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Social media
Stop blaming social media and take the phone off your kids
If your teenager is raging out of control because you haven’t enforced strong enough boundaries around devices, maybe it’s time to stop blaming social media and look in the mirror.
- by Nicole Jameson
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Holiday horror on WA roads with five fatal crashes days out from Christmas
Five fatal crashes within the space of just a few days have marked a grim start to Western Australia’s Christmas holiday break.
- by Cameron Myles
‘Like hell on earth’: Neighbours tell of frantic efforts to save boy from fatal house fire
A GoFundMe page has raised more than $34,000 to help the family rebuild their lives just days out from Christmas.
- by Cameron Myles
Ex-Broome bishop to plead not guilty to new sex assault charges
Christopher Saunders faced Broome Magistrates Court on Monday for the first time since being charged with five more historical offences.
- by Cameron Myles and Jamie Freestone
From city to coast: what’s open on Christmas Day in Perth
Including options for post-swim coffees, breakfast by the beach, Christmas feasts and Japanese-Italian fusion.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
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Trade unions
WA nurses’ union members back new government pay deal
The new deal avoids an ugly showdown between Labor and WA’s biggest union ahead of the March state election.
- by Cameron Myles
Young boy dies in Meadow Springs house fire
A four-year-old boy has died in a house fire just days before Christmas.
- by Cameron Myles
From complex needs to career pathways: WA public schools’ biggest changes in 2024
The man behind the changes in arguably one of the more demanding state government portfolios gives the year in review and answers our rapid-fire questions.
- by Holly Thompson
‘It’s ridiculous’: Children among 35 people caught with weapons in WA anti-knife blitz
Police have conducted more than 4500 edged-weapon scans with hand-held metal detectors since Friday, most of which in Perth’s entertainment precincts.
- by Connor McGoverne
Christmastime Fremantle port strikes ‘hold country to ransom’
A months-long dispute between the Maritime Union and wharf operator Qube has escalated with rolling strikes at Fremantle Port from Friday.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Perth dresses up for opening night of musical phenomenon Wicked
Wicked has been casting its spell over ecstatic capacity audiences in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and on Thursday night it was Perth’s turn.
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