Opinion

Migrants make business sense

20/Nov/2008

THE small business environment in WA is influenced by many factors at both local and global levels. While parts of the world are reeling, thanks to China and our other main trading partners, WA is holding up well. more »

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Young voices must be heard

13/Nov/2008

CHILDREN and young people under 18 make up a quarter of our State’s population but they remain very much “seen and not heard” at most levels of Government and community. more »

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Epitaphs alive with meaning

11/Nov/2008

HOMER Overton has “visited, photographed and painted over 150 ghost towns”. He found the grave of Lester Moore… a Wells Fargo Co. station agent for Naco, Arizona in the cowboy days of the 1880s. more »

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Scary times, but don’t panic

06/Nov/2008

THE headlines have been terrifying – superannuation losses, share markets crashing, unemployment to rise, house prices to fall, investment funds frozen. What should individuals do? more »

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Bad behaviour is unlimited

04/Nov/2008

I’VE been making a lot of noise lately about parenting and parental responsibility. Police are having to deal more and more with young people who have not been provided with adequate boundaries and whose parents have clearly abrogated their responsib more »

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Lessons learnt on the freeway

30/Oct/2008

LONG after the vintage cars at Sunday’s opening ceremony have rattled out of sight, the Mitchell Freeway extension from Hodges Drive to Burns Beach Road will stand as a triumph of consultation. more »

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Love fosters a great family

29/Oct/2008

MICHELLE wasn’t expecting a moment of truth. It was 2001, and she was sitting with a girlfriend watching the news on television. more »

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Recovery takes a bumpy road

23/Oct/2008

BODY Esteem, a program of Joondalup-based WOMEN’s Healthworks, has an information and education program for family and other carers of people with an eating disorder. It aims to improve a carer’s capacity to support loved ones through recovery. more »

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