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Sense of control cuts sickies

WE often hear about the skilled labour shortage in Australia, particularly here in Western Australia and I wonder if this problem could be partially alleviated by workers taking fewer sickies due to back pain. more »

End of the line for rail in Ellenbrook ?

Figures present different pictures of the need for an Ellenbrook rail link.

THE war of words between the Liberal Government and the Opposition over a broken election promise to build a rail line to Ellenbrook has left the community wondering who is to blame and why the service won’t be built – in the short term anyway. more »

Bonds forged in school blaze

SATURDAY night’s fire at Mt Lawley Primary School can only be described as a tragedy. more »

Toughest laws not best

THE two Craigie teenagers who face becoming homeless because of WA’s criminal confiscation laws exemplify the hollowness of the ‘tough on crime’ rhetoric so many of our politicians have come to rely on. more »

Positive step deserves praise

AN important breakthrough has been made in the campaign to change young people’s attitudes to alcohol. more »

Start made on a long journey

GET ready for the new era – a time when we all stop talking and start doing something about climate change. more »

Good start, but more yet to do

FOR too long, the main sports codes in Australia have relied on the massive windfalls generated from alcohol sponsorship. more »

Inquiry looks at trauma effects

THE community development and justice committee in the WA Parliament is undertaking an inquiry focusing on State Government workers and volunteers who work for State agencies involved in emergency responses. more »

Acceptance to come in time

WOMEN won the right to vote in Western Australia in 1899 and the right to stand for Parliament in 1920. more »

Gender politics of free market

LAST week’s exchange between Minister for Transport Troy Buswell and Labor MP Janine Freeman was neither a brain snap nor a bra snap on the part of the controversial Member for Vasse and former star UWA economics student. more »

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