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Shares in Japara Healthcare rose as much as 12 per cent and in late afternoon trade were 10 per cent higher.

WA's aged care crisis: 60% can't afford cheapest bed

Russell Glenn Homewood has been jailed for 18 years over the murder of his housemate.

Man jailed for 18 years for murdering his housemate with bat

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"I think we need to rise up against it. People need to speak against it": Peter Dutton calls for a fight against ...

PC-ness gone mad: Dutton calls for Christmas uprising

Michael Hook, Coen Kentwell and Felicity Pallett were killed in the crash.

Jail for drunk driver who killed three then walked home and went to bed

1 hr ago

The person police wish to speak to over the incident.

Man hands himself into police over road rage attack on couple

A shark sighting has forced the closure of City Beach and Floreat beach.

Floreat, City Beach open again after earlier reported shark sighting

53 mins ago

Vincent mayor John Carey quits to focus on running for seat of Perth

Woman shot outside Midvale home - caught up in bungled drive-by

Ex-Labor minister Eddie Obeid jailed over public office misconduct

Packer scraps Las Vegas plans, sells $1.6b worth of shares

Two dead, one a teenage boy, in more fatal crashes on WA roads

Freo Breeze

Fremantle Breeze: Freo launches bold bid for new Big Bash League franchise

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Kyran & Joan.

'A special bond': Granddaughter makes nanna her bridesmaid

16 mins ago

Australian skipper Steve Smith.

Aussie openers off to a confident start against Pakistan

Live

The Cocklebiddy bushfire was visible from a NASA satellite.

What the Nullarbor bushfires looked like from space

1 hr ago

You may as well do things properly: a storm trooper at the Rogue One premiere in Innaloo.

Force is with Perth at midnight Rogue One screening

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Triage!

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

When will you be too old for your job?

Thai gold mine closure sends 'horrendous' ...

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Man jailed for 18 years over 'tee-ball bat ...

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Freo makes bold bid for Big Bash League team with ...

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WA is set to be hit hardest by hikes in electricity bills according to he Australian Energy Market Commission.

WA 'set for biggest hike' in power bills than any other state

Kwinana mayor urges resident Grinch to use 'common sense'

Hannah Barry

'Easier than I thought it would be': Meet Perth's blind cyclists

Stephanie Garnaut

WAtoday reported Curtin's cashflow problems earlier this year.

Proposed parking price hike angers Curtin University students

Hannah Barry

The West Coast Eagles themed Christmas tree.

Woman creates one-of-a-kind West Coast Eagles Xmas tree

Amy Fairhead

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

Police inquiry begins into Ascot Transperth bus crash

Phil Hickey

One WA lotto player has won $10 million.

$10 million winnings await one lucky WA Lotto player

Emma Young

Eddie Obeid is to be sentenced on Thursday.

Eddie Obeid jailed for five years

Live
Michaela Whitbourn
1 hr ago

The car shot at in Midvale.

Woman shot in driveway apparent victim of crossfire

Bowraville victims: Evelyn Greenup, 4, Colleen Walker-Craig, 16, and Clinton Speedy-Duroux, 16.

Man to face court over Bowraville children's deaths

NSW

ADF members at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera. Defence's management of its bases has been savaged by the National Audit Office.

ADF under fire for $1b waste of time

ACT

Four weapons installations shown in one of the satellite images released by CSIS.

Bishop accuses China of fuelling 'tension and mistrust' by weaponising artificial islands

David Wroe

'Makes my blood boil': Peter Dutton calls for pro-Christmas uprising

I hope you haven't flown here to have a fight: Pyne invokes Trump

"It is one of the lowest acts I can recall hearing about or seeing in Australian politics": Christian Porter is angry.

'The coward's punch of Australian politics': ministers livid at calls

Shelburne Bay: A new generation of Wuthathi celebrate winning back their ancestral land.

Pristine Shelburne Bay returns to owners after decades-long battle

43 mins ago

Child Dental Benefits Scheme

Child dental scheme saved, but with less cover

1 hr ago

Mark Rogers, a Sydney grandfather of two, has won his battle against the Australian Government Solicitor over his 'save ...

Grandad claims victory over government on Medicare logo threat

A demonstrator shouts during a protest against the deportation of Afghan asylum seekers at the airport in Frankfurt, ...

Germany deports 50 rejected Afghan migrants

A man holding an AR-15.

Colorado school district may arm teachers

People holds poster and candles during a gathering in in Paris on Wednesday.

Aleppo evacuation stalls, UN sees war crimes

A Chinese base under construction in the South China Sea.

China installs weapons in South China Sea

RBA governor Philip Lowe has been happy to let US Fed chair Janet Yellen do the work for him.

So how do you like your interest rate cut this morning?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Our accuracy is well off.

We are way off target when we guess what others think

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Copyright laws affect many facets of our lives.

Our copyright laws are holding us back, and there's a way out

Peter Martin

Bellamy's is facing another two potential class actions.

Bellamy's faces two more class actions

36 mins ago

Trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. Stocks are opening ...

Markets Live: Surprise surge in full-time jobs

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Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer
1 min ago

It's been a shocker of a year for James Packer.

Packer's annus horribilis is now complete with Crown's retreat

COMMENT
Colin Kruger, CBD

'It looks like an invitation for shonks and sharks to come out and put consumers at risk.'

'Invitation for shonks, sharks': ASIC deregulates finance startups

1 hr ago

SMSFs says $1m is enough for retirement. Others aren't so sure

The dos and don'ts of work Christmas parties

1 hr ago

Five reasons you should care about the US rate hike

Enjoying your interest rate cut this morning?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

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

Cahors, a French malbec, is revamping its image.

You know red, white, pink and orange wine ... what about black?

Fine Drinks
22 mins ago

A ride with a view, the Rolls Royce Dawn.

Top down, music up: Convertibles we'd love to drive this summer

Convertibles

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

"We completely reverse engineered the business rather than just overlaying a digital strategy" – Adam Laurie of Digital360.

Data pros bought a waste water plant to prove their point

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Music's power to 'awaken' dementia patients

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SAG announces this year's film nominees

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Duterte personally involved in killing criminals

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Aleppo civilians find food stockpile at rebel depot

Christmas Tree Lights on Camellia St, Greystanes.

Christmas lights cheers up Sydney streets

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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Harry Styles playing a British soldier in his on-screen debut, Dunkirk.

One Direction's Harry Styles makes his big screen debut

Ebony Bowden
1 hr ago

Was that the end for Josh Thomas' Please Like Me?

Have we seen the last of Josh Thomas' Please Like Me?

Rob Moran

Keith Urban, good bloke, musically soulless

Two stars: The blandness of being Keith Urban

REVIEW
Bernard Zuel

Donald Trump has booked a 16-year-old opera singer to perform at his inauguration.

Donald Trump fails to book big star for inauguration

Ebony Bowden

Jimmy Kimmel, host of the 2016 Emmy Awards.

Oscars gift bag: $232,000. Jimmy Kimmel's hosting salary: $15,000

Ebony Bowden

Amber Heard will return to the Gold Coast to film Aquaman.

Amber Heard's Gold Coast return for Aquaman

Ebony Bowden

Heidi was found on "death's door".

Pound puppies: Red Dog stars saved from 'death's door'

Ebony Bowden

Netflix has released a new sci-fi series with no pomp and ceremony; is their silence the new disruption in the ...

Netflix's silence could be the ultimate TV disruption force

ANALYSIS
Michael Idato

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

Melbourne Stars' Meg Lanning in action in the popular Big Bash League last season.

Female players contractually obliged to reveal pregnancies

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in the 2017 film.

Why the UN should have stuck with Wonder Woman

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Emmy Rossum attends The 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on December 11, 2016 in Santa Monica, ...

Emmy Rossum's equal pay standoff appears to have worked

Karlie Kloss at Tamarama.

Karlie Kloss has turned her Insta account into a Sydney tourism ad

Mary Ward

Ailan Tran with Elisabeth in Malawi.

Ailan's moment of reckoning

Daisy Dumas

Beauty treatments for introverts can be plain awkward.

The introvert's guide to getting a beauty treatment

Natalie Reilly

Ruby Hamad

Why Western obsession with the face veil is failing girls

Ruby Hamad

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 13: Actress Elle Fanning attends the "Live By Night" New York Screening at Metrograph on ...

Red carpet watch: It was a good week for celebrity style

New research: Look to the mind before the body.

Is this the missing link in weight-loss?

Sarah Berry

'Strong' mums get depression too.

Fashion girls don't get depression... do we?

Ginnie Chadwyck-Healey

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Bad posture not a pain in the neck: study

No-cook party plates.

11 delicious no-cook plates to bring to a party

Dani Valent

MERCURY ZEST - Asain market Lucky Haque in her store Habib Hala Butchery and Vina mini mart in Wollongong for zest story ...

Why people are drinking fat: the surprising new health trend

Sam Bailey

Wild hibiscus mojito popsicles.

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

Kat Smith and baby Ryder.

'Suddenly he was in the bath with me': mum's lightning quick labour

Inventor Colin Furze with his son.

Dad makes epic life-size Stars Wars Playhouse for son

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

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

Ovation of the Seas arrives in Sydney for the first time.

Biggest cruise ship ever based in Australia arrives in Sydney

Annie Dang

Hawaiian Airlines' new premium seat converts to a flat bed.

New seat: You can now lie down on flights from Australia to Hawaii

David McGonigal

Mt. Rushmore, USA.

The world's most overrated tourist attractions named

Australia's gold medal winner Mack Horton celebrates on the podium during the 2016 Summer Olympics.

What Australians Googled In 2016

The Galaxy Note7 may have been a disaster, but Samsung is plotting a 2017 comeback.

2016 was a huge, hectic year for smartphones

COMMENT

One of Uber's test self-driving cars on the road in Pittsburgh

Uber expands its self-driving cars, but drivers aren't worried

Yahoo's latest disclosure potentially twice the number of users as the breach disclosed in September.

New Yahoo breach affects 1 billion accounts

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

Embezzler spends $1m playing Game of War

Holden has launched a micro site for a trio of limited edition Commodores due to revealed in January

Swansong Commodores confirmed

Andrew MacLean

Toyota will build a Yaris hot hatch following its WRC experience.

Toyota confirms GTI rival

David McCowen

Uber driverless car running a red light in San Francisco.

Uber driverless car runs red light

Dom Tripolone

The new Mercedes-Benz SL Roadster will share its underpinnings with the Mercedes-AMG GT.

AMG take charge of new SL roadster

Greg Kable

2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe.

Mercedes E-Class Coupe revealed

Greg Kable

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

Ferrari unveils exclusive spider

David McCowen

Max factor: Glenn Maxwell on the attack for the Stars.

Big Bash doing fine without Australian international players

Andrew Tate

Wahab Riaz was pushed in the chest.

Pakistan bowlers play down training stoush

Jobe Watson: the one-time winner of the 2012 Brownlow Medal.

Brownlow mystery: Jobe, where's the actual medal?

COMMENT
Sam McClure

Manchester City's Yaya Toure.

Teetotal soccer star fined record £54,000 for drink-driving

Gordon Rayner

Jarman Impey is getting support from the club, says teammate Tom Jonas.

Port Adelaide defend handling of Impey hit-and-run incident

Sam Mitchell receives his Brownlow Medal.

When West Coast's 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.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi meets boy in the plastic bag jersey

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland.

Cricket Australia boss flags two day-night Tests every summer

Andrew Tate