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Saturday, 23 January 2021

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Paul MurrayCommentsPremiumIs this the election that crowns McGowan as WA emperor?

No one is expecting too many surprises from the March State election. But what would happen if the opinion polling is right and the Labor party runs riot across both houses?

Paul Murray

Paul MurrayColumnist

Lucy CarnePremiumKeep queue jumpers out of the vaccine roll out

Power, celebrity and wealth should not entitle people to elbow their way to the front of the COVID vaccine program ahead of the elderly, writes Lucy Carne.

Lucy Carne

OpinionPremiumWho is investigating our military commanders?

We cannot give up our independence to the International Criminal Court while they investigate alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan, writes Glenn Kolomeitz.

Glenn Kolomeitz

OpinionPremiumWake me up when woke Australia Day protests are over

A small-time radio announcer might think he is a hero for breaking the Margaret Court story but all he’s done is give the rent-a-protest crowd another excuse, writes Piers Akerman.

Piers Akerman

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January 26
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Keep the date but reflect on Australia’s history

This Australia Day we should walk together, side-by-side, as one to reflect, respect and celebrate all that makes us Australian — Indigenous and non-Indigenous.

Ken Wyatt

Belle TaylorPremiumHow QAnon is spreading its poison

The alt-right US conspiracy group has exploited the pandemic to go global. And they are popping up in the places you would least suspect.

Belle Taylor

Belle TaylorPLAY Magazine Editor

OpinionPremiumZali’s minute’s silence an empty gesture

Zali Steggall’s call for a minute’s silence on Australia Day will have no impact on the real issues being faced by Indigenous Australians, Vikki Campion writes.

Vikki Campion

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Gemma Tognini
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Why delaying divorce will not help fix a broken system

The Family Court system may be broken, but the Australian Family Association’s suggested changes to divorce law will only open the door for more heartache and more pain. Here’s why.

Gemma Tognini

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Glass half full
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Aussies love a drink or two but is it time to rethink?

Australians have a drinking problem and I’m not talking about the drunken boofheads out there thumping each other in Scarborough.

Kate Emery

Kate EmerySenior Reporter

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Ten things
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Time to have a conversation about date of Australia Day

No other country can claim to be the home of the world’s oldest continuous living culture and people from cultures from all over the world.

Basil Zempilas

Basil ZempilasSeven News Sports Presenter

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EDITORIAL
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In need of a solution for Fremantle’s tent city

For some time now there has been a growing problem with people living rough in this State.

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Jenna Clarke
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The moment that summed up Biden’s election perfectly

It was the personification of serenity, pride and hope all rolled into one blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment — and Jennifer Lopez delivered it today at President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

EDITORIALPremiumPutting universities on the right path

It ought to be assumed that freedom of speech is a flourishing aspect of ­university life. But we live in unusual times and our universities are ­shunning wrong-speak and other language crimes.

Jacinta PricePremiumWhat the ‘offenderati’ get wrong about Australia Day

Moves to change the date of Australia Day, or ignore it altogether at the cricket, is pointless, divisive — and won’t help indigenous Australians, writes Jacinta Price

Jacinta Price

OPINIONPremiumWill Biden’s call for unity last?

The new American president sounded many of the right notes - but the devil is in the details, writes Miranda Devine

Miranda Devine

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Switching places
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‘Tent City’ sends WA politics into the Twilight Zone

The Labor Premier sounds like a tough talking, right-wing Sky News After Dark commentator while his Liberal counterpart is acting like a bleeding heart Leftie. What is going on?

Peter Law

Peter LawState Political Editor

OpinionPremiumWhy Australia’s vaccine message is already failing

If our leaders want us to get the jab, they need to make good on their promise it will get Australia out from under the doona, writes James Morrow.

James Morrow

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Aaron Morey
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Childcare reform holds key to help women back to work

Aaron Morey writes that the most successful economies were those ‘that tap into the full potential of their workforces’ — that includes working mums.

Aaron Morey

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Patrick Gorman
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Why Biden victory is a win for WA

Labor MP Patrick Gorman reveals why Western Australia should be a huge beneficiary of Joe Biden’s presidency.

Patrick Gorman

Online partyCommentsPremiumKate Emery: The one reason I envy Donald Trump

Never did I think I would be jealous of Donald Trump, especially not with the death knell of his political career still sounding in our collective ears. But it’s not the money or power that I desire.

Kate Emery

Kate EmerySenior Reporter

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Editorial
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Child care reform can help mums back to work

The idea that we need to do better to ensure women are represented fairly and equally across the different sectors of society is far from new. And yet we still have work to do to bring it to reality.

OpinionPremium’A’ for activism, ‘F’ for everything else

Our politicised curriculum is the reason why our children don’t know about our democracy – or much else, writes Bella D’Abrera

Bella D'Abrera

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Out of bounds
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Tennis brats and the c-word

Tennis is to sport what Keeping up with the Kardashians is to TV — it’s just razzle dazzle with racquets.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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With Trump gone, US can begin to heal

At last the Donald Trump saga is almost at an end. So now the focus turns to Joe Biden, who has a massive task ahead to right the ship of state.

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