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Westpac said it was moving rates in response to increasing funding costs and deposits.

Westpac follows NAB in raising home loan rates

UPDATED
12 mins ago

Different versions of the pamphlet continue to be dropped around Perth.

'Dangerous' anti-Safe Schools flyers posted around Perth

41 mins ago

Mr McGowan says his oath of office.

Mark McGowan and Labor ministers officially sworn in

Rob Deutsch,???Founder and Owner of F45 Training. 24 June 2016. afr photo by Peter Braig. Rob Deutsch and staff Susane ...

F45: The fastest growing fitness franchise you've never heard of

The 43-year-old said he wasn't ruling out any future opportunities in politics.

Ousted Nationals leader warns of Federal fall-out after campaign

1 hr ago

Lisa Scaffidi has made more extraordinary demands.

McGowan slams 'victim' Scaffidi over City of Perth gag order

Tourists, journalists flee burning rocks as Mt Etna erupts in Sicily

McDonald's washes its hands after Trump insult on Twitter

Perth woman charged $2,000 by council to put in a new streetlight

Parents left in dark about alleged rapist lobby for change

Housing crash fears drive market confidence to 40-year low

1 hr ago

McDonald's in guidlford

Not lovin' it!: Residents angry at proposed Maccas behind Guildford Hotel

45 mins ago

Standing tall: Australia's captain Steve Smith.

Third Test: Smith and Maxwell put the Aussies on top

Live

Nathan Buckley. Rohan Connolly's 2017 AFL ladder forecast

Eagles top four, Freo to languish: Connolly's 2017 prediction

Arya Stark and the Waif from Game of Thrones season six.

Game of Thrones' most expensive death (it's not the Red Wedding)

Australia's Glenn Maxwell, wearing helmet, hugs captain Steven Smith on the captain's on day one at Ranchi.

Smith tames India, Maxwell tames himself as Aussies fire

ANALYSIS

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Smith, Maxwell on front foot

Alex Riddell is sick of expectations on young women.

'Stop telling me I need a man to buy a house'

Ku De Ta Perth has envious views of the Swan River.

Gallery

Take a sneak peek at Perth's new Ku De Ta

Rare pygmy hippo calf makes a splash on her first ...

12:47PM

'Dangerous' anti-Safe Schools flyers distributed ...

12:42PM

Notorious people-smuggler Captain Bram jailed for ...

12:39PM

Incoming Premier Mark McGowan has announced his new ministry.

WA Labor announces new ministry, two big names miss out

There's rising speculation Liza Harvey will be chosen as leader, or at least be the deputy.

'I really need to go': Liza Harvey hoses down leadership speculation

Ben Wyatt has become the country's first Indigenous treasurer

WA gets Australia's first Indigenous treasurer as Labor reveals portfolios

Mental Health Minister Andrea Mitchell has asked for people across WA to volunteer to join a community drugs advisory group.

7th Barnett government minister falls as Labor chalks up 40th win

Joe Francis with ex-Treasurer Mike Nahan.

Francis labels Liberals 'dysfunctional' as he concedes defeat

UPDATED

Police will allege Mr Dreja did not know the victim.

Man allegedly 'drugged' 11-year-old girl during sexual assault

Phil Hickey and Heather McNeill

Perth woman charged $2k by council for new streetlight

Hannah Barry

Perth mum's marathon effort to keep her daughter's memory alive

Brendan Foster

Legian Beach in Bali, near where an Australian woman said she was raped.

Bali police investigating alleged sexual assault of Australian

Jewel Topsfield

Two doses of the measles vaccine offers 99 per cent protection against the disease.

WA travellers warned about Bali measles outbreak

Hannah Barry

Police seized 2.1kg of meth from the scene, including 1.7kg from the spa water.

Hot tub crime scene: Duo jailed over $2m meth bust in spa

Phil Hickey

The spillway rapids are intense.

Kayaker takes on dangerous 'rapids' at WA's Lake Argyle

David Allan-Petale

Ryan Teasdale, 11, is missing in Unanderra.

Body of boy missing in flood waters found

NSW

Locals are angry the City of Stirling is making them pay for streetlights.

Woman charged $2k by council for new streetlight

Riverview director David Maxwell and planning consultant Tony Adam at Shepherds Lookout, overlooking the Murrumbidgee ...

Farmland makes way for three new Canberra suburbs

ACT

White spot disease has been found in Moreton Bay.

Hunt for white spot to move up Queensland coast

QLD

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: Gas companies won't get a social licence if "while billions of dollars of gas are being ...

Malcolm Turnbull says he can't work with new ACTU boss

Amy Remeikis

Big business is bullied into backing same-sex marriage: Dutton

Tom McIlroy

'Living in a fool's paradise': Business sounds budget alarm

James Massola
1 hr ago

The Honorable Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister speaking at the Australian Financial Review Business Summit, Hilton ...

PM confirms government support for penalty rate cuts

Housing confidence has plummeted.

Confidence in housing market at lowest level in 40 years

1 hr ago

Jay Weatherill and Josh Frydenberg

Ugly and graphic illustration of a political system in ruins

COMMENT

Peter Varghese: US alliance may entail hard decisions that "attract China's ire''.

Australia needs US but may face Chinese retaliation: warning

Smoke rises from an explosive vehicle bomb southwest of Aleppo, Syria in 2016.

US miltiary says warplanes did not bomb Syrian mosque

1 hr ago

A woman holds her head as she waits in line outside a supermarket to buy food in Caracas, Venezuela.

Bakers arrested in Venezuela's "bread war"

Jim Wyss
1 hr ago

President Donald Trump

Sad! Trump's own voters wish he'd change how he uses Twitter

ANALYSIS

Banksy's wall painting showing an Israeli border policeman and a Palestinian in a pillow fight in one of the suites of ...

Banksy's hotel - a spectacle for whose benefit?

COMMENT

Abalone diving.

Rise in sea temperature sounded harmless. Then I saw it in my backyard

COMMENT
Tim Winton

Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg (left), Senator Arthur Sinodinos (right) and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who held ...

Phoney energy crisis merely a ploy to access off-limits gas

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Minister for Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg (left) and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had a blunt message for ...

I'm no socialist, but markets need to work for everyone

COMMENT
John Hewson

Westpac said it was moving rates in response to increasing funding costs and deposits.

Westpac follows NAB in raising home loan rates

UPDATED
Patrick Hatch
12 mins ago

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Markets Live: ASX tops 5800 in big week for miners

Live
1 hr ago

Rob Deutsch, the founder and owner of F45 Training, has relocated to the United States.

The fastest growing franchise you've never heard of

Cara Waters

ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell lashed the banks over their failure to do basic reference checking when they employed ...

'We can't hold their hand': ASIC vows to name and shame banks

UPDATED
Mathew Dunckley

Households abandoning the power grid have 'lost faith'

Brian Robins
19 mins ago

Amber Harrison hits Seven West Media with Fair Work claim

Michaela Whitbourn

Raising home loan rates, NAB is sailing the RBA winds to profit

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Slater and Gordon expected to avoid collapse

Sarah Danckert

When placing your desk, resist the popular go-to position of up against a wall.

How to create the perfect work space on a budget

Photo by Aralia: Innovation in Landscape Design.

Turn the outdoors into your dining area this autumn

Welcome to the true meaning of a million dollar property. Now that's more like it.

Forget Australian house prices, buy a French chateau for less

Should you sell or put the property on the rental market once you've renovated?

Renovation 101: Should you sell or keep the home as a rental?

Why after 11 months Lisa won't let her partner in her home

You call that a drink? 35 of the craziest cocktails from the world's best bars.

Thirsty? These are the craziest cocktails you'll ever drink

Fine Drinks
21 mins ago

In his 50s, George Clooney sets the benchmark for aging gracefully.

Want to look great at 50 and beyond? Start doing this now

Grooming

Smoking is still bad for you, but taking cannabis in oil form can have medicinal value.

Cannabis stocks are all the rage, but it's a bubble

Scott Phillips
1 hr ago

The government has a few options to help first-home buyers.

Adopt US model of tax deductions for homeowners, not investors

Daryl Dixon

Rob Deutsch, the founder and owner of F45 Training, has relocated to the United States.

The fastest growing franchise you've never heard of

Cara Waters

Call centres are often denigrated, ridiculed, avoided and despised.

Life in a call centre: could you handle it?

James Adonis

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Camera crew caught in Etna explosion

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Bank cops a bashing

Business

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Parents charged with Baden's murder

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Snowy Mountains fix for power crisis

National Zoo and Aquarium Jura, Cheetah.

Wild Side: Building a zoo

Stan - Billions

Brand new season of Billions - now streaming. Only on Stan.

STAN - better call saul

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

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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L_00377.NEF Loving - the Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga film

As Loving opens, Joel Edgerton slams Married At First Sight

Garry Maddox
1 hr ago

THE AGE,NEWS. Rachel and Matilda Ward who will be appearing in the opening film of the Melbourne International Film ...

Why did this film drag Rachel Ward back to the screen?

Karl Quinn

Some thought MSNBC host Rachel Maddow's apparent scoop on Trump's leaked 2005 tax return made him look good.

Colbert mocks Rachel Maddow's underwhelming Trump scoop

Broede Carmody

MELBOURNE, NEW SOUTH WALES - DECEMBER 21: Artist/photographer Bindi Cole Chocka is seen during lunch with The Age ...

Indigenous artist Bindi Cole Chocka: Leak's cartoon not racist

Kylie Northover

Arya Stark's character features in the most expensive <i>Game of Thrones</i> death scene to date.

Game of Thrones' most expensive death (it's not the red wedding)

Broede Carmody

Bliss n Eso have dedicated a new video to Johann Ofner, who died after he was shot in the chest during filming in Brisbane.

Bliss n Eso release tribute to man killed during music video shoot

Rachel Clun

Justin Bieber didn't crack a smile until the fourth song at Etihad.

Sydney Beliebers get the songs they want, but not a lot more

Bernard Zuel

Political satirist Armando Iannucci will open the Sydney Writers' Festival three weeks earlier than usual.

Veep creator Armando Iannucci to open Sydney Writers' Festival

Broede Carmody

Ku De Ta Perth invited selected guests to an exclusive preview on Thursday.

First taste of Ku De Ta: Perth's most anticipated restaurant

David Prestipino

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 2017 Night Noodle Markets

David Prestipino

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

How the 1987 America's Cup defence changed Perth forever

Victoria Beckham's collection for Target may be a bargain, but at what cost?

Is Victoria Beckham's line for Target really a bargain?

Clare Press
29 mins ago

Marion surveys her kingdom with her family, dad Robert Kelly, mum Jung-a Kim and baby brother James.

BBC interview kid Marion is now a bona fide internet star

Annie Brown

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow.

Rachel Maddow perfectly shut down person who called her 'sir'

Matthew Perry during an interview on February 17, 2015.

Matthew Perry reveals altercation with Justin Trudeau

Can we feel each other too much? Yes, argues

Help us change the world, but don't expect a cookie

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Amanda Seyfried arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of The Last Word.

Celeb joins Emma Watson in suing for leaked photos

Jayme Deerwester

Equality in housework is good for your relationship, research has found.

The rules you need to set up right from the first date

Jenna Price

Chelsea Clinton, with her mother Hillary.

Chelsea Clinton to publish children's book, She Persisted

Sara Aridi

Breakfast: it's worth the effort.

Breakfast, fasting, snacking: the verdict on meal-timing

Amby Burfoot

Fuel your mood with happy foods.

Eating your broccoli can make you feel less stressed

Sarah Berry

Taryn Brumfitt believes that there has been a shift in the way many people view the "perfect" body; it no longer has to ...

Taryn Brumfitt on stripping down to shape up

Sarah Berry

Good Food Baked camembert cheese at Royal Hotel in Paddington. 15th November 2015. Photo: Steven Siewert

27 of our best-ever cheese recipes

Adam Liaw's classic roast chicken with bread and butter stuffing.

15 things you should be able to cook by the time you're 30

Daily consumption of vegetables has been linked to a lower incidence of psychological stress.

Eating fruit and veg proven to beat middle aged stress

Jo Alderdice saved a 3-year-old child from attempted abduction.

'I thought I would have to stab him': mum stops child abduction

56 mins ago

Five siblings seeking a forever home have sparked a viral response.

Five siblings on the search for their 'forever family'

Jason Momoa with his two children with Lisa Bonet, Nakoa Wolf, 8, (left) and Lola, 9.

Jason Momoa's photo of daughter with 'naked' rock star causes outrage

Want to end up here? Don't order a special meal, claims a former Qantas flight attendant.

Former Qantas flight attendant says vegetarians will never get upgraded

Oliver Smith

The Indian version of the Big Mac, featuring chicken or a veggie cheese and corn patty.

Traveller quiz: What is the beef-free Big Mac called in India?

Mal Chenu

Woman picked up luggage at airport carousel.

Locks won't help: Why you should never put valuables in your luggage

Michael Gebicki

The S8 would be the first to use the technology to verify financial payment applications.

Samsung S8 users to pay with their faces

This wanted poster provided by the FBI shows Dmitry Aleksandrovich Dokuchaev, 33, a Russian national and resident. The ...

What the Yahoo case says about Russian spies

COMMENT
1 hr ago

A screenshot from the first instalment of the game.

Video game banned by Australian censors over 'ritualistic' sex scene

LoL

The League of Legends team house that folded

Kotaku

The DIY smart home can leave you dumbfounded, so make sure you do your research.

Don't lose your cool over DIY smart home

COMMENT

Which is the best dual-cab ute: Volkswagen Amarok V6 Highline, Ford Ranger XLT, Toyota HiLux SR5 and Holden Colorado Z71.

What is the best dual-cab ute?

Stephen Ottley

Hyundai has been refining its i30N hot hatch.

Too cool: Hyundai tests new hot hatch on ice

David McCowen

Lexus LC500 Coupe.

Is this the best looking car on sale?

David McCowen

2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk.

2017 Grand Cherokee prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

Seven worst Ferraris of all time

David McCowen

The Audi TT Offroad concept points to the styling of the new Q4 going on sale in 2019.

Audi confirms new Q4 SUV

Greg Kable

Captain Steven Smith kisses his helmet after scoring a century during the first day of the third Test.

Smith and Maxwell blaze the trail as Aussies tame India

ANALYSIS
Greg Baum

James Hird says he spent five weeks at a psychiatric facility.

Hird says overdose the result of 'years of continual stress'

Matt Priddis tackles Sam Mitchell during the 2015 AFL Grand Final.

Priddis, Mitchell tackle record-breaking AFL seasons in 2017

Tim Carrier

Hilton Cartwright made 70 for WA against NSW at the WACA.

WA makes good start in Shield clash with NSW

Eagles onballer Luke Shuey got one more vote than Dockers superstar Nat Fyfe in the 'captains call" for this years ...

Shuey ahead of Fyfe as captain's pick for Chas

Brendan Foster

Kyrgios says "something switched and now I'm really enjoying it again".

Kyrgios puts 'dark place' behind him

Linda Pearce

Jason Day is back to defend his Arnold Palmer Invitational win this weekend.

Day dreaming ... of winning at Augusta

How big's your cheque? Premiership Bulldog Tom Boyd is bound to be included in speculation about the game's top earners.

The millionaire players at your AFL clubs

Scott Spits