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Kwinana Freeway south-bound is congested on Friday following an earlier crash.

Crash impacting Kwinana Freeway peak-hour traffic

The fire in the Commonwealth Bank has injured several people.

27 people burned after man sets fire to bank branch

A Perth woman has warned others not to allow unqualified nail salon workers to use blades after her toe was sliced open ...

Nail salon horror: Perth woman warns of dangers

A man was caught on film committing a lewd act in Swanbourne.

'Nice day for it bud?': Masturbator caught in act at Swanbourne

Shane Heal has been charged with three counts of fraud.

Aussie basketball star Shane Heal charged over $750,000 scam

winter season at hot lake of Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is famous for its thermal pools and ...

Tourist films brother's fatal dip in Yellowstone boiling hot spring

Shocking CCTV shows Perth mum punched while filling up car

Heather McNeill

Man shocked to find baby tiger snake while putting on shoes

Hannah Barry

Tradies the next target on the ATO's cash economy hit list

Missing Perth man found alive... playing bongos in Thailand

Lavish Perth night spot Malt Supper Club goes into liquidation

A victim of the Springvale fire nurses her injured son.

Bank fire horror: 'people ran, covered in charcoal'

The Boab Tavern was praised by Karl Langdon in his search for Perth's best pub.

Boab passes pub test with 'whole heap of chicken parmigianas'

The Eagles and Dockers will do battle for the first time in 2017 in round six.

Who the Dockers should go after in 2016 AFL draft

Juzzie Smith has become a viral hit after his street performance in Bridgetown.

Juggling bluesman's Bridgetown street act a viral hit

The Pride Parade Perth is on in Northbridge on Saturday night.

#LoveWins: The battle for gay equality continues with Pride

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Worming into the record books

Rick Stein, Nigella Lawson and Dominique Crenn at Gourmet Escape at Crown Towers.

Nigella Lawson dazzles at Gourmet Escape launch at Perth's Crown Towers

Brendan tackles the 45cm baguette, while I battle the 1kg angus beef burger.

Man v Food going on in Perth...right now

Joyce sending Murray to 'certain slow death', ...

5:14AM

Aung San Suu Kyi criticised as Myanmar denies ...

5:02AM

Donald Trump picks Alabama's Jeff Sessions for ...

4:10AM

Nigella Lawson and Rick Stein at the launch of Margaret River Gourmet Escape at Crown Perth.

Nigella continues her love affair with gourmet WA

David Prestipino

Handcrafted Venetian carousel a Christmas gift for Elizabeth Quay

Joanna Delalande

Businesses keen to swap the 'burbs for a CBD life

David Allan-Petale

Ryan Trevor Clegg running from the media outside court on August 4 after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a ...

'Evil 8' bungle leads to tougher sex offender bail laws

Heather McNeill

Ted has been found safe and sound.

Chihuahua snatched in Bayswater found safe

Hannah Barry

While unemployment rates in all other states and territories either decreased or remained steady, WA's rose from 6.1 to ...

WA has Oz's highest unemployment rate

Joanna Delalande

Woman sitting on deckchair and enjoying a cocktail on a tropical beach

WA's first licensed stretch of beach in Freo

Simon White and Brendan Foster

Audits of Queensland theme parks are on track to finish at the end of November.

Minister says she'd take her family to Dreamworld

QLD

Diplomats and their dependents in the ACT will now have their licences suspended if they accumulate a certain number of ...

Diplomats lose immunity from road rules

ACT

A Perth woman has warned others not to allow unqualified nail salon workers to use blades after her toe was sliced open ...

Woman who had toe sliced warns of nail salon danger

Brothers for Life gang founder Bassam Hamzy.

Love letters 'used to pass messages to gang members'

NSW

Peter Dutton said Malcolm Fraser made mistakes bringing some people to Australia in the 1970s.

'Cheap': Hewson slams Dutton over Fraser criticism

Tom McIlroy

Shorten claim of a million foreign workers questioned

James Massola

Playing to prejudices does politicians no credit

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

The creators of fake news quickly found it was more profitable to create stories that played to the views of Donald ...

The Trump effect takes hold Down Under

Michael Koziol

Barnaby Joyce spoke to Chris Smith.

'Sack Joyce for reneging on Murray-Darling promise'

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Fairfax Media revealed up to 60 per cent of students at some universities were being admitted below the advertised ...

An unlikely alliance: Victoria and NSW fight school funding changes

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton

Dutton turns attack on legacy of former Liberal prime minister

Myanmar's foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi – widely regarded as the country's de facto leader.

Aung San Suu Kyi under attack as Myanmar denies killing Rohingya

30 mins ago

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak with his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, earlier this week.

Pro-democracy arrests in Malaysia ahead of anti-Razak rally

Dubai has established a glitzy reputation as a holiday and stopover destination.

UK woman charged in Dubai after reporting her own rape

An injured man is carried in a blanket in the town of Caphiridzange, Mozambique after the tanker exploded.

Three days of mourning in Mozambique after explosion kills dozens

Fruit farms in Victoria's North have sub-contracted workers, many Malaysian, working illegally under shocking conditions.

The unsavoury truths behind our fruit

COMMENT
Nick McKenzie

Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Give all women respect, Melania included

COMMENT
Jane Merrick

Sitting at your desk from nine to five without exercise could raise the risk of early death by more than half.

Why some jobs are more satisfying than others

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Bondnado: Australia's $220 billion debt party is over

ANALYSIS
Clancy Yeates

Shane Heal has been charged with three counts of fraud.

Basketball stars caught up in Shane Heal alleged fraud

Simon Crowe, Founder of Grill d.

Grill'd in court: inside a big-league bun fight

Since it was floated in 1983, the Australian dollar tends to move up or down in ways that limit inflation pressure and ...

How little Oz rolls with the economic punches

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Workers pay price as charities turn their back

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Food delivery businesses the new retail disrupters

Bringing the bling: jewellery's new carat patch

Co-working spaces are the new office model

19A Beach Road, Coogee.

Perth property: What to see this weekend

Stephanie Pegler

Apart from the main homestead, Judith Street's property Coolaroo, in Berrima, includes a guest house, a hangar and an ...

Andrew Forrest's mum is selling her NSW country estate

Tavern Island in Norwalk, Connecticut has hosted numerous celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe and Barbara Streisand, ...

Buy this island paradise and live like Marilyn Monroe

Several Canadian residents said they had spotted the boat last year in Newfoundland

Mysterious houseboat washes up in Ireland after crossing ocean

It's not always easy to find the perfect housemate.

Six common share-house dwellers and how to handle them

The iPod changed how we listened to music.

13 brilliant Apple innovations that changed the world

Culture
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The Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet.

The game-changing new cars everyone is talking about

Luxury cars

Men are less likely to seek treatment for depression, and this can intensify the associated problems.

The money problems most likely to affect men

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What type of private pension should we take?

Matt Schneider says Optika employs a high ratio of employees with autism or Asperger's syndrome who, with unconventional ...

Secrets from Australia's top innovators

Kate Jones

An envelope of cash for a business venture could be an investment in your child's future.

The best $5000 you could spend on your kid's future?

Tony Featherstone

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Snorkelling deaths 'almost unheard of'

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Trump win 'revenge of the deplorables': Abbott

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What happened to ancient city Nimrud?

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What is the deal with this Seinfeld mural!

School students show off their Beatle haircuts in Gordon in Sydney's north on 25 February 1964, the year of The Beatles' ...

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 17: Comedian and actor Luke McGregor is seen during lunch with Age journalist Kylie ...

We watched his sexual journey, now Luke McGregor has a partner

Meryl Streep's move to the small screen has scored her a massive payday.

Meryl Streep to earn $1 million+ per episode for new TV series

Metallica, the kid-friendly version.

Metallica get their Wiggles on, rocking out on kids instruments

Neil Patrick Harris plays the evil Count Olaf, guardian of the orphaned Baudelaire children.

Lemony Snicket's series trailer shows whimsy and doom

Actress Shelley Duvall on Dr Phil.

Dr Phil slammed for exploiting Shelley Duvall's mental illness

Leonard Cohen in concert at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena, 2009.

For Leonard Cohen, the end came with a fall in the night

BEN SISARIO

Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis).

Miss Fisher the action hero: Producers plans for the big screen

Ebony Bowden

Suranne Jones in <i>Doctor Foster:</i> Hell has no fury.

Is this one of TV's most perfect opening episodes?

Bridget McManus

Cakeage fees are becoming the norm in Perth.

Have your cake, but can you afford to eat it? ... $25 cakeage hits Perth

David Prestipino

The Boab Tavern was praised by Karl Langdon in his search for Perth's best pub.

6PR Pub of the Year: Boab passes the test with parmigianas

Brendan tackles the 45cm baguette, while I battle the 1kg angus beef burger.

Northbridge brewery dares Perth's big eaters with Man v Food menu

David Prestipino

This is a teeny tiny breaking of beauty chains, because nobody - nobody - should tell women what to do.

Five beauty rules that are crying out to be broken

Natalie Reilly

St Paul's College at Sydney University.

Sexual assault is a campus, not just a college, problem

COMMENT
Mary Ward

Death is a huge part of life and the more you know about it, the better off you are.

How embracing death can make our lives richer

Daisy Dumas

Ruby Rose and Jess Origliasso's relationship was rekindled on the set of On Your Side.

Why the Veronicas latest video is groundbreaking

Nicole Economos

Joy Smithers is now focusing on her true passion of ceramics.

Why actor Joy Smithers won't use 'fame' to leverage latest project

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The beauty up-sell that went too far

Celeste Barber

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Makda Haji.

The extraordinary story of one runner

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Walk before you run... or after.

Not getting enough out of running races? Walk.

Vicky Hallett

Adam Liaw's crunchy lamingtons (with rice bubbles).

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Anthony Bourdain demonstrating his appetites ahead of his book <i>Appetites</i>.

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10 easy three-ingredient canapes

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Chrissy Tiegen gets real about weight loss

Allie Casazza with her four children.

How giving away most of her kids' toys helped one mum gain control of her life

Ariane Beeston

Audrey Nicole's daughter pictured with her dad's girlfriend.

Mum's uplifting post on the "other woman" in her daughter's life

The Hume Highway is the fastest transport route between Sydney and Melbourne.

Sydney to Melbourne by road: The nine best stops along the Hume

Penny Watson

Singapore Airlines disappointed a Traveller reader.

Traveller letters: Singapore's service 'completely frustrating'

A barbecue at Los Angeles' famous Venice Beach is one of the Airbnb experiences on offer.

Airbnb is about to change the way you travel, again

Sarah Theeboom

The Mini is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Mini NES is more than just a nostalgic novelty

Tim Biggs

David Irvine, former head of both ASIO and ASIS, said savings from offshore storage could be dwarfed by the liabilities ...

Former spy boss' advice on Mumbai cyber breach

David Ellery

Amazon granted Aussies access to Prime Video just in time to watch The Grand Tour.

Amazon Prime Video arrives in Australia just in time

COMMENT

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Google Earth in virtual reality looks incredible

Kotaku

Twice the GPU power, bumped up CPU, same PS4 games.

Review: PlayStation 4 gets powered up

Tim Biggs

Mazda rotary-powered RX-Vision concept.

Mazda plots rotary sports car return

Stephen Ottley

Porsche is set to offer a manual gearbox again on its 911 GT3 road racer

Manual returns to Porsche 911 GT3

Andrew MacLean

The Mazda MX-5 returns to defend its Best Convertible crown, but faces some stiff competition from some iconic models, ...

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Andrew MacLean

Subaru has unveiled the VIZIV-7 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) concept at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show. Subaru Viziv-7 ...

Subaru concept to target Kluger

David McCowen

Jeep? Compass Trailhawk 2017 Jeep Compass.

New Jeep Compass revealed

Peter McKay

Tesla's latest car is incredibly quick.

Tesla Model S to go even faster

David McCowen

The Eagles and Dockers will do battle for the first time in 2017 in round six.

AFL draft 2016: Who the Dockers need to target

Emma Quayle

Rod Marsh has stepped down as chairman of selectors, effective immediately.

Who will accept Australian cricket's poisoned chalice?

Jon Pierik

"They have got no evidence": Stephen Dank.

Dank to front public hearing over supplements charges

Jon Pierik

Fast starter: Curtis Luck.

Amateur golfer Luck upstages Open drawcard Spieth

Nat Fyfe has completed an intense two week long training camp in LA.

Dockers star Nat Fyfe fired up after LA training camp

David Allan-Petale

Adam Voges sinks to his knees after being struck in by a bouncer.

Batting partner relives sickening Voges injury

Trent Cotchin and Sam Mitchell at AFL House on Thursday.

Brownlow winner Mitch has no plans to call Jobe

Daniel Cherny

Masterstroke: Kyle Abbott was a late addition.

As CA heads roll, law loosens on neckwear

Chris Barrett