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A woman has won her legal bid for her church pay damages after she lost her leg in a go karting accident.

WA church sued over woman losing leg at go kart event

The Prelude left South Korea for WA's shores on Thursday.

World's biggest floating gas facility on its way... but no royalties for WA

A woman has woken to a boy inside her bedroom.

WA woman in her 60s wakes to teenage intruder in her bed

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has moved Labor onto an election footing.

Bill Shorten reveals Labor's plan to hit Australia's rich

EXCLUSIVE

Two people have died in a crash involving a road train in the Pilbara.

Road train carnage: Two dead, road blocked after crash in WA's north

Illustration: Dionne Gain

Fight is on: Tony Abbott steps back into the leadership ring

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

'Some things can't be forgiven': The horrific death of Iris Lees

'Disgruntled' US staffer opens fire in hospital, shooting three doctors

Road toll rises as WA woman dies in head-on collision east of Perth

WA meth-addict who urged husband to abuse 6yo niece jailed

Why the charges against George Pell will define his Vatican legacy

Barney Zwartz

Drew Petrie of the Eagles.

Eagles claim crucial away win after nailbiting finish against the Bulldogs

Warwick Green

Blues, Adelaide

Adelaide hold off spirited Blues ... and Gazza off to a flyer in 300th

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Game face: Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn after weighing in at Suncorp Stadium before Sunday's fight.

Jeff Horn v Manny Pacquiao 2017: 'It's game face on, school is out'

Sydney players remonstrate with Tomas Bugg of the Demons after an incident involving Callum Mills.

'Dog act': Swans fuming over Demon Bugg's punch to the face

Newlyweds Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo after tying the knot in Rosario, Argentina, on Friday.

Leo Messi marries in 'wedding of the century'

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Mural time-lapse commemorates 1967 referendum in Perth

#3: Little Caesars in Mundaring is a right of passage if you grew up in Perth's east.

Perth's top 10 pizzerias: the top five unveiled

Arts and crafts will keep kids entertained for hours.

The staying put in Perth guide to school holidays

Arkansas nightclub shooting: 25 injured

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In tweet storm, Trump attacks TV networks, calls ...

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Melania Trump denies TV host's claim she is ...

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Vintage wallpaper from The Bitch is Back in St Kilda, divan couch by Anderson Furniture Australia.

A labor of love renovation restores mid-century gem

Photo: Bolko bauen im raum

The German design concept Australia lags behind in

The Magic Mountain fun park in Merimbula.

Popular NSW fun park on the market for the first time

Mortgage debt burdens among pre-retirees have soared.

We're working longer hours to pay off our mortgages

Comment

Softening the heaviness of the brick will be your main goal.

Mutton dressed as lamb: Don't make this renovation mistake

A ute has fallen into what looks like a sinkhole in Wanneroo.

'I thought it would disappear': Ute swallowed up by Perth 'sinkhole'

Brendan Foster

Truck driver killed after hitting roo near Albany

Hannah Barry

Perth man charged with sexually abusing children in group homes

Brendan Foster

The man was fined just over $14,000 for illegally taking abalone.

Perth fisher fined $14k for 'inexcusable' abalone haul

David Allan-Petale

Treasurer Scott Morrison reportedly agreed to a probe into the GST distribution.

I'll do what's right on GST, says treasurer Scott Morrison

Police in the Kimberley have arrested 20 people for drug-related crimes.

Police raids unveil meth problem in the Kimberley

Hannah Barry

PArts of WA are expected to shiver through their coldest morning this year.

Cold snap hits WA overnight - and the rain is on its way

Heather McNeill

Leo Lewin at his Yowie Bay home this week.

The underworld figure and the carpet seller

NSW

Harry Spencer-Gibson skates at Bondi Winter Wonderland outdoor rink Photo: Cole Bennetts

Get set for a shivery start to Sunday

NSW

A woman has won her legal bid for her church pay damages after she lost her leg in a go karting accident.

WA church sued for woman losing leg at go karting event

There were 68 seizures of cocaine in the ACT in 2015-16.

Snow season as cocaine busts surge in Canberra

ACT

Tony Abbott's attack on Malcolm Turnbull is now so broad, and crosses so many policy areas, he is now as easily cast as ...

Tony Abbott, Lee Rhiannon and the age of the party faithless

Nick O'Malley

Bill Shorten prepares for the Turnbull government to implode

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

'Massive mistake': leaflet led to the battle that is tearing Greens apart

Matthew Knott

Young ex-servicemen are most at risk of suicide, the study found.

Young ex-servicemen most at risk of suicide, major study reveals

Fergus Hunter

After passing school funding changes, the next education battlefront for the Turnbull government is higher education funding

Government willing to make concessions on uni funding

Matthew Knott

Rory Grant, president of Liberal Pride.

'Liberal Pride': Pyne staffer leads gay pride group

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Cardinal George Pell

Abbott praises "very fine man" Cardinal George Pell

James Massola

Former U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he delivers his speech during the 4th Congress of the Indonesian Diaspora ...

Obama criticises Trump for Paris climate deal withdrawal

An investigator collects evidence near an Arkansas nightclub where police say multiple people were shot, Saturday, July ...

Shooting at Arkansas nightclub leaves 25 injured

A pro-democracy activist is taken way by police after the group's march clashed with pro-China counter protesters.

Xi warns democracy protesters not to cross 'red line'

Kirsty Needham

Textile traders protest against the new goods and services tax in Bangalore, India on Friday/ The new system will ...

Modi takes a chance on second revolutionary reform

Geeta Anand

Illustration: Matt Davidson

The important questions the census didn't ask

COMMENT
Peter Martin

John Edwards captured plenty of headlines with his prediction.

Ignore the economist who cried wolf

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing event for the "Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and ...

Trump doesn't solve crises, he creates them

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

The ASX will have its bad years. For all we know, 2018 will be one of those periods. Or not.

Forget all predictions: History rhymes on the ASX

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

John Hayto suffered a fall while living in an Aveo village.

Aveo: 'All they seem to want is your money and nothing else'

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Chris Collins, pictured nominating Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, lost $22 million on ...

Key Donald Trump backer lost $22m overnight on Aussie biotech

Michael Koziol

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Rate cut or rate rise? It could go either way, economists say

Eryk Bagshaw

Hedge funds have found a new target: the Aussie dollar

How much would Trump have to pay you to work for him?

Uber pays a $26 billion price for its toxic culture

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

A trillion dollars in debt, but no 'banana republic'

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

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Enjoy some of the country’s finest beer and ...

The ultimate brewer's bucket list every beer lover needs to check off

Fine Drinks

Ferrari Australasia CEO Herbert Appleroth.

Who wants to buy a Ferrari? It's not who you might expect

Cars

Liz Hall-Downs is among the 13 per cent of disability pensioners to own a home either outright or with a mortgage.

'We built our own home on the pension'

Liz Hall-Downs

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Do sums before you bequeath shares

Noel Whittaker

Ben Chaung and Phillis Chan are the founders of Big Apple Buddy.

Your small business end-of-financial-year checklist

Cara Waters

Family businesses can leave you feeling like Robert Duvall in <I>The Godfather</I>.

Working in a family business: a tale of unfairness

James Adonis

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Eagles resist Bulldogs fightback

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RAW VIDEO: Plane crashes onto US freeway

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Pacquiao: If the knockout comes, it will come

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'Dark web drug dealer' arrested

A girl in state of shock arrives with her family at a screening point in western Mosul after being rescued by Iraqi forces.

In Mosul, kindness for human shields escaping Islamic State

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The brand new season of Better Call Saul - now streaming on Stan.

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks is now streaming. Only on Stan.

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Roseanne Park from Melbourne, was encouraged to audition for K-pop agency YG Entertainment by her father.

It started with a 'dad joke' - but now she's a superstar

Gabriel Wilder

Say cheesy: Rob Shehadie (left) and Tahir Bilgic feel their comedy never quite gets the recognition it deserves.

Habibs creators rail against our comedy 'apartheid'

Karl Quinn

Nicole Kidman is thankful to still be hitting new peaks in her career.

Why Nicole Kidman is not a 'people pleaser'

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

Starring in SBS's 'Filthy Rich and Homeless' was an eye-opening experience for entrepreneur Tim Guest.

The story that reduced this millionaire to tears

Broede Carmody

"I subscribed to the idea that homosexuals are subhuman": Hannah Gadsby spent years struggling with who she was.

I thought homosexuals were sub-human: Hannah Gadsby

Tony Wright

Sarah Monahan (bottom centre) played Jenny Kelly in the hit series Hey Dad!.

Troll harassed Hey Dad! star

Liam Mannix, Adam Holmes

Sam Newman has lashed out at Geelong star Patrick Dangerfield.

'Say it to my face': Sam Newman takes aim at AFL star

Nathanael Cooper

Tom Conroy takes an emotional pummeling as Winston Smith in 1984.

How intense is 'vomiting', 'fainting' 1984, really?

COMMENT
Rob Moran

Chris Rock's Total Balckout show dives into some personal failures.

Chris Rock delivers personal bombshells to Perth crowd

Fran Rimrod

Dianne Laurance poses in front of the 'Chick on a Stick' at her former winery.

'Chick on a Stick' to stay as new wineries open at famous Margs landmark

David Prestipino

Is Elmar's taking the mickey with this mountain of cheese?

'Something has gone wrong here': Elmar's adds cheese to nachos

James Packer on the Arctic P in the South Pacific last week. Model Rose Ashton can be seen in the background to the left.

James Packer did not want his picture taken on holiday with Karl Stefanovic

The Goss
Amy Croffey

"There are so many annoying, obnoxious things in the world that are permitted with less pushback than the presence of ...

What people mean when they complain about noisy babies in public

Clementine Ford

If you're not getting enough sleep, a napercise class could be what the doctor ordered.

Could this be the exercise that dreams are made of?

Jo Hartley

The media needs to change how it reports violence against women, says new research.

Audiences can push media to help stop violence against women

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

Have Bey and Jay just dropped the names of their twins?

Are these the names of Beyoncé and JAY-Z's twins?

Katy Perry greets fans at Myer's Sydney City store on Friday.

Myer to foot the bill for Katy Perry's Australian tour

Jenna Clarke

The bikini section at the 2016 Miss Universe Australia pageant.

Miss Universe: for all your good, the bikinis need to go

COMMENT
Melissa Singer

The Jenner sisters have caused a controversy ... again.

'Disgusting' Jenner sisters T-shirts pulled after controversy

COMMENT
Annie Brown

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Why I had the 'period talk' with my sons

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Cake cutting hack that will change your life

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I gave my baby a fake name before she was born

One-tray wonder: Baked sweet potato and sausages.

One-tray wonder: Baked sweet potato and sausages

Adam Liaw

Bean, bacon and egg breakfast bun.

The bean and bacon breakfast roll to beat all breakfast rolls

Jill Dupleix

Neil Perry's veal shank slow-cooked in wine.

Veal shank slow-cooked in red wine for this chilly weekend

Neil Perry

Komsomolskaya subway station in Moscow.

Inside the world's most beautiful city subway

"Find somewhere for this".

Traveller letters: Flight attendant sorts overhead locker shocker

Letters

Fortress and fishing boats at Gran Platja beach and Badia de Tossa bay in the evening in Tossa de Mar on Costa Brava, ...

The great destinations behind the world's greatest masterpieces

Katrina Lobley

Facebook said it has already blocked scores of web pages in Thailand.

If Facebook were a religion, it would be world's No. 2

COMMENT

'We must take the fight to the criminals', Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.

Sick of defending, our cyber force will attack

Father Joseph Seed and his fellow cultists as they appeared on the initial Far Cry 5 reveal poster.

Far Cry 5's religious weirdos court controversy, but not that much

Tim Biggs

Dolby Atmos sound lets you hear what's above you, not just what's around you.

Dolby Atmos wall of sound comes to Netflix

COMMENT

Esports

Female esports pros hope to close gender gap

Kotaku

Four-wheel-steering lends the Ferrari 812 Superfast uncanny agility.

What is four wheel steering?

David McCowen

2017 Porsche 911 GT2 RS.

New Porsche 911 GT2 RS revealed

Greg Kable

2017 BMW 520d Touring.

First Drive: BMW 520d Touring

Andrew MacLean

2017 Honda Civic Type R.

Honda Civic Type R price revealed

Jonathan Hawley

Seven seat SUV comparison: Skoda Kodiaq, Mazda CX-9, Nissan Pathfinder, Toyota Kluger.

What is the best seven-seat SUV?

Stephen Ottley

BMW reportedly has plans to add an all-electric variant to its future 3-Series range.

BMW's plan to beat Tesla

Drive Staff

Sydney players remonstrate with Tomas Bugg of the Demons after an incident involving Callum Mills.

'Dog act': Swan hits out at Bugg's brutal hit on Mills

Andrew Wu

Big win: Swans players congratulate Buddy Franklin after he kicked a goal.

Swans too good for Dees in spiteful match

Andrew Wu

Connor Blakely has been dropped after he went surfing down south.

Fremantle Connor Blakely dropped after going surfing

Brendan Foster

Bachar Houli

There's Bachar and there are bashers

Greg Baum

Arina Rodionova

Australia's Rodionova qualifies for Wimbledon

Darren Walton

Josh Hazlewood

Cricketers 'ready to wake up unemployed'

Jon Pierik and Chris Barrett

Ben Reid will not be playing for Collingwood this weekend.

Pies drop Reid, Fyfe and Sandy back for Freo

Anthony Colangelo

Former Lions player Jack Redden has failed to impress since he joined the Eagles.

Eagle recalls smack of desperation

COMMENT
Kim Hagdorn