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Grandfather James Bradley, 92, and his granddaughter Karis Town, 9, at his home in Croydon, Sydney.

'I can't believe it': Minister's move halts deportation

EXCLUSIVE
23 mins ago

Lisa Scaffidi after the damning Local Government inquiry into her affairs.

Dysfunctional council shouldn't waste $500k on audit: McGowan

14 mins ago

Students hitched a ride with police on Wednesday morning.

Students hitch a ride with cops as Pilbara flood waters take hold

35 mins ago

Bianca Rinehart outside the Supreme Court in 2015.

Bianca Rinehart gets green light to sue Gina over trust

The results from the test of the driving instructor.

Perth driving instructor four times over limit... while supervising

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$22 billion wiped from ASX in biggest sell-off of the year

Live
53 mins ago

Worsfold responds to damning AFL drug report

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ANALYSIS

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During the Night Noodle Markets, at Birrarung Marr, Melbourne. November 10th 2016. Photo: Daniel Pockett

Your ultimate guide... the 2017 Perth Night Noodle Markets

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Dockers 2017 preview: Is the rebuild really a ruse?

Josh's words are falling on angry ears, with Amy growing more tight-lipped at her husband's attacks on MKR.

Pete and Manu step in over Josh's treatment of Amy on MKR

This armed man was seen in Bourke Street five days after the massacre.

Mystery man with gun walked Bourke St mall after massacre

EXCLUSIVE

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US bans laptops on flights

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 10: A general view of Hoy Piony at the Night Noodle Markets in Birrarung Marr on ...

Perth Night Noodle Markets - 20 dishes not to miss

Alex Riddell is sick of expectations on young women.

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

There is no done deal on recognition, say ...

12:11PM

City of Perth $500k audit a 'waste', says McGowan

11:59AM

Minister intervenes to stop deportation of ...

11:49AM

Mr Barnett was not expected to lead the Liberals to the March election.

Mike Nahan takes the Liberal reins and attacks Labor's union ties

UPDATED
Brendan Foster and David Prestipino

Man cops 10yrs jail for causing cabbie's heart's attack

WA mum's death in police pursuit ruled an accident

Forensic officers at a house in Perth's south.

Elderly man arrested after woman aged 75 dies of injuries

UPDATED
Fran Rimrod

Mr Rayney is suing the West Australian government for being named as the prime and only suspect in the murder of his ...

Detective describes reasons for Rayney murder suspicion

The two men were taken to Royal Perth Hospital for treatment.

Perth woman charged over alleged 'hit and run' cyclists crash

David Allan-Petale

Police claim they found 132 cannabis plants and 35kg of cannabis at a Wangara property.

Police drug bust uncovers 132 cannabis plants in Wangara

Phil Hickey

Grandmother charged over death of diabetic boy

NSW

Brett Cunningham has been with ACT Policing for more than 20 years and has battled with PTSD for more than a decade.

The day Brett's children saw their cop dad collapse

ACT

A man in his 60s was rescued by emergency services after the excavator he was working in fell off a bridge.

'Very lucky' : Excavator plunges as bridge collapses

QLD

Detainees were tear-gassed and taken out of their cells and hosed off on the ground.

Spit-hooded, tear-gassed Don Dale boys win compo

Grandfather James Bradley, 92, and his granddaughter Karis Town, 9, at his home in Croydon, Sydney.

Minister intervenes to stop deportation of 92-year-old vet

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol
23 mins ago

Sussan Ley releases report, mounts defence over scandal

Adam Gartrell
53 mins ago

Arthur Sinodinos likens climate change denial to anti-vaxxers

1 hr ago

Attorney-General Senator George Brandis during a Senate estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 28 ...

Wong's whack at Brandis: 'No-one in this place likes him'

Live
Stephanie Peatling
36 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Education Minister Simon Birmingham at an early learning centre in Canberra on Wednesday.

Government caves to pressure on childcare and savings package

Michael Koziol

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton during Question Time at ...

Dutton working behind the scenes to legislate same-sex marriage

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott
1 hr ago

Tim Soutphommasane

Race discrimination commissioner slams 'free speech' changes

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes: a 'big, gray cloud' over the White House.

A 'big, grey cloud' over the White House

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

North Korea launches four missiles in an undisclosed location North Korea this month.

North Korea may have launched several missiles: Japanese media

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Earthquake

Early morning quake rocks Bali

French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux resigned amid investigation into parliamentary jobs for his daughters.

French minister quits over holiday jobs for daughters

Henry Samuel

A Jekyll and Hyde duality: President Donald Trump.

Australia won't see the worst of Trump until we need him the most

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Vague offers of help are genuinely not helpful.

Four things you shouldn't say to a friend going through divorce

COMMENT
Rachel Walker

Sophie, you owe this young man a rum and coke.

Teen who braved the crocs almost made me choke up my spider

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John Birmingham

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Markets Live: ASX sees biggest selloff of the year

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
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Bankwest will shut its corporate banking services in the east coast.

CBA's Bankwest in corporate banking retreat

Patrick Hatch

Police escorting non-union labour to Patrick Stevedores through the MUA picket lines in 1998. Today, strike action is low.

Why industrial relations is Australia's everlasting battle

ANALYSIS
Jessica Irvine

Bianca Rinehart outside the Supreme Court in 2015.

Bianca Rinehart given go-ahead to sue her mother

Louise Hall

'Risk off': This may be the day the Trump rally died

COMMENT
Robert Burgess

Restrictions on electronic devices on flights: What you need to know

Patrick Hatch

Trust issue: Too many discounts hurting Woolworths, Coles

Madeleine Heffernan

Is the Laptop ban on flights about security or retaliation?

ANALYSIS

Levi Miller and Angourie Rice star in Jasper Jones.

Pemberton property in the spotlight of new movie Jasper Jones

Alice Anderson.

Meet Alice. She's what an affordable housing tenant looks like

A shop on Napoleon Street, Cottesloe, is the first to come up for sale in many years. Photo: Supplied

Cottesloe shopping strip among the nation's hardest to buy into

SAM is short for Semi-Automated Mason.

The future of building? Why bricklayers should fear a robot called SAM

NCH Live Tom Burlinson

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Culture
25 mins ago

From technology to sport, there is a podcast for everyone.

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Culture

Home loans are bigger than in September 2013 and so is the differential between the best and worst mortgage rates.

Big banks hit home owners with $116k extra interest

ANALYSIS
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Police escorting non-union labour to Patrick Stevedores through the MUA picket lines in 1998. Today, strike action is low.

Why industrial relations is Australia's everlasting battle

ANALYSIS
Jessica Irvine

Carolyne Burns' predictive hiring technology business Expr3ss! is based on an online survey that job applicants fill out.

How Carolyne built a $6 million business from a six-minute survey

Cara Waters

Billy Tucker, chief executive of Oneflare, says it's unfair start-ups get all the glory.

I don't like start-ups and here's why

Alexandra Cain

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Apple unveils new iPad and RED iPhone

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Trump signs bill boosting NASA funding

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MKR: 'She married a douche'

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Siege ends after marathon stand-off

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Best of Fairfax cartoons, March 22

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Emma Watson arrives at the world premiere of Beauty and the Beast at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles.

What Emma Watson stands to earn from Beauty and the Beast

Broede Carmody
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The Gatwick Hotel has a prime location on Fitzroy Street, St Kilda.

Nine finally confirms intense rumours about The Block

EXCLUSIVE
Broede Carmody

Tim Minchin as Donald Trump in the Matilda parody.

Tim Minchin mocks Trump on US TV with Matilda parody

Bernard Zuel

Ed Sheeran will be sharing his royalties with a few more writers after conceding similarities with a '90s hit.

Ed Sheeran quietly admits to 'copycat' claims over new hit

Bernard Zuel

Unrelenting: Josh gets a telling off from the women on MKR about his behaviour.

Pete and Manu step in over Josh's treatment of Amy on MKR

Aja Styles

Married at First Sight 2017: Jesse and Michelle during the vow renewal ceremony.

MAFS recap: The sun awkwardly sets on Jesse's fairytale dream

Karl Quinn

Dan Stevens as The Beast and Emma Watson as Belle in Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast.

How Disney churns billion dollar hits like Beauty and the Beast

ANALYSIS
Karl Quinn

Adele helped a Melbourne couple get engaged during the final leg of her Australian tour.

'It was unbelievable,' says man whose proposal wowed Adele

EXCLUSIVE
Broede Carmody
18 mins ago

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

Mariam Veiszadeh is Daily Life's 2016 Woman of the Year

The irony of the government's Harmony Day 18C assault wasn't lost

COMMENT
Mariam Veiszadeh

Northern Territory chief minister Michael Gunner and Health Minister Natasha Fyles (right) were vocal supporters of the ...

Women in the NT finally have access to RU486

Jenna Clarke

Bee Shaffer and Francesco Carrozzini at the Venice Film Festival last year.

This engagement is basically the start of the ultimate fashion dynasty

Annie Brown

Ruby Hamad

The compelling reason why I decided to never have children

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Lena Dunham hits back after being fashioned shamed.

Lena Dunham did not care for Perez Hilton's outfit shaming

Friends and family warned Ashley Hart that moving cities while pregnant was a terrible idea. It turned out to be ...

Moving cities while pregnant was the best decision I made

Ashley Hay

Would you want to smell like a kitten?

This perfume company wants you to smell like your kitten

Lisa Gutierrez

Tomi Lahren's comments on abortion provoked outrage among conservatives.

The pro-choice comment that got this TV host taken off air

Forget hours slept and sleep with your cycle? Uh, no.

Using a sleep calculator to determine bedtime is a 'terrible' idea

Sarah Berry
24 mins ago

Zoe Bingley-Pullin says consuming the right nutrients is important for physical and mental health.

Bingley-Pullin's top five mood-boosting foods

Zoe Bingley-Pullin

Slow down your workout and you might just speed up your results.

Now strong, slow and steady wins the race

Victoria Lambert

What do you mean, too much fish sauce?

What to do when you hate your partner's cooking

Crisp-fried school prawns.

The 50 best food and drink experiences in Australia

Mixed grain porridge with turmeric-roasted fruit.

What are the best snacks before bedtime?

toddler causes mayhem in the bathroom

Real estate agent's terribly timed appointment

Ariane Beeston

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'I was made to feel like garbage': Jerry Maguire child star, 20 years on

While the giant chicken caused some people to be scared and horrified, the Brahma is actually a placid breed.

11 answers about THAT giant chicken video

Germans hold the most powerful passport.

The world's best passports for travellers in 2017 named

MUNICH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 17: Visitors hold up one-litre glasses of beer to kick off the 2016 Oktoberfest beer ...

Nine countries that do drinking better than Australia does

Ben Groundwater

Reading a printed copy of a book: It's still a thing!

How to survive a long-haul flight without your laptop or tablet

Nikki Ekstein
20 mins ago

Constant use of satnavs would probably have longer-term limiting effects: research.

Using 'satnav' switches off brain, say scientists

39 mins ago

Is this the best way to deal with our traffic woes?

Stuck in traffic? The Hum Rider can help

The red iPhone 7 will go on sale in Australia on March 25.

Apple fans red with excitement over new iPhone, iPad releases

Lifehacker

The 200 apps every device user should own

Lifehacker

Earlier this month, Outlook 365, Xbox Live and Skype went down for several hours in parts of the world.

Microsoft outages hit Xbox Live, Outlook

2017 Foton Tunland 4x4 Dual Cab.

Is the Foton Tunland China's best ute to date?

Mark Short

2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Active X.

New Hyundai Santa Fe Active X revealed

Dom Tripolone
1 hr ago

2017 Lamborghini Aventador S.

Driving an Aventador S around Australia's fastest track

Stephen Ottley
48 mins ago

The South Australian government will be trialling a driverless shuttle at Adelaide airport.

South Australia locks in driverless vehicles

David McCowen
1 hr ago

Porsche has mildly tweaked its 911 range.

Porsche brings updates to turbo Carrera range

David McCowen

All-new 2017 Civic hatchback 2017 Honda Civic hatch.

Honda Civic hatch prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

West Coast Eagles recruit Sam Mitchell.

West Coast 2017 preview: 'Dismiss them at your peril'

Hayden Ballantyne is hoping to be back mid-season after his injury.

It would be 'selfish to play' for my career, says Ballantyne

Brendan Foster

The West Coast premiership team of 2006.

Inside the heart of West Coast's drug darkness

Melissa Coulter Ryan

Former West Coast coach John Worsfold said he put a lot of trust in his players during the Eagles drug scandal.

'We took action when we could': Worsfold responds to drug report

Heather McNeill

Bad run: David Warner leaves the field after being dismissed during the fourth day of the second Test.

Warner faced with uncomfortable numbers

Andrew Wu

War of words: Virat Kohli and Steve Smith.

Smith replaces Kohli as top-ranked batsman

Rob Forsaith

Co-captain Jack Viney is Melbourne's reigning best and fairest.

Viney's promotion was coach's call

Caroline Wilson

Out of hand: Jordan De Goey told a different story about his injury on Tuesday.

De Goey out for six after lying about broken hand

UPDATED
Michael Gleeson