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Police say a man is "acting erratically" inside the bus.

'Urgent' warning to avoid Esperance shopping centre

BREAKING
14 mins ago

A Tomahawk missile is launched during a test in 2010 in the Pacific Ocean.

Why Tomahawk missiles were the weapon of choice for US strike

ANALYSIS

Dixie Marshall.

Journalist 'threatened cop with corruption' over Rayney probe

1 hr ago

Artist's impression of the surf park on the Swan River in Alfred Cove.

Surf's up at Alfred Cove as water park gets waved in

Perth's most burglary prone hot spots have been revealed

Perth's burglary hot spots... the top 5 suburbs targeted

EXCLUSIVE

A man claims he filmed this woman on Tonkin Highway reading a book while driving on Thursday.

New footage shows woman reading a book while driving

WA needs an 'alternative' prison for young male offenders

9 mins ago

Sympathy, but very little action on WA GST: Treasuer Scott Morrison

53 mins ago

Will Australia now be drawn into a dangerous Middle Eastern conflict?

ANALYSIS

Scaffidi blames media for inflaming issues at embattled City of Perth

UPDATED

Australian Test star fined in wake of drunken tirade

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Nannup missing persons mystery set for inquest

42 mins ago

A woman has been stung by an Irukandji jellyfish in Broome.

Woman stung by dangerous jellyfish in WA's north

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 16: Nat Fyfe of the Fremantle Dockers leaves the AFL Captains Day at Melbourne Cricket ...

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Toastface - Notorious BAG-Bring the Ruckus-Thrillacheese

Ham it up... at Perth's best toasted sandwich venues

Gold Coast superstar Gary Ablett refused on Thursday night to commit to playing out his current contract with the team.

Ablett shocks footy world with talk of retirement

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RAC reveals worst suburbs for home break-ins

Diner en Blanc mystery dinner revealed at stunning Fremantle location.

A sea of white Diner en Blanc comes to Fremantle

Sparkler party!

Perth white night is by invite only and boasts a waitlist of 10,000 people

US air strike on Syria: How did the world react

3:57PM

US launches missiles on Syria: what we know so far

3:57PM

Russia must act, says PM as Australia welcomes ...

3:49PM

Harley Bennell is yet to make his AFL debut with Fremantle, and may never.

AFL future of Harley Bennell rests on next training comeback

Kim Hagdorn

Perth locals rally to salvage Mia's 9th birthday party

Hannah Barry

'They left us a mess': McGowan predicts debt to reach $42 billion

Motorists should avoid the area.

Traffic chaos hits peak hour, Freo and Mitchell Freeway gridlocked

UPDATED
Daile Cross

Ben Cousins has two children with Maylea Tinecheff but his desire to see them has resulted in VRO breaches.

Ben Cousins saga: VROs a tool for protection, not leverage

COMMENT
Simon Creek

Boys, be aware: we are watching, and judging.

'Mingas' judge too: WAG fires back with fines for bad players

COMMENT
Sophie Hawkins

Rio Tinto spruiked its job creation for WA as the new government made its first report on the state's financial situation.

Rio Tinto projects expected to create more than 1000 jobs

Police and emergency services at the scene on Friday morning.

Police hunt teens after fatal stabbing at service station

ACT
14 mins ago

Ben McCormack is a reporter for Channel Nine's <i>A Current Affair</i>.

Child porn arrest: A Current Affair reporter suspended

Joe Antoun with his wife Teagan.

'Mummy, look! That's the car that came to shoot Dad'

NSW

Premier Mark McGowan.

It's official: WA's economy is a basket case

UPDATED

UNSPECIFIED, PERSIAN GULF REGION - JANUARY 09: A airman guides a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster after it returned from ...

Will Australia be drawn into a fresh conflict in the Middle East?

ANALYSIS
David Wroe

Turnbull 'knew in advance' of US plan to strike Syria

David Wroe

Former RBA governor warns of 'danger point' in inequality

EXCLUSIVE

Malcolm Turnbull has denied consistent poor polling is a metric for a leadership challenge.

Turnbull says bad polls no trigger for a leadership challenge

Tom McIlroy

Cloud of constitutional uncertainty: assistant health minister David Gillespie.

Labor demands PM investigate minister over eligibility cloud

Michael Koziol

Former Liberal minister Bruce Billson is spearheading the behind-the-scenes campaign to water down a government bill to ...

Franchise group works to water down new exploitation laws

Malcolm Turnbull has been urged by human rights organisations to commit to a resettlement plan.

Australia well-placed to power Indian economy, Malcolm Turnbull says

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

Donald Trump hails 'friendship' with China's Xi Jinping

"Let us get what is ours now," Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said about islands in the South China Sea.

Philippine President orders troops to live on South China Sea islands

Lindsay Murdoch

Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch.

Senate goes 'nuclear,' ending blockade of Trump court pick

Ousted from NSC principals commitee: Steve Bannon, chief strategist for Donald Trump.

The comeuppance of Stephen Bannon

COMMENT

Ben Cousins has two children with Maylea Tinecheff but his desire to see them has resulted in VRO breaches.

Ben Cousins saga: VROs are a tool for protection, not leverage

COMMENT
Simon Creek

Lance Franklin of the Swans

Rock star, goalkicking extraordinaire - Buddy Franklin has it all

Wayne Carey
Wayne Carey

Portraits from the 'You Look Like A...' series.

'Terrorist or hipster': Assumptions we make about dark bearded men

COMMENT
Cherine Fahd

This and other challenges to Telstra's balance sheet have analysts at UBS recommending it cut the very thing that keeps ...

Squeezed profits put Telstra dividend under threat

Myriam Robin

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Markets Live: ASX skids after US attack on Syria

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

Tesla has ascended into the realm of so-called story stocks - companies that have bewitched investors because their ...

Could Tesla become the world's most valuable company?

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

German superstore chain Kaufland: What led to its decision to chose Melbourne over Sydney for its Australian headquarters?

Taxpayers in dark over promises to German retail giant

Madeleine Heffernan

What broadband speeds are you really getting?

Lucy Battersby

Westfield eyes 1500 apartments in US, UK next year

Carolyn Cummins

Did Australia miss a recession it had to have?

ANALYSIS

The 'inconvenient truth' behind the rise in energy prices

Brian Robins

Ai Shin Cruz and her husband Erik live with their three children in a townhouse in Toongabbie. They managed to pay off ...

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Taylor Swift has been applauded for her decision to restore the former Goldwyn mansion.

Taylor Swift wins bid to have LA home declared landmark

Brought wine to the dinner party? It's a gift, don't expect your host to open it.

Never arrive at dinner on time: Etiquette for the modern world

White Cliffs Underground Motel

What it's like running a motel built inside an old mine

Is open plan the only option and do you really need a butler's pantry?

Popular design trends that can affect the resale of your home

Room temperature isn't quite the same as it is in Europe.

We're "anaesthetising" our wine - here's how to drink better

Fine Drinks
1 hr ago

Think more Billy Crudup in Almost Famous, less Greg Brady.

Back to the future: How to rock this season's biggest menswear trend

Stitched Up

Caring professions such as nursing tend to be female-dominated and low paid.

How to avoid retiring with insufficient super

COMMENT
Georgina Dent

It's better to trim your sails than suffer mortgage stress or worse, a distressed sale.

Banks are lending too much to property buyers

COMMENT
Noel Whittaker

Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business Australia, is calling for an investigation into the loans ...

Call for ASIC and ACCC to investigate 'coercive' small business loans

Cara Waters

Almost two thirds of genuine sickies can be traced back to work-related infections.

Feeling sick? Just. Go. Home.

James Adonis

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RAC reveals worst WA suburbs for home break-ins

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Clashes erupt at Argentinean labor union marches

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Ricky Martin launches Las Vegas residency

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Queanbeyan service station attendant stabbed to death

Murray Wilkinson with his cattle dogs, at the Easter Show in Sydney. 4th April 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

Fairfax photos of the week - April 6, 2017

STAN - better call saul

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

Stan - RPDR

Season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race premieres tomorrow. Only on Stan.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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Former Seven newsreader Talitha Cummins claims she was unfairly sacked by her network.

Seven and Sunrise newsreader settle unfair dismissal claim: court

A former Saturday Night Live cast member said Trump ''didn't get the jokes'' either in 2015.

Trump 'struggled to read' while preparing to host SNL

Broede Carmody

Louis CK's controversial new special launched on Netflix this week.

Streaming comedy: Which stand-up shows are worth your time?

Rob Moran

Ben McCormack is a reporter for Channel Nine's <i>A Current Affair</i>.

A Current Affair reporter arrested over child porn offences

Christina Applegate, Katey Sagal, Ed O'Neill, David Faustino during Married With Children's final season.

Married With Children star Katey Segal calls hit show 'misogynistic'

Rob Moran

Insult comic Don Rickles has died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 90.

Legendary comic and voice of Mr Potato Head Don Rickles dies

Broede Carmody

Alex Dimitriades plays Joe Marin with a strut, his chest puffed out, in <i>Seven Types of Ambiguity</i>.

The ABC's new drama that's set to rival The Slap

Debi Enker

Shia LaBeouf and Kate Mara in Man Down.

Is Shia LaBeouf's Man Down really that bad?

COMMENT
Rob Moran

British gastropub Mayfair Lane is spot on for style, substance and value.

Mayfair Lane brings the wow back to West Perth

David Prestipino

Online gaming events will feature at the Festival of the Web in Perth next week.

Web geeks unite as tech giants Apple, Facebook come to Perth

David Prestipino

It's a festival for meatlovers in Perth this weekend.

Perth's inaugural BBQ festival set to sizzle at Burswood Parklands

Amy Schumer covers Instyle magazine. Photographed by Carter Smith.

Amy Schumer and the tricky thing about body confidence

Annie Brown

Take note: Being a good bloke takes more than just not being a bad one.

Clementine Ford: What it really means to be a 'good bloke'

COMMENT

Repeatedly cancelling plans used to be a friendship deal-breaker. What happened?

Cancelling those plans? We have become a society of pikers

COMMENT
Natalie Reilly

Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis, left, and Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford in a scene from Feud.

It's time to stop asking female co-stars about on-set feuds

Stephanie Merry

Tina Brown, Hillary Clinton and journalist Nicholas Kristof speak on stage at the 8th Annual Women In The World Summit ...

Hillary Clinton: 'As an American, I'm pretty worried'

Josephine Tovey

Lara Bingle and Sam Worthington arrive at the 3rd Annual AACTA Awards Ceremony at The Star in 2014.

Lara Bingle and Sam Worthington reveal son's unusual name

Andrew Hornery

Erin Molan.

Nine's Erin Molan and policeman Sean Ogilvy engaged

Amy Croffey

Scarlett Johansson arrives at the 2017 Oscars.

Scarlett Johansson doubles down on 'complicit' criticism

Josephine Tovey

A University of Queensland report estimates that rates of depression had increased 18.4 per cent in the past 10 years.

Let's talk about changing these depression statistics for World Health Day

Sarah Berry

Artificial sweeteners do not help with weight loss, study finds.

Why low-calorie sweeteners are making us fat

Evelyn Lewin

Adrenal fatigue? It may be a question of meaning.

Is adrenal fatigue real? Forget the label and treat the stress.

Christy Brissette

Healthy delicacy: Oysters are high in zinc.

Six foods to eat for a mood boost

Bob Hawke pours a glass of his namesake brew.

Enjoy a bevvy with Bob. Former PM launches Hawke's Brewing Co

Slow-roasted lamb with tarragon, peas and crispy potatoes.

Plan your feast with these 39 hearty Easter Sunday recipes

Image Source: Carrie Hall

Birth notice: mum, baby and midwife's hair all doing well

The young girl was found in January and is still unable to speak.

Girl found living with monkeys in Indian forest

Kimber Walker has an all-consuming love for Costco and has the party photos to prove it.

Is this the most unusual kids' party theme ever?

Times have changed since the golden age of air travel.

The 16 shocking things you used to be allowed to do on planes

Where will you find these guys?

The Traveller quiz: Where can you find these mysterious statues?

Mal Chenu

The amazing "underwater waterfall" effect can be seen from the air looking back towards Le Morne.

The incredible 'underwater waterfall' in paradise

Craig Platt

NBN

What broadband speeds are you really getting?

Lucy Battersby

Is Snap even a 'public' company?

Myriam Robin

NBN

Homes without internet are stuck in regulatory limbo

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Turner
1 hr ago

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Facebook takes new steps to stop 'revenge porn'

Hayley Tsukayama

Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. and founder of Blue Origin LLC, pauses while speaking at the ...

'I want humans in space': Bezos sells $1.3b in Amazon stock a year to pay for it

Spencer Soper

City SUV comparison: Toyota C-HR, Suzuki Vitara, Holden Trax, Honda HR-V.

New Toyota C-HR v Honda HR-V v Holden Trax v Suzuki Vitara

Toby Hagon

2018 Subaru Outback.

Updated Subaru Outback revealed

Drive Staff

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 2018 Mitsubishi ASX.

New Mitsubishi ASX city SUV revealed

Drive Staff

Audi SQ7.

The luxury SUV that feels like a performance car

Stephen Ottley

Land Rover has updated its Discovery Sport SUV.

Land Rover's stylish entry-level SUV reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Volkswagen Golf R. EMBARGO: 11pm 10/11/2016

New Volkswagen Golf R details revealed

Drive Staff

Harley Bennell is yet to make his AFL debut with Fremantle, and may never.

AFL future of Harley Bennell rests on next training comeback

Kim Hagdorn

Steve O'Keefe, left, talks with Test captain Steve Smith in Ranchi, India last month.

Aussie Test star fined in wake of drunken tirade

Griffin Logue will make his debut for the Dockers.

Dockers coach Lyon sticks with promise to 'play the kids'

Brendan Foster

Mixed start: Adam Scott.

Adam Scott struggles at Masters as world no.1 withdraws

Gold Coast superstar Gary Ablett refused on Thursday night to commit to playing out his current contract with the team.

Ablett shocks footy world with talk of premature retirement

Jon Pierik

There are few more quintessentially "Melbourne" experiences than footy at the 'G.

AFL round three selection - ins and outs

Tiger Woods.

Tiger opens up about marriage 'regret' and playing future

Lance Franklin of the Swans

Rock star, champion, goalkicking wizard... Buddy has it all

Wayne Carey