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Letter to the EditorLetter to the Editor: Better policing needed on e-bikes

E-bikes are dangerous to Albany drivers, and should be banned from footpaths and supermarket areas, writes Albany resident Ian Harvey. 

Ian Harvey

Premier Roger Cook and Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti release the Budget

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WA has strongest economy and best set of books in country

Last week, I handed down the 2026-27 State Budget, which again shows Western Australia has the strongest economy in the nation.

Rita Saffioti

Greedy Baby Boomers Property Investors Illustration: Don Lindsay Don Lindsay

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Boomers retain property advantages through loopholes

If the Federal Government truly wanted to address intergenerational inequality in its Budget, it failed. Miserably.

Kim Macdonald

Kim Macdonald

Albanese’s Labor has demonstrated it has placed its naked pursuit of power above principle, honesty and accountability.

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Budget’s legacy is the destruction of trust

Albanese’s Labor has demonstrated it has placed its naked pursuit of power above principle, honesty and accountability.

The West Australian

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Letter to the EditorLetter to the Editor: Seven Cities vision ignores key issues

Roger Cook’s Seven Cities vision leaves some questions unanswered, writes Spencer Park resident Peter Rogers. 

Peter Rogers

Voters can forgive politicians for lying. But the taxation changes could trigger big falls in property prices that hurt millions.

OpinionVideoCommentsHow the Budget could turn voters against Anthony Albanese

AARON PATRICK: Voters can forgive politicians for lying. But the taxation changes could trigger big falls in property prices that hurt millions.

Aaron Patrick

Aaron Patrick

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Letter to the EditorLetter to the Editor: Patient treatment top quality at AHC

The team at the Day Surgery Clinic at the Albany Health Campus provide first class care, writes an Albany resident. 

JH

The only thing spreading faster than hantavirus panic are memes lampooning hantavirus. 

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Perspective lurks amidst contagious social media memes

The only thing spreading faster than hantavirus panic are memes lampooning hantavirus. 

Ben O'Shea

Ben O'Shea

Jim Chalmers’ Budget actually amounts to nothing much other than the official documentation of the most egregious election broken promise we have seen in quite some time. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

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Jim’s Budget of nothing but broken promises

What this Budget actually amounts to is nothing much other than the official documentation of the most egregious election broken promise we have seen in quite some time.

Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese.

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Politics is paved with broken promises

Getting away with a broken promise requires a new mandate, a big majority, or a fall guy. Over to you, Jim.

Jessica Page

What’s changed since 2019 to make a move on tax breaks for property investors more politically palatable? Demographics and house prices.

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Budgets aren’t formed on vibes so what’s changed since 2019?

What’s changed since 2019 to make a move on tax breaks for property investors more politically palatable? Demographics and house prices.

Katina Curtis

The Treasurer argued that breaking an election promise ‘for the right reason’ is a way to build trust. Bizarre.

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Federal Budget set to leave Labor with a trust deficit

The Treasurer argued that breaking an election promise ‘for the right reason’ is a way to build trust. Bizarre.

The middle child has survived hand-me-downs, shared bedrooms, forgotten milestones and a lifetime of being told to stop making a fuss. But it might not survive Australia’s shrinking family size.

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‘Middle child’ in jeopardy as Aussie families shrink

The middle child has survived hand-me-downs, shared bedrooms, forgotten milestones and a lifetime of being told to stop making a fuss. But it might not survive Australia’s shrinking family size.

Gary Martin

An aerial view of an ambulance boat carrying crew members wearing hazmat suits as they approach the pilot door on the starboard side of the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 5, 2026. Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated via Cape Verde to the Netherlands, allowing the vessel to sail on to Spain's Canary Islands, the ship operator said Tuesday. The MV Hondius has been at the centre of an international health scare since Saturday, when WHO was informed that the rare disease -- usually spread from infected rodents typically through urine, droppings and saliva -- was suspected of being behind the deaths of three of its passengers. As others fell ill, passengers and crew have been in isolation after Cape Verde authorities barred the ship from docking, and as health authorities scrambled to find a port that would take the Hondius. (Photo by AFP)

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Hantavirus outbreak a good reminder of WA’s COVID precaution

The MV Hondius situation — where several people have died while trapped on a cruise vessel — is a stark reminder of the horror plague ship that docked in Sydney in March 2020: the Ruby Princess.

Andrew Miller

Pauline Hanson and David Farley celebrate with supporters in Albury.

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One Nation win shows political landscape has shifted

It would be a mistake for Labor to think One Nation’s win in New South Wales didn’t contain a warning for them too.

First impressions have a poor reputation, but in a world that moves rapidly and demands constant decision-making, the idea that people should suspend judgment entirely is unrealistic and counterproductive.

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First impressions deserve a second chance in the workplace

First impressions have a poor reputation, but in a world that moves rapidly and demands constant decision-making, the idea that people should suspend judgment entirely is unrealistic and counterproductive.

Gary Martin

Stick to your guns on personal style

Anxiety Aunt PremiumHow to stick to your guns on your personal style

Has your daughter never seen Breakfast at Tiffanys? Does she not realise that some looks never go out of style?

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

Ben Harvey has been searching for a reason to get back into this most important journalistic cause codenamed ‘Operation Grumpy Bastard’, including treasurers, shoe laces, and electric scooters.

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The extremely long list of things pissing Ben Harvey off

Ben Harvey has been searching for a reason to get back into this most important journalistic cause codenamed ‘Operation Grumpy Bastard’, including treasurers, shoe laces, and electric scooters.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

I am sure Albanese knows full well that here in WA a person’s word is sacrosanct as he comes under pressure to rip up the 2018 GST deal, writes Joe Spagnolo.

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Albo’s GST word must be his bond as pressure grows on deal

Albanese knows full well that here in WA a person’s word is sacrosanct as he comes under pressure to rip up the 2018 GST deal, Joe Spagnolo writes.

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Nat Locke

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Don’t make me wave my red flag this Mother’s Day

Guys, draw closer. I need to tell you something. It’s one day a year. All you have to do is make a bit of a fuss of the woman who carried your children, and who bears the mental load of raising them. 

Nat Locke

It was nearly a decade ago that The West Australian set out to ask readers why they loved their mums, and it is worth recounting the sentiments which flowed in to the newspaper.

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It was nearly a decade ago that The West Australian set out to ask readers why they loved their mums, and it is worth recounting the sentiments which flowed in to the newspaper.

There is a tension between older leaders preparing to hand over responsibility and younger professionals looking at what leadership actually costs, and hesitating before accepting it.

OpinionCareer progression is no deal breaker for Generation Z

There is a tension between older leaders preparing to hand over responsibility and younger professionals looking at what leadership actually costs, and hesitating before accepting it.

Lanna Hill

The run-up to a budget always sees a degree of chaos. But this year it has looked like one of those willy willies that blow up in outback Australia when the wind stirs a storm of dust. Pictured: Michele Grattan and Jim Chalmers.

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Federal Budget blown off course in chaotic times

The run-up to a budget always sees a degree of chaos. But this year it has looked like one of those willy willies that blow up in outback Australia when the wind stirs a storm of dust.

Michelle Grattan

While we can all learn from our mistakes, it’s usually the lessons from the good days, and the high performing efforts, that provide the best and quickest blueprint for future success, says Justin Langer.

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Losing streak? Jordan and Federer have some advice for you

While we can all learn from our mistakes, it’s usually the lessons from the good days, and the high performing efforts, that provide the best and quickest blueprint for future success, says Justin Langer.

Justin Langer