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Altair Asset Management chairman and chief investment officer Philip Parker has returned cash to investors, citing the ...

'Calamity looms': Fund manager hands back cash

Kylie Maybury was six-years old when she was killed.

Remorse didn't make a six-year-old girl's killer plead guilty. It was this

Junior soccer was underway at Morgan Park when the boys allegedly tore through the field on a motorbike.

No bail for boys who terrorised Armadale soccer players, families

4 mins ago

This picture of the boat being seized at Point Peron was posted to Facebook by a WA crayfisherman.

Perth rock lobster 'pot thief' fined, forfeits boat, motor and trailer

A man has been brought to hospital after a gun was fired.

Police rush to Falcon home after shots fired: man in hospital

13 mins ago

A zookeeper was killed at the Hamerton Zoo in a freak accident on Monday.

Zookeeper killed by tiger in 'freak accident' after stepping into cage

'Evil 8' accused to be extradited back to WA from NSW

Stosur hints at player boycott of Margaret Court Arena

West Coast 'relieved' as Kennedy only faces short stint on sidelines

'Ticking time-bomb': Infinity cables still in thousands of homes

Why Nat Fyfe's new record is nothing to crow about

The WA government wants the two large miners to pay out a large one-off sum.

'We need the money': WA Premier McGowan pushes for WA miners' payout

1 hr ago

Kate Robertson discovered she was saving thousands when she was forced to stop drinking because of long-term medication.

'Giving up drinking saved me $4000 a year'

COMMENT

Dustin Martin is getting interest from a lot of clubs.

Bombers deny making huge offer for Martin

1 hr ago

Troy and Bec's storm out of the House Rules studio.

House Rules storm out ranks among TV's biggest meltdowns

COMMENT

Tiger Woods' mugshot after being arrested on a DUI charge.

Tiger Woods arrested for allegedly driving under the influence

The link is underway

Perth Airport line explained

The man behind the mascot masks is the same.

The dark secret behind the Eagles and Dockers' mascots

Athletes at last years event.

World's best athletes venture to Leonora in battle of the titans

Youths who terrorised families at soccer match in ...

7:29AM

Police rush to Falcon home after shots fired

7:20AM

Baghdad attack: car bomb explodes in Karrada

7:19AM

Portugal reformed their drug laws 2001 so drug users are dealt with outside the courts.

WA Premier Mark McGowan not open to debate on alternative drug policies

WA Police arrest alleged drunk driver after high speed chase

Works begin on Perth Airport Central Station

Hannah Barry

Nearly $700,000 from a $20 ticket

Albany local scoops division one Lotto prize

Hannah Barry

Security footage of the robbery.

Police charge teenager with violent fish & chip shop robbery

Hannah Barry

Police are appealing for help from witnesses.

Woman seriously injured in mysterious Kimberley crash

Alfred John Impicciatore fled to NSW.

Accused 'Evil 8' member to appear in NSW court after fleeing WA

Ricky Hema jumps on to the head of motionless Oliver Goss.

Footage shows man stomping on victim's head

NSW

COPY PIC OF JUNE AND SARAH RUSSELL taken in 2012, 3 years before she died. ..Sarah Russell's Mum June died after a fall ...

Preventable nursing home deaths surge

Lindt Cafe siege victim Katrina Dawson while she was a solicitor at law firm King & Wood Mallesons.

Lindt Cafe victim families scathing of psychiatrist

NSW

Alfred John Impicciatore, 46, has pleaded not guilty to child abuse charges.

'Evil 8' accused to be extradited back to WA

"Lismore, NSW, Australia - February 28, 2012: New Australian electronic e-passport ready to travel with bags and ...

'Child rape holidays' are over: paedophile passport crackdown

Fergus Hunter
20 mins ago

Mabo lawyer urges 'gutless politicians' to support decision

Michael Gordon

Afghanistan troop boost backed but 'where's the strategy?'

David Wroe

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

Turnbull government debates schools and banks

Live
Stephanie Peatling
25 mins ago

Minister Julie Bishop at Parliament House, Canberra on Tuesday 23 May 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

WA Young Liberals creating headaches for Turnbull and Bishop

1 hr ago

Catholic education authorities have assured parents there will be no major fee increases next year under the Turnbull ...

Catholic claims of massive fee hikes shot down from within

Matthew Knott

Health Minister Greg Hunt has ruled out a radical proposal to remake hospital funding.

Hunt distances himself from department's secret hospital plan

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at a rally in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday.

Can Jeremy Corbyn win the UK election?

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk in the Galerie des Batailles at Versailles on ...

Macron welcomes Putin to France with propaganda rebuke

Amy Barlow, 12, a victim of Manchester Arena bombing with her mother, Kathy, and father, Grant, at the Royal Manchester ...

Inside the hospital saving Manchester's young bomb victims

Nick Miller

Members of the National Bureau of Investigation arrange packs of seized methamphetamine in Manila on Monday.

Philippines' 600-kg drug seizure 'largest' in shared crackdown

'There was never any apology from the man who sent the email.'

Banking on respect for women

COMMENT
Jenna Price
5 mins ago

Abbott's now infamous 2014 budget horror show was so manifestly unfair it has fundamentally altered the national ...

We should be thankful for Tony Abbott. No, really

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

SMH. NEWS. NO BYLINE PLEASE - Pictured is Dr Philip Goldstone, Medical Director of Marie Stopes Australia, in one of the ...

I can't enter my workplace without being abused by protesters

COMMENT
Philip Goldstone

Fintech is one of the great buzzwords in finance today.

'Significant risks': Concerns over China's fintech debt splurge

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

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Markets Live: ASX facing buyers strike

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Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
34 mins ago

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 28: British Airways aircraft on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 on May 28, 2017 in ...

$620m share meltdown after British Airways IT fail

1 hr ago

NAB said proposed changes to insolvency laws could make banks less willing to lend to some businesses.

Bank-friendly insolvency regime challenged by new laws

Clancy Yeates

'I am absolutely certain we are in a bubble in this property market'

Patrick Commins

'Ticking time-bomb': Infinity cables still in thousands of homes

Lucy Cormack

8@eight: Focusing on financials

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Chris Weston
1 hr ago

How our tax system doesn't hurt the ultra-rich

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Incentives to encourage more investment in affordable housing are not enough, according to experts.

Subsidy needed to make affordable housing incentives work: experts

Selling your house? You might want to rethink the wood panelling and retro wallpaper.

Old not always gold: Five retro design trends that devalue your home

Jennifer Hawkins in a advertisement for Trinity Point Development.

#Ad: Social media influencers now spruiking... property?

The old Bunbury post office, one of the WA regional city's oldest buildings, is about to be sold at auction.

Post office for sale: Historic Bunbury building to go to auction

The colourful TV and family room.

The bright home filled with love, colour and op-shop finds

Don't let the cold weather put you off your daily run.

The simple way to avoid injury while running this winter

The Long Run
1 hr ago

When money isn't an issuel, there is no experience off-limits.

Secret service: How the super rich are jumping the queue

Lifestyle

Kate Robertson discovered she was saving thousands when she was forced to stop drinking because of long-term medication.

'Giving up drinking saved me $4000 a year'

COMMENT
Kate Robertson

When directors buy or sell shares in their companies, they must disclose this to the ASX and it's public information.

The only insider info on ASX companies that's legal

Marcus Padley

You could take a wage of approximately $20,000 a year and not pay any income tax.

How do I become an employee of my own business?

Max Newnham

Jennifer Westacott launched the voluntary payment code on Monday.

'Major offenders' sign voluntary code on late supplier payments

Cara Waters
47 mins ago

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Trump's laptop ban on planes moves closer

1 hr ago

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French Open: Stosur moving up

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Aaron Mooy helps Huddersfield win

Security footage of an alleged robbery at a Roleystone bakery

Off-duty police officer allegedly assaulted in Roleystone

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 21: A giant illuminated tiger glows bright in the dark. The colourful art installation is one of ...

Fairfax photos of the week

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The brand new season of iZombie - now streaming on Stan.

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On Monday night's Q&A, broadcaster Stan Grant said the political mechanisms need to come before reconciliation.

Q&A; recap: Indigenous panel unpack referendum conundrum

ANALYSIS
Neil McMahon

Troy and Bec's storm out of the House Rules studio.

House Rules storm out ranks among TV's biggest meltdowns

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Actor and singer Jamie Foxx courted controversy on The Tonight Show when he signed in "gibberish".

Jamie Foxx slammed for 'gibberish' sign language

Broede Carmody

Claire Foy (Elizabeth II) and Matt Smith (Prince Philip) in The Crown.

The Queen has seen The Crown, and she 'really liked it'

Rob Moran

Gyton Grantley as Carl Williams in Underbelly.

Everything old is new again on Aussie television

COMMENT
Nathanael Cooper

Nicole Kidman during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival.

Kidman among major award-winners as festival wraps up

Stephanie Bunbury

In this image released by Disney, Orlando Bloom portrays Will Turner in a scene from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men ...

New Pirates of the Caribbean post-credits scene reveal

SPOILERS
Bryan Alexander

Schapelle Corby at Ngurah Rai airport in Bali before her flight back to Australia.

Schapelle leaves media lost for (non-silly) words

COMMENT
Neil McMahon

The major diseases in our communities - diabetes, heart disease and cancers - tend to be 'socially patterned'.

Inequality at bottom of Perth's unhealthy pockets: GP

George Crisp

Artists impression of the World Trade Centre.

Transit Oriented Developments - the way city life is changing

James Berry

The wonderful world of Frizz Ferguson's Wonder Woman collection.

The eccentric world of Perth collectors

Brendan Foster

Prince William and Duchess Kate watch "a lot of children's programmes" with Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

'I dearly wish my mother was here to meet the children'

Hannah Furness

Widi Rahmawati (L) and Firdda Kurnia, members of the metal band Voice of Baceprot, perform during a school's farewell ...

Meet Indonesia's hijab-wearing metal group

Yuddy Cahya
34 mins ago

Is there anything more disruptive to the workplace than hormones?

The hormone that needs to be banned from workplaces

SATIRE
Naomi Chainey

Fashion consultant Margaret Zhang as she appears in the new issue of Elle Australia, on stands Monday, May 29.

Elle Australia photographed their cover using an iPhone

Jenna Clarke

Kerr was said to have serenaded Spiegel (pictured here together last year) later in the evening with a Shania Twain song.

Miranda Kerr and Evan Speigel wed with her son by their sides

Amy Croffey

Paco Rabanne has been one of the brands to jump on the stirrup train.

Strap yourselves in because stirrup pants are back

Melissa Singer

There's no 'sick leave' for stay-at-home mums.

There's no 'sick leave' for stay-at-home mums

COMMENT
Polly Dunning

Kim Kardashian gave insight into how celebrity women are defined by how they look.

Gird your ghd, Kim Kardashian's latest look may be more than a fad

Natalie Reilly

"Flexible" eating allows a day a week to have whatever you want.

'Flexible' eating effective, CSIRO study finds

Sarah Berry

Cheese might do our ecosystem good, but fast food does not.

Can knowing your gut microbes reveal much about your health?

Paula Goodyer

A regular walk could help ward off dementia.

Brisk walks may slow dementia

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
59 mins ago

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I'm a stay-at-home mum. And I'm an addict

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'It was one of the scariest moments': shirt saves boy's life

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Are these really the 7 best reasons to date a single mum?

Adam Liaw's Chocolate Monte Carlos.

Snack attack: Adam Liaw's chocolate Monte Carlos

Free for all: OzHarvest founder Ronni Kahn has launched a rescued food supermarket.

Waste warriors: Seven things you can do right now to fight food waste

Neil Perry's boiled mixed greens with olive oil and lemon.

Is it OK to use olive oil as your default for cooking?

Richard Cornish

The stratosphere allows aircraft to operate in more stable weather.

Why do jet aircraft fly so high?

Michael Gebicki

Blue lagoons at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland.

Why these are the hottest destinations in the world right now

Ben Groundwater

Qantas 747-400 business class: A fully-flat bed makes all the difference.

Qantas business class with fully flat beds and built-in back massager

Flight Test
Sally Webb

The latest tidbit has its Galaxy S8 smartphone hitting 1 million unit sales in South Korea since its April 21 release.

Crisis over, Samsung enjoys power of habit

COMMENT

Campbell Simpson.

How I threw away $4.8 million in Bitcoin

COMMENT

Model and Playboy bunny Dani Mathers appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court to answer charges related to her ...

Playboy model gets community service for body-shaming post

There's no way around it, Prey's monsters are boring.

Prey is a promising but deeply conflicted game

Your data can't be held hostage if your backups are safe and sound.

#1 ransomware defence: shoot the hostage

COMMENT

Volkswagen will offer the Golf R wagon in Australia from January 2018, while the hatch goes on sale mid-August.

New VW Golf R wagon price revealed

Dom Tripolone

The Nissan Qashqai ST.

The Sweet Spot: Nissan Qashqai

Stephen Ottley

Rolls-Royce Torpedo Photo: James Lipman / jameslipman.com Rolls-Royce built the Sweptail coupe for a particularly ...

Rolls-Royce unveils world's most expensive new car

David McCowen

2017 Porsche Panamera.

Porsche Panamera Turbo reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Mercedes-AMG says its Project One hypercar will have plenty in common with Lewis Hamilton's Grand Prix machine.

Inside Mercedes-AMG's F1-powered supercar

Greg Kable

BMW M8 2018 BMW 8-Series prototype.

BMW reveal new M8

Greg Kable

Kennedy is assisted from the field after suffering the calf injury against GWS.

Eagles 'relieved' as Josh Kennedy suffers calf strain

Brendan Foster

Sam Stosur spoke after her first-round victory at the French Open.

Stosur hints at player boycott of Margaret Court Arena

Dustin Martin is getting interest from a lot of clubs.

Bombers deny making huge offer for Martin

1 hr ago

Tiger Woods' mugshot after being arrested on a DUI charge.

Tiger Woods arrested for allegedly driving under the influence

Josephine Tovey

Lewis Jetta finally found some form for the Eagles.

Jetta emerges during Eagles' 'clearance sale'

Staff reporters

Hamstrung: Bob Murphy sits on the bench.

Murphy to have more knee surgery

Michael Gleeson

A "much happier" Ricciardo with this third-place trophy.

Strategy, racecraft and luck see Ricciardo home

ANALYSIS
Andrew Tate

Robert Harvey and Sam Mitchell during the 2008 preliminary final.

Mitchell still possessed by Harvey worship