Western Australia’s arts and sports must embrace fossil fuel-free future
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Opinion

Western Australia’s arts and sports must embrace fossil fuel-free future

We all cherish these organisations. It’s time for them to embrace a brighter future by cutting ties with such companies. And here’s how we’ll help them do it.

  • byCarmen Lawrence

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  • byEmma Kemp
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Axe falls on Victorian native forest logging

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  • byBenjamin Preiss
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Banned carcinogenic chemicals considered for use in WA fracking,draft report reveals

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  • byHolly Thompson
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Tim Winton’s Ningaloo documentary launches in Exmouth

Tim Winton’s Ningaloo documentary launches in Exmouth

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  • byEmma Young
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Why Tim Winton is happy he never moved to Melbourne
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Why Tim Winton is happy he never moved to Melbourne

In an exclusive interview,the author tells of 40 years spent helping develop and protect Australian publishing,and where he lives has everything to do with it.

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Tim Winton on coming face to face with a dugong – and finding a kindred spirit

Tim Winton on coming face to face with a dugong – and finding a kindred spirit

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  • byKerrie O'Brien
Want to add $50k to your property’s value? Don’t cut down that tree

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‘Get him off’:Protests force play to be stopped at world snooker champs

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If we have to fight this war,give us a say in the battle plans

If we have to fight this war,give us a say in the battle plans

Lower the voting age to 16 because it’s our future that depends on climate action,not yours.

  • byArlo Foyn Hill andQing Ng