Minister’s stance on ‘small’ number of sick,premature babies requiring surgery fast ‘incredibly upsetting’
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Minister’s stance on ‘small’ number of sick,premature babies requiring surgery fast ‘incredibly upsetting’

Helping Little Hands’ Joanne Beedie said there was only about 30 babies impacted by moving the mums and babies hospital sounded like those lives might be less valuable.

  • byHamish Hastie

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Uni costs or uni benefits? WA leaders respond to call for free degrees

Uni costs or uni benefits? WA leaders respond to call for free degrees

Fees may bar some from higher education,but leaders of WA universities say the real problems lie elsewhere as the sector faces its biggest shake-up in years.

  • byHolly Thompson
From one to 500:The WA university graduate who paved the way for hundreds more like her

From one to 500:The WA university graduate who paved the way for hundreds more like her

Isabelle Adams decided she wanted to go to university and be a teacher. She was told this idea was like a “pie in the sky”. Furious,she vowed to prove them wrong.

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One from every school:The WA uni turning scholarships upside-down
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One from every school:The WA uni turning scholarships upside-down

In contrast to opportunities for people who can frequently afford extra tutoring or extracurriculars,this move will simply give a hand up to “good people”.

  • byHolly Thompson
WA urged to boost student accommodation to ease rental market pressure
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WA urged to boost student accommodation to ease rental market pressure

Students hoping to study at a Perth university are finding it increasingly difficult to find a place to live. But there could be a solution.

  • byHolly Thompson
WA universities lose millions as COVID’s bite continues to be felt

WA universities lose millions as COVID’s bite continues to be felt

All four of Perth’s public universities recorded a financial drop from their 2022 figures,but while two returned a profit,two have fallen millions into the red.

  • byHolly Thompson
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This WA university’s course sees graduates command top dollar. Why?

This WA university’s course sees graduates command top dollar. Why?

Undergraduates in WA are now some of the highest paid and most in-demand in the country.

  • byHolly Thompson
Plea for Perth to use empty quarantine site for coming tsunami of homeless uni students
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Plea for Perth to use empty quarantine site for coming tsunami of homeless uni students

Universities are preparing to deal with a flood of homeless overseas students unable to find a bed when the new semester starts later this month.

  • bySarah Brookes
Australian scientists shine new light on German mystery

Australian scientists shine new light on German mystery

The man,dubbed “The Gentleman” by investigators in 1994 after his body was found by police off the coast Germany may have lived most of his life in Australia.

  • byFinbar O'Mallon
Study points to cat poo as the culprit in cold case of WA penguin deaths

Study points to cat poo as the culprit in cold case of WA penguin deaths

Thirteen otherwise healthy looking little penguins at the West Australian island died in 2011-12 and have now been found to be infected with a disease that originates from cat faeces.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
‘Far-reaching impacts’:WA’s tough border rules will hurt foreign student numbers into the future

‘Far-reaching impacts’:WA’s tough border rules will hurt foreign student numbers into the future

The leading organisation which manages international students enrolments in WA says the state will suffer a significant disadvantage to the eastern states.

  • byAja Styles