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Jason O'Connor

Crown workers arrested and detained in China

Nicholas Hall riding Jameka

Favourite Jameka ridden to victory by Nick Hall in the Caulfield Cup

Hoon driver arrested north of Manjimup

157km: P-plater caught hooning with two mates in a two seat ute

Joel Hamling is leaving the Bulldogs to become a Docker.

Dockers trade deals: Hamling and Kersten set to head west

West Coast is targeting Todd Goldstein as a replacement for injured star Nic Naitanui.

Has a star Roo's ruckman had a medical with the Eagles?

Exclusive

Police have called for anyone with information to come forward.

Damaged car found after 'shots' heard in north Perth suburb

Federal Police seize $145 million worth of MDMA - biggest haul this year

Channel 7's Telethon marathon starts Saturday night

Councils slam 'token' changes to Perth planning process

Perth and South West in for a Saturday soaking

'We're taking it one day at a time': Paramedic's wife thanks community

For coastal areas south of Exmouth the rock lobster season opens today.

Big day for seafood lovers as rock lobster season kicks off south of Exmouth

Shark nets and drum lines take their toll on marine life with questionable impacts on beach safety, experts say.

Whale calf rescued from shark net in Queensland as debate rages

44 gallon drums litter an area of the remote island.

Explore the remote WA island that defended Australia

Over 100 pallet loads of line have been delivered so far.

The charity bed linen project that's grown too big for Perth

The fire has burned over a million hectares.

Huge bushfire burning through northern WA wildlife sanctuary

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Trump's teleprompters break

The Great White smashes through the diving cage.

Terrifying! Great white smashes in diver's cage... with diver inside

Naomi Watts turned 48 last week and celebrated with this great throwback pic. "Another birthday!! #eek But I think I'm ...

Retro fun

Throwback Thursday: Celebrity pics from the past

Burn-offs leave Sydney with a shroud of smoke

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Failed North Korean missile test detected

4:19AM

Air passengers caught with Samsung Note 7 phones ...

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The Eagles Nest, at Tinbeerwah, in the Noosa Hinterland.

This $20m home comes with its own 18-hole golf course

World's cutest homes.

10 of world's cutest homes for your viewing pleasure

77 Flora Terrace, Watermans Bay

Perth property: what to see this weekend

There's a lot more to renovating your property to max your sales price than making it look pretty.

The secret to maximising your home's sale price

Shotover Country residents Deo Bohn and Beck Cole were ''disappointed'' a fence was erected in front of the access way ...

Renting couple return home to find garage blocked by new fence

Noelle Martin has been targeted by parasite porn.

Perth woman's warning after social photos posted on porn sites

Heather McNeill

Search for missing man called off after body found on Iluka beach

Channel 7's Telethon marathon gets under way at 6.30 Saturday

Joel Hamling of the Bulldogs is going to become a Docker.

Hamling leaves the kennel to head west

UPDATED

An image of ex-Hawks legend Sam Mitchell in his new jersey posted on the West Coast website.

Hawthorn star Sam Mitchell officially an Eagle

Sinister clowns which have been popping up around the US are now making appearances in Australia.

Something creepy in the hood? Who you gonna call?

The Inglewood Hotel's T-bone steak.

6PR Pub of the Year: Inglewood Hotel high on Karl Langdon's list

A portion of the MDMA seized by police displayed at a media event on Saturday.

Police make huge drug bust worth $145m

NSW

The rabbit reaper chain made for Kristian Nairn who played Hodor in the TV series Game of Thrones.

Brisbane's little known jewellers to the stars

QLD

Over 100 pallet loads of line have been delivered so far.

Holy sheet: Charity linen project is now too big

James Dack has become Australia's top real estate agent as head of Sunshine Group Investments and co founder of McGrath ...

Revealed: Why Sydney's real estate king quit

Jana Wendt

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands on stage with female supporters during a campaign rally North Carolina.

Why do women stick with Donald Trump?

Nick O'Malley

Big hand problems: Donald Trump.

Wandering hands: Trump's big problem is himself

Paul McGeough

Billy Bush was suspended after the video was released.

Billy Bush to receive multi-million dollar payout from NBC: report

Ellen Connolly

Senator Pauline Hanson at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 13 September 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares

No deals with One Nation: Voters' warning to Turnbull

Adam Gartrell

Families in limbo as Bob Day attempts to keep company afloat

Adam Gartrell

Census meltdown played out in new FOI documents

Former prime minister Julia Gillard at the Labor Party's election launch in June.

The Gonski review didn't say what you think it did

ANALYSIS

Senator Ian Macdonald led the attack.

A petulant, red-faced tantrum: senators lose war with the law

ANALYSIS

Attorney-General Senator George Brandis fronts the Senate inquiry on Friday.

Justin Gleeson flouts 'radical' directive from George Brandis

Kimberley Kitching.

PM accuses Labor of 'union stitch-up' over Kitching appointment

A missile is launched during a drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

Failed North Korean missile test detected

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People display flags during the test cricket match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in August.

How Zimbabwe made its own flag illegal

Seven people drowned in Quang Binh province.

Floods kill 11 people in central Vietnam

Thai Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn in Bangkok in May.

Thailand names a temporary regent

Lindsay Murdoch

Should we stop building the big homes of the Australian dream, and come up with something better?

Let's keep the dream - but downsize it

Adam Cilauro

If there's a loser in all this, it's Malcolm Turnbull.

Gay marriage is going to haunt Turnbull

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Sam Mitchell could be wearing an Eagles jumper next year.

How did everyone miss the chatter about Sam?

Brendan Foster

Westpac's life insurance arm, BT Financial Group, briefed politicians on Friday night then issued a public statement ...

The insurer that knocked back 1-in-3 TPD claims

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Telstra's fight to keep mobile network to itself

Jason O'Connor

'I can't believe how dumb they are': Crown staff held in China

Billionaire Gina Rinehart during a tour of Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill Mine operations.

Gina Rinehart launches fresh legal attack on her children

EXCLUSIVE

How tweaking interest rates can transform the economy

COMMENT

Life insurance not so super as sector faces scrutiny

ANALYSIS

The new resources boom - blink and miss it

ANALYSIS

Work-life balance starts with smart offices

'70s inspired swimwear is on the radar for men this summer.

22 hot boardshorts to keep you looking cool this summer

Handsome Things

Lark Distillery, Single Malt Whisky was a breakthrough.

Australian spirits that changed the way we drink

Smart Sipping

Robo-advisers are pitching their services at self-directed investors.

Can robots beat humans as financial advisers?

John Collett

We derive more happiness from buying an experience than an object. How about BridgeClimb?

12 smart things to do with the average tax return of $2112

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Have you been at your workplace long enough to receive a gold watch?

The consequence of being a loyal employee

James Adonis

Rosario Chozas and Julia Ford-Carther, founders of Bammies.

Startup wants you to wear your pyjamas to work

Nancy Dahlberg

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Nigerian President: wife 'belongs in kitchen'

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Trump's teleprompters break on stage

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US lifts limits on Cuban rum, cigars

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Fisherman takes on shark with broom

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Sexual allegations force network to pull Trump-inspired episode

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How Norah Jones found freedom in a tiny piano in her kitchen

Chris Johnston

John Currin's Honeymoon Nude, 1998.

The secrets and scandals of the world's great nudes

Justin Paton

Legendary fast bowler Brett Lee.

Brett Lee, Mike Hussey to leave Nine, Michael Clarke takes over

Long before he hosted the Oscars, Chris Rock was a busboy at Red Lobster.

Chris Rock to earn a massive $52m for two Netflix gigs

Ebony Bowden

Stormtroopers prove they ain't afraid of no damp in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

There's a new trailer for Rogue One. Here's what we now know

Garry Maddox

Musician Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel prize in literature.

Gasps as Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize for literature

Ron Charles

Addiction: Rapper 360 aka Matthew Colwell has written a song about his ordeal.

Rapper 360 says anti-ice ads only make addicts want to score

Aja Styles

Feral Brewing has launched a lager strikingly similar to Perth Draught.

Perth lager wars: Horns sound off at Feral Brewery tapping

David Prestipino

Beauvine is held in the serene green outdoor space of Birdwood Square in Mt Lawley.

Beer, wine and .... dodgeball? Beauvine festival better than ever

David Prestipino

There are plenty of reasons to smile at UnWined Subiaco this year.

10 wines to try at UnWined, Perth's best wine festival

David Prestipino

Tremendous: A guide to what's wrong with Donald Trump's suits.

Donald Trump's suits don't fit

Amy Croffey

Six babies a day are stillborn everyday, says Stillborn Australia's Victoria Bowring.

'Last week you were pregnant, this week you're not and you don't have a baby to show for it'

Daisy Dumas

Helen Razer.

Razer takes knife to ABC cooking show over 'fatuous property porn'

Andrew Hornery

Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian have dominated the headlines for the past 24 hours but ... what are they actually ...

Cyberbullying is a form of PR - just ask Kim and Taylor

Amanda Hess

It can be difficult to know exactly when to discuss mental health issues in the delicate early stage of a relationship.

Dating with a mental illness

Linda Moon

Musician Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel prize in literature.

Why no woman won the Nobel prize this year

Jenna Price

Alima from Jilkminggan, with Kelly Wright. Alima is the same age as Wright's son.

'I'm not going to leave Jilkminggan in third world conditions'

Daisy Dumas

Rebecca Wilson waged a very private battle with cancer. She died aged 54.

Sports, media and political circles farewell Rebecca Wilson

Andrew Hornery

Fitness First's Michael Cunico noticed his mental clarity was not as good.

What happens when fitness fanatics give up exercise

Sarah Berry

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Most vitamins are useless, but these are the ones worth taking

Erin Brodwin

Michaela Werner and fellow mermaid, Vicky.

Mermaiding: The water sport making a splash this summer

Sarah Berry

Saori Inokuchi's bento box from a class in Tokyo on preparing school lunches.

The Japanese art of making school lunch

Anna Fifield

Add some Turkish flavour to your dinner table with Anason's chicken kebab and bulgur herb recipe.

Turkish chicken kebabs and six other easy recipes to try this spring

Adam Liaw's almond milk panna cotta with blood oranges.

Adam Liaw's almond milk panna cotta

The tip of baby Lilly's finger was cut off by a nurse.

Nurse cuts off part of newborn's finger

Donna-Lee Biddle

Beware of Magpie swooping season.

Queensland girl,7, left blind in one eye after magpie attack

Ariane Beeston

A child's grief deserves privacy, it is not for public consumption.

Don't watch the viral video of a boy learning of his mum's death

OPINION Kerri Sackville

Tourists at the Full Moon Partyh on Koh Phangan, Thailand. Thousands of people from around the world pack the Haad Rin ...

Tourists warned about behaviour in wake of Thai king's death

Women be warned while travelling in Iran.

Traveller letters: My wife was groped by security guards

The Turnbull Suite.

Stay in the 'Turnbull Suite': PM gets his own hotel room

Kylie McLaughlin

Samsung has recalled six models of its top-loader washing machines.

Samsung's history of problematic products

Brian X. Chen and Choe Sang

Scientists believe a comet hitting the Earth caused global warming 55.6 million years ago, an event that can help us ...

Clues to ancient climate change could help us

Sarah Kaplan

Virtual Reality is ready to come out and play, but does it have staying power?

Virtual reality is here, but how long will it stick around?

COMMENT
Adam Turner

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Australia, as shown by Forza Horizon 3

Kotaku

The PlayStation VR headset.

PlayStation VR: virtual reality for the masses

Tim Biggs

Honda will offer its new model with a turbocharged engine.

Honda unveils new CR-V

David McCowen

2016 Maserati Quattroporte GTS GranLusso.

New Maserati Quattroporte prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

2016 Hyundai Elantra SR Turbo.

Hyundai Elantra SR Turbo reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Drive editor Andrew Maclean enjoyed an epic road trip across New Zealand.

The Long and Winding Road

Andrew MacLean

Isuzu MU-X.

Road test: Isuzu MU-X LS-T 4x4

Toby Hagon

The 2017 BMW 5-Series.

Revealed: New BMW 5-Series

Greg Kable

West Coast is targeting Todd Goldstein as a replacement for injured star Nic Naitanui.

Is Roos' ruckman Todd Goldstein heading to West Coast?

Exclusive

An image of ex-Hawks legend Sam Mitchell in his new jersey posted on the West Coast website.

Sam Mitchell officially an Eagle, says sorry to Hawks fans

Joel Hamling has become hot property after a standout finals series for the Bulldogs.

Fremantle continues hunt for WA products with Hamling, Kersten

Despite the hefty fine, Nick Kyrgios took home more than half of his second round loser's prizemoney.

Murray wonders if fines work as Kyrgios slugged $21,838

Jordan Lewis has been considering a shock move to Melbourne.

Bombshell... but Hawks insist Jordan Lewis will stay put

Emma Quayle

Jimmy Bartel is in the dark about his future

Bye bye Jimmy Bartel? Breakdown leaves Cat in dark over future

Sam McClure

Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima will be in Perth later this month.

Royalty headed to Perth's Ascot for Melbourne Cup day

Sam Mitchell against his likely new team, West Coast.

AFL trade period 2016: all the action from day 5

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