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Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ is set to be anything but for the American economy.

editorialCommentsTrump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff’s may impact election

Australia is waiting nervously to find out just what Mr Trump has in store for the nation in his so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs. 

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Andrew Krakouer .

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Emma GarlettPremium
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Familiar struggles made Krakouer an Aboriginal role model

His greatest legacy isn’t anything he did on the footy field, but his courage, resilience, strength, and love for his family. 

Emma Garlett

Emma Garlett

Winthrop Professor Raymond Da Silva Rosa.

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China is the world’s manufacturing powerhouse. Here’s why

Given WA’s reliance on Chinese demand for resources, it’s worth asking: how did China achieve its status as the world’s sole manufacturing superpower?

Raymond Da Silva Rosa

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WATCHVideoComments‘Teals, like all politicians, are a bit full of sh*t’

With polls showing Independents will be kingmakers in a hung parliament on May 3, Ben Harvey reveals the hypocritical history of the Teals and the dirty places their campaign money comes from.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

Anthony Albanese.

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Path to the Lodge once again runs through WA

Mr Albanese and his Treasurer Jim Chalmers can cherrypick all the economic data they want to try to prove things aren’t as bad as they seem, but there is a vibe against them.

Runt features an all-star cast including BREC board member Michelle Doake.

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Kate EmeryCommentsPremium
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US billionaires are stealing Aussie books

At the turn of the century you couldn’t watch a movie without sitting through a now-notorious public service announcement about film piracy.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

In February, the Productivity Commission sounded the alarm bell on WA’s prisons, reporting they were fast approaching maximum capacity.

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Marc LevinCommentsPremium
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WA’s prison system is in need of urgent reform

Premier Roger Cook and Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia face a reckoning when it comes to a prison system that is well and truly beyond breaking point.

Marc Levin & Mia Schlicht

Up Late

WATCHVideo‘Auspicious moment the Australian stock market sh*t itself’

As stock markets collapse ahead of Trump’s Liberation Day, Ben Harvey identifies the everyday health food that’s a tariff war winner. 

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Albanese and Dutton.

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“Known unknowns” threaten best-laid election campaign plans

Three big “known unknowns” could knock Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton off their planned courses in this crucial first week of the election campaign.

Katina Curtis

As they battle tight budgets and the rising pressures to deliver outcomes, for principals to also have to put up with students pushing, shoving, biting, kicking or throwing items is unacceptable. 

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School violence a sad indictment of us all

As they battle tight budgets and the rising pressures to deliver outcomes, for principals to also have to put up with students pushing, shoving, biting, kicking or throwing items is unacceptable. 

City folk — especially those of us tainted by testosterone — often underestimate the time it takes to get to small country towns.

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Andrew MillerCommentsPremium
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The story of how I almost died and how my body responded

I was running late again — this time, ironically, for a funeral. The dead don’t care about punctuality, but I was in a hurry. 

Andrew Miller

In a world that equates volume with value, the bold and the brash have been favoured and charisma treated as currency while those who operate at a lower decibel are quietly taxed.

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Gary MartinCommentsPremium
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Why introverts are choosing to speak up in the workplace

In a world that equates volume with value, the bold and the brash have been favoured and charisma treated as currency while those who operate at a lower decibel are quietly taxed.

Gary Martin

Australia not only faces a severe skills shortage of day-care workers, the industry is now fraught with quality and security issues affecting the children of families facing both financial and lifestyle stress.

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Ross TaylorCommentsPremium
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Live-in nannies could revolutionise Aussie childcare woes

Australia not only faces a severe skills shortage of day-care workers, the industry is now fraught with quality and security issues affecting the children of families facing both financial and lifestyle stress.

Ross Taylor

In reality, our girls are struggling with their health and it’s largely a result of the world they live in, rather than individual actions. 

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Kelsie Prabawa-SearCommentsPremium
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Girls are struggling with health and it’s not their fault

Recent social media trends would have us thinking that teen girls are the fittest and healthiest they’ve ever been. But this is not the case.

Kelsie Prabawa-Sear

It’s an idea to enable first-homebuyers to use part of their super for a house deposit, on the condition it would be paid back, plus earnings.

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Noel WhittakerCommentsPremium
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The meaning of the sensationalised super ‘raid’ for deposits

The claim? That letting first-homebuyers access their super could cost taxpayers more than $1.4 billion a year in extra age pension costs by 2050. Here’s the reality.

Noel Whittaker

Owning a car has long been a rite of passage for Australians. But is it worth it?

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REVEALED: The real cost of owning a car 

Owning a car has long been a rite of passage for Australians. But is it worth it?

David Koch

I want the mining and resources sector in WA to not only have certainty, but to be turbo charged.

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My vision for WA if I become the next Prime Minister

WA faces a big risk if the Albanese Government is returned for three more years. He might tell you that he is on your side, but we should judge his actions, not his words.

Peter Dutton

At present, Australians are faced with two parties bereft of a compelling vision, of putting a case to voters that might pull them from one side to the other.

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All sides of politics are short-changing Australians

The Federal election campaign has started in earnest and it’s true that Australians have so far been short-changed.

WA voted red, with Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party able to take the Liberal seats of Swan, Hasluck, Pearce and Tangney and, in the process, form a majority government.

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Joe SpagnoloCommentsPremium
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It’s a whole different world in WA this Federal election

Has Albo repaid the faith West Australians had in him three years ago? We are about to find out.

Joe Spagnolo

Leader of WA Liberals Basil Zempilas pictured with his new deputy leader Libby Mettam. Ian Munro

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Ben HarveyCommentsPremium
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Odds are stacked against Basil, but don’t write him off

If ever you have the misfortune of being on a plane that’s plummeting to Earth because of an engine failure, pray that Basil Zempilas is on board.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

Nat Locke pictured in the studio

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Dirty debate settles a filthy topic

Sometimes, something is argued that seems so obviously beyond debate that it’s a mystery why it’s being discussed. And so this week, we ponder the age old question: how often should you wash your gym gear?

Nat Locke

Don’t put yourself in a sticky financial position in order to keep up with other parents 

Anxiety Aunt PremiumHow to handle constant demands for teacher gifts

‘One is sure you are not the only one feeling the pressure to contribute but you shouldn’t put yourself in a sticky financial position in the process.’ 

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

But the signs are there that if an Albanese government is re-elected with a majority thanks to the Greens and Teals, the halcyon days would be over.

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Tinge of Teal could mean red alert for strong local economy

West Australians are being asked to decide what the next three years are going to look like.

Dutton Albanese The Nightly

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Both sides of politics risk auctioning off our future

Rather than focus on the hard work of fixing our economy, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton seem determined to auction off our future for votes.

Paul Murray

Paul Murray