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The man had been surfing at the beach.

Beach tragedy: Man dies after being pulled from water

Five men fined over a massive haul of undersized crabs in Mandurah faced court again on Friday, asking for their ...

Illegal crabbers say sorry to Mandurah court in bid to reduce fines

Busy year expected on Mount Everest.

Mount Everest traffic jams heighten fears of 'death zone' disasters

John Coates fronts the media after his re-election to the top of the AOC board.

Analysis: The smart money was always on a Coates AOC victory

ANALYSIS

Mt Buller resort

Rich lister's fight for 'fair share' of prime mountain view

Alastair Clarkson has calmed down since the loss to St Kilda

Clarko's confession: 'I got carried away with the emotion'

Gambling ads to be banned from all sports broadcasts

Bizarre Perth crime rampage leads to store being burned down

Two men hit by a car trying to capture dog in South Perth

Perth man charged with indecently recording woman in bathroom

Students charged with manslaughter in US college 'hazing' death

Darcy Byrne-Jones of the Power tackles Nathan Vardy of the Eagles during the 2017 AFL round 07 match between Port ...

'We found a way to win': Eagles snatch away win against Port Adelaide

Jarrad Waite booted six goals against the Crows

Kangaroos end fancied Crows' unbeaten start

Dale Thomas (right) had the last laugh aganst his old team

Blues spoil the Magpies' anniversary party

Diana descends Uluru, 1983.

The Diana effect: How Australia came under the princess's spell

Justin Trudeau, right, with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny in Montreal on Thursday.

Justin Trudeau and the force of his Star Wars socks

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Search for the world's rarest insect

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

Dozens of schoolgirls released three years after ...

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In Beijing ballroom, Kushner family flogs ...

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'Democratic shipwreck' as Emmanuel Macron emails ...

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Gen-Y stable Little Big Sugar Salt's menu includes a bowl of pulped acai berries.

Baby Boomers v Gen Y: Did past homebuyers have it better?

Market View

Artist impression of Bisate Lodge, Rwanda.

Ecotourism in style: Luxury Rwandan villas have a green conscience

Celine purchased the property with her now-deceased husband/manager, René Angélil, in early 2008 for $9.2 million.

Celine Dion sells her amazing oceanfront Florida home

Terry Crews studied graphic design in college on an art scholarship.

'There's nothing more satisfying': The celebs turning to design

After: Hillary’s Hut today. Photo: Supplied

Extreme renovation: Antarctic hut gets a cool change

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Aboriginal rangers discover dodo relative in Kimberley

Emma Young

'It was just too easy': Man jailed for blackmailing women with photos

Heather McNeill

Un-bee-lieveable: truck driver finds himself in a sting

Hannah Barry

Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan.

WA Police Commissioner's job officially up for grabs

Phil Hickey

Police released this photo of the man last year.

Man charged over electrical damage in Perth's north

Hannah Barry

Construction at Scarborough beach is disrupting business.

'It's a disgrace': Scarborough businesses slam bail-out plan

Emma Young and Hannah Barry

'Hey do you reckon you guys could turn up to an away game?'

Friday Furnace: Which West Coast will show up to this away game?

Staff reporters

The man was locked inside a petrol station overnight after he allegedly threatened the store person with a knife

Bizarre Perth crime rampage leads to store being burned

Police have charged a teenager over an alleged attempted carjacking.

Boy poses as another prisoner to trick police

QLD

Two brothers, aged nine and 12, were killed while travelling in the four-wheel drive.

Two children killed in crash with B-Double near Dubbo

NSW

Brian Crickitt with his new wife Julie Crickitt.

Sydney GP jailed for murdering wife to be with lover

NSW

Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull on Friday.

'We really love Australia': Trump, Turnbull hang up on 'testy' call

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Abbott predicts Turnbull could dump Gonski 2.0 education plan

Court voids Peter Dutton's Syrian refugee refusal

Health Minister Greg Hunt is under pressure to lift the freeze on Medicare rebates.

Medicare levy rise may fund GP rebate changes

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has warned of rising house prices.

The banks aren't the risk, consumers are warns RBA

Malcolm Turnbull walks towards New York's Ted Weiss Federal Building with FBI Assistant Director, William F. Sweeney.

Malcolm Turnbull's big day out in the Big Apple

Paul McGeough

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull riding the Gold Coast light rail.

Malcolm in a muddle in 'marvellous Melbourne'

Mark Hawthorne

Macron meets with supporters during an election campaign event in Rodez on Friday.

France fights to keep Macron email hack from distorting election

Dozens were killed.

School bus crash kills 35 in Tanzania

FILE - In this Friday, April 21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at the Treasury Department in ...

Trump to demand US allies do more to fight terrorists

North Korea has accused the CIA of orchestrating a plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un.

North Korea accuses CIA of plot to kill Kim Jong-un

The Saints want the Giants Josh Kelly not Nat Fyfe.

The Saints want Kelly not Fyfe

COMMENT
Brad Hardie

It seems the freeze on the rates of Medicare rebates – including bulk-billing payments to doctors – is to be eased.

It's a great pity the government is scared of changing Medicare

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

How far we fall when we hit hurdles also depends on our resilience.

We're all elite athletes, trying to jump life's hurdles

COMMENT
Alan Stokes

David Jones moves to poach Myer staff.

DJs and Myer battling it out for top staff

Mark Hawthorne

Planning rules at Mount Buller limit buildings to four storeys or 15 metres, whichever is lower.

Rich Lister's fight for 'fair share' of mountain view

Melbourne art company Creature Technology has a new home.

Deal delivers artistic outfit some Creature comfort

Mark Zuckerberg at his desk at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California. No one at the company has a private office.

Zuckerberg realises dangers of social-media revolution

Farhad Manjoo

S&P 500 sets record close on jobs, energy sector rebound

'We are very bearish' - iron ore slump robs Scott Morrison

Jasmine Ng

The seller of this property bought it for $7.5m - now it's tripled

Woodside lashes energy, tax and immigration policies

For the founder of MWC, launching a watch company was as simple as quitting one job and starting a new one.

The little Aussie watch company taking on the luxury giants

Watches

Airbnb is targeting business travellers.

Hotel chains should be nervous about Airbnb's new function

Business Travel

Danica Hampton is Head of Investment Specialists at Citi Wealth

It's bonds to the rescue as the needle points up for interest rates

COMMENT
Danica Hampton

Adelaide-based wealth adviser Louise Pfeiffer, 39, has chosen a career and business that will maximise her ability to ...

Meet the 'effective altruists' who earn to give

Lindy Alexander

Should we accept that 43 universities, in a population of 24 million, is the right number?

Does Australia have too many universities?

COMMENT: Tony Featherstone

CocoVivo in Panama is one of the world's most beautiful and remote coworking spaces.

The world's five most exotic co-working spaces

Elissa Doherty

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Two children killed in shocking crash

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Lost at sea on a surfboard for 32 hours

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White House backtracks on Trump's Australian health care comments

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Turnbull announces gambling ad restrictions

Sydney Firsts centre Bob Fulton looks aggrieved that his airborne attempted tackle is too late to stop Country half-back ...

Rewind - City vs Country

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

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Mlbourne Comedy Festival - Ruby Wax brings her new one-woman show to the stage. Based on her number-one best seller ?A ...

'He's revolting': Ruby Wax on that 'horrible' Trump interview

Kylie Northover

<i>The Simpsons</i> debuted in 1989. It was was named the best TV show of all time by <i>Time</i> magazine 10 years later.

How The Simpsons changed the way we talk, laugh and think

Casting JonBen?t Images from Kitty Green's Netflix documentary Casting JonBenet, an unconventional look at the murder of ...

Casting JonBenet is ambitious, frustrating and brilliant

Karl Quinn

Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jamie Lannister in a scene from the upcoming seventh season ...

HBO is developing not one, but four Game of Thrones spin-offs

Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in <i>It</i>.

Superheroes, evil clowns: the 10 upcoming movies you should see

Sir Cliff Richard is suing the BBC.

Cliff Richard, BBC seek court settlement over raids coverage

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 13: American filmmaker and visual artist David Lynch talks to curator Jose Da Silva at GOMA ...

Why David Lynch says he will never make another movie

Creator, writer and star Michaela Coel in Chewing Gum.

The best TV shows of the year (so far) - and what's still to come

Craig Mathieson

The multi-faceted winery Aravina Estate in Yallingup is one of WA's best.

One of WA's most-loved wineries is up for sale

David Prestipino

The colour of the Claret Ash trees is spectacular.

'Mind-blowing' photos of Claret Ash trees

Tim Carrier

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

Mayfair Lane brings the wow back to West Perth

David Prestipino

Justin Trudeau, right, with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny in Montreal on Thursday.

Justin Trudeau and the force of his Star Wars socks

Vanessa Friedman

Anna Wintour received the honour for services to fashion and journalism.

Vogue editor Anna Wintour made a dame by Britain's queen

A wedding shot by Sandra Henri, the founder of Less Stuff - More Meaning.

Are sustainable weddings the next big thing?

Clare Press

Brad Pitt has told GQ Style magazine he quit drinking after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce.

Brad Pitt says he quit drinking, in therapy after split with Angelina

FILE - In this April 23, 2017 file photo, French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron kisses his wife ...

'Why can't we marry younger men?' ask French voters

Mary Jordan

Despite progress and good intentions, many obstacles to equality remain.

What does a female-friendly workplace actually look like?

Sue Williams

Ivanka Trump at a meeting on the America business climate in the White House last month.

To relax, Ivanka Trump watches her kids sleep

Maria Puente

Rihanna and Mary J Blige

Met Gala 2017: What the stars wore to the after-parties

Committed or addicted? Just because a behaviour is "healthy" doesn't always mean we have a healthy approach to it.

Extreme health: When exercise becomes addiction

Sarah Berry

Pulling back the years: Do we want to?

The curious case of ageing: why would we want to live forever?

Sarah Berry

You may be a night owl naturally but you can reprogram your body clock.

Being a night owl could be genetic

Evelyn Lewin

Turkish Airlines cabin crew pose with newborn Kadiju.

How is nationality decided when babies are born on flights?

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Stay-at-home parents need work life balance too

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Banning kids from social media could actually hurt them

Aim for glossy milk before pouring.

World Latte Art Champion shares his milk steaming tips

Annabel Smith

Neil Perry's Moroccan-style chicken pie. Serve with rice or cous cous and a salad.

Moroccan-style chicken pie recipe (with filo)

Neil Perry

Neil Perry Recipe - Poached Strawberries , honey labneh and spiced buscuits.

25 delicious biscuit, shortbread and cookie recipes

With EasyJet, like other budget airlines, you tend to get what you pay for.

Budget airlines aim to do just one thing, so stop whinging about them

Ben Groundwater

One in 10 US travellers admit having sex in an airport, a survey claims.

Mile-high club? No, travellers are having sex somewhere else

Fredrick Kunkle

Virgin Australia's new business class cabin on board its Boeing 777.

The new planes, seats and routes that are changing air travel forever

Julietta Jameson and Michael Gebicki

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.

Uber faces criminal probe over sneaky 'greyball' software

Dan Levine and Joseph Menn

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said the network hopes to cut down on the response time between when someone reports a ...

Facebook hiring 3000 to monitor live video violence

Hayley Tsukayama

Get used to Apple's less-turbocharged future. The tech giant still generates more profits than any other company, and it ...

Apple shifts out of fast lane, perhaps for good

COMMENT

The spate of global cyber espionage has unfolded largely under the public radar.

Entering 'golden age of espionage' for hackers

The Surface Laptop's affordable price, portability and features could appeal to a far broader audience-including Mac ...

Apple can't ignore Microsoft's slick, new Surface Laptop

Instagram is one of the best ways to interact with car fanatics around the globe.

Top 10 Instagrammers to follow if you love cars

Alessandra Melville

2017 Audi R8 Spyder.

New Audi R8 Spyder price revealed

Dom Tripolone

The Mercedes-Benz 280SL "Pagoda" is a classic car that could earn you money.

The cars that could make you money

David McCowen

McLaren has revealed more details of its upcoming three-seat BP23 limited edition hypercar

McLaren's three-seater headed to Oz

Tony Davis

An Australian Toyota owner was seriously hurt when the airbag in her Rav4 malfunctioned.

Australian drivers still at risk from Takata airbags

David McCowen

2017 Honda CR-V.

New Honda CR-V revealed

Stephen Ottley

Jack Steven and Koby Stevens epitomised St Kilda's fanatical tackling with this attack on Josh Kelly

Fast-finishing Saints stun Giants in Friday night upset

It was a miserable night for Giant Adam Kennedy, who appeared to seriously injure his knee.

GWS Giants fear the worst for popular defender Kennedy

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Shaun Burgoyne was spared the axe

So this is what catastrophic change looks like

'Hey do you reckon you guys could turn up to an away game?'

Friday Furnace: Which West Coast will show up to this away game?

Staff reporters

Eagles v Giants

Naitanui still unsure if he'll play in 2017

Nathan Vardy, centre, has been named in the Eagles' team to take on Port Adelaide.

Eagles name Vardy for crucial clash with Port

Brendan Foster

The Saints want the Giants Josh Kelly not Nat Fyfe.

The Saints won't chase Nat Fyfe, they're after someone else...

COMMENT
Brad Hardie

Jesse Hogan is keen to return to the field

Grieving Hogan poised for return against Hawks

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