WA's new entertainment precinct laws go too far, and will target Aboriginal people - NIT

A senior Yued Noongar Elder has compared new laws passed by Western Australia’s parliament to the infamous “red lines” curfew law that until 1954 barred Aboriginal people from Perth city after sundown.

The network behind direct action climate protests - The Saturday Paper

WA's new entertainment precinct laws go too far, and will target Aboriginal people - NIT

Behind the recent string of climate protests in art galleries and museums – here and overseas – is a network of organisations with backing from environmental philanthropists.

Labor approves removal of sacred rock art on the Burrup Peninsula - The Saturday Paper

WA's new entertainment precinct laws go too far, and will target Aboriginal people - NIT

Labor approves removal of sacred rock art on the Burrup Peninsula - The Saturday Paper

As Tanya Plibersek grants final approval for a fertiliser plant on the Burrup Peninsula, Woodside has quietly begun expansion of its enormous Pluto gas project.

The deadly consequences of rental evictions in WA - The Saturday Paper

Labor approves removal of sacred rock art on the Burrup Peninsula - The Saturday Paper

As a homelessness crisis unfolds around the country, the Western Australian government has undertaken to review tenancy laws to finally remove ‘no grounds’ rental evictions.

Labor’s flawed answer to the energy crisis - The Saturday Paper

The deadly consequences of rental evictions in WA - The Saturday Paper

Labor’s flawed answer to the energy crisis - The Saturday Paper

Australia’s gas crisis is not caused by a supply shortage – it’s the result of an export system the Coalition allowed donors to essentially design. Labor’s first answer is more fossil fuel.

The death of Ricky Lee Cound - The Saturday Paper

The deadly consequences of rental evictions in WA - The Saturday Paper

Labor’s flawed answer to the energy crisis - The Saturday Paper

The suicide of Ricky Lee Cound in a prison south-east of Perth has sparked a fresh campaign for the recognition of sovereign rights and government accountability for Indigenous deaths in custody.

Crash course: how to haggle with insurers after a car accident - The Guardian

WA had two years to get homeless people off the street. So why are they stranded? - The Guardian

Crash course: how to haggle with insurers after a car accident - The Guardian

From researching market rates to finding your own assessor, Jesse Noakes learned how to wade through the red tape of insurers without being fleeced

Mark McGowan’s message for federal politics - the Saturday Paper

WA had two years to get homeless people off the street. So why are they stranded? - The Guardian

Crash course: how to haggle with insurers after a car accident - The Guardian

As the pandemic recedes from discourse, and the cost of living and climate change become voter priorities, what does Labor’s political strength in Western Australia mean for the federal election?

WA had two years to get homeless people off the street. So why are they stranded? - The Guardian

As Western Australia is bringing down its hard border it is disturbing to see how little has changed for the most vulnerable

How a major Western Australia bushfire taught me to spend time in the bush - ABC

WA had two years to get homeless people off the street. So why are they stranded? - The Guardian

We had a close call with the first big fire in Western Australia this summer.

Songlines or pipelines in the Burrup? - The Monthly

How a major Western Australia bushfire taught me to spend time in the bush - ABC

WA’s health system is falling apart even without Covid-19 - The Saturday Paper

The largest new fossil fuel project in Australia threatens the world's most significant rock art

WA’s health system is falling apart even without Covid-19 - The Saturday Paper

How a major Western Australia bushfire taught me to spend time in the bush - ABC

WA’s health system is falling apart even without Covid-19 - The Saturday Paper

Western Australia’s plan to reopen its border to the rest of Australia was pushed back late this week, amid warnings of a coming catastrophe in the country’s worst health system.

Why group exercise gets you off the couch, even when you don't want to - ABC

‘A cop can shoot a person in cold blood and get away with it…' - The Saturday Paper

"Tonight is going to be a big one," is just about the last thing you want to hear from Perth boxing coach Jerry Mondlane on the first night back after a break.

‘A cop can shoot a person in cold blood and get away with it…' - The Saturday Paper

The first trial in a century of a WA police officer for killing an Aboriginal person ended in an acquittal, from a jury without a single Black juror.

How the fight to save WA’s native forests was finally won - The Saturday Paper

‘A cop can shoot a person in cold blood and get away with it…' - The Saturday Paper

How the fight to save WA’s native forests was finally won - The Saturday Paper

The battle to save WA’s remaining old-growth forests required activists to mobilise public opinion and pressure the government to see the financial, climate and biodiversity benefits of leaving those forests intact.

What switching my smart phone for this ancient flip phone taught me - ABC

Denmark’s big dry is a bitter taste of our climate-changed future - crikey

How the fight to save WA’s native forests was finally won - The Saturday Paper

Not having a smart phone made me realise that a calmer, more immersive life is available once you step across the threshold

Denmark’s big dry is a bitter taste of our climate-changed future - crikey

With decreased rainfall and increased fire risks, the time for band-aid solutions is over.

Could environmental action be a single acid trip away? - crikey

Denmark’s big dry is a bitter taste of our climate-changed future - crikey

New studies are uncovering the role psychedelics can play in environmental engagement. And the benefits don't stop there.

'A false economy, and a cruel one': Housing evictions push people deeper into system - The age

Top bureaucrat charged with rorting, while Indigenous family is evicted over Hills hoist - crikey

The biggest rort since WA Inc has allegedly been happening under our noses for the past decade, and it’s at the expense of the most vulnerable people in our state, who live with the threat of eviction hanging over their heads.

Top bureaucrat charged with rorting, while Indigenous family is evicted over Hills hoist - crikey

The hypocrisy is staggering as Australia faces one of the biggest rorts it has ever known.

Public housing and private trauma - Crikey

Top bureaucrat charged with rorting, while Indigenous family is evicted over Hills hoist - crikey

Public housing and private trauma - Crikey

Maria has been homeless for 14 years, ever since she lost her last WA public housing property due to arrears she has since repaid. Her story is not unique.

The ‘landlord of last resort’ - Crikey

Amanda Feilding has spent 54 years experimenting with psychedelics — for the sake of science - ABC

Public housing and private trauma - Crikey

It's estimated at least 1000 children a year are made homeless by WA bureaucracy. If this is an over-estimate, the government might want to say so, because it’s utterly damning.

Why I chose to get arrested at our daily newspaper's Perth offices - WAtoday

Amanda Feilding has spent 54 years experimenting with psychedelics — for the sake of science - ABC

The funny thing about being sprawled in the back of a paddy wagon yesterday is how normal it felt.

Amanda Feilding has spent 54 years experimenting with psychedelics — for the sake of science - ABC

From her family home, Amanda Feilding, the Countess of Wemyss and March, has launched an unlikely renaissance: the return of psychedelic research to the mainstream.

Stories from my desk: Perth homelessness worker's 'front-line' report - Sydney morning herald

One morning last week, Sophie Penny sat in my office at the advocacy agency where I work, and cried.

Why I’m on board for the rebellion - crikey

Stories from my desk: Perth homelessness worker's 'front-line' report - Sydney morning herald

Extinction Rebellion's UK protests were whimsical and reckless, but they also worked. Now they're starting in Australia...

‘Punitive’ public housing tenancies are pushing people into the streets - crikey

Stories from my desk: Perth homelessness worker's 'front-line' report - Sydney morning herald

Psychedelic therapy: The patients paying $2k to get high with their doctor - news.com.au

Western Australia's use of fixed-term tenancies is "fundamentally unethical" say advocates, and in some cases it's breaking families up.

Psychedelic therapy: The patients paying $2k to get high with their doctor - news.com.au

I took daily doses of magic mushrooms to improve my performance and mental health - herald sun

Psychedelic therapy: The patients paying $2k to get high with their doctor - news.com.au

Jesse Noakes had been battling his mental health for years when he stumbled across Carlo, a new breed of doctor who promised to change everything.

Psychedelic renaissance: could MDMA help with PTSD, depression and anxiety? - The Guardian

I took daily doses of magic mushrooms to improve my performance and mental health - herald sun

As Australia’s first trial for psychedelic therapy for terminally ill patients gets under way, a growing movement says it could also help other conditions

I took daily doses of magic mushrooms to improve my performance and mental health - herald sun

A growing body of research is exploring the benefits of small doses of certain illicit drugs — so I decided to be a guinea pig.

‘It sounds like bulls**t, but it seems to make you work better’ - news.com.au

Microdosing was introduced to the world a few years ago in a book called The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide by Dr Jim Fadiman.

Sleep Deprivation Was More Powerful Than Antidepressants for Me - VICE

‘It sounds like bulls**t, but it seems to make you work better’ - news.com.au

If I'd known a decade ago that staying up at night could help with depression, I'd have been less likely to dismiss my own experience as just a curiosity.

Magic mushrooms to soothe the dying - CRIKEY

‘It sounds like bulls**t, but it seems to make you work better’ - news.com.au

What One Man Learned When He Treated His Autism Symptoms With Shrooms - VICE

A landmark study in Australia will use psilocybin to induce what's come to be known as a "classical mystical experience". Is this the start of a "mushrooming mental health zeitgeist"?

What One Man Learned When He Treated His Autism Symptoms With Shrooms - VICE

"That trip was like an '80s movie starring me. I saw what my life could be like, without computers and all that rubbish. It gave me the most hope I've ever known."

Pinging off the Wars - MEANJIN

What One Man Learned When He Treated His Autism Symptoms With Shrooms - VICE

Pinging off the Wars - MEANJIN

One morning a few weeks ago I walked through the cool air around Rushcutters Bay and buzzed myself up to my therapist’s apartment nearby.