First homebuyers will be relieved to see both sides of politics putting the housing crisis at the heart of their election campaigns.
Life will always be unfair, but the instinct to make it less so is surely the best offering of humankind.
Andrew Miller
Remember when the school holidays were nothing more than a couple of weeks to sleep in, muck around and complain about being bored? Now they are booked, busy and sometimes not even a break.
Gary Martin
If we want to see meaningful, lasting impact, then we need to start with a willingness to rethink legacy leadership models.
Lanna Hill
Every child in WA deserves this chance for success, not just those lucky enough to find themselves in the right classroom.
Amy Haywood
Sadly, like an old low-cost frying pan, it appears the Teflon coating used to adorn the industry super fund network is starting to break down.
Nick Bruining
There is a fine line between loving what you do and letting what you do define who you are.
Figures revealed by WA Police today should startle all who use the State’s roads.
Throughout the course of my 20 years of reporting on WA politics, I’ve often thought I had seen it all. But I have to say, Basil Zempilas’ first day at the office had a bit of originality about it.
Joe Spagnolo
It seems preposterous that an Australian iron ore mining company could crack that code ahead of everyone else but Forrest doesn’t mind a stretch target. Or risk.
Ben Harvey
Does persistently plucking out the same three chin hairs count as a hobby? Does doomscrolling on Instagram count as a hobby? It’s not that I haven’t tried to find a hobby as an adult, my spare room is proof.
Nat Locke
It’s been chaos on the markets this week — more like a Netflix thriller than a finance report. One day it’s panic, the next euphoria, then straight back to fear.
Noel Whittaker
Unfortunately, it’s lacking in politics right now, but we’re going to go glass half full today: give most candidates time and they’ll prove they’re in it for the right reasons.
Editorial
When people hear the phrase ‘Aussie battler’, they often picture someone doing it tough on a modest wage — scraping by as they juggle ever-increasing bills.
Brett Sutton
The first time I was dropped from the Australian team, Rod, the then head coach of the Australian Institute of Sport Cricket Academy, was the first person to ring me.
Justin Langer
PAUL MURRAY: The Opposition Leader’s backtracking and failure to differentiate his policies enough from those of the Government are hurting the Coalition.
Paul Murray
Election results trigger, or subsequently lead to, leadership resets. Even in the turmoil of a campaign, players will also have their eyes on the future.
Michelle Grattan
Bullies are a bit like vampires, they prefer to operate in the dark so when you shed light on the situation they scarper.
Jay Hanna
Spoiler alert: it’s taken a major step backward.
Licia Heath
WA looms as an electoral battleground. It also looms, once again, as the nation’s best hope of containing the fallout from US tariffs that risk snowballing into a full-blown trade war.
Rebecca Tomkinson
In tonight’s show, while Andrew Forrest pulls a big crowd to hear his vision to save Australia from Africa’s Pilbara-killing iron ore mine, while Ben Harvey forces Twiggy to relive his least memorable moments.
Ben Harvey | Thu, April 10
Donald Trump's announcement of a pause on tariffs has effectively killed off Anthony Albanese’s strongest defence to the economic tirade, writes Mark Riley.
Mark Riley
Patrick Johnson, Peter Norman, Raelene Boyle and Cathy Freeman have been some of the biggest names in Australian sprinting — whose feats on the track were marvelled at by the rest of us mere mortals.
This week, we introduced legislation to increase the thresholds for stamp duty exemptions and concessions for first home buyers.
Rita Saffioti
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