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Michelle Myers with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

WA Libs' One Nation deal gets Howard blessing

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'Nice ass...ets': WA Tinder users match trade union

It is understood the man's condition is not life-threatening.

Man bashed with nail studded bats at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach

Senator Pauline Hanson at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 15 February 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

'Splitsville' for One Nation as Libs vote deal sparks revolt

Rocco Arico has been found guilty of extortion.

Mafia kingpin found guilty of extortion, now faces deportation

Grant Hackett posted an image of himself to social media on Thursday, his face bloody and bruised.

Hackett 'safe and sober' but still in hiding following arrest

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Zac Dawson on the outer as Lyon reveals likely round one lineup

Barnett defends One Nation deal after racist, homophobic tweets

Fears mosquito-born diseases on the rise after WA floods

$6m of cannabis seized as Perth cops bust major drug ring

EXCLUSIVE

Elderly woman indecently assaulted in Mandurah toilet block

"It's locker room talk, mate, that's all it is": Richard Eldridge defended his tweets to Fairfax Media.

One Nation, do you speak to your WA candidates?

COMMENT

Back in action: Jobe Watson.

Live: Comebacks abound in pre-season Bombers, Magpies clash

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Mel Gibson at the AACTA Awards in Sydney last December.

Gibson 'in talks' to direct DC Comics blockbuster Suicide Squad 2

Canada's Eugenie Bouchard blows a kiss to the crowd following her second round win over China's Peng Shuai at the ...

Bouchard keeps her word on Super Bowl date bet

The great Australian dream of a house on a quarter-acre block is fast fading.

'Great Australian Dream' too difficult for 90 per cent of buyers

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Constance Hall in the spotlight

The Kookaburra boats are towed out to compete in the America's Cup

30 years on: Freo's glorious defence of the America's Cup

'Please welcome my very good friend John Tra-valtaaaaaahhhh!': Winfrey is famous for her shouty guest introductions.

Oprah's return to TV could prove to be a disaster

WA Libs' One Nation deal gets Howard blessing

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Angry senator invokes Hitler in new Gold Pass ...

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Trump backs off two-state solution in Middle East

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Constance Hall opens up on how love turned to hate towards her in the online community.

Constance Hall's book sells 150,000 copies online

EXCLUSIVE
Brendan Foster

Health warning as WA braces for increase in mosquito population

Hannah Barry

Anti-Roe 8 mural defaced with 'black tar-like substance'

Hannah Barry

Zac Dawson finally appears on the outer at Fremantle

Lyon gives Dockers fans a look at club's likely round one line-up

Kim Hagdorn

More than $6 million of hydroponic cannabis has been seized following a string of police raids across Perth.

More than $6 million worth of cannabis seized in Perth raids

EXCLUSIVE
Phil Hickey

The toilet block where the woman was attacked.

70-year-old woman indecently assaulted in Mandurah toilet block

Hannah Barry

Experts say the town would struggle if it were to become a 'dry' community due to its heavy reliance on the tourism industry.

Banned drinkers' register could curb alcohol violence in Broome

Hannah Barry

Senator Pauline Hanson at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 15 February 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

'Splitsville' for WA One Nation as deal sparks revolt

Eddie Obeid outside the NSW Supreme Court in December.

Eddie Obeid makes fresh bid for freedom

EXCLUSIVE

More than 140 passengers on the Sun Princess cruise ship were diagnosed with norovirus.

'People in hazmat suits': Illness strikes ship again

QLD

The RSPCA says banning dangerous dog breeds simply won't work.

'Dangerous dog' rules not the solution: RSPCA

ACT

U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a parent-teacher conference listening session inside the Roosevelt Room of ...

Hockey warns Trump over 'America First' rhetoric

Tom McIlroy

Malcolm Turnbull caves after flirting with housing backflip

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

'I'm still at the crease': Barnstorming Barnaby's big year

ANALYSIS
Adam Gartrell

Luci Ellis says it is not all about owning your own home.

Calm down on housing affordability, says Reserve

Peter Martin

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten during question time at Parliament House.

It's a goal, it's a target, no, it's . . . Labor's energy policy

ANALYSIS

The number of jobs rose by 13,500 in the month, but that was entirely due to growth in part time work, with full-time ...

Full-time jobs plunge as unemployment rate ticks down to 5.7%

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 13 February 2017. Photo: ...

'Biggest glass jaw in Canberra': Fired up PM takes aim at Shorten

Kim Jong-nam at Tokyo's Narita international airport in 2001.

Two more people detained over death of Kim Jong-nam

UPDATED
Lindsay Murdoch

US President Donald Trump stands outside the West Wing of the White House as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, not ...

Conjuring up Watergate as clouds darken over Trump administration

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Office workers wear protective masks in downtown Hong Kong at the height of the SARS crisis in 2003.

Dozens die of bird flu in China amid fears of new health crisis

Winston Churchill pins his flag into his lapel after he had bought one in aid of Red Cross Day in London in 1941.

Unearthed essay on alien life reveals Churchill the scientist

Tinder may be causing what researchers call "a feedback loop".

Why Tinder makes us act in gender-stereotypical ways

COMMENT
Jeanette Purvis

We all need a house, but buying one is not so cheap.

The bitter debate that we need to have about home ownership

COMMENT
Toby Phillips

Minister for Social Services Christian Porter.

Why have our ministers got it in for the unemployed?

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Complaints about private health insurance is increasing each year.

Medibank deduct wrong amounts from policyholders' accounts

Esther Han

Mirvac owns office assets, such as 200 George Street, Sydney.

Mirvac profits from housing boom but settlement defaults rise

Carolyn Cummins

Woolworths Holdings paid $2.1 billion to buy the David Jones department store chain in 2014.

David Jones sales sag in first half

Catie Low

Slater & Gordon

Slater and Gordon closes at new low as investors face wipeout

UPDATED
Sarah Danckert

Review rejects 'independence' quotas for industry super funds

Why it's now cobalt's time to shine

Jessica Sier

Buck passed over hiring of IT workers on 457 visas

Anna Patty

Clive Palmer paid $250,000 to fly Kyrgyz woman to Singapore

Joel Pringle and his partner Elena Rosseel were startled to receive a letter threatening eviction for unpaid rent - as ...

How tenants and landlords are dealing with rental nightmares

Stressed electricity networks that can’t guarantee supply have led to politicians advising people not to go home, but to ...

Comment: Australia needs housing to cope with heatwaves

Five items no one is decorating homes with any more

Upcycle old furniture with wallpaper – this drinks cabinet has been papered with a design from Back to the Wall.

Second time around: How to repurpose your furniture with style

The tiny house in Japan that's a lot bigger than it seems

The pricey water is promoted as a sophisticated alternative to alcohol.

This luxury iceberg water costs more than a rare whisky

Luxury

Has the traditional business suit finally died?

Has the 'smart casual' boom made it harder to dress for work?

Men's Style

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'It's a stock-picker's market' and other cliches

Scott Phillips

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Cash-poor Aussies letting shonky operators take advantage

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Louise Taper of Etsy Store RACINELabel was a stallholder at Sydney's Etsy Made Local Markets.

How to be a global business from day one

Cara Waters

No permanence: Service can be disrupted in the gig economy.

Can we expect commitment on demand in a gig economy?

Tony Featherstone

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Trump and Netanyahu hold joint press conference

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Harrison Ford in another plane near-miss

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2017 Porsche Panamera video review

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Barnaby gets personal

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Mel Gibson at the AACTA Awards in Sydney last December.

Mel Gibson in talks to direct Suicide Squad sequel

Rob Moran

Hugh Grant stared in <i>Love Actually</i> as the newly-elected Prime Minister.

Love Actually is getting a sequel, but there's a catch

Broede Carmody

Vegan Courtney is brought to tears on <i>MKR</i>.

MKR's Courtney on vegan hate mail and why she now eats meat

Broede Carmody

Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue in <i>Flammable Children</i>.

Kylie Minogue and Guy Pearce as we've never seen them before

Garry Maddox

Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney in <i>The Katering Show</i>.

The Katering Show's Kates to tackle breakfast TV in new ABC series

Rob Moran

Seafood king Josh is forced to eat humble pie on MKR.

MKR's seafood couple leaves fishy taste in and out of mouths

Broede Carmody

John from Married At First Sight will give traditional dating a go.

Married At First Sight's John says his matchmaking days are over

Aja Styles

Keira Macguire loses the plot on I'm A Celebrity.

Keira Maguire competes for title of 'Most Epic Meltdown Ever'

Christine Sams

The Kookaburra boats are towed out to compete in the America's Cup.

How the 1987 America's Cup defence changed Perth forever

The fluids should really run wild, and be good, on Valentines Day.

What the romantics should drink on Valentine's Day

David Prestipino

The special salad made an impression on Valentine's Day.

Has this Perth woman penned WA's funniest Valentine's Day letter?

David Prestipino

"So you can be a Sharia law supporter and be half-pregnant at the same time, C'mon," Senator Lambie said.

It's not enough to counter fear of Sharia law by insisting Islam is 'feminist'

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Ashton Kutcher teared up as he testified about human trafficking at the Senate Foreign Relations on Wednesday in ...

Ashton's moving testimony to fight online sex trafficking

Alex Gangitano

With social media, we are all in the public eye.

Thanks to social media, a mind-change has become a minefield

Kerri Sackville

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: Kanye West leaves the Yeezy show fashion during New York Fashion Week at pier 59 on ...

Kanye steps up the diversity with Yeezy Season 5

Clare Press

It is romantic to take your husband's name, I think, but I understand why the thought of it gets under people's skin and ...

I changed my name, but I can't change who I am

Annie Brown

'The last few years have been an intense time of self-discovery.'

I swapped monogamy for online dating and casual sex

COMMENT

Karlie Kloss has been criticised for appearing dressed as a geisha in March's US Vogue.

Karlie Kloss apologises for 'yellow face' Vogue shoot

Mary Ward

Eyes for him only ... Ivanka Trump and Justin Trudeau.

The internet is obsessed with Ivanka 'swooning' over Justin Trudeau

Annie Brown

Step back into yourself.

Reduce stress today with these three steps

Sarah Berry

Sore back? Put down the pill and get up and move a little.

Lower back ache? Be active and wait it out

GINA KOLATA

Gregor Stronach.

My name is Gregor, and I’m an alcoholic

Gregor Stronach

Taste test: Elsa the cat drinks Apollo Peak's 'cat wine' at Cat Town Cafe in Oakland, California.

Cat wine: Why drink alone when you can drink with your pet?

Roast chicken for summer.

Rachel Khoo's one-tray summer roast chicken and veg

Good Food - Lotus cheeseburger. Dan Hong's famous cheeseburger. Photo by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 16th Sept 2015.

What is processed cheese anyway?

"The image was a representation of my world, our world, for the past over two and a half years staring back at me."

Startling photograph shows the challenging journey of IVF

A substitute teacher thoughtless comments devastated a young cancer survivor.

Teacher shames five-year-old cancer survivor

A 'moderate' amount of screen time will not harm teenagers, a study has found.

Six hours a day screen-time is OK for teens, study finds

Australian passport generic.

Miss this detail on your passport and your holiday could be ruined

Aubrey Perry

Captain's Choice newly-chartered 757 which will come online for the 2018 program.

Eleven bucket-list destinations on one all-business class plane

Alison Stewart

Frontier township: Cooktown.

Most northern point in Australia is hard to reach ... but not for long

Craig Tansley

Apple has the advantage of having more phones equipped with its virtual assistant Siri than its competitors.

Tech giants clash in battle of the bots

Donald Trump favours Twitter.

Twitter account trumps Trump at his own game

The Surface Book's tablet-like screen can attach to the base either way.

Microsoft's latest Surface Book is near perfect, if you can afford it

The reality of internet use right now shouldn't dictate the kind of infrastructure we need for the future.

Why NBN is wrong about gigabit internet

COMMENT

Has our reliance on connected devices outrun the capabilities of our networks?

When all your connected devices die at once

COMMENT

2017 Hyundai i30. Embargo: 8/9/2016

Hyundai won't offer cut-price i30

Daniel DeGasperi

2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 S Cabriolet.

Driven: Mercedes C63 S Cabriolet

Andrew MacLean

2017 Mitsubishi Triton GLS Sports Edition.

Tough looking Triton revealed

Dom Tripolone

Jaguar F-Pace.

New engines for 2018 Jaguars

Dom Tripolone

2017 Nissan Pathfinder.

Details: 2017 Nissan Pathfinder

Stephen Ottley

2017 Ford Ranger FX4 Limited Edition.

New Ford Ranger FX4 revealed

Dom Tripolone

Jake Carlisle 'hasn't missed a beat since January'.

Frawley: Carlisle capable of being selected as an All Australian

Jon Pierik

Emma Quayle: "Plunging into the unknown" with GWS Giants.

Journalist Emma Quayle takes a giant leap over the AFL barrier

Caroline Wilson
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Dawson's spot in the team appears to have been taken by Joel Hamling.

Lyon gives Dockers fans a look at club's likely round one line-up

Kim Hagdorn

Grant Hackett leaves Southport police station on Wednesday afternoon.

Hackett faces his biggest challenge

COMMENT
Phil Lutton

Ready for action: Nat Fyfe is back after a serious leg injury.

Things to look out for this AFL pre-season

Ronny Lerner

Adam Voges of Australia bats during day five of the second Test match between Australia and New Zealand at WACA on ...

Voges ends test career with second best batting average

Can Fyfe step into the shoes of Matthew Pavlich?

Did the Dockers make the right captain choice with Fyfe?

Brendan Foster and Justin Rake

Why the long face: Australia again faltered in their pursuit of a maiden World T20 title in 2016.

The stat that shows the little love Australia give T20 team

Andrew Wu