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The education of students at Jigalong Community School was disrupted for up to two years.

'Child floggings, stonings' in WA never investigated

INVESTIGATION
15 mins ago

Safety Inspectors look over the engine of AirAsia flight D7207 at Brisbane Airport in Brisbane, Tuesday.

Another AirAsia flight turned back after loud bang, engine sparks

UPDATED
24 mins ago

Johnson & Johnson

Hundreds of women launch class action over vaginal mesh implants

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Being weighed. Niman Adan Gabush, 2, is a severe malnutrition case at Hargeisa Group Hospital in Somaliland.

'Quit having 10 kids': Our ugly attitude towards a major crisis

WA's most disadvantaged schools revealed in new report.

Private firms gain access to students' academic data

EXCLUSIVE

Illustration: Dionne Gain

Australia is wide open to catastrophic cyber attack

COMMENT

Mother loses her last son to IS after he shared horrific story in report

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'Cuts have gone too far': Exodus of bosses grows in WA public sector

Police offer $250k reward to find Joshua Warneke's killer

UPDATED

Millions rorted out of 'self-assessed' govt tax rebate scheme

EXCLUSIVE

Border Force boss on leave after 'investigation'

Adelaide doctor Tareq Kamleh (aka Abu Yusuf al-Australi) from a new ISIS propaganda video released on Tuesday

Ex-Perth doctor resurfaces in new propaganda video for Islamic State

45 mins ago

Dylan Voller appeared on Q&A

'You can't just be locking kids up': Dylan's compelling Q&A moment

Cam McCarthy needs to kick straight if he's to be the answer to the Dockers scoring woes.

Cam McCarthy offered two-game ban by Match Review Panel

Down and out: Nick Kyrgios.

Nick Kyrgios' Wimbledon campaign over in under an hour

Was Riewoldt's sneaky act aided by starstruck fan Logue?

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AirAsia flight in new mid-air emergency

#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

'Child floggings and stonings' in Aboriginal ...

8:50AM

Nationals senator hits out at Liberal dysfunction

8:28AM

In field hospital, Mosul teenager succumbs to ...

8:18AM

A Perth doctor has been fined $10,000 for engaging in unprofessional conduct.

Perth GP fined for overstepping professional boundaries

Heather McNeill

Pressure mounts on Premier McGowan to $42 billion state debt

Police offer $250,000 reward to find Josh Warneke's murderer

UPDATED
Heather McNeill

This rare white kangaroo was spotted in country WA.

'Blow me down!' WA farmer snaps white kangaroo

David Allan-Petale

The pharmacy is part of a cluster of shops near Mandurah foreshore.

WA retail landlord ordered to repay pharmacy $40,000

Heather McNeill

Perth's house prices are slowly recovering.

Perth house prices rise, but still lower than last year

The car was balancing on a wall just above a backyard pool.

Man thrown into pool by father's reversing car in serious condition

Fran Rimrod

Minister for WestConnex Stuart Ayres says the project will be delivered on time, and on budget.

Motorway link to airport without plans or funding

EXCLUSIVE

Police have charged a mother over the alleged poisoning of her son.

Woman charged after allegedly poisoning her son

NSW

Stephanie Foster, Deputy Public Service Commissioner

Public service not corrupt, says public service

ACT

Mechanics using the Carisma app.

Carisma app 'lifts the hood' on auto mechanic industry

QLD

Australian Border Force Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg is among those also in the running.

Border Force boss on personal leave after 'investigation'

Adam Gartrell

Nationals Party senator hits out at Liberal dysfunction

Fergus Hunter
37 mins ago

'Stop reproducing': The ignorant attitudes in face of an African crisis

Adam Gartrell

The huge processing facility for Inpex Corporation's LNG plant in northern Australia arrived in Australian waters on May ...

Warning of 'significant damage' to economy if PRRT is replaced

Education Minister Simon Birmingham says universities have been receiving "rivers of gold" from the taxpayer over recent ...

Univerisities reject government claims they are rolling in cash

Former prime minister Tony Abbott in Parliament in February.

Tony Abbott launches latest criticism of Liberal leadership

Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon.

'She is the odd person out': Greens senators hit out at Lee Rhiannon

President of Sinn Fein Gerry Adams leaves 10 Downing Street following a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa ...

Northern Ireland power-sharing deal may be 'dead parrot'

Nick Miller

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday.

Suspect held over plan to attack Emmanuel Macron

Charlie Gard who is terminally-ill at Great Ormond Street Hospital, in London.

Trump and Pope weigh in on case of UK baby on life support

Sana Abdul Amir tends to her son, 18-year-old Abdulrahman Abdulaaly, at the Athba Field Hospital near Mosul, Iraq.

In field hospital, Mosul teenager succumbs to burns

Michael Bachelard
47 mins ago

Illustration: Dionne Gain

Australia is wide open to catastrophic cyber attack

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

High-rise buildings along Elizabeth Street and Franklin Street dominate the view from Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market.

Tall storey: The Aussie icon disappearing from our inner cities

COMMENT
Matt Wade

An MRI scan of a non trauma patient showing how the brain fits inside the skull with the potential to move forward and ...

Our brains can't take it: ban barbarous boxing

COMMENT
Michael Morgan

After years of Coles dominance, Woolworths is on the way up.

Coles needs to splash the cash to regain its mojo: UBS

Madeleine Heffernan
18 mins ago

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Markets Live: US tech stocks go rogue

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Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
19 mins ago

Martin Shkreli has been very active on social media during his trial.

'What's up, haters?': trial not slowing down Pharma Bro

It is still a man's world in corporate Australia. But companies that set and measure gender diversity targets are more ...

The simple concept corporate Australia has failed to grasp

Nassim Khadem

The jobs puzzle: bad news for those waiting for a pay rise

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Spooked Fairfax predators abandon their prey

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

'Handover party': Musk says Model 3 ready for customers

Hamza Shaban

8@eight: Shares set for positive opening

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John Kicklighter

Van lifers with a strong social media presence are turning their lifestyle into a living.

#VanLife: Aussies use social media to get paid to travel

Gyton Grantley, host of new lifestyle show Pooches at Play, with his dog George.

Gyton Grantley's art piece that became a threat to his asthma

Photo: Certified Designers Society

Bathroom renovation questions you’ve been too afraid to ask

The Wheelys Moby Mart is being tested in Shanghai.

The driverless vehicle that could revolutionise shopping

Are you cleaning your toilet wrong? These common mistakes could be turning your loo into a germ-infested health hazard.

The one toilet cleaning mistake many of us are making

Fears of sexual harassment, and accusations of harassment, have made both men and women concerned about interactions.

Equally unfair: Why can't men and women work together?

Culture

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, right, compared socks with Randy Boissonnault, a member of Parliament, during a ...

How Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's politics go below the belt

Men's Style

Gary and Beancaa Stanley have made huge savings on their electricity bills by installing solar panels and batteries.

How to fight back against rising energy costs

John Collett

Fear of poverty is a real psychological condition.

Being rich doesn't prevent debilitating fear of poverty

Nina Hendy

UrbanYou founders Elke Keeley and Noga Edelstein landed $1 million in two weeks after completing the Springboard program.

UrbanYou gets $1m investment to control quality in gig economy

Cara Waters

Annie Parker has co-ordinated a statement calling out sexual harassment in the Australian tech community.

Call for end to 'predatory behaviour' in Australian start-ups

Cara Waters

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Tour de France 2017: Porte's impressive attack

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Nick Kyrgios out of Wimbledon

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Indian PM plays Darth Vader theme at corruption speech

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AirAsia flight in new mid-air emergency

Ron Tandberg

Best of Fairfax cartoons July 4

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

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Lily Collins in Netflix's To The Bone.

Warnings issued over Netflix's controversial film To The Bone

Rob Moran
22 mins ago

Paul McCartney, now a knight, is on his way to Australia in December.

Paul McCartney adds two more shows to Australian tour

Broede Carmody

Dylan Voller appeared on Q&A

'You can't just be locking kids up': Dylan Voller

Neil McMahon

Catherine Zeta-Jones stars as Olivia de Havilland in Feud: Bette and Joan.

Oscar-winning actress sues over 'bitchy' depiction in Feud

The two rappers at the Tidal launch in 2015.

Kanye pulls out of Tidal days after Jay-Z diss track

Rob Moran

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

Seven denies misleading viewers over Katy Perry on Sunrise

Broede Carmody

Bill (Pearl Mackie), The Doctor (Peter Capaldi), and Nardole (Matt Lucas) in Doctor Who.

Doctor Who takes a heartbreaking final bow

Michael Idato

Judah Kelly has been crowned the winner of The Voice 2017.

'I've had my dark times': Voice winner Judah Kelly opens up

Broede Carmody

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

Donald Trump has expressed disgust and disdain for women's bodies on more than one occasion.

Disgust at female bodies has made an unwelcome return

COMMENT
Jane Caro

By linking "trolling" with abusive behaviours that would be met with swift action in the physical world, we have made it ...

'Trolling' is a catch-all word with serious shortcomings

Jennifer Beckett
1 hr ago

Margot Robbie is totally onto something.

Margot Robbie's unusual – yet entirely practical – beauty tip

Natalie Reilly

Holly Zwaif travelling in the UK with her child.

There's freedom in having a baby on your own, and I'm planning another

Holly Zwaif

Sleep: We all need it.

Why 95 per cent of us can't wind down our brains at night

Sarah Berry

Jennifer Lawrence attends the Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2017-2018 show as part of Haute Couture Paris ...

The best dressed celebs at Couture Fashion Week

More women are entering US politics after Hillary Clinton's historic election loss.

Do women vote for women? It depends on if they're married

Knowledge about the effects of consuming the placenta for mother and child is still evolving.

Newborn hospitalised in US after ingesting placenta via breastmilk

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Do we judge other mums to feel better about ourselves?

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5 ways to get your kids to cut their screentime these holidays

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It's okay to not love every stage of parenting

Slow cooked ocean trout with witlof from restaurant Waku Ghin.

Tetsuya's Singapore restaurant receives two Michelin stars

Finalists for the Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year award. Clockwise from top left: Matthew Bugeja (the ...

'Screaming doesn't work. I lost 80 chefs because I was a lunatic'

Taiyaki - sweet fish-shaped waffle.

How to eat in Tokyo like it's your last week on earth

Catch me if you can ... a job so popular they made films about it.

Confessions of an airline pilot: The secrets of flying revealed

Oliver Smith
22 mins ago

How much are those rice paper rolls worth? An Australian was charged $40,000 for a meal in Ho Chi Minh City.

Rip off: Aussie tourist charged $40,000 for meal in Vietnam

A living room in one of Boulevard Suites at the Cosmopolitan, this one designed by Adam Tihany.

Want to stay in this hotel room? You'll need a spare $1 million

Nikki Ekstein
51 mins ago

An apparent security hole in the health system is being exploited.

Your Medicare card details are up for sale

1 hr ago

Fear of isolation used to extort Facebook users

COMMENT

The mini SNES comes with 21 legitimately great games built in.

Nintendo will make mini SNES hard to find, and that's a shame

COMMENT
Tim Biggs

The new Fitbit smartwatch will be a step up from the fitness-focused Blaze.

Fitbit's smartwatch plans start to look dire

The model O-R3 autonomous security robot manufactured by Singapore-based Otsaw Digital.

Dubai's latest cops are robocars, aerial drones

All-new 2017 Civic hatchback 2017 Honda Civic hatch.

Honda introduces five-year warranty

Stephen Ottley

2017 Mercedes-Benz C-Class.

Mercedes-Benz updates C-Class range

Dom Tripolone
1 hr ago

CHICHESTER, ENGLAND - JULY 01: Cars race at Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 01, 2017 in Chichester, England. The ...

Goodwood: The best motor show on the planet

Peter McKay

BMW M is working with the i division to prepare for an electrified future

BMW M looks to electrified future

Andrew MacLean

Lexus is planning to offer a diesel variant of its big LX SUV.

Lexus LX diesel on the cards for Australia

Toby Hagon

The 2018 Maserati GranTurismo at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Goodwood in the new Maserati GranTurismo

Peter McKay

Cam McCarthy needs to kick straight if he's to be the answer to the Dockers scoring woes.

Cam McCarthy offered two-game ban by Match Review Panel

Anthony Colangelo and Daniel Cherny

AFL Multicultural Development Officer Ali Fahour (left) with then Prime Minister John Howard in 2007.

Victim has no memory of Fahour's punch

UPDATED
Sam McClure

Nick Riewoldt has come under fire for tricking Dockers youngster Griffin Logue.

Was Riewoldt's sneaky act of deception aided by a fan?

Brendan Foster
48 mins ago

Down and out: Nick Kyrgios.

Kyrgios' Wimbledon campaign over in less than an hour

Darren Walton

Venus Williams was involved in an accident on June 9.

Venus Williams cries after Wimbledon win

Simon Evans
1 hr ago

The Bombers make their way from the ground after the Round 15 AFL match between the Essendon Bombers and Brisbane Lions ...

Bombers limp effort selfish and unacceptable

Michael Gleeson

Tour in doubt: Cricket South Africa chief Haroon Lorgat

South Africa planning for Australia A boycott

Chris Barrett

Aaron Sandilands leaves with a suspected hamstring injury.

Sandilands injury could be a lifeline for Griffin

Kim Hagdorn