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Margaret Court, the most decorated tennis player in history, believes she could have been even better if she had found God during her career.
Topics: tennis, gays-and-lesbians, marriage, christianity, religion-and-beliefs, mental-health, health, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedA man is taken into custody after a woman suffers life-threatening stab wounds in the Perth suburb of Balga, with a source telling the ABC her injuries may have been caused by an axe.
Topics: assault, police, balga-6061, perth-6000
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| UpdatedSkipper Steve Smith says Australia must work on all aspects of its game after suffering a 177-run loss at the WACA, the team's fourth Test defeat in a row.
Topics: sport, cricket, perth-6000, wa, hobart-7000, tas, australia, south-africa
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Kagiso Rabada's man-of-the-match performance in South Africa's WACA win suggests the 21-year-old is ready to step up in the absence of Dale Steyn.
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| UpdatedJoe Burns and Callum Ferguson are in Australia's squad for the second Test against South Africa after Shaun Marsh was ruled out with a broken finger.
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Few will forget Temba Bavuma's performance at the WACA in the first Test of this summer, as the diminutive crowd-favourite becomes South Africa's X-factor in a memorable victory.
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| UpdatedAustralia looked unbeatable to start the first Test at the WACA, but that changed in a flash as South Africa dominated basically every moment after day one.
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| UpdatedAustralia's resistance ends after lunch on a fruitless day five, as it loses the first Test against South Africa by 177 runs.
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Stepping back in time is as easy as putting on your walking shoes and taking a pub crawl of a different kind in Perth.
Topics: history, perth-6000
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A 29-year-old schizophrenic man is found not guilty of murder on the grounds he was insane at the time he used an ornamental knife to stab a former neighbour in South Perth.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, south-perth-6151
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| UpdatedAustralia starts its three-Test series against South Africa with a resounding loss at the WACA. Look back at how day five unfolded in our live blog.
Topics: sport, cricket, perth-6000, wa, australia, south-africa
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Most pundits are tipping gold price to rise irrespective of who becomes the next US president thanks to continued uncertainty on global markets.
Topics: mining-rural, us-elections, gold, mining-industry, perth-6000
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| UpdatedHaving a positive focus on runs to be chased can be a good thing - but Australia may be losing its ability to bat out draws, writes Adam Collins.
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A rapid-fire goal apiece in the opening five minutes sets the tone for an entertaining 2-2 A-League draw between Perth and Western Sydney.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia, parramatta-2150
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| UpdatedAdelaide United coach Guillermo Amor admits he is concerned about his side's poor start to the season following their 2-1 loss to a Connor Pain-inspired Central Coast.
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Faf du Plessis, or even AB de Villiers, could tell David Warner his dismissal reveals all the problems bedeviling Australia's batting in Test cricket.
Topics: cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedSouth Africa needs six wickets and Australia an unlikely 370 runs to win the first Test at the WACA as the Proteas again take the honours on day four.
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| UpdatedTemba Bavuma pulls off an astonishing piece of fielding to remove key Australian batsman David Warner in the first Test in Perth.
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| UpdatedSouth Africa sets a mammoth chase of 539 in the first Test at the WACA, before making a dint in Australia's top order. See how it all played out in our blog.
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The Australians face a tough task going into day four of the first Test at the WACA, with the hosts facing a likely chase well in excess of 400 runs.
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| UpdatedOne motorcycle rider is dead and another is fighting for his life after separate crashes at Perth's Barbagallo Raceway, as Motorcycling WA awaits the results of a safety audit on the track.
Topics: death, motor-sports, neerabup-6031, wanneroo-6065, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA construction industry whistleblower speaks out about safety standards in the sector, saying he thought someone would be "seriously injured or killed" at the Perth building site where a German backpacker fell to her death last month.
Topics: building-and-construction, workplace, death, community-and-society, perth-6000
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| UpdatedJP Duminy's glorious cover drives and Dean Elgar's dogged persistence take first Test out of Australia's reach as they each ton up on day three.
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| UpdatedSouth Africa has the firmest possible grip on the first Test at the WACA, grinding Australia into the dust on day three thanks to excellent centuries to JP Duminy and Dean Elgar.
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The new Perth Stadium is an exciting development for sport in WA but, as Brett Sprigg discovers, there is hesitance to leave the nostalgia of the WACA behind.
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