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Courts & JusticePremiumBombshell after bombshell as controversial choices defended

Cleveland Dodd’s inquest hasn’t finished but has already revealed a youth detention system that reached depths of dysfunction worse than even its harshest critics could have feared.

Rebecca Le May

LifestyleCommentsPremiumIs the ‘tradwife’ trend peddling dangerous stereotypes?

Is this social media trend harmless fun, a welcome return to old-fashioned values, or a dangerous alt-right offshoot?

Kate Emery

analysis
analysis
FLAWED RATING SYSTEM CommentsPremium
analysis
Why it’s time to review the five star review

Once relied on as a strong guide of which hotel to stay in or where to take a loved one for a good meal, the public rating system none of us can now escape has become a farce. Kate Emery explains why.

Kate Emery

investigation
investigation
Special reportCommentsPremium
investigation
How bad is our inflation problem and how do we fix it?

With WA households grappling to make sense of the cost-of-living crisis, John Flint unpacks how things got so bad so quickly and if we are hurtling towards an economic black hole.

John Flint

In cinemasCommentsPremiumAfter being lauded overseas, Sweet As is coming home

The film, shot in the Pilbara and written and directed by Indigenous filmmaker Jub Clerc, has been celebrated at international film festivals and is now hitting Australian cinemas.

Ben O'Shea

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
A remote visionCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Lions team a sight for sore eyes in WA’s outback

Angus Turner and his team of opthamologists and medicos at Lions Outback Vision travel WA treating our most vulnerable people, who would otherwise go blind. STM visits and hears their vision for the future.

Tim Clarke

MUST-READ REPORTCommentsPremiumMarking the Alboversary: What Government has done in a year

Labor came into power promising to change the country. One year later, how do its actions stack up to the campaign rhetoric?

Katina Curtis, Kimberley Caines and Dan Jervis-Bardy

Special investigationCommentsPremiumHeartbreaking impact of endometriosis on women laid bare

It is the debilitating and life-shattering disease that affects one in nine women and girls, ruining their dream of starting a family but are scientists on the verge of finding a cure? 

Claire Sadler

investigation
investigation
Classroom battlegroundsCommentsPremium
investigation
Sickening videos show school students being bashed for likes

They are the sickening, violent videos your kids are watching. Students mercilessly attacking their peers all to the delight of their classmates as children cower in fear trying to ward off the endless blows.

Caleb Runciman

blown awayPremiumBlow Up host and comic Becky Lucas’ balloon-squeaking phobia

Despite her fascination with the niche community of balloon artists, Becky Lucas said she hates the squeaks of balloon twisting.

Kellie Balaam

Meth mastermindPremiumHow syndicate’s billion-dollar WA drug plot unravelled

A final conviction has bought one of the longest-running and most intense drug cases in WA legal history to an end — six years after armed police stormed a boat in Geraldton. Here’s the inside story.

Tim Clarke

investigation
investigation
Class actionPremium
investigation
‘I demand we be paid, as a slave, a servant and a maid’

Thousands of Indigenous people effectively used as slave labour may finally be paid by the WA Government, with mediation at a critical stage. Warning: may contain images of people who have passed away.

Rebecca Le May

SEE THE LISTCommentsPremiumREVEALED: Best book-to-screen adaptations of 2023

More novels are getting the small-screen treatment. But what makes a successful adaptation? And why are we so obsessed with them right now?

Clare Rigden

MUST-READ REPORTVideoCommentsPremiumBuy now pay later: Parents in debt to pay for kids' school

The impact of the cost-of-living crisis is being felt in classrooms across WA. Bethany Hiatt reveals the desperate lengths parents are going to to keep their kids in class.

Bethany Hiatt

War goes on PremiumQuiet West Aussie achievers in ongoing COVID battle

WA’s Omicron wave may have subsided to a ripple, but with more than 20 people dying every week and the threat of long COVID looming large, those on the frontline say the pandemic is far from over.

Kate Emery

investigation
investigation
Road to oblivionCommentsPremium
investigation
WA’s building sector crying out for reform as firms go under

The graveyard of building firms, including some of the biggest names in construction, keeps getting bigger. Here’s what needs to happen to save the industry in WA.

John Flint

Surveillance gapsCommentsPremiumCOVID surveillance plunge a major failure in virus fight

‘There is this notion that the more this virus circulates, the less severe it will become. There is absolutely no guarantee of that,’ says lead WHO scientist.

John Flint

investigation
investigation
Nightmare before ChristmasVideoCommentsPremium
investigation
How spiralling costs are smashing festive household budgets

While extended families from across the country can gather around the Christmas tree, the spiralling cost of living is stretching household budgets to the limit. 

James Salmon

Love signalsCommentsPremiumDATING GUIDE: Red flags to watch out for in 2022

Anyone who is dating in 2022 could give you their personal hit list of red flags, whether they are small gripes or major deal-breakers. Here’s a handy guide on how to tell a ‘hell no’ from a ‘heck yes’.

Jessie Stoelwinder

investigation
investigation
‘Trump-in-heels’Comments
investigation
How Trump’s minions plan to roll out the ‘red’ carpet

The ramifications from Tuesday’s mid-term elections range from extremely significant to potentially terrifying.

John Flint

Inside disaster divePremiumEXPOSED: Massive failures that caused divers' brain injuries

A record-breaking dive off Australian shores became an almost deadly lesson in management failure. Now, the complete story of what went awry and how easily the debacle could have been averted has been revealed.

John Flint

SUPERSTAR DROP OUTCommentsPremiumInside the spiralling life of once-beloved rapper Kanye West

Kanye West’s provocative album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has become reality for the once-lauded icon. Will he finally be cancelled by his fans after yet again going too far?

Rangi Hirini

Astounding experimentCommentsIs brain-boosting nicotine gum better than a strong coffee?

Nicotine products are the latest fad — not to quit smoking, but to help people focus. Rebecca Ley tried them with striking results.

investigation
investigation
‘the crisis is bad now’CommentsPremium
investigation
Is Albo’s bold million homes promise just a house of cards?

The Federal Government’s new housing Accord has been labelled everything from a gabfest to a game-changer but one thing is agreed — it will not boost the rate of construction.

Kim Macdonald