Newell
The limitations in native title law for rights to water are unacceptable and need to be addressed in any future water law regimes.
Emma Garlett
So, how are you feeling? As terrible as during the darkest days of the pandemic — or perhaps the GFC?
Gemma Acton
The violent stabbing of Salman Rushdie in New York over the weekend is another brutal reminder about the importance of freedom of ideas and expression.
Rather than moving on to another employer, some workers are choosing to stay put but put in minimum effort while on the job so work does not take over their life.
Gary Martin
Even though it has become blindingly clear his Cabinet is stacked with subpar performers, Mark McGowan is resisting pressure for a reshuffle.
Look, I don’t mean to brag, but whenever I go to a quiz night, people are always amazed at the random nuggets of knowledge residing in my brain.
Nat Locke
‘It seems a backwards way of doing things when genitals are unveiled before eyes meet or fingers interlace.’
Jay Hanna
A messy home says the people who live here spend more time having fun than tidying up and visitors will never be in the way.
In his first column for The West Australian, Justin Langer reveals the demanding challenges of sporting camps in the wake of the Adelaide Crows disaster.
Justin Langer
When I began as an emergency service volunteer in the late 1990s, expectations and entry requirements were minimal. I often refer to it as the two arms, two legs and a heartbeat test.
Martin Aldridge
Unless Australians have their home paid off by retirement and have at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings, they’ll live their last stretch of life struggling.
Gerry Georgatos
All Australians have a shared interest in ensuring that race relations are as harmonious as possible between the offspring of this country’s original inhabitants and those who came after the British colonists.
Paul Murray
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