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Sangeeta Guru was awarded $90,130 in damages for injuries sustained when she slipped on a grape at Coles.

Woman wins $90k after slipping on a grape in Coles

1 hr ago

Fortescue chairman and major shareholder Andrew Forrest, who holds just over one billion shares in the miner according ...

How Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest added $5b to his wealth this year

Former prime minister Tony Abbott says too many people with "bad backs, a bit of depression" receive welfare.

Abbott slams pensions for people with 'a bit of depression, bad backs'

The bus crash in Ascot.

Police start probe into scary Transperth bus crash in Ascot

Several ads for Game of War have mixed generic battle scenes with sexy shots of Kate Upton.

Embezzler stole $5m, then blew $1m of it on a smartphone app

WAtoday reported Curtin's cashflow problems earlier this year.

Proposed parking price hike angers students at Curtin University

1 hr ago

Lucky WA punter bought $10 million Lotto ticket from Armadale

'Ben, you are no use to your kids on drugs': Cousins spared jail time

Daniel Morcombe's killer was dismissed as prime suspect: cop

1 hr ago

Perth's dirtiest restaurants in 2016: Health crackdown on 12 outlets

2016's word of the year revealed... and it tastes pretty good

Levi Miller and Phoenix in the movie?Red Dog: True Blue

Red Dog stars saved from life as unloved, pound dogs

1 hr ago

The Daily Mail has apologised to Samantha Armytage.

Apology for Sam Armytage over 'grannie undies' story

Alan Thicke in Growing Pains.

Popular TV dad dies aged 69 from heart attack

26 mins ago

A scrub python was spotted eating a wallaby in the middle of a golf course near Cairns.

Python swallows entire wallaby on Queensland golf course

A Kwinana resident has complained to their local council about a 'noisy' Christmas lights display.

Xmas grinch claims lights on Parmelia street are 'too noisy'

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Snake eats wallaby on golf course

Triage!

Fringe World Festival Perth 2017: Top 10 picks

GENERIC - Series of an older businessman at desk. Stress in tray documents overworked tired.

When will you be too old for your job?

Revealed: NBN's multi-billion-dollar budget ...

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Future of the $100 note up for grabs as ...

12:55PM

If no one monitors the warming, does it stop ...

12:54PM

The 'kangaroo punch' mural in Richmond.

Graffiti artist turns 'kangaroo punch man' into a work of art

Heather McNeill

Police plea to find man who could help with murder investigation

Amy Fairhead

McGowan 'must end doublespeak' on Rockingham canals

Emma Young

The Facebook post.

'Free to a good home': Mum 'sells' daughter

Brendan Foster

The supermoon is back to steal the limelight.

Pesky Perth supermoon steals meteor limelight

Brendan Foster

Two teens broke into a Cloverdale house and stole Christmas presents.

Teens steal presents from family Xmas tree

A former nurse who grew cannabis to treat her mentally ill son has been spared a prison sentence.

Nurse avoids jail for growing cannabis

Military police reported Mr Sargent missing on March 22, 1999, after he failed to report for duty at the Enoggera Barracks.

Mystery of missing army officer sparks inquest

QLD

It was a picture-perfect sunrise ahead of another hot day for Sydney.

Sydney breaks 148-year heat record, with more to come

NSW

The transperth bus, which has stopped within metres of a apartment complex in Ascot.

Peak-hour bus crashes down embankment

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had a sausage when he visited Sydney Truck and Machinery in Sydney in June.

Australia's word of the year tastes like democracy

ACT

Retiring Chief Justice Robert French.

'Thoughtful' debate takes a hit in social media age: Chief Justice

Michaela Whitbourn
1 hr ago

Abbott slams pensions for people with 'bad backs, a bit of depression'

Stephanie Peatling

Future of the $100 note up for grabs as government targets cash

Peter Martin
42 mins ago

Phone

PM targeted by 'Leanne', the anonymous robo-caller

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Once your home or business is declared 'NBN ready', you have 18 months before your old service is disconnected.

Revealed: NBN's multi-billion-dollar budget bottom line cost

29 mins ago

Senator Pauline Hanson made eight payments over four months to her party.

Pauline Hanson's $200,000 gamble

Electricity prices are about to climb.

Why your power bill is about to expand

Adam Morton, James Massola

Solidarity movement former leader Lech Walesa in 2015.

'They are destroying everything I fought for': Walesa

Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen marching walk inside the destroyed Grand Umayyad mosque in the old city of ...

Syrian rebels say Aleppo truce deal struck, to take effect shortly

Google parent Alphabet also grants equity every other year, a strategy it has said "encourages executives to take a ...

We won't aid deportations: US tech workers

President-elect Donald Trump: how smart is he?

What Trump is up to in his latest pro-Russia cabinet pick?

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Santa and Mrs Claus are keeping Fuzz's ashes safe on the first Christmas when we'll only have his loving spirit to embrace.

Love after death: how to keep the Christmas spirit alive

COMMENT
Alan Stokes

President-elect Donald Trump: how smart is he?

The tainted election: How Donald Trump really won is horrifying

COMMENT
Paul Krugman

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull rejected sight unseen the policy of imposing an emissions intensity scheme on ...

Well done, Malcolm: you've proved to be a follower not a leader

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Flight Centre managing director Graham Turner says lower airfares have made it harder to meet commission targets.

Flight Centre may face multi-million penalty

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Markets Live: ASX nudges 2016 highs

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1 hr ago

Bellamy's shares have been suspended from trade for up to a week.

Bellamy's faces class action lawsuit after $500m share plunge

1 hr ago

Down at heel: Payless Shoes' administrators have failed to find a buyer for the shoe chain.

Payless Shoes staff join retail jobs rout as chain shuts down

Catie Low
1 hr ago

ANZ, Macquarie fined millions for 'very serious' cartel attempt

1 hr ago

Comeback kid: How Twiggy Forest added $5b to his wealth this year

Colin Kruger, CBD

The 15 ASX 200 companies with no female board members

Game on: the $7 billion corporate battle for Tatts

ANALYSIS
Elizabeth Knight

Bree Leech & Heather Nette King for Dulux Colour Trends 2017 – Entwine Palette.

DIY brush-up: Understand paint types and how to use them

Have fun with bright colours and big blooms for a uniquely Australian Christmas.

Forget snow: Styling tips for uniquely Australian Christmas

The Roundhouse in Ballan is on the market.

Alien-shaped dome home lands on the market in Victoria

18 Strathmore, Collinsville, in QLD, is listed for $45,000.

State by state: We've found the cheapest houses in Australia

Cuadra san Cristobal is considered one of Barragan's masterpieces.

Own an architecturally important home? Good luck selling it

The KEF LS50 Wireless.

Blast off: 15 amazing wireless sound systems to rock your world

Technology
Mark Gambino

Which airline took out top prize for their business class seats?

High Flyer Awards: Which airline is the best in business class?

High Flyer

Shopping centres play Christmas carols because it's proven that it makes customers spend more money.

Six psychological tricks retailers use to make you overspend

Few borrowers fixed their loans when fixed rates were at their cheapest.

Why so few of us fix interest rates at the right time

Clancy Yeates

Nicholas Chu of Sinorbis.

How he raised $2.5 million without giving up his vision

Flying over Western Australia, in a private jet. Air travel, horizon, sunset, wing, SMH News/Generics. Pix by Quentin ...

Private jet startup claims to raise $105 million

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'A President without briefings is flying blind'

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The joys of 'Star Wars'

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Thousands of civilians flee Aleppo

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'La La Land' tops Globes with 7 nominations

A young boy prepares to dive into the water at Bronte Baths a rock pool at Bronte Beach in the early morning before the ...

Sizzling Sydney

Preacher on Stan

Every episode of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

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Every single episode of Seinfeld now streaming. Only on Stan.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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Alan Thicke in Growing Pains.

Growing Pains actor Alan Thicke dies, aged 69

Rob Moran
26 mins ago

Ben Mendelsohn as Orson Krennic in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Why Donald Trump supporters are boycotting Star Wars

Levi Miller and Phoenix in <i>Red Dog: True Blue</i>.

Red Dog stars saved from life as unloved, pound dogs

Ebony Bowden
1 hr ago

A biopic about '80s Madonna has been named Hollywood's top unproduced screenplay.

Madonna film tops 'black list' of best unproduced screenplays

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

Expatriate Australian novelist Shirley Hazzard, author of The Great Fire. Pic by Craig Sillitoe SPECIALX 000 - portrait, ...

The Transit of Shirley Hazzard: a great Australian writer

Susan Wyndham

British singer Ed Sheeran was rushed to hospital after the princess sliced his face with a sword.

Ed Sheeran and James Blunt announce new albums

Ebony Bowden

Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso in Rogue One.

Early reviews on Rogue One land as midnight screening looms

Rob Moran

Mycroft and Sherlock in new season 4.

Sherlock season four will screen in Australia at same time as UK

Aja Styles

Triage!

Fringe World Festival Perth 2017: Top 10 picks

Emma Young

Slate Cafe's French toast ($17) - one of many amazing breakfast dishes in the Swan Valley.

Swan Valley breakfasts: Perth's new go-to for breakfast

Liz Sheehan

The Currambine Bar & Bistro is one of eight finalists competing to be named Radio 6PR Pub of the Year.

Perth's top 8 watering holes revealed in Radio 6PR Pub of the Year

Heather McNeill

There's nothing wrong with lingerie, but there are many factors at play when sex becomes a "problem" that a new g-string ...

I wanted more sex than my male partner, and I felt ashamed

Madeleine Ryan

"I find Christmas wearing and false when I'm with my family."

Family estrangement is more common that we realise

Jenna Price

Single Bridget has been making her own Christmas cards since 2010.

'Single Bridget' releases her annual lonesome Christmas card

Jenna Clarke

The burden of school holiday care falls almost entirely on the shoulders of mothers.

School holidays are here. Mothers, get to work

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

First lady Michelle Obama.

Woman who called Michelle Obama an 'ape' gets her job back

Teresa Welsh

Afghan women took part in an international Wikipedia edit-a-thon to increase women's representation on the website.

Women take over Wikipedia to fix site's gender imbalance

Mary Ward

Georgia May Jagger is the face of Volcom’s new swimmers – in a former life they were discarded fishing nets.

The surprising material your cossies are made from

Clare Press

British Prime Minister Theresa May has come under fire for wearing a pair of leather pants in a photo shoot. Something ...

Britsh PM's $1700 leather pants cause more outrage than Brexit

Jenna Clarke

How foods are framed can change their appeal.

'Fight fire with fire': Health lessons we can all learn from Big Food

Sarah Berry

Same, same, but different.

One weight-loss approach fits all? No, not even close

GINA KOLATA

The simple things we do can have a powerful impact on our health.

The power of simple life changes to prevent heart disease

AARON E. CARROLL

Wild hibiscus mojito popsicles.

Beat the heat with 24 of the best ice cream, gelato and popsicle recipes

Chef Guillaume Brahimi has been making variations of this show-stopping trifle for a long time.

How to make Guillaume Brahimi's raspberry and pistachio trifle

'Neighbourghood': Chermoula roasted Orange and vegetables with chickpeas and cous cous.

You'll want to try Hetty McKinnon's amazing vegetarian salads

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How I responded when a woman complained about my kids in a cafe

1 hr ago

Hilary Duff's sweet Disneyland snap attracted a harsh backlash.

Hilary Duff hits back at criticism for kissing son, 4, on the lips

It's important for teenagers to have a mix of relaxation time and productive time during the holidays.

How to stop your teenager doing too little, or too much

Mt. Rushmore, USA.

The world's most overrated tourist attractions named

Krampus run, in Austria, is a terrifying stampede of Christmas ghouls who pick out children who've been bad and given ...

Couldn't make it up: Christmas traditions you won't believe are real

Ben Groundwater

The 787-9 Dreamliner will take 17 hours to fly between Perth and London.

Qantas announces its first route for new Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Patrick Hatch

Several ads for Game of War have mixed generic battle scenes with sexy shots of Kate Upton.

Embezzler spends $1m playing Game of War

AIO Robotics's Zeus 3D printer/scanner is a step up from budget consumer-grade models.

3D printer/scanner can kind of replicate things

COMMENT

Part dog, part cat, part bird: Trico is at the heart of the game's warmth and its issues.

Review: The Last Guardian is an imperfect masterpiece

Bats

Why Aussies will pirate next LEGO Movie

Lifehacker

Microsoft Edge: not a great alternative to Chrome.

Why I eventually gave up on Microsoft Edge

COMMENT

2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe.

Mercedes E-Class Coupe revealed

Greg Kable
1 hr ago

The open-topped machine has carbon fibre roof panels for emergency use.

Ferrari unveils exclusive spider

David McCowen
1 hr ago

Ford's turbocharged Focus RS has one of the best engines on sale.

Are these the 10 best engines?

David McCowen

BMW has contributed toward electric car infrastructure at popular supermarkets.

BMW boosts charging network

David McCowen

The Mitsubishi Triton is a capable performer that has a very enticing price tag.

What dual-cab ute should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Mercedes-AMG GT R.

AMG GT R sets Nurburgring record

Dom Tripolone

Sam Mitchell receives his Brownlow Medal.

When Sam Mitchell was 'getting no love' for his footy

Andrew Tate

Famous meeting: Murtaza Ahmadi, left, with his plastic bag jumper and with Lionel Messi.

Lionel Messi meets boy in the plastic bag jersey

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland.

CA boss flags two day-night Tests every summer

Andrew Tate

Usman Khawaja survives the final session of day 4

Usman Khawaja's awkward case of mistaken identity

Chris Barrett

A different time: Mickey Arthur as Australia coach with former captain Michael Clarke.

Mickey Arthur regrets homeworkgate bans

Sam Mitchell and Trent Cotchin will get straight back to training.

Low-key Brownlow affair hits the right note

Rohan Connolly

Sidelined: Lachie Whitfield Lachie Whitfield was handed a six-month ban.

New Giants hearing date set over Whitfield affair

Daniel Cherny

Former Hawthorn now West Coast player Sam Mitchell receives the 2012 Brownlow Medal from Shane Crawford on Tuesday.

Cotchin reveals contact with Jobe Watson

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Daniel Cherny