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Are beauty pageants sexist?
By Head-to-headMost of us are guilty of landing on a broadcast of a beauty pageant while channel surfing and sticking around for a while to put in our two cents over the standard of stunning women on display. Too much spray tan. I think she's had hair extensions, or...
Jan 27 1:02pm -
Time runs out for PM to overcome stumbles
By Andrew TilletShe probably would not appreciate the comparison but yesterday's security scare for Julia Gillard was in some ways symbolic of her time in office.There was the Prime Minister having to run the gauntlet of hostile opinion and stumbling, with Tony Abbott...
Jan 27 12:44pm -
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Where do we belong?
By Ross TaylorI shared a coffee with a friend of mine last week and he was recounting an all too common story of being tailgated by a young hoon in a hotted-up ute with "mag" wheels.At the traffic lights, the music was blaring and the young man was proudly...
Jan 26 12:15pm -
White wash
By Ben O'SheaAnother Australia Day is upon us and, as always, it brings no shortage of easy targets for people who write opinion columns. You've got those car-mounted flags, for starters, how annoying are those? Or what about the perennial issue of celebrating a...
Jan 26 11:09am -
Labor's policy reversal illustrates hypocrisy
By Paul MurraySome people might be surprised that the Labor caucus this week adopted a completely new position on the vexed issues of retail trading hours and uranium mining without either being put to the vote.They might be surprised because it's the first they've...
Jan 25 11:25am -
Reed gets its priorities resolved
By Kate EmeryReed Resources' plans to restart the Meekatharra gold project are gaining momentum and investors seem to appreciate the new-found sense of focus, with Reed shares up 17 per cent in the past month.Managing director Chris Reed has spent recent weeks...
Jan 23 12:15pm -
In defence of sadness
By Kate EmeryFeeling good? You should be: you've survived the most depressing day of the year.Dubbed Blue Monday the third Monday in January is supposedly the day on which we are most likely to be down in the dumps thanks to a combination of, among other things,...
Jan 23 12:09pm -
Cartoons of the week, January 23
By Dean AlstonJanuary 23 - 28 Signed prints of Alston cartoons are available from Press Photos. Phone: 9482...
Jan 23 10:52am -
Celebrate world cricket's dream field
By Ross Lewis, Online Sports EditorToo much bounce, too much grass, too much movement.Too much whingeing.There is no doubt the WACA would have wanted at least two more sessions of play from the third Test between Australia and India. So, too, the local fans.But, unlike some critics,...
Jan 16 3:11pm -
Footy punters on red alert!
By Ray WilsonIt’s getting near to that time of the year when footy bets for the coming season are recorded on beer coasters, the back of shopping dockets or any random bits of scrap paper. You know the ones I mean — the top four in finishing order; the...
Jan 11 12:13pm -
More economic jitters ahead by any guess
By Shane WrightIt's a good year for making economic predictions.There is so much going on that if you make enough prognostications then there's a good chance of at least a couple coming true.After a year that started with some promise, veered towards economic disaster...
Jan 2 11:52am -
Rise and fall of the flying camera
By Dennis ComettiI like to think I've seen most things in sport but I copped a first today as technology's intrusion into sporting events was made complete.Remember Channel Nine's ill-fated AFL Skycam a few years back?If memory serves me correctly I might have been the...
Jan 2 10:50am -
CHOGM, fires end a chaotic year
By Gareth ParkerJULY The month began with revelations of a split in Colin Barnett's Cabinet over his choice of Burswood as the site for WA's new 60,000 seat stadium.Planning Minister John Day thought the peninsula site was too expensive, Education Minister Liz...
Dec 29 12:17pm -
Union boss wrong on big pay for labourers
By Ben HarveyIf Kevin Reynolds doesn't ring the newspaper with a tirade of abuse after he reads this column then the union hard nut has clearly lost his edge.The likely source of Mr Reynolds' anger will be the suggestion that there is no way labourers should be...
Dec 27 11:38am -
Gifts for geeky girlfriends
By Louise BurkeChristmas is the time for making lists and treating loved ones. But what if your loved one doesn't fit the gold jewellery, perfume and pyjamas mould and you're scratching your head for what to get her? As a seasoned geek, here's a few ideas.Xmas gifts...
Dec 16 3:05pm -
Rudd factor looms large for Labor
By Andrew Probyn"We are deeply concerned about the situation," Kevin Rudd said from New York this week in that solemn tone he's so good at."Obviously there are heightened political tensions ... with two, as it were, alternative prime ministers. This is...
Dec 16 12:09pm -
Qantas dispute
By Geoffrey Thomas<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=8b1e427032" >Live chat with Aviation Editor Geoffrey...
Nov 1 12:40pm -
No stars, but series still excites
By Craig O'DonoghuePeople are lining up to criticise the International Rules series as a waste of time because the Australian team lacks star power....
Oct 26 11:30am
Breaking
- 12:43 pm Tributes begin to flow for Bond's wife
- 12:10 pm Azarenka eyes back-to-back titles
- 11:52 am Pluimers wins Ironwoman in Perth
- 11:11 am Cyclone threat for Pilbara eases
- 10:19 am Ballajura man charged over gun threat
- 10:15 am Police hunt Parkwood robbers
- 10:07 am Old Swan Barracks death not suspicious
- 10:04 am Homes, lives under threat from SW fire
- 9:37 am Man killed in Maddington stabbing
- 9:32 am Australind woman charged with murder
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