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Sarah Brookes

Brisbane Times

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A West Aussie’s view from the east: Six reasons why Sydney outshines Perth

A West Aussie’s view from the east: Six reasons why Sydney outshines Perth

If you told this rusted-on Perth Hills dweller that she’d move out of her house on a bushy half-acre block to a tiny apartment on the northern...

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WA Today

Sarah Brookes

Why I’d rather book a shabby motel room than an Airbnb

Airbnb cleaning fees are irritating, and it’s making me take my accommodation dollars elsewhere.

13.03.2025 20

WA Today

Sarah Brookes

WA’s housing crisis in numbers: What’s changed since Labor took office in 2017?

Since WA Labor swept into power in March 2017, the gulf between the haves and the have-nots has only grown wider. With a state election just days...

04.03.2025 8

WA Today

Sarah Brookes

For sheet’s sake, stop skimping on Airbnb beds and give me a doona cover

I confess I’m a bit of a bed linen snob. I adore a place to rest my head that has Egyptian cotton sheets in a eucalyptus hue, plush pillows,...

02.01.2025 2

WA Today

Sarah Brookes

How many Perth families can afford $1500 a night to stay at Rotto’s newest lodging?

My late mother was besotted with Rottnest. In the ’80s, we’d bundle over there when finances would allow and stay in one of the basic...

10.12.2024 3

WA Today

Sarah Brookes

As WA’s population cracks 3 million, what is being done to put a roof over our heads?

It has been more than a year since Planning and Housing Minister John Carey took over one of the toughest portfolios in the state. With alarmingly...

23.10.2024 4

WA Today

Sarah Brookes

The $3 Dutch household item every person needs in the cost-of-living crisis

The rising cost of living has many scraping together savings any way they can, with Finder data released on Wednesday reporting nearly half of West...

09.10.2024 10

WA Today

Sarah Brookes

The $3 Dutch household item every person needs in the cost-of-living crisis

The rising cost of living has many scraping together savings any way they can, with Finder data released on Wednesday reporting nearly half of West...

09.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sarah Brookes

The $3 Dutch household item every person needs in the cost-of-living crisis

The rising cost of living has many scraping together savings any way they can, with Finder data released on Wednesday reporting nearly half of West...

09.10.2024 2

The Age

Sarah Brookes

The $3 Dutch household item every person needs in the cost-of-living crisis

The rising cost of living has many scraping together savings any way they can, with Finder data released on Wednesday reporting nearly half of West...

09.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Sarah Brookes

Renters break the bank to live in Armadale on the back of 120 per cent rent rise

Rents in Armadale have more than doubled over the past five years, soaring 120 per cent from $250 a week to a record median weekly asking rent of...

03.10.2024 2

WA Today

Sarah Brookes

Renters break the bank to live in Armadale on the back of 120 per cent rent rise

Rents in Armadale have more than doubled over the past five years, soaring 120 per cent from $250 a week to a record median weekly asking rent of...

03.10.2024 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sarah Brookes

Renters break the bank to live in Armadale on the back of 120 per cent rent rise

Rents in Armadale have more than doubled over the past five years, soaring 120 per cent from $250 a week to a record median weekly asking rent of...

03.10.2024 2

The Age

Sarah Brookes

Renters break the bank to live in Armadale on the back of 120 per cent rent rise

Rents in Armadale have more than doubled over the past five years, soaring 120 per cent from $250 a week to a record median weekly asking rent of...

03.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Sarah Brookes

Renters break the bank to live in Armadale on the back of 120 per cent rent rise

Rents in Armadale have more than doubled over the past five years, soaring 120 per cent from $250 a week to a record median weekly asking rent of...

02.10.2024 6

WA Today

Sarah Brookes