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Narrogin Senior High School students Maylesha Turvey and Horriekeesha Williams celebrate NAIDOC Week.

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Emma GarlettComments
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With its roots in mourning, NAIDOC Week is now a celebration

Today, NAIDOC Week is one of the most significant events on the Australian calendar. 

Emma Garlett

Emma Garlett

Brian Burke pictured at home.

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GST deal in peril as WA influence in PM’s inner circle ebbs

Western Australia is in dangerous Labor Party territory.

Brian Burke

Time is ticking and the mud's not sticking.

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Labor’s spending deserves scrutiny, but will the mud stick?

Government spending is ripe for attack, but time and the election cycle is not on the Opposition’s side. 

Jessica Page

Jessica Page

“Participation in community events can be one of the most accessible forms of preventative health” say Debbie Childs & Richard Newman.

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Debbie Childs & Richard Newman Comments
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Sport must be for everyone as WA faces health crisis

When we first read about the Cook Government’s renewed commitment to the Perth Motorplex and the expansion of major sporting events across our State, we’ll be honest, it sat uncomfortably with both of us.

Debbie Childs & Richard Newman

Dom Sheed at Eagles HQ Mineral Resources Park.

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There’s more to Sheed than just one kick

There’s a touch of unfairness to the fact that retiring West Coast Eagle Dom Sheed will be remembered by fans primarily for a single kick. 

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Ben Harvey explains the bizarre trend that drove the Australian share market to a record high and the commodity behind the stunning comeback.

WATCH VideoCommentsPremiumGOLD was only ever one bad hairdo away from a bull run

In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey explains the bizarre trend that drove the Australian share market to a record high and the commodity behind the stunning comeback.

Ben Harvey | Tue, July 1

Anthony Albanese needs to meet with Donald Trump whether he likes it or not.

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Albo needs to rip off Band-Aid and meet with Trump

EDITORIAL: It's a fact of life that some world leaders are people you’d prefer not to invite round for a cuppa. But it’s time for Anthony Albanese to get over that and meet with Donald Trump.

Toxic workplaces are costing Australian economy millions

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Alan PatchingComments
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Toxic workplaces are costing Australian economy millions

Every year thousands of Australians lodge workplace injury claims — not for broken bones but for broken spirits.

Alan Patching

Western Australia is the engine room of our nation, an inexhaustible source of iron ore, natural gas, gold, and other critical minerals that fuel our economy and boost the Federal Government’s bottom line., writes Matt O’Sullivan.

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WA is Samwise to the Prime Minister’s Frodo

Western Australia is the engine room of our nation, an inexhaustible source of iron ore, natural gas, gold, and other critical minerals that fuel our economy and boost the Federal Government’s bottom line.

Matt O’Sullivan

Quotas work in getting more women politicians elected. If that’s what the Liberal Party wants to do, they should, at the very least, not shut down the conversation, writes Kate Emery.

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Kate EmeryComments
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Liberal Party shouldn’t shut the door on quotas

Getting a job by virtue of your sex just doesn’t feel right. But in lieu of a time machine, quotas are one of the best weapons against gender bias.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers speaks during a press conference regarding the latest inflation figures.

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Thickets of red tape holding back Abundance

The ‘abundance agenda’ is colouring the government’s thinking as it approaches its second-term agenda but the hot new book from the US isn’t the only influence on the thinking of ministers.

Katina Curtis

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

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Wong the wrong person to win American’s favour

Australia’s relationship with its No.1 security ally is at its lowest ebb in memory. And into this fray we are sending . . . Penny Wong. 

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Ben Harvey speculates why WA’s most notorious bikie figure has taken his three decades of underworld muscle into the ring.

WATCHVideoPremiumTroy Mercanti’s opponent should have Googled first

In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey speculates why WA’s most notorious bikie figure has taken his three decades of underworld muscle into the ring.

Ben Harvey | Mon, June 30

Andrew Miller had a birthday last week, which brought to mind a montage of parties gone by, especially the faces of beloved friends now lost — their yearly counters now stopped forever. 

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Birthday parties as a tot taught us a very important lesson

Only those closest to us really think we are truly special, and sometimes even they get distracted. 

Andrew Miller

Iran and its minions, masters of deception, will keep trying to play gullible Western leaders like a fiddle in an orchestra of appeasement, writes Justin Amler.

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Justin AmlerComments
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Weak words about ‘diplomacy’ play into Iran regime’s hands

After 12 days of direct conflict between Iran and Israel, that war has come to a temporary halt. At least, the war with Iran.

Justin Amler

As the workplace has become more sensitive and emotionally aware, something else is creeping in: a tendency to overprotect, over-soften and over-accommodate, writes Gary Martin.

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Gary MartinComments
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Workplace molly-coddling has made fair feedback taboo

As the workplace has become more sensitive and emotionally aware, something else is creeping in: a tendency to overprotect, over-soften and over-accommodate.

Gary Martin

The NDIS is worth saving. It is a vital part of Australia’s social fabric that can still be world leading, writes Hannah Orban.

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How the NDIS can be saved without spending any extra money

The NDIS is worth saving. It is a vital part of Australia’s social fabric that can still be world leading.

Hannah Orban

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Albanese only loves WA when there’s an election

Despite the Prime Minister’s claims of WA’s importance to the government and to the nation, his actions after the election show Canberra is as out of touch with the west as ever before. 

The Sister Project migrant support service in Ellenbrook is facing closure over funding. Pictured are migrants Bibi Alizadah, Abul Ajang, Fatima Hussaini and King Gammon.

Sister Act in needPremiumBen Harvey implores cash miracle for courageous group

If you are reading this, Communities Services Minister Sabine Winton, please see whether there is anything that can be done to help the Sister Project.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

Psychologist Teneille Williams and her daughter, Zoe Williams, 8. Tenielle is speaking out about NDIS cuts which will effect her both professionally, and personally, as Zoe has autism and will lose access to some vital therapies.

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NDIS changes hurt kids in need

A significant factor in the scheme’s rapid growth is the unexpected number of children with autism or developmental conditions. 

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National Party leader Shane Love.

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Joe SpagnoloComments
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Opposition spat sure to get an ‘F-bomb’

I don’t reckon Trump’s the only political leader to drop the F-bomb this week. I reckon Basil Zempilas would have dropped quite a few during the course of the week, albeit in private.

Joe Spagnolo

Nat Locke pictured in the studio

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My holiday plans are all up in the air

I’m reluctant to make a geopolitical crisis in the Middle East all about me, but it seems like every other person I talk to is off to Europe and most of us are supposed to fly through the Middle East.

Nat Locke

Chalmers Round Table Tax reform illustration :Don Lindsay

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Michelle GrattanComments
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Bold reform a taxing journey

Next week is the 40th anniversary of the Hawke government’s tax summit. Led by treasurer Paul Keating’s failed bid to win support for a consumption tax, it was the public centrepiece of a wild political story

Michelle Grattan

Treasurer Rita Saffioti speaking at the state budget lockup at Dumas House.

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Paul MurrayComments
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Someone must be held to account for hiding State’s debt

At the start of this year’s State election campaign, the Cook Labor Government released a statement that is required by law announcing a boost in the forecast Budget surplus to $3.2 billion. 

Paul Murray

Paul Murray