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A Perth landlady was fined after changing the locks of an elderly woman's rental was she in hospital.

Landlady changed locks on tenant, 87, while in hospital

19 mins ago

Tesla chief Elon Musk first expressed interest in building the mega-project on Twitter.

Elon Musk to build the world's biggest battery in Australia

BREAKING
19 mins ago

Ali Fahour has been charged over an alleged one-punch assault on the football field.

Ali Fahour charged by police over alleged on-field punch

BREAKING
44 mins ago

A Regional Express aircraft, which takes travellers to and from Esperance and Albany.

Regional flight stakeholders fight to keep WA airfares low

5 mins ago

Adam Cranston is one of eight people charged over an alleged $130 million ATO tax fraud.

ATO boss's son 'splashed $200k on cars' before arrest: police

Assistant Health Minister David Gillespie.

Government under threat from Labor High Court challenge

EXCLUSIVE

WA's new boom? Lithium tipped to boost mining sector

Tomic fined $20k, loses sponsor as fears rise over his health

Father and son feared missing in Wheatbelt found asleep in car

1 hr ago

Automatic 'no': NAB extends home loan crackdown

'I think it was Russia': Trump acknowledges hacking claims

Sam Tagataese, Alex Glenn, Brisbane Broncos, Cronulla Sharks, head clash, rugby league, NRL, national rugby league, ...

Rugby League? Stop the lunacy: Just open Perth Stadium with a Derby

COMMENT
39 mins ago

The Game is run in conjunction with the West Australian.

Perth girl gets nine out of nine footy tips - but misses the prize

27 mins ago

Might be time to start drinking solo, if the art of drink-dodging continues.

'Whose bloody round is it?' Is the art of 'shouting' dying out?

COMMENT

Bunbury's Exit nightclub is doing just that.

'Unshakable reputation' shuts Bunbury's only nightclub

44 mins ago

A still from <I>Sunday Night</I>'s program on Appco.

'Malicious falsehood': Seven sued over Sunday Night program

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Polish First Lady dodges Trump handshake

#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

Regional flight stakeholders fight to keep WA ...

11:20AM

Nuclear ban agreement expected despite boycott

11:08AM

Perth landlady fined for changing locks while ...

11:07AM

Mobile mechanic, Klem Christensen, helped police apprehend a man accused of ramming a parking inspector.

'I gave him a good hip and shoulder': Citizen's arrest in Freo

Heather McNeill

Albany Highway closed after serious multi car crash

Hannah Barry

Scarborough Esplanade reopens, offering lifeline for businesses

Hannah Barry

A man has been charged for assaulting a nine-year-old boy in Balga.

Man, 47, charged with assaulting a nine-year-old boy in Balga

Brendan Foster

Perth's only high-rise school, St George's Anglican Grammar School, has a rooftop basketball court.

'It's inevitable' Perth will get a high rise primary school

IN DEPTH
David Allan-Petale

Jacob's Ladder in Kings Park is a popular fitness attraction.

'Jacob's Ladder of the north' one step closer to being built

Heather McNeill

Fisheries have taken a man to the Supreme Court, alleging he took more than the daily limit of crays.

Recfishwest slams Fishing WA for legal pursuit of cray diver

David Allan-Petale

A Keep Sydney Open banner, installed on the Kings Cross Hotel, has angered some local residents.

'Political' banner unfurled at pub sparks face-off

NSW

WA's mining sector is forecast to see growth in the LNG and lithium sectors.

WA's new boom? Lithium tipped to boost mine sector

The cull resulted in 2592 kangaroo deaths.

Parks reopen after deadliest kangaroo cull in six years

ACT

A spokesman for Steven Miles has said the email wasn't from the minister's parliamentary email address.

Second Queensland minister under fire over email use

QLD

Tesla chief Elon Musk first expressed interest in building the mega-project on Twitter.

South Australia announces Tesla as backer of world's largest battery

BREAKING
Michael Koziol
20 mins ago

Turnbull government at threat from High Court challenge

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Turnbull flies in to gathering G20 storm over North Korea

James Massola

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson may have broken the law with Townsville drone flight.

Air safety regulator probes Hanson over drone flight

Michael Koziol

North Korean news shows what was said to be North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watching the launch of a Hwasong-14 ICBM.

Why would North Korea's little tyrant lob a missile on Darwin?

COMMENT
Tony Wright

A photo distributed by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the scene of the launch of ...

Korean missiles pose 'very little risk' to Australia: Defence

Turnbull has been at pains to emphasise the government does not want a "so called" backdoor to access devices and ...

Denying the true leader? It's a classic Gospel tale

Sketch
Tony Wright

Two protesters sit on a street while the police use a water canon in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Thursday.

Masked protesters, water cannons, welcome to the G20

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 06: South Koreans participate in evacuation exercise from disaster at a traning center on July ...

In North Korea, surgical strike is the grim option

ANALYSIS

The rise of electric cars may be a boon for cobalt, nickel and copper producers.

France to stop selling diesel and petrol cars by 2040

Trump questioned whether the West had 'the will to survive'.

Trump urges West to 'defend our civilisation'

Might be time to start drinking solo, if the art of drink-dodging continues.

'Whose bloody round is it?' Is the art of 'shouting' dying out?

COMMENT
Brendan Foster

North Korean news shows what was said to be North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watching the launch of a Hwasong-14 ICBM.

Why would North Korea's little tyrant lob a missile on Darwin?

COMMENT
Tony Wright

Hotel Coolgardie follows two female Finnish backpackers in an outback mining town.

Hotel Coolgardie and disturbing outback barmaid trade

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Clients of NAB-owned advice firms were not properly informed about the firms' business relationships with the bank.

NAB blames 'process error' on product disclosure issue

Clancy Yeates
1 hr ago

It was a tough night for investors of just about all stripes.

Markets Live: Investors dump shares, bonds

Live
Patrick Commins

Activist investor Elliott has continued its campaign for a restructure of BHP.

Australia cuts resources export forecast after iron ore fall

25 mins ago

Coca-Cola Amatil has suffered some nasty blows this week.

Coca-Cola shares savaged after supermarket snub

Mathew Dunckley
1 hr ago

No longer no.1: Tesla loses $16b in value in two weeks

Neal E. Boudette
25 mins ago

Shares halted: Bellamy's hits another roadblock in China

'Ball of tears': A fall down the stairs shattered Ciara's dream

Rachael Ward
1 hr ago

'Malicious falsehood': Seven Network sued

Lucy Battersby

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Living with pets makes you happier? That's baloney

Comment

Hobart: not cheap anymore.

Australian newcomer listed in top global cities for price growth

Sydney 6Jul17; 141344. Petersham, Paul van Reyk with Django one of the household pets Older Sydneysiders are choosing to ...

The seniors who live in share houses

Whether your parents rented or owned their own home can impact future behaviour and attitudes to property.

Parents didn't buy property? You probably won't either

It's hard to believe this is a 729 square-metre private home. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Harrowgate is on ...

Take me to church: Is this the best conversion ever?

The Porsche Design RFF 135 Mega Yacht is just one of the outrageous items up for grabs.

There is an 'eBay for the super rich' and you can't afford anything on it

Luxury
Andrew Chesterton

Patrick Johnson has come a long way from his early days as a graduate winemaker in Adelaide.

Aussie tailor goes from winemaker to the world's hottest brand

Men's Style

Sarah and Seth Gory play with their daughter Waratah and son Tanami in their unit in Collingwood.

'We moved into a small city flat with two kids'

Sarah Gory

Money is the number one thing that couples fight about so lock in good financial habits together from the start.

Hey sneak spender, are you cheating financially on your partner?

Melissa Browne

Nathan Dawes and Dane Westerweller from LDrivo launched their learner driver app this week.

The learner driver app which could be a lifesaver on the roads

Cara Waters

Nine cognitive skills have the greatest impact on leadership performance.

Nine ways to think like a leader

COMMENT
James Adonis

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Australian cricketers boycott South Africa tour

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Protesters and water cannons welcome G20 summit

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Hanson's troublesome drone flight

South African comedian Robby Williams.

Tourism ad mocks Australian icons

Jeremy 'Mudjai' Devitt (right) and Darryll Lockwood have built a Gunya in Hyde Part as part of City of Sudney's Naidoc ...

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Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones.

Game of Thrones stars says 'no flirting' cost her roles

Rob Moran

Offred (Elisabeth Moss) in The Handmaid's Tale.

Why The Handmaid's Tale is this year's most chilling show

Free to air
Melinda Houston

A police officer attaching a bracelet with the text "tafsainte", meaning don't grope, to a visitor's wrist at the ...

Women-only Swedish music festival springs up

Broede Carmody

South Australian drovers for McLeod's Daughters cover option SMH THE GUIDE / iCON

Which classic Aussie drama might be getting rebooted?

Broede Carmody

Miles Gregory with a scale model of William Shakespeare's second Globe Theatre.

Swordfights, litres of blood: the Bard anew

Kerrie O'Brien

Myer has been forced to edit ads featuring Katy Perry in which she encouraged her pet dog to "chase some koalas".

Myer forced to edit 'cruel' Katy Perry tour promo

Rob Moran

Actress Virginia Gay.

Embracing the actor's nomadic life

Debi Enker

Anh Do was left speechless on Wednesday night's episode of Brush with Fame.

Anh Do tears up after hearing Samuel Johnson's life story

Broede Carmody

Perth's only high-rise school, St George's Anglican Grammar School, has a rooftop basketball court.

'It's inevitable' Perth will get a high rise primary school

IN DEPTH
David Allan-Petale

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

Clem Bastow: "I've lasered it, waxed it, bleached it, encouraged it, and occasionally darkened it with mascara, ...

How I (kinda) learned to love my moustache

Clem Bastow
28 mins ago

Clem Ford appeared on the Hack Live debate over whether male privilege is "BS".

Not everything is debatable, and I learned it the hard way

Clementine Ford
34 mins ago

Lorde on stage for Nova's Red Room at Cockatoo Island on Thursday.

Lorde was 'lonely' and doubted herself after break-up

Amy Croffey
1 hr ago

Lucinda Chambers attends the Roland Mouret show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2017 on ...

Claims of fired Vogue director amended after legal threats

Elizabeth Paton

The amount and type of junk food has dramatically increased over the last two to three decades.

Why we shouldn't blame parents for childhood obesity

Sarah Berry

Every month it occurs to me that men are distracted by sex all the time.

l feel sorry for men and their distracting hormones

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Yassmin Abdel-Magied's announcement she is moving to London prompted further bullying.

Why Islamophobes don't really want Yassmin to go

COMMENT
Randa Abdel-Fattah

Naomi Campbell walks for the Azzedine Alaia show during Haute Couture Week.

Naomi Campbell makes a rare catwalk appearance at Couture Week

Annie Brown

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Woman gives best ever response to cheating husband

Neil Perry's almond and chocolate cake (with a dash of rum).

Our most chocolately chocolate recipes for World Chocolate Day

While chicken soup is always comforting, this Asian version has an advantage: it’s more interesting.

Adam Liaw's chicken soup with a Chinese twist

Blueberry pie Oreos in New York, June 6, 2017. The Oreo cookie company has increasingly been experimenting with ...

When just vanilla won't do, how about a blueberry pie Oreo?

A 'secret button' is rumoured to give passengers in the aisle a little more room.

The secret button that gives you extra space on a plane

Gavin Haines

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Cheeky new tourism campaign mocking Australia's icons goes viral

Kylie McLaughlin
1 hr ago

Virgin Galactic is working with aerospace company Boom on a supersonic jet.

Faster than Concorde: Branson reveals the future of air travel

Craig Platt

Many Australians aren't satisfied with their home broadband, yet they're reluctant to shop around.

Aussies can't get no broadband satisfaction

COMMENT
1 hr ago

An investigation found the virus and had no impact on camera accuracy.

WannaCry speed camera fines will stand

1 hr ago

Microsoft is dropping many sales people as it pushes further into cloud services.

Microsoft sheds thousands of employees globally

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 01: Josh Jenkins of the Crows (R) celebrates a goal during the round 15 AFL match between ...

Why the Adelaide Crows bought an esports team

Kotaku

Pokemon GO hype may have peaked last year, but for many the game goes on.

Loyal fanbase keeping Pokemon GO alive

COMMENT

Constable Ashley Knowles with a roadside drug testing swap which saliva is tested on before being tested for traces of ...

What is Australia doing about drug driving?

Alessandra Melville

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France flags petrol and diesel ban as Volvo commits to electric cars

David McCowen

2014 Audi RS5.

The dangers with a used Audi V8 performance car

David Morley

Mitsubishi Triton and Ford Ranger are set to race in the new SuperUtes competition.

Ford Ranger, Mitsubishi Triton SuperUtes unveiled

Stephen Ottley

Porsche has pushed the 911 Turbo to new levels.

How Porsche plans to steal customers away from Ferrari

David McCowen

2017 Renault Megane wagon.

New Renault Megane wagon reviewed

Daniel DeGasperi

Robert Murphy

Veteran Murphy out again with hamstring injury

Daniel Cherny

Bernard Tomic admits he has lost the motivation to perform at his best.

Tomic fined $20, 000 and loses sponsor after interview

Fears: An Ashes boycott would be a disastrous consequence of Australian cricket's pay dispute.

Fears mounting of Ashes boycott as pay dispute rumbles on

Andrew Wu

Bethanie Mattek-Sands receives treatment from the medical team after taking a horrific fall.

US player left screaming in pain at Wimbledon after fall

Embarrassing blow: FFA Chairman Steven Lowy.

FIFA tells FFA: Get your house in order or we will do it for you

Michael Lynch

Roger Federer is safely through to the third round at Wimbledon.

Roger Federer gets his wobbles out the way to march on

Josh Kennedy is set to miss another game due to an ongoing calf injury.

Josh Kennedy sidelined for Port Adelaide clash with ongoing calf injury

Hannah Barry

Hanging tough: Richie Porte sticks like glue to new race leader Chris Froome.

Richie Porte's Tour diary: I made a mistake not to follow Aru

Richie Porte