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A Rockingham man has been fined $1,188 for interfering with someone else's cray pots.

Another cray pot thief caught, the 10th this season

32 mins ago

Education Minister Simon Birmingham says the new university reform package deserves to pass the Parliament.

Dramatic HECS changes will affect 200,000 university graduates

BREAKING
22 mins ago

Paramedics and firefighters are working to free a construction worker trapped under a concrete pipe.

Concrete pipe crushes worker at Perth SAS barracks in Swanbourne

Kerri Cosma (left) remains in a critical condition and is on life support.

Aussie woman fights for life after catching deadly swine flu

Perth house prices have dropped by another per cent.

WA's top-selling suburbs revealed as house prices take hit

Police have seized more than 1000 items of stolen jewellery.

Police drug operation uncovers 1000 pieces of stolen jewellery

1 hr ago

Congress reaches deal which will hand Trump $1.3 trillion

Whoops! Cops uncover cannabis house after 'garage was left open'

'Rogue' miners find loopholes to escape clean up in WA: Minister

Fyfe to Saints? Radio station claims rubbished by star's management

UPDATED

Man will plead guilty to his role in arson attack at historic WA hotel

Lauren Jackson struggled to leave behind her identity as a basketballer

Aussie basketball great opens up about her post-career 'nightmare'

Jamie managed to snap a picture of the shark

'Blown away': Big shark filmed up close near Bunbury

1 hr ago

Josh Kennedy won the Ross Glendinning Medal in the Eagles Derby win.

AFL 101: Was this the tamest Western Derby in history?

A man had to be restrained and removed from a Qantas flight from Perth to Sydney on Sunday after be became aggressive.

Five catches to Qantas' new non-stop Perth-London flight

Warning: Beware of local thieves when you go fishing.

Perth fisherman captures slippery robbery on camera

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Seal steals fish caught on camera

Jeremy McGovern is pranked by Docker Lee Spurr

Freo's Lee Spurr prank calls Eagle Jeremy McGovern

Dozens of elite athletes are expected to descend on the town.

Win a trip for two to WA's iconic Outback festival

Morrison says housing 'scalpel' already working

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Eight per cent fee increase, earlier repayments, ...

5:02PM

Uni reforms show PM does not want a repeat of ...

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People pulling out look out at the road, not up at this sign, Mr Carruthers says - and those pulling in can't see it at all.

Locals want quick fix for Midland road's deadly potential

Emma Young

WA policeman to fight child sex abuse charges

WA's top cop says it could cost $90 million to fix ongoing DNA bungles

Brendan Foster

The inquiry will investigate the system of "horizontal fiscal equalisation", which takes money from resource-rich states ...

Hope for WA GST share boost after inquiry ordered

Enjoy it while it lasts.

Perth in midst of record-breaking dry spell

Hannah Barry

Perth photographer Stanley Chmelař captured this spectacular shot in the Swan Valley overnight.

Perth night sky lights up in time for International Astronomy Day

Hannah Barry

Premier Mark McGowan and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti made the announcement this morning.

Bus rapid transit to Ellenbrook scrapped, road to be widened

Hannah Barry

A child is in hospital and another has been suspended from school after an alleged altercation.

Student stabbed in eye at Sydney high school

NSW

The inquiry will investigate the system of "horizontal fiscal equalisation", which takes money from resource-rich states ...

Hope for WA GST share boost after inquiry orderered

EAGLEBY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 03: Discarded flood damaged belongings at Eagleby on April 3, 2017 in Eagleby, Australia. ...

Cyclone Debbie victims get $25m in help

QLD

Labor MP Stephen Jones

Labor queries cost of public service decentralisation

ACT
1 hr ago

Education Minister Simon Birmingham says the new university reform package deserves to pass the Parliament.

Eight per cent fee increase, earlier repayments, funding cuts

BREAKING
Matthew Knott
22 mins ago

Uni reforms show PM does not want a repeat of 2014 horror show

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
26 mins ago

Turnbull and Plibersek in dust up over local skate park

Resources and Northern Australia Minister Matt Canavan has attacked Westpac.

Minister has been banking with the 'wimps' he wants people to boycott

Heath Aston

US Marines in Darwin as part of a six-month rotation.

US forces carrying out own biosecurity inspections in Australia

David Wroe
1 hr ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison says the government's scalpel approach to housing affordability has been working.

Morrison says housing scalpel already working as market 'peaks'

Eryk Bagshaw
9 mins ago

The government will justify the cuts by pointing to a report which found universities receive adequate funding for most ...

'Don't cry poor': Unis to have budgets cut, student fees to rise

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

Details of Ji Dongsheng's life and the charges against him, from a 2015 list of China's 100 most wanted fugitives from ...

'Most wanted' notice has family fearing political witch hunt

EXCLUSIVE
Kirsty Needham
1 hr ago

Too friendly for comfort: US officials and human rights advocates stunned at Trump's endorsement of Duterte.

Trump's friendly invitation to Duterte stuns all

Lindsay Murdoch
1 hr ago

Many Democrats still believe Hillary Clinton's failure was one of mobilisation.

Democrats say they now know exactly why Clinton lost in 2016

1 hr ago

Irish PM Enda Kenny: ''This is not about triggering any mechanism.''

Unified Ireland would be an automatic member of the EU

"I spent years feeling guilty about not finding motherhood totally and utterly fulfilling": Kasey Edwards.

Why mothers shouldn't feel guilty about wanting to work

Kasey Edwards

Author, Kim Dalton, who is publishing a critique of ABC practices, in his Sydney home.

The ABC's independence is letting down its audience

COMMENT
Kim Dalton

US President Donald Trump's "alternative facts" are not the only thing that threaten truth-telling in 2017.

It's not just 'alternative facts' that threaten the truth in 2017

COMMENT
Julie Posetti

Sky News

Redundancies expected as Fox Sports and Sky News merge

Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

Millions of people have been locked out of the housing market.

Housing slowdown a blip or something more?

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Kate Carnell says the ABA's response to her inquiry is "feeble".

Carnell slams banks' 'feeble' response to small loans inquiry

Cara Waters

Chief executive of Ramsay Australia Daniel Sims.

Ramsay Health threatened doctors, claims ACCC

Mathew Dunckley
59 mins ago

Elliott to court BHP's Australian shareholders

1 hr ago

Former Optus owner loses bid for $452 million tax refund

Nassim Khadem
45 mins ago

The ASX shrugged off a lacklustre start to rise strongly

Myriam Robin

Slater and Gordon in dispute with British group over case quality

Sarah Danckert

Joshua Frampton in his Friedrichshain home.

'Sexy, down-at-heel appeal': Why young Aussies are moving

The Mersey Bluff lighthouse in Tasmania.

Australian lighthouses that have survived out of the spotlight

Julia and Sasha's guest bedroom. The Block 2016. Not to be used before Sunday evening, September 4.

Plush bed heads trend as timber headboards make an exit

It would be naive to ignore the potential impact of President Donald Trump's policy decisions in Australia.

The butterfly effect: How Trump could affect Australian buyers

Flat Chat: Can we evict a drug dealer from an apartment building?

Can we evict a drug dealer from an apartment building?

Comment

Despite the energy of the recent fitness expo, signs suggest the health message isn't coming across.

Fit fads: Why muscles are out and movement is in

Boot Camp

Qantas' new non-stop flight comes with some hidden catches.

Five things you don't know about Qantas' Perth-London flight

Business Travel

Mal (left) and Mike Leyland in 1981.

Lessons from the rise and fall of Leyland Brothers

Catherine Robson

Nicolas Butcher,Olivia O'Neill, Lucinda Chismon, Matthew Slate.

Good savings all about the little things

John Collett

Cargo Crew has disrupted the uniform market.

The $10 million business changing Australia's cafes one denim apron at a time

Cara Waters

Alex Liberman took on a new job at age 43 as head of UX at On a Roll 21.

The advantages of hiring older workers

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Charlie Hunnam as king-to-be Arthur (right) with Neil Maskell as Back Lack in <i>King Arthur: Legend of the Sword</i>.

Charlie Hunnam follows in gangster father's footsteps

Nick Miller

Pia Gava, a 48-year-old mother of two from Victoria, has dreams of publishing a book of her family's Italian recipes.

Behind the scenes of this year's MasterChef

Debi Enker

Serious siblings Amy and Tyson were the MKR victors.

MKR winners reveal how they took home the 2017 crown

Broede Carmody

Barbra Streisand attends the Tribeca Talks: Storytellers event during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April ...

Barbra Streisand says sexism cost her Oscar nominations

Broede Carmody

Author, Kim Dalton, who is publishing a critique of ABC practices, in his Sydney home.

ABC 'disrespecting' viewers, says former TV boss Kim Dalton

Michael Lallo

"I'm constantly confusing people. But I think everything is really confusing": Nevo Zisin.

'I look in the mirror and see I'm neither male or female'

Linda Morris

Hollie Fifer, director of the controversial PNG documentary <i>The Opposition</i>, fought a long battle to screen the film.

The 'student film' that ended up in court gets its day on screen

Karl Quinn

House Rules judge Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

House Rules judge on what he got wrong about Australia

Nathanael Cooper

The future of Perth's culinary scene... Jayden Baggett (The Shorehouse), Benn Rowe (Rockpool), Amanda Yong (Wildflower) ...

Meet Perth's next superstar chefs

David Prestipino

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

Mayfair Lane brings the wow back to West Perth

David Prestipino

Health(ier) schnitzel! Could it be true?

Belmont breast in WA as Schnitz takes the plunge

Emma Young

Model Rose Bertam, pictured with fellow models including Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski, promoting Fyre Festival on ...

Fyre Festival's epic failure has lessons for us all

Annie Brown

An ugly pattern is emerging of young men spewing bigotry, and yearning for safe patriarchal spaces to do it in.

The irony that these young men need a trigger warning

COMMENT
Christopher Scanlon

Rihanna stole the show at the 2016 Met Gala.

Why this year's Met Gala theme may prove too hard for celebrities

Annie Brown

Kathy Lette with her son Julius.

The question about my son’s virginity I never thought I'd ask

Kathy Lette

Daily Life columnist Kasey Edwards is the author of Guilt Trip.

I realised I didn't want to go to work. Ever again.

Kasey Edwards

Actress Shannon Doherty attends the G-Star Fall 2010 collection, in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

Shannen Doherty in remission, Val Kilmer reveals cancer battle

Sydney escort Samantha X, real name Amanda Goff.

An escort tells: the day I got a call from the wife of my client

Samantha X

Kim Kardashian, then pregnant with her first child, attends the 2013 Met Gala in her infamous Givenchy 'carpet' gown.

The low down on the Met Gala, AKA the fashion Oscars

Vanessa Friedman

Born to eat meat? Not necessarily.

Why do we cling to the idea that meat is central to a healthy diet?

Paula Goodyer

Bronnie Ware was forced to admit that her resistance to conventional medicine was working against her.

When the 'natural' approach to healing backfires

Sarah Berry

It is harder, but not impossible and we can always improve our health.

Is it harder to lose weight when you're older?

KAREN WEINTRAUB

Baby Eric Matthews with his mother and father.

Parents reminded of sling safety after newborn's death

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The note every kid wishes their mum would write

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If your kids haven't asked for one of these yet, they will soon

Milk: should it go in before or after the tea?

When is best time to add milk to your tea?

Richard Cornish

Serious siblings Amy and Tyson were the MKR victors.

MKR winners Amy and Tyson share their home-cooking tips

Kylie Kwong's home-style eggs with chilli sauce.

Weekly meal planner: From pork belly to chilli fried eggs

Singapore Airlines business class cabin on an A350 aircraft.

Flight test: Business class doesn't get better than Singapore's A350

David Whitley

The coast of Sorrento, Italy.

The sublime Italian town where a even a god was seduced

Brian Johnston

Surprisingly, Australians don't drink as much coffee as we think we do.

Mapped: The countries where people drink the most coffee

Oliver Smith

Always check for the HTTPS padlock when you're concerned about online privacy and security.

Chrome ramps up website warnings

COMMENT

A rendering of the new iPhone design by 3D artist Martin Hajek.

Apple surges ahead as investors bet on iPhones

Orange Is The New Black S4 Orange is the new Black

Theft of new Netflix season portends a TV crisis

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Wearing a Windows computer on your face

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ABC and Qantas are two examples of local businesses using Messenger to reach consumers directly.

Facebook Messenger big deal for Aussie business

Dodge Charger Hellcat SRT.

Seven American cars we need in Oz

Stephen Ottley

2017 HSV Maloo 30th Anniversary Edition.

Is this the world's best ute?

Mark Short

Volkswagen T-Roc concept.

Volkswagen teases new T-Roc SUV

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Holden Insignia VXR.

Holden prepares for European Commodore's arrival

Stephen Ottley

2017 Isuzu MU-X.

Isuzu's tough off-roader reviewed

Peter McKay

2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI Performance Edition 1.

Three door VW Golf GTI gets power boost

Dom Tripolone

Adam Simpson addresses the team at quarter time during the round 2 match between the Eagles and St Kilda.

'It's not the travel, it's consistency with our intent:' Adam Simpson

Kim Hagdorn

Magpies coach Nathan Buckley is hugged by his son after their win against undefeated Geelong as Pies president Eddie ...

Bucks rapt with the win but not with the AFL

Michael Gleeson

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 30: Damien Hardwick, Senior Coach of the Tigers during the 2017 AFL round 06 match between ...

'Torment' for Hardwick in Crows taming of Tigers

Ashley Porter

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo

Bottas wins, but Ricciardo has bad brake in Russian Grand Prix

Andrew Tate

Winning feeling: Scott Pendlebury and Adam Treloar celebrate a goal in the Magpies' win over the Cats.

Hungry Pies catch Cats napping

Michael Gleeson

End of empire: Sydney and Hawthorn have been usurped.

Rebuilding from the rubble of fallen empires

Rohan Connolly

Work in progress: Coach John Worsfold says Joe Daniher continues to work on improving his kicking.

Worsfold not disappointed in Daniher

Daniel Cherny

Antonio Conte, manager of Chelsea.

Chelsea keep ahead of Spurs in EPL title race