Bushfire advice Firefighters contain Bertram blaze

UPDATE: THE Department of Fire and Emergency has downgraded the Bertram bushfire status in Perth's south to "advice".

Safeguard WA's largest shark barrier open

Shark attack breakthrough - revolutionary cable trial repels 52 great whites in South Africa.

THE largest shark barrier in WA has been officially opened as various Perth beaches were closed both days of the weekend due to sightings of the predator.

Melaleuca New $24.3m women's prison opens

The new Melaleuca women's prison in Canning Vale. Picture: Nic Ellis / The West Australian

UPDATE: WA’s new women’s prison will be run by a private operator who will get a $15k bonus for every inmate who stays out of jail for two years after release.

Brave children The 'zipper kids' are all right

Three kids with recent heart surgery show their scars and tell their stories to The Sunday Times. Pictured are Charlotte Meredith (4), Leon Rodway (4) and Abigail White (2). Picture - Justin Benson-Cooper

THE scars on little Abigail White give just a hint of the horrendous journey the toddler has endured in her short life.

Ms Dhu footage 'Difficult situation for police': Barnett

A relative holds a picture of 22 yr old Julieka Dhu in front of WA Premier Colin Barnett during a death in custody rally outside Parliament House. Ms Dhu died in a Port Hedland after being detained over unpaid fines.   Picture: Bill Hatto  23 October 2014  The West Australian   ***  ***

WA PREMIER Colin Barnett says police seen on security footage manhandling dying Aboriginal woman Ms Dhu were in a difficult situation but her death should not have occurred.

Balcatta crash fatality - Jessica Turner.

'Stay safe' Crash victim's family's desperate plea

THE family of a Perth DJ who died in a horror car crash say she had an infectious personality that resonated with all she touched.  

Aviation mystery Is this debris key to finding MH370?

Items that washed up on Madagascar and suspected to be from MH370 are being stored in the Ellenbrook home of Sheryl Keen, of the Air Crash Support Group Australia, pictured at her home in Ellenbrook, Perth.  Picture: Ross Swanborough

WHAT happened to MH370 is one of the greatest aviation mysteries. And one WA woman believes these personal effects could hold the key to finding the missing the plane.

Politics Minister attacks fat jibes

Minister attacks fat jibes

DEFENCE Minister Marise Payne has fired up at rumours she’d had a nervous breakdown and was scared to go on television because she was too fat.

Man found dead missing man's dad

Timothy Moran. Picture: WA Police

A MAN found dead in his Bullsbrook home is believed to be the father of a 30-year-old missing man.

How Perth is going to pot

Maylands mum Joelle Neville and her epileptic daughter Ava, 11, who was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis, a rare genetic disease that causes benign tumours to grow in the brain. Hemp oil works wonders for Ava and the recent legalisation of some forms of medicinal cannabis will exclude many people like Ava.
Picture: Daniel Wilkins

MEDICINAL cannabis crops will be grown on the outskirts of Perth. But don’t expect to see these fields of pot because military-style security has been employed to keep intruders out.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 02: Roger Federer talks arrives for the Summer Nights player party at Brisbane City Hall ahead of the 2016 Brisbane International on January 2, 2016 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Classic coup How Perth won the battle to snare Roger

IN just over a week Roger Federer, the Mr Perfection of world sport, arrives in Perth. Billy Rule looks at the behind-the-scene strategies that lured a legend to WA.

Scientology controversy ‘Tom Cruise thinks I’m the devil’

EX-SCIENTOLOGIST Leah Remini says Tom Cruise thinks she’s out to harm him and that he is “well-aware” the religion is “defrauding people.”

Sexy Aussie bikinis making a splash worldwide

Sun, surf and sexy swimwear. Savvy young Australians are turning our love for the beach lifestyle into a lucrative international business.

Confidential Look who made this year's list

IT’S that time of the year again when Confidential revisits the break-ups and hook-ups between Perth identities in 2016. And, as an added bonus, we’ve thrown some new relationships into the mix.  

Warm week Keep cool the Aussie way

SUMMER can’t stop these kids from hitting the slopes with their “Aussie toboggan”.  

Legal tangle Tensions deepen in animal welfare case

THE RSPCA WA has taken legal action against the Department of Agriculture over a dog in an animal cruelty case — the latest salvo in an escalating war.

GST share GST woes threaten election bid

PREMIER Colin Barnett’s bid for re-election has taken a massive hit, with federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann snuffing out any hope WA’s GST woes will be fixed before the May Budget.

Free entry Callea's call for Carols by Candlelight

ANTHONY Callea will lead Perth’s biggest-ever Christmas singalong, with an expected 15,000 people to pack Langley Park. Your guide to the Carols.

Aussie stars head home for Christmas

Aussie stars head home for Christmas

HOLLYWOOD heavyweights Rebel Wilson and Margot Robbie have proved that they still call Australia home, with the actors both returning to their homeland for Christmas.

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McCafe to runway Hot model out of Africa

Ajok Madel

YOUNG, beautiful and statuesque, everyone except Ajok Madel thought she could make it as a model.

Globetrotter The WA photographer 'up for anything'

Jarrad Seng, the Perth photographer up for anything.

GLOBETROTTER. Wildlife snapper. Rock-star shooter. He’s the WA photographer always going places ... and he’s up for anything.

Artist Staff Gary Adshead Photo Jody D'Arcy

Gary Adshead Paedophile dad 'deserves to die in prison'

EIGHT words was all it took. A sentence buried in a document so drenched in depravity that anyone would struggle to comprehend or stomach what they were reading.

Joe Spagnolo McGowan looks every bit the winner

Joe Spagnolo. Editorial.

AS THE end of 2016 approaches, I have decided to reflect on the year that was in State politics and specifically nominate who I believe was WA’s politician of the year in the past 12 months.

Star Wars The uncomfortable fact about Rogue One

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story..K-2SO (Alan Tudyk)..Ph: Film Frame..© 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

ROGUE One: A Star Wars Story may be set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but its plot lines are actually based in our reality.

Day four Aussies in danger of world record loss

AN incredible rearguard stand from centurion Asad Shafiq and Wahab Riaz underlights has given Pakistan a real chance to chase down a record total against Australia.

Injury blow Another paceman down for Scorchers

PERTH Scorchers have been dealt a blow ahead of their BBL opener against the Adelaide Strikers on Friday with paceman Joel Paris suffering a side strain.

Carlton camp Cripps will be right for opening game

PATRICK Cripps will be ready for Round 1 despite the back issues that have derailed his pre-season, teammate Sam Docherty says.

This Dec. 3, 2016 image released by NBC shows Kate McKinnon as Kellyanne Conway, left, and Alec Baldwin as President-elect Donald Trump during "Saturday Night Live," in New York. Trump called the late-night institution unfunny and Baldwin's portrayal of him mean-spirited, suggesting the show wasn't long for the world. Trump has grumbled in tweets about the show three times since October, most recently last weekend after Baldwin and Kate McKinnon appeared in a skit about his Twitter habit. (Will Heath/NBC via AP)

Baldwin skewers Trump and Putin

ALEC Baldwin was joined by two special guests on his final 2016 Saturday Night Live parody of Donald Trump — and Russia was in his sights.

Delta in tug of war with networks

Delta in tug of war with networks

DELTA Goodrem has found herself at the centre of a stoush between TV network rivals over her starring role in Seven’s Olivia Newton-John telemovie.

‘Tom Cruise thinks I’m the devil’

‘Tom Cruise thinks I’m the devil’

EX-SCIENTOLOGIST Leah Remini says Tom Cruise thinks she’s out to harm him and that he is “well-aware” the religion is “defrauding people.”

RendezView Who exactly is ‘against Christmas’? No one, that’s who

Who exactly is ‘against Christmas’? No one, that’s who

You know it’s Christmas when news about someone taking the “Christ” out of Christmas features and right on cue a politician jumps on the “defend Christmas” bandwagon.

RendezView He’s the one. We just don’t know it yet

He’s the one. We just don’t know it yet

Barnaby Joyce is the obvious conservative saviour, who could make Australia great again, writes Miranda Devine. Sadly, he’s in the wrong party.

19 last-minute gifts for travellers

19 last-minute gifts for travellers

MATERIAL gifts are so 2015. This Christmas it’s all about giving travel - and the best thing is, it’s not too late to get these pressies under the tree.

What it’s really like as a geisha girl

What it’s really like as a geisha girl

IT’S a mysterious practice confined to the wealthy and influential of Japan. Here’s a rare look at one of the country’s most revered traditions.