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Kevin Rudd would have been a long-shot, even if he got a Turnbull government nomination to become head of the United Nations.

Rudd claims PM backtracked on support him for UN

A San Diego police officer helps to secure the scene of the shooting.

Two police officers shot, suspect held, in San Diego

Lindsey Bever
10m ago

How do you convince a global audience to come to Perth in big numbers?

40yo Pokemon Go flasher reported to cops in Kings Park

The bodies of Jane and Jessica Cuzens were found alongside the body of their mother, Heather Glendinning.

Port Denison's triple tragedy highlights mental health challenge

That's an odd couple.

$250,000 Lamborghini used to tow trailer full of...goats?

Man buns could make you bald.

Mandurah teen fights man bun ban at school with online petition

Ballantyne may resume in helmet and with refined tackle technique

Northam pub victim's family says they are 'ripped apart' by death

Man charged over deliberate fires at WAtoday and Radio 6PR

20m ago

Cyclists win big in new transport plan for WA... but will it be realised?

Albany kayaker films shark stalking him in King George Sound

Damaging winds up to 125km/h are expecting in WA's south west on Friday.

Rain for Perth, South West could cop 125km/h winds

Vivien Gray in 1980.

Vivean Gray, best known as Mrs Mangel, dies aged 92

Rhys Stanley was a stand-out for the Cats with five goals.

Cats rule, but more injury pain for the Western Bulldogs

"Sharon" is apparently "every man's dream."

Perth man selling his much-loved Emu Export car for $1000

The floor plan in advertising for "Buckingham Phallus", officially 111 McCarrs Creek Road in Church Point, NSW.

Australia's Buckingham Phallus on market for $1.5 million

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Katy Perry gives Dems a roar

The 'hot crinkles' chips with preserved lemon and spiced butter at Biggie Smalls in Smith Street in Collingwood.

The quest for the 'Perfect Hot Chip'

Ronan Keating will perform in Perth as part of his world tour in November.

Win tickets to Ronan Keating at Kings Park

Federal election 2016: Final Herbert result to be known next week

11:09PM

Police officers shot, suspect held, in San Diego

11:05PM

Man charged over fires at WAtoday and Radio 6PR

10:54PM

First homebuyers are struggling to compete with established property owners, who are taking out an increasing number of ...

Borrowing power of home owners 'squeezing out new buyers'

"Ultimately we decided that we would build to get exactly what we wanted."

Transformation from 'just-liveable dump' to dream home

Amber Creswell Bell

Alone, at last!

21 things you only do at home when alone

The floor plan in advertising for "Buckingham Phallus", officially 111 McCarrs Creek Road in Church Point, NSW.

Australia's Buckingham Phallus-shaped house for sale

Emily Power

Ordinary Australians very concerned about terrorism and housing affordability, study shows

What's worrying the average Australian? Terrorism and housing

Nicole Frost

That's not a duck sunning itself by the water in Mandurah.

Bird? Plane? No, it's 'dildo duck'!

Brendan Foster

Photographer snaps shark stalking surfers at Perth beach

Lathlain residents stand against Eagles' tree-felling plan

Emma Young

Ducks with blue bills during mating season.

Ducks change colour to quell romance blues

James Mooney

Homes on the edge.

Before-and-after aerial shots show dramatic WA beach erosion

Emma Young

Meth rehab plans are still progressing, the WA government says.

Forced meth rehab plans progress slowly

People pay their respects to the victims at a makeshift memorial near the area where a truck mowed through revellers in ...

WA school cancels France trip after attack

Heather McNeill

Police on Friday will resume the search for a bushwalker missing in the Blue Mountains.

Bushwalker spends freezing night lost in Blue Mountains

NSW
Megan Levy

The Jetstar Airbus A320 was arriving from Victoria's Avalon Airport, near Geelong.

Jets avoid collision by 150m at Gold Coast Airport

QLD
Emily Woods

Attorney-General Simon Corbell has confirmed controversial new powers for prosecutors have been watered down.

ACT waters down 'disgraceful' law reform

ACT

The fin seen from the helmet camera worn by Ian Watkins off Albany.

Shark rams kayak in frightening close encounter

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been given a face-saver or a hospital handpass, depending on how you spin it.

Turnbull's wings clipped before he even gets airborne

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Rudd snubbed by Turnbull: no job, no meeting

Mark Kenny

Racist taunts keep Nauru refugees from school

Nicole Hasham

SMH. Still Portraits of federal labor Senator Penny Wong as part of the Politicains for the Instagram Fairfax ...

Wong warns Australia not to go it alone

Daniel Flitton

Kylie Sturgess is leading the 'Don't make yourself as Jedi' campaign.

Atheists urge: don't put Jedi as census religion

Matthew Knott

Kevin Rudd's UN bid is over.

Roughshod rules in PM's decision to block Rudd

Analysis

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ignored us over the NT royal commission, say Aboriginal groups.

Aboriginal groups push back against royal commission

Hillary Clinton speaks on the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Hillary Clinton asks America to stand by its woman

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Ambulances containing the dead bodies of four prisoners executed in Indonesia return from Nusakambangan where they were ...

Fate unclear on spared death row 10

Jewel Topsfield

Chol Wechtuor holds her son Dakhoa, whose name translates as "destruction of the world", inside the United Nations-run ...

'We just survive': even birth casts a shadow in South Sudan's camps

Colin Cosier

A Parsi priest reverently touches the statues, believed to be of ancestors, outside a Fire Temple in Mumbai, India.

Census shows a people heading for extinction

Amrit Dhillon

News / Allfairfax
To celebrate 50 years of Australia'??s most iconic children's television program, Play School legend ...

ABC must look beyond retirees, pre-schoolers'

Matthew Knott

Where are our culturally diverse leaders?

Our leaders don't reflect who we are

COMMENT

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter.

JK Rowling, please leave Harry Potter alone

COMMENT
Dom Knight

The High Court dismissed an appeal from ANZ Bank customers on Wednesday, ending a class action that has been running for ...

After ANZ bank fee case, are class actions cactus?

Sarah Danckert
49m ago

China's official growth rate is 6.9 per cent but an increasing number of economic commentators from outside the country ...

China will keep doing its own thing

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Investors will be looking for value among a string of tight earnings, clipped dividends and conservative outlooks this ...

Hunt for value amid tight earnings

1h ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull looks at real estate through virtual reality goggles.

Four mega trends set to disrupt the economy

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

ASIC savages online search firm's multibillion-dollar claims

Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker
1h ago

Supercomputers deliver $665m savings in BHP hunt for oil

Sony just schooled Nintendo on the value of gaming

COMMENT

How the IMF blew Greece's debt crisis

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Qantas considered a similar bar/lounge for its Airbus A380s but couldn’t justify the space required.

What it used to be like to fly the boozy skies

Business Class
David Flynn
1h ago

Better known as a high-end sipping spirit, cognac is finding new fans as a cocktail staple.

Cognac's back, and very much in the modern mix

Jane Rocca

Martin Flood is concerned that ASX rule changes will make it harder for him to access sharemarket floats.

Small investors to be locked out of sharemarket floats

John Collett

Personal loans are cheaper than credit cards.

The cheaper debt product Aussies forgot. Hint: it's not plastic

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Men who take a primary carer role feel their careers stagnate, as has been observed in women's careers in previous ...

How being a carer affects your career

James Adonis

"All I want viewers to do is smile at the end of the show" – Ricardo Goncalves of Small Business Secrets with Whitney ...

Why migrants are so good at small business

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Australia vs Sri Lanka Day 3 highlights

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Samsung soars with AUS$9.3bln earnings

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Jetstar and AirAsia planes near miss

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Huge dinosaur track found in Bolivia

reign

The early years of Mary, Queen of Scots. Reign - Season 1

community

Join the Community - every episode ever, now streaming.

the voices

Ryan Reynolds stars in this off the wall comedy

City of Perth

Perth: Australia's winter culture capital

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City of Perth

Discover Perth's Secret Artistic Life

Advertiser Content

AMEX

The business rules of attraction

Advertiser

Woody Allen ''was famous in a very different time'', Kristen Stewart points out. "We have had entirely different ...

Kristen Stewart on fame & fashion

Stephanie Bunbury

Jared Leto as the Joker in Suicide Squad.

Suicide Squad is this generation's Dirty Dozen, says Margot Robbie

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

Jimmy Barnes

What it took for Jimmy Barnes to confront his shocking past

Toby Creswell

Stefanovic said he was educating himself and called on <i>Today</i> viewers to do the same.

'I was ignorant': Karl Stefanovic apologises for transgender slur

Ebony Bowden

Delta Goodrem is cast as a reading recovery teacher in <i>House Husbands</I>.

Delta Goodrem makes acting comeback in House Husbands

Linda Morris

Lenny Kravitz performs during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Democrats beat Republicans in entertainment battle

Ebony Bowden

Hugh Jackman was 'the first person I thought of' for a duet, says Barbra Streisand.

Streisand duets with Jackman, and makes his wife scream

Bernard Zuel

Tony Delroy will hang up his headphones in September.

ABC Nightlife presenter Tony Delroy to hang up his headphones

Emily Woods

Emma Booth and Stephen Curry in Perth film, Hounds of Love.

Perth thriller selected to screen at Venice International Film Festival

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Shadowland sneaks up on Perth

The new 480ml mug at the Wembley Hotel which was sold to us as a pint.

Sneaky pint-sized tricks not smart for Perth pubs

Actresses Lena Dunham (left) and America Ferrera (right) had plenty to say to Donald Trump at the Democratic National ...

The best celebrity quotes from the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Mary Ward

Supportive spouse: Kanye West encourages wife Kim Kardashian to pose naked.

Kardashian nude 'a modern day Renaissance painting' says West

Amy Croffey

Mila Kunis managed to cut costs after her husband spent a reported $345,000 on her engagement ring.

Mila Kunis' wedding ring cost just $120

Mary Ward

When Tinder is dead, will we still 'swipe right?'

When Tinder is dead, will we still 'swipe right'?

Abby Ohlheiser

THE GOOD: Seen here at the opening of David Jones in Wellington on Wednesday night, model and DJs ambassador Jessica ...

Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

Stocksy.

Caught with porn at work? Maybe you have UPV

Ben Pobjie

"I've found myself forcing my love life into a Manic Pixie Dream Girl narrative too many times."

I was 13 the first time I wanted to save a boy. If only I stopped there

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Introverts need quiet and calm.

The joy and anxiety of being an introvert

Rory (Alexis Bledel) and Lorelai (Lauren Graham) appear in the first trailer for the 'Gilmore Girls' reboot.

Amy Schumer and John Oliver both responded to Gilmore Girls trailer

What do you love to do that you are really good at and can be paid for?

The 11 questions to ask yourself when you feel uninspired

Refreshing Golden Ginger Beer with Lime and Mint

It's worth making the switch for this wellness trend

Sarah Berry

Kelsey Wells

Fitness blogger shows why we should throw away the scales

Searching for best composition in a forest at sunset. Stock photo.

For a healthy mind, try a different way of thinking

Evelyn Lewin

Woah Nelly donuts, for quick bites, made by Janell Smith.

Australia's best doughnuts

Lauren Sams

MasterChef 2016 winner Elena Duggan.

MasterChef Elena's winning kitchen hacks for home cooks

Sharnee Rawson

Simple dessert: Strawberries and cream millefeuille.

Cheat with puff pastry to make this delicious strawberry millefeuille

Adam Liaw

Baby Phoebe

Mum welcomes baby 19 - doesn't rule out number 20

Cristina Criddle

Tawny Nelson with three of her four kids.

Elderly man rescues single mum and four kids from nightmare situation

Karen Walsh stages photo shoots to help her get through her cancer treatment.

Mum counts down chemo treatments with funny, inspiring photos

Ariane Beeston

Qantas still flies 747 jumbo jets on several routes, but Boeing may stop making them after nearly 50 years.

Goodbye, jumbo? Boeing may stop making iconic 747s

Jerusalem at dusk, with armenian catholic church "Our Lady of the Spasm" and the the Dome of the Rock in the back

The 10 weird capital cities you (probably) didn't know about

David Whitley

The Cloud Gate, also called The Bean, was created by sculptor Anish Kapoor.

Travel quiz: In which US city will you find this famous sculpture?

Quiz
Mal Chenu

Was Marina on drugs? Had she been kidnapped? Both? On the internet it's hard to tell.

The crazy conspiracies of #SaveMarinaJoyce

Henry Cooke

Watch out for telephone scammers demanding you pay your tax bill using gift cards.

ATO never asks you to pay with iTunes cards

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Xperia X Performance

Xperia X Performance review: a comfy, quiet powerhouse

Tim Biggs

Pokemon Go players in Peg Paterson Park, Rhodes.

Pokemon GO still making mess of Rhodes

Kotaku

LastPass remembers all your passwords so you can use a different one with each online service.

Major flaw in popular password manager

Andrea Peterson

The all-new Mazda CX-9 has arrived with much fanfare, but can it topple the segment benchmarks the Kia Sorento, Toyota ...

Which is the best seven-seat SUV?

David McCowen

2016 Mercedes-Benz E-Class.

The car that's smarter than an A380 reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Updated 2016 Mazda3 Maxx.

New Mazda3 reviewed

David McCowen

2016 Suzuki Baleno.

Suzuki's new Corolla rival reveiwed

Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen's Golf GTI 40 Years has proved popular with traditional car enthusasts.

VW buyers snap up manual Golf GTI

David McCowen

Renault Koleos.

New Renault Koleos prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

Rhys Stanley was a stand-out for the Cats with five goals.

Cats rule, but more pain for the Bulldogs

Larissa Nicholson

Hayden Ballantyne copped his latest injury in the clash against Geelong at Domain Stadium earlier in the month.

Ballantyne firms to play Eagles but will refine tackle technique

Kim Hagdorn

Hanging in there: Jason Day.

Putting woes stall Jason Day in PGA Championship defence

Zach Schonbrun

Swansong: Matthew Pavlich hang up his boots at the end of the 2016 season.

How Pavlich came to sit among WA's footballing greats

Kim Hagdorn

AFL teams

AFL teams round 19: Eagles recall four, Bulldog guns back

Australian cricketers congratulate their bowler Nathan Lyon for the dismissal of Sri Lanka's Dhananjaya de Silva on day ...

Sour day 3 leaves Aussies on the back foot in First Test

Jon Pierik

Adam Simpson speaks to the team at quarter-time.

Natanui a week away as Eagles fight form slump

Chris Herd has backflipped on his deal with Perth Glory.

Star Glory signing backflips on deal