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Andrea Gibbs, AFL Umpire Dean Margetts, former West Coast Eagles player Rowen Powell, Youth Olympics

Black Swan Theatre drives sports-acquired concussion discussion

Perth's Black Swan Theatre Company has raised the profile of sport-related concussion in a new play,ÌýBarracking for the UmpireÌýand by organising a public forum on the subject.ÌýBarry Healy reports.

Stop children being sent to Banksia Hill

Abandoning and demonising our most vulnerable children must end. Western Australia can lead the way by reforming its child bail laws and ensuring children can remain with their families where possible, arguesÌýGerry Georgatos.

Hazaras demand Labor act on Taliban killings, protect refugees

The Hazara community is demanding that LaborÌýspeak out about the escalation of violence and protectÌýHazaras in accordance with its international obligations. Janet Parker reports.

No such thing as ‘good’ fracking

Frack Free WA protested outside the Hyatt Regency where a fracking conference was being held. Kerry Smith reports.

Rank-and-file ticket to contest WA ANF elections

A rank-and-file ticket is contesting executive and council positions in the WAÌýbranch of the Australian Nursing Federation in late October. Chris Jenkins, who is part of it,Ìýreports.

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Government workers demand a living wage

Under a new umbrella — Public Sector Alliance — government workers in Western Australia areÌýdetermined toÌýbreak WA Labor’s wages cap policy. Janet Parker reports.

Activists protest Indian Ocean weapons conference

Anti-war and peace protesters from Stop AUKUS-WA protested the Indian Ocean Defence and Security Conference. Kerry Smith reports.

Australia’s homelessness crisis and what can be done

A lot more can be done for homeless people in Australia, arguesÌýGerryÌýGeorgatos, including building moreÌýpublic housing and prioritisingÌýsupports for the homeless.

WA public servants protest for fair pay: ‘We’re asking for the bare bloody minimum’

Seven thousand public workers rallied outside the Western Australian Parliament House to demand a 5% pay rise. Alex Salmon reports.

Banksia Hill and 17 other children’s prisons must be abolished

Western Australia’s most vulnerable regional children are still being jailed at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre. Gerry GeorgatosÌýis organising a class action to close it down.

Opposition grows to Scarborough gas hub

Woodside has no social licence for its Scarborough Gas Project, which threatens to unleash as much as 1.7 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over its lifetime, writesÌýSam Wainwright.

Tigrayan community calls for an end to the war, Australian arms sales to Ethiopia

More than 100 members of Western Australia’s Tigrayan community marchedÌýon July 8 to protest the war being waged against TigrayÌýsince November 2020. Alex Salmon reports.