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According to the Diversity Council Australia’s Inclusion@Work Index, inclusive teams are far more innovative and effective than non-inclusive teams.

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Think diversity has gone too far? You might be the problem

I am tired of hearing people attributing the career success of others to their gender or race. 

Emma Garlett

Emma Garlett

WA’s iron ore heartland is critical to Australian’s next great export story.

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Albo’s visit to China shows green iron is our next boom

The Prime Minister’s visit to China last week with Australian business leaders saw one issue put firmly on the agenda for the ever-evolving Australia-China bilateral relationship: green iron. 

Rod Sims & Baethan Mullen

Roger Cook is demanding health commitments from the Albanese government.

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Health system gaps test Cook’s Canberra independence

The Premier should put that Medicare card the PM showed off during the Federal campaign to the test. 

Jessica Page

The DelivAssure is a new, WA-developed device which is designed to detect a child’s oxygen levels during labour. 

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WA-led birth breakthrough is a game changer

The DelivAssure is a new, WA-developed device which is designed to detect a child’s oxygen levels during labour. 

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This week Australia joined 27 other Western countries in signing onto a statement regarding Gaza.

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Call for ceasefire ignores realities of Gaza conflict

On Monday, Australia joined 27 other Western countries in signing onto a statement regarding Gaza that was not only highly critical of Israel but bereft of any value in solving the ongoing Gaza war.

Justin Amler

The best thing for Harley Reid would be not signing a long-term deal with West Coast.

THE NIGHTLYWhy Harley Reid should knock back Eagles $20m mega-deal

SOPHIE GANNON: Signing a huge contract to stay at West Coast may be what Eagles fans want, but it would be the wrong move for the rising superstar.

“we refuse to accept that parents are well-placed and motivated to judge the best level of care for their child” says Da Silva Rosa.

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Mission trumps profit focus in childcare centre debate

Competition in childcare centres should be promoted, and we should not pretend shocking child abuse stems from the existence of for-profit providers, according to a recent opinion piece by Richard Holden.

Raymond Da Silva Rosa

Aaron Morey is Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA’s chief economist and director of policy, influence and strategy.

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Piling more taxes on mining would put investment at risk

Australia’s global competitiveness is being eroded every day.

Aaron Morey

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holds the first Labor Caucus meeting of the 48th Parliament.

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Scene is set but will Parliament be blockbuster or bomb?

The 48th season of Australia’s Parliament is about to air its debut episode with the same sets, same lead character, new actors in key roles, new drama and hopefully some new plotlines.

Katina Curtis

Best Before 50 Illustration: Don Lindsay

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Writing off workers over 50 is ageist and bad for business

Think life begins at 50? A quarter of Aussie bosses might disagree — and it’s fuelling a quiet workplace crisis.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

A report showed that there was 2758 full-time equivalent GPs practising in WA in 2023 — down from 3005 in 2021.

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Patients forgotten in diagnostic turf war

It’s yet another skirmish in the ongoing turf war between doctors and pharmacists. 

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AMA WA President Dr Andrew Miller. Coronavirus. Picture Jackson Flindell The West Australian

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Goat Expectations: The importance of pets

The extenuating circumstances that reaffirmed to me the importance of pets.

Andrew Miller

Childcare peace of mind is a bare minimum.

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Childcare peace of mind is a bare minimum

Families with young children will be reassured to know the Federal Government is doing something about the childcare crisis.

PM must be clear-eyed to security threat posed by China.

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PM must be clear-eyed to security threat posed by China

The Prime Minister has not budged on defence spending which not only limits our own strategic capability, but has the secondary effect of undermining our alliance with the United States.

Melissa Price

Consumption culture is crowding our homes with clutter

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Consumption culture is crowding our homes with clutter

Most of us are drowning in our own dwellings, surrounded by more belongings than we have the space for.

Gary Martin

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What are NIMBYs afraid of?

I’ve felt a quiet sadness reading some of the online commentary about new social and affordable housing developments in our city. Some of the fear is visceral. Some is loud. Much is driven by uncertainty.

Kath Snell

A fix is needed to make a retirement income system stacked against women, fairer.

Balancing ActCommentsPremiumThe math shows women are getting a raw deal in retirement

The numbers don’t lie! In a nutshell, women need to survive longer on an income that is less than they need . . . using a system that is stacked against them. There’s a very simple fix, so why don’t we do it?

Nick Bruining

Unrecognizable woman with purchases in shopping mall, blurred background, copy space

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Putting trust in property

If you’ve been following the property market lately and, let’s face it, who hasn’t, you might have come across something called a REIT, or real estate investment trust.

DAVID KOCH

Opinion: Roger Cook wants us to have two additional public holidays a year. But do we really need them?

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Harley holiday: Why not?

For mine, a more important debate is the appropriateness of the Australia Day public holiday - albeit that is a national issue and one which will take great courage to properly address. 

JOE SPAGNOLO

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - July 14, 2025: Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

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Chalmers must act on tax

If one of life’s few certainties is tax (alongside death, depressingly) then one of economics’ certainties is the constant call for tax reform.

Ben Harvey’s cheeky Burswood racetrack promise

Ben HarveyPremiumBen Harvey’s cheeky Burswood racetrack promise

If the Burswood racetrack is delivered on budget, I’ll run it in the nick

Ben Harvey

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Nat Locke pictured in the studio

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Solo travelling isn’t brave, it’s smart!

If you want to sleep in one day, you can, without upsetting someone who wants to get up and about at sunrise. If you want to eat baklava in bed instead of going out to dinner, oh boy, can you.

Nat Locke 

Brad Pitt in the Formula 1 movie F1.

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Luxury brands trade away exclusivity to target the masses

This week, the new Formula 1 film hit cinemas starring one of the most recognisable icons of all-American virility in Brad Pitt, all designed to convert the masses.

Lanna Hill

Dey and aAlbanese navigating Praliament....Banana Skins illustration :Don Lindsay

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Traps ahead on both sides of Parliament

Anthony Albanese hasn’t been in any rush to convene the new Parliament, which Governor-General Sam Mostyn will open on Tuesday.

Michelle Grattan

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