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The child has previously admitted to penetrating another child.

Perth 'child rapist' sentencing delayed once again

31 mins ago

Stinging rebuke: Canning MP Andrew Hastie.

Coopers showed 'little spine': WA MP Andrew Hastie slams brewer

1 hr ago

Police have confirmed no crime was attempted or perpetrated (file image).

Police play down fears of child abduction attempt in Ocean Reef

26 mins ago

Is cycling in Australia really so bad?

Perth is back on track for sustainabilty after Roe 8 gets buried

Comment
1 hr ago

Fruit and beer may sound like an odd combination to start with.

Perth mum five times the legal limit on her way to pick up child

1 hr ago

WA Police continue to target driver distraction.

Cop that: Driver fined for playing Pokémon Go behind the wheel

1 hr ago

'Stagnant incomes': This chart will make you scratch your head

COMMENT

Passenger's headphones explode on Melbourne flight, ATSB stays silent

A poisoned chalice? Senior Liberals fall in race to replace Barnett

Disbelief as two child 'rapists' allowed back at WA Catholic school

EXCLUSIVE

Details of Trump's 2005 taxes revealed ahead of TV report airing

20 mins ago

The builder is filmed dumping the illegal rubbish in Gosnells.

Extreme reaction to bill dispute...caught on camera

EXCLUSIVE
Emma Young
1 hr ago

Gelato Messina will debut in Perth for the markets and feature this one-off fried icecream dish.

Perth gets first lick of Gelato Messina at Night Noodle Markets

1 hr ago

Internet capabilities of the We-Vibe product line allow devices to be controlled long distance.

'Heat, speed': Maker of bluetooth sex toy collected intimate data

1 hr ago

Belle Gibson stills. Supplied

Cancer fraud Belle Gibson faces $1m fine after guilty verdict

UPDATED

Rough deck: The pitch square at Ranchi

Plan to 'shame' pitch doctors as controversy brews in India

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Is this Perth's worst u-turn ever?

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The best places in the Perth CBD for breakfast

Justin Bieber flanked by 20 backup dancers.

Justin Bieber's purpose: To please Perth crowd with string of hits

Russia chose a wheelchair-confined singer for ...

11:45AM

Image of all-male panel at Saudi Arabian girls' ...

11:37AM

White House releases details of Trump's 2005 tax ...

11:29AM

Joe Francis with ex-Treasurer Mike Nahan.

Francis labels Liberals 'dysfunctional' as he concedes defeat

UPDATED

Nationals leader Brendan Grylls (middle) has lost his seat in the Pilbara against Kevin Michel (right).

WA Nationals leader Grylls concedes seat in the Pilbara

Out in the cold: ABC journalist Nic Perpitch at the One Nation gathering.

ABC Perth wants explanation for One Nation election night ban

Rumours are swirling former Treasurer Mike Nahan will lead the Liberals in opposition.

A poisoned chalice? Liberal ministers' fall in race to replace Barnett

Labor's Ben Wyatt says he will cut recurrent government spending.

Debt will take decades to deal with: Labor's Ben Wyatt

The Mingenew road house near where the boy was killed.

Boy, 7, killed after being hit by truck outside WA road house

David Prestipino

Reputation of Lloyd Rayney 'died' after wife Corryn murdered

Suspected arson causes millions of dollars damage in Welshpool

Emma Young

Fishers were fined for taking undersized crabs in Mandurah.

Fishers fined for illegal Mandurah undersize crab haul

Kate Hedley

One-third of students from advantaged schools say their classrooms are disruptive.

Uproar after another Perth child 'rapist' allowed back at school

EXCLUSIVE
Heather McNeill

Guiseppe Serafino smiles after he was sentenced to 7 months' jail in Denpasar District Court on Tuesday.

Perth man jailed for seven months in Bali for possessing hashish

Jewel Topsfield

Police in Esperance have apprehended a driver for alleged drug driving three times in six days.

Woman faces third drug driving charge in six days

Phil Hickey

When people rent out all, or even part of their residential home, they become liable for Capital Gains Tax when they ...

RBA fears home prices are heading for collapse

"She really did love Seth": Mr Davis said Stacey Docherty, 38, put their son first.

Father speaks out after finding ex and son dead

NSW

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has confirmed two senior IT officers have left the council over a contract blow-out.

Heads roll over $60m city council IT blow-out

QLD

One-third of students from advantaged schools say their classrooms are disruptive.

Uproar as child rapist allowed back at school

EXCLUSIVE

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media at Parliament House ahead of a meeting with gas executives on Wednesday.

Real Malcolm muscles up on gas

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Malcolm Turnbull blames state governments for gas crisis

Tom McIlroy

Coopers gay marriage back-down a 'craven capitulation': Andrew Hastie

Nathan Hondros, Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

Labor MP Kate Ellis at the National Press Club last year.

Labor MP Kate Ellis pregnant with her second child

The Japanese warship Izumo will tour the South China Sea for three months.

China weighs in as Bishop backs Japan over troubled waters

Richard Di Natale is urging Australian society to seek a better life-work balance for the sake of everyone.

Work fewer hours and be happier: Greens leader Richard Di Natale

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Nationals MP George Christensen during Question Time at Parliament House in ...

Christensen cools on rebranding LNP in Queensland

1 hr ago

Donald Trump listens during a meeting on health care on Monday.

Republican voters the biggest losers under Trumpcare health bill

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Anti-aircraft machine guns, grenades and pistols were among 10,000 weapons destined for criminal and terrorist groups.

Spanish police seize more than 10,000 weapons 'destined for terrorism'

Lia Timson

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife, Sara in Sydney last month.

Netanyahu and wife testify in libel suit against Israeli journalist

Girl Guides of Canada

Canadian Girl Guides snub US travel after Trump's ban

Liberal MPs Tim Wilson, left, and Andrew Hastie, right, hold up Coopers beer bottles in the video.

The Coopers debate is one that we don't have to have - again

COMMENT
Andrew P Street
12 mins ago

Most parents relate to the crippling panic when you lose your child.

I feared I lost my sanity the day I lost my little son in Fremantle

COMMENT
Fran Rimrod

Let's not forget Senator Pauline Hanson – who had ''no assistance'' and ''no help from anyone'' as a mother.

It's far too soon to write-off Hanson and the populist right

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

Foreign exchange traders have caused issues for big banks.

Westpac, ANZ give $6m to charity for currency trading breaches

Mathew Dunckley
1 hr ago

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Markets Live: ASX slips despite miner rally

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Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
39 mins ago

If you have to lose money, do it in Tokyo.

Is this the world's most honest city?

25 mins ago

Rod Sims: "I am continually puzzled as to why some large companies treat their customers so badly."

ACCC boss slams big companies for treating customers 'so badly'

Regulator's case over Medibank's 'secret sting' hits stumbling block

Sarah Danckert

Consumer sentiment steadies, despite wage growth worries

Macquarie sells out of deal that dubbed it the Vampire Kangaroo

Colin Kruger, CBD

The investment Aussie super funds go crazy for

As urban flora disappears, it's important to have pots of bee-friendly plants in your courtyard, garden or balcony.

Forget costly solar panels: Go green at home for less than $50

The exclusion zone of Futaba. Most of the town, just four miles from the nuclear plant, may never be reoccupied

Eerie signs of the past in Fukushima's lonely radioactive towns

Sydney was the only Australian city to make the top 10 in Mercer's 19th annual Quality of Living survey, which examines ...

Sydney ranked 10th in world best-city list ... how did Perth fare?

The big nut and bolt in Roma, Queensland.

The big objects around Australia you've probably never heard of

Some organisational methods may seem over the top, but this is one to try.

Naturally organised people do this one thing every day. Do you?

The Zoom Vaporfly Elite, a customized shoe to be used for the Breaking2 project, as Nike calls its effort to crack the ...

Nike's latest runner is so good it could be banned

Fitness Trends

Is it what you eat, or how much you move, that counts?

Food or fitness? The case against dieting over exercise

Boot Camp

"We have, at times, let down our customers and we are not proud of this," ANZ bank CEO Shayne Elliott says.

Credit cards under scrutiny but personal loan rates also too high

John Collett

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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Nearly one in two couples ask for cash on their wedding day

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Chris Lucas, owner of Melbourne restaurant Chin Chin.

Top restaurants slap on Sunday surcharge

Cara Waters

Freelance art director Chris Eichberger uses volunteering to build his network.

How I learnt to love networking – and you can too!

Alexandra Cain

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Jack Russell face-plants to glory

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South Australia 'going it alone'

Electricty

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Pubs boycott Coopers 'Bible' beer

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CNN presenter eats human brain

Marie Kahnemann performs during the ' Baltic Lights' festival in Heringsdorf, on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom, Germany.

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Criminal. Lawyer. Better Call Saul returns April 11 on Stan

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Justin Bieber explaining his actions towards Seven News.

Bieber punks Seven News with Summer Heights High gag

Nathanael Cooper
26 mins ago

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs.

Academy president addresses 'beautiful' Oscars blunder

Rob Moran

Ian Thorpe with child psychologist and bullying prevention expert Professor Marilyn Campbell.

Thorpe's Bullied airs to largely positive response

Matt Bungard
56 mins ago

Potential replacement: Scarlett Johansson, seen here in <I>Avengers: Age of Ultron</i>, could take up the role of ...

Portman, Johansson tipped for The Girl In The Spider's Web

Matt Bungard

Netflix's new film boss Scott Stuber with his wife Molly Sims.

Netflix hires Hollywood film boss; pushes expanded film slate

Michael Idato

Married At First Sight: I'm not moving for anything less than love, says Nadia.

Married at First Sight: Nadia finally calls BS on Anthony

Karl Quinn

Manu Feildel with fellow My Kitchen Rules judge Pete Evans. The show has suffered a drop in ratings.

My Kitchen Rules a lot less than it used to

ANALYSIS
Debi Enker

Rooney Mara in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Girl With Dragon Tattoo sequel is happening - but without Mara

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

How the 1987 America's Cup defence changed Perth forever

There'll be four days of epic music at the Port Beach Weekender from March 9-12.

Neil Finn headlines four days of epic music at Port Beach Weekender

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

What wine romantics should drink

David Prestipino

Baby Avery, the 17-month-old son of Kayne West's cousin died unexpectedly on Monday.

Kanye West's one-year-old cousin dies unexpectedly

Amy Croffey
23 mins ago

Robert Kelly and his wife, Kim Jung-A, said they were mortified at first but found the video funny "like everybody else".

Robert Kelly speaks out after viral video: 'it was chaos for me'

Rachel Olding
1 hr ago

Study after study shows men and women exaggerate this disparity by seeking out taller-shorter pairings for relationships.

The dating preference that women need to drop

Tracey Spicer

Black is the new black - Sigrid McCarthy's signature style

This woman wears the same thing every day. Could you?

Clare Press

Affleck thanked his "co-parent" Jennifer Garner for her support.

Ben Affleck thanks 'co-parent' Jennifer Garner post rehab stint

Amy Croffey

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 30: Miranda Kerr is all smiles as she departs from LAX on June 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, ...

Bargain hunters: the celebs who (sometimes) wear affordable clothes

1 hr ago

Gillian Anderson opened up about entering early menopause in Lenny Letter.

X-Files star: 'I felt like somebody else had taken over my brain'

Annie Brown

Adele performs at ANZ Stadium on March 10, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.

Why Adele is a role model for my two girls, swearing and all

Cat Rodie

A yoghurt smoothie for good mental health?

Yoghurt may help some forms of depression, study says

Sarah Berry

Alcohol and weight: there's a key to making sure it doesn't blow out.

Do we need to give up alcohol to lose weight? Not necessarily

JANE E. BRODY

We give and we all receive health benefits.

Gain five years of your life by doing this

Sarah Berry

Kung pao chicken.

21 tongue-tingling chilli recipes

Green smoothie.

Is too much wellness making us anxious?

COMMENT
Rohan Anderson

Mushroom and pea risotto.

Neil Perry's easy-peasy mushroom and pea risotto

Potty in the pub? People are not happy.

A toddler used a potty in a pub - and people weren't happy

William, 2, and Ayden, 6, died within six weeks of each other.

Family devastated by loss of two kids in six weeks

The "eraser challenge' causes serious burns and places students at risk of severe infection.

Parents warned about 'eraser challenge' danger

The Palm Jumeirah in Dubai.

Hate at first sight: Eight cities you won't like the first time around

Ben Groundwater
14 mins ago

The US pre-clearance facility at Abu Dhabi's airport has given Etihad a big advantage in the wake of Donald Trump's ...

Trump's travel ban just gave Etihad a huge advantage over rivals

Harmony of the Seas' canyon design means many cabins have balconies facing into the ship.

The biggest cruise ship of all time is currently being built

Soo Kim

We're being bested by most developed Asia-Pacific nations.

Australia's internet speeds lag behind world

1 hr ago

Social networks have come under fire for working with third parties who market the data to law enforcement.

Facebook, Twitter face fines over hate speech

1 hr ago

"We have suffered considerable inconvenience, damage and cost to our business," says Optus customer.

Optus cuts off customers without warning, blames NBN

EXCLUSIVE

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Choosing the right VPN in Australia

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Attendees wait at the 2017 South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin.

Uber alternatives face first big test at SXSW

Volkswagen's emissions crisis has rocked the entire car industry.

Volkswagen not ruling out merger with Fiat Chrysler

2010 Range Rover Sport.

Is a Range Rover a good used-car buy?

David Morley

Peugeot has updated the 308 range for 2017, adding more equipment to the mid-range Allure hatch.

She says, he says: Peugeot 308 Allure review

Daniela Intili and David McCowen

2014 Nissan X-Trail.

What used SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

German World Champion driver Michael Schumacher, of the Ferrari team, gives the okay sign to start out on a test run at ...

What are the seven best Ferrari race cars?

David McCowen

The new camera technology detects drivers using their phones.

Drivers reveal what they think is the major cause of road deaths

David McCowen

Adam Voges batting average is set to stand the Test of time.

Adam Voges calls time on state career but still eyes BBL stint

2 mins ago

Injured Eagle Scott Lycett doing battle with Aaron Sandilands.

Big men bow to injury as Eagles forced to rely on ruck recruits

Kim Hagdorn

Rough deck: The pitch square at Ranchi

Plan to 'shame' pitch doctors as controversey brews in India

Andrew Wu

Michael Barlow is excited about joining Gold Coast.

'It rips your heart out a bit' ... Barlow on that Freo delisting

Rohan Connolly

Mitch Clark will play for Mundijong in 2017.

'They will tear this league apart': Mitch Clark returns to footy

Justin Rake

Tony Lockett

Legend Lockett joins Swans, and looks great

James Buckley

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 23: Michael Hooper of the Waratahs gets tackled by Ben McCalman and Sitiveni Mafi of the Force ...

Nervous wait as Force awaits Super club axings

Chris Dutton

Wilfred Ndidi, Kasper Schmeichel and Wes Morgan celebrate Leicester's success.

Champions League fairytale for Leicester