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WA is leading the nation’s space ambitions

WA is set to play a pivotal role in the future of the country’s space industry

No doubt, the deceased would be devastated at the growing number of inheritance disputes — up 40 per cent over five years in the Supreme Court.

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Inheritance law is not fair, some will lose the family home

Many realise when they meet with a lawyer that inheritance law, like death, is not fair.

Kim Macdonald

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Neale Daniher received a guard of honour before the 2025 game as part of Big Freeze 11.

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Daniher is gone but footy will keep fight against MND alive

Everyone will buy a beanie this week, everyone will wear their beanies and everyone will tune in. Football is never going to let the Fight MND cause slip. 

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Jackson Barrett

Labor talks tough but is missing in action on serious local government reform. Pictured: Hannah Beazley.

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Labor talks tough but is MIA on local government reform

Will the City of Perth be the straw that finally breaks the back of local government, or is that still easier said than done?

Jessica Page

The poisonous mindsets that came to the surface on that terrible day at Bondi have not disappeared.

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Security failures before Bondi shootings emerge

The poisonous mindsets that came to the surface on that terrible day at Bondi have not disappeared.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Foolish PM has ignored Labor’s own economic alarm bells

The Albanista Budget confirms our trillion-dollar debt, our tax and waste agenda and Anthony Albanese’s all-out assault on aspiration.

Cameron Milner

However, thanks to the proliferation of AI-generated images of Anthony Albanese working odd jobs everywhere, what many people believe the Budget did was impose an across-the-board 47 per cent tax on every small business.

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Sticky AI slop mires budget sell as Chalmers straps on boots

A proliferation of AI slop-driven misinformation about the Budget measures has taken hold of voters, and it’s sticky. Labor is now trying to un-gum its sales job.

Katina Curtis

The real character of the Albanese Government is now fully revealing itself. And it is unbecoming, to say the least. Pictured: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Back-to-front Budget mired in uncertainty

The real character of the Albanese Government is now fully revealing itself. And it is unbecoming, to say the least.

Director-General of Security of Australia, Mike Burgess.

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Royal commission gives ASIO free pass over Bondi massacre

ASIO boss Mike Burgess was not required to explain if ASIO could have done more to prevent the worst terrorist attack in Australian history.

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Lilian and Josephine cleaning boots outside a tent in Serbia.

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The surgeon who defied an army shows love can conquer all

Exploits of formidable duo remind us strength of character can overcome adversity.

Andrew Miller

Australia’s skills shortage was always going to feature prominently in this month’s Federal Budget, but the uncomfortable reality is why it is so difficult for us to fill so many shortage-hit jobs.

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Workforce shortage solution a not-so-simple fix

Australia’s skills shortage was always going to feature prominently in this month’s Federal Budget, but the uncomfortable reality is why it is so difficult for us to fill so many shortage-hit jobs.

Gary Martin

Health Minister Meredith Hammat.

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Children don’t have two years to spare

Two years. Twenty-four months. 730 days. However you slice it, the latest wait times for children needing to see a paediatrician through our state’s public system are simply indefensible.

Edmond Margjini

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From cage fighter to ban, trouble follows union hardman

Edmond ‘Monty’ Margjini is not the kind of person most of us would want to share a ride with. For the past few years, he’s been the CFMEU’s human battering ram on building sites.

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Australia the lucky country ... with pasta and Negroni.

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When I think back to the migrants I saw, an underlying characteristic was that they didn’t expect Australia to change for them: They accepted that they needed to encompass the ways and laws of their new home.

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Have you earned my Good Neighbour badge?

A TikTok video demonstrating an act of neighbourly pettiness got my office thinking this week about one of the great suburban debates — should you mow your neighbour’s lawn?

Nat Locke

Pauline Hanson said her One Nation Party will throw everything at winning WA seats at the 2028 Federal Election.

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Pauline Hanson looks to the west

Although the One Nation heat has mostly landed on the Liberals to date, Labor may find that its usual patronising attack lines against One Nation fail to land like they once did.

‘This Budget will undermine people’s trust in Albanese,” says Michelle Grattan.

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One way the Albanese Government has recently tapped into social media audiences for its budgets is by inviting ‘influencers’ to Canberra for the event.

Scott Pendlebury in this year’s Anzac Day match between Collingwood and Essendon. Left: Pendelbury during his first year of AFL in 2006. Right: Justin langer gets a selfie with cricket prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

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Are players born with talent or is it years of belief?

Talent is one of the most used words in sport, and yet it is one of the least understood.

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Compromise is key for a fitting send-off.

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‘While leaning into the chaos may be a coping mechanism for you by providing the peace of mind that you are following your mother’s requests, the opposite may be true for your sister. ‘

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While Jim Chalmers’ bungled negative gearing changes have probably moved the purchase of a family home even further from the grasp of prospective first buyers, the 30 per cent capital gains tax on discretionary trusts in wills is a death duty in disguise. Pictured: Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers.

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Budget incompetence of epic proportions is no surprise

It’s no shock that this generation of Labor MPs stumbled into this Budget mess. They go straight from university into the office of a union or a Labor MP. And they then get a factional ride into the parliament.

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Paul Murray

On Saturday footy lovers can pay tribute to a match-winner with dare, skill and the ability to inspire his teammates. Pictured: Harley Reid and Scott Pendlebury.

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On Saturday footy lovers can pay tribute to a match-winner with dare, skill and the ability to inspire his teammates.

Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas.

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Language around WA’s GST share leaves our ‘deal’ in doubt

It was Budget estimates in State Parliament this week. It’s where the Opposition get to ask Government Ministers direct questions. Sometimes we get direct answers. Here’s 10 things we learned. 

Basil Zempilas

On Thursday, SpaceX filed its prospectus ahead of a Wall Street listing on a valuation reportedly up to $US1.75 trillion.

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Musk’s genius and SpaceX’s science meet valuation doubts

The SpaceX IPO will test the ability of Elon Musk to win renewed investor support for his ability to deliver grand visions that advance humanity.

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Anthony Albanese is defending the Budget after Chris Minns demanded more action to combat bracket creep. 

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Minns’ tax attack a reminder of the real issues

The tax-and-spend Albanese Government is allowing bracket creep to hurt the very people it says it is helping.