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Gildersleeve's most recent victims were girls aged just 6 and 8.

The devastation caused by WA repeat sex offender

Dolphins chase down a fishing trawler off the Pilbara coast.

New study reveals Pilbara dolphins follow fishing boats for years

1 hr ago

Catherin Devir.

Police search for missing 45-year-old Cottesloe woman

1 hr ago

Owen Rooney went missing in British Columbia, Canada.

Seven years after Owen vanished came grim find police didn't expect

Air Canada

Near-miss could have been 'greatest aviation disaster in history'

The woman has been charged with aggravated assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

Boy injured as Perth woman 'repeatedly rams' car into home

Man, 37, charged over Perth crime spree targeting ATMs

'I'd hate for someone to fall for it': Restaurateur warns of latest WA scam

1 hr ago

Senior staffer's affair causes some discomfort at AFL's head office

COMMENT
Caroline Wilson

Man charged over $9 million ex-Bunnings fire in Welshpool

Family of slain Perth man call for calm after guilty verdicts

Bernard Stahr believes his good credit rating will hold him in good stead.

'Pay your bills on time': New system set to hit Australians' credit scores

Nina Hendy

Fighters Floyd Mayweather jnr and Conor McGregor get up close and personal.

'I am going to knock him out inside four rounds': McGregor

The beachgoers formed a human chain to rescue the stricken swimmers.

Beachgoers form human chain to rescue family swept out to sea

Novak Djokovic dismissed Adrian Mannarino in straight-sets.

'Joker' complains of hole in court as he gives Wimbledon a spray

Meera Reed (Ellie Kendrick) and Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) tough it out in the final season of Game of Thrones.

Game of Thrones ups the ante with White Walkers' revenge

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Awkward. Pro-republic Turnbull meets Queen

#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

Questions surround Whitfords staircase development

11:25AM

China sends forces to first overseas base

11:17AM

Food trumps coal as NSW refunds Shenhua $262m for ...

10:56AM

The medihotel will be built alongside Fiona Stanley Hospital.

Work to start soon on WA's first medihotel

Shark warning for Fremantle as whale carcass washes up

David Allan-Petale

WA Police to issue cautions over fines as pay fight ramps up

Heather McNeill

Nova 93.7 is Perth's number one radio station.

Perth radio ratings: Nova claims top spot for 1st time in 15 years

Heather McNeill

Matisse Beach Club has ceased trading.

Matisse Beach Club goes into voluntary administration

Heather McNeill

Daniel Ashley's sentence was educed to four years and six months.

Jail term cut for lovelorn, depressed Perth hostage taker

Two cars ended up badly smashed after alleged road rage in Northbridge.

Police probe after driver rammed and threatened with a knife

UPDATED
Fran Rimrod

Detectives arrested the man in Bondi over an alleged $1.8m fraud.

Bondi man charged over alleged $1.8m fraud

NSW

The number of suspensions for Prep students in Queensland has more than doubled in three years, to 1028.

Out at age five: Prep suspensions on the rise

QLD

A senior government lawyer took the AFP to court in a failed bid to fulfill his boyhood dream of becoming an officer.

Tax lawyer takes AFP to court in bid to force job offer

ACT

Mr Slater's family said justice had been served, but also called for calm.

Slain Perth man's family call for calm after guilty verdict

New cars could face higher standards under a proposal released for discussion.

Minister says no new 'carbon tax' on cars, but prices may still rise

Matthew Knott

The PM's cabinet was prepared for a big backlash - it never came

Adam Gartrell

'Republican and Elizabethan' Turnbull meets the Queen

James Massola

Mr Turnbull and Ms May hold a press conference at No 10 Downing Street in London.

The UK and Australia: what happens next?

Political consultant Lynton Crosby has said the Liberal Party should focus on reflecting messages of a "fair go", and an ...

Liberals too focused on things people don't care about: Crosby

Malcolm Turnbull with Theresa May at a Downing Street press conference.

Malcolm stumbles back towards the middle - but is it too late?

ANALYSIS
James Massola

Bill Morrow said customer sign-ups were ahead of targets, with more than 2.14 million users.

NBN Co. spends $340k on corporate functions

Tom McIlroy

In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, ships carrying Chinese military personnel ...

China sends forces to first overseas base

9 mins ago

More than 2400 people died because of infected blood in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s.

UK's contaminated-blood scandal focus of new inquest

1 hr ago

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, applauds during the 66th anniversary for the Cambodian People's Party in June.

Cambodia PM Hun Sen's absence prompts questions

Lindsay Murdoch

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, left, welcomes US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Sea Palace, ...

Qatar and US agree to curb terrorism financing under deal

Illustration: John Shakespeare

The real winners from the Iraq invasion

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Children playing footy during the closing ceremony in the Mutitjulu community of the First Nations National Convention ...

Recognition of our First Peoples is now closer than ever

COMMENT
Mark Leibler

Cory Bernardi and other climate sceptic politicians are being outpaced by economics when it comes to the growth of ...

Abbott, Bernardi: fossils in the age of renewables

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Lecturer Adrian Raftery posted this picture of his classroom.

Lecturer goes on rant after faced with empty classroom

Carolyn Cummins
1 hr ago

Politics drove a volatile session on Wall Street.

Markets Live: Miners resist broad selloff

Live
Jens Meyer

New York-based Australian writer Emma Vuletic let her Brooklyn apartment via Airbnb to stave off financial trouble.

'I made up for lost child support with Airbnb'

Emma Vuletic

Generic transport photos February 2006 Manly Ferry and Manly wharf...SMH 1st use SMH Business Qantas photo by Peter ...

Manly Ferry trial set to hasten decline of cash, credit cards

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Cars to cost $5000 more under 'carbon tax', industry claims

Melissa Cunningham

ANZ settles with broker Aitken over 'sexist' tweet

Clancy Yeates

'We don't know what the big boys pay': small cinemas v Hollywood

Lucy Battersby

Domino's is not a good advertisement for sector

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Owner of Caffe Roma, in Potts Point, Danilo Tozzi with an UberEATS driver. He says food delivery has kept his restaurant ...

'It saved us': Food delivery boosting restaurants' bottom line

Bea Åkerlund is a huge name in celebrity fashion.

Lady Gaga's stylist has designed an out-there range for IKEA

Photo: Houzz

A guide to choosing one of the most difficult household items

Sydneysider Roger Wheelahan outside his Acadia home with its recently installed solar system.

Australians are borrowing money to make homes greener

Maxime Veron pictured with a Google Nest security camera, which is new to Australia.

Google's talking smoke alarms, security cams arrive in Australia

Louis Vuitton's Tambour Horizon is a bold new direction in the smartwatch race.

Louis Vuitton goes upmarket in smartwatch fight with Apple

Watches
1 hr ago

Virgin Australia is about to change way we travel domestic once again.

Dramatic upgrade: Virgin's new battle for business class

High Flyer

Frustrated millennials can get a taste of the sharemarket.

'Play money is important': How the avo generation is hooking into the sharemarket

Jessica Irvine

Damian Worsdell is a 22-year-old customer service officer who saves $100 a week to invest in exchange-traded funds.

Damian's $100-a-week 'play money' habit

Carol Saffer

Tim Fung, co-founder and chief executive of Airtasker, says reports of harassment are "really concerning".

Predatory behaviour warning on Airtasker

Cara Waters

Lebanese craft brewer Mazen Hajjar has evolved from airline chief executive and war photographer to brewer.

Meet the frothing brewer from Beirut

Alexandra Cain

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New way to detect Alzheimer's discovered

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Trump jnr releases Russian meeting emails

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Wimbledon 2017: Djokovic overcomes injury to reach quarters

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Court scuffle leaves photographers injured

Charles Bennett Taylor who is a 96 year old and is on a quest to uncover the background to his painting.
15th June ...

The old master's mystery

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Gather the congregation for the brand new season of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

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

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Australian Ninja Warrior presenters, Ben Fordham, Rebecca Maddern, Freddie Flintoff

Australian Ninja Warrior fans' impossible request

Broede Carmody
11 mins ago

Ansel Elgort, right, and Jamie Foxx in a scene from Baby Driver.

Baby Driver is The Fast and Furious The Musical

Paul Byrnes
8 mins ago

Carrie Bickmore and Tommy Little are the hot contenders to replace Hamish and Andy on the Hit Network's national drive show.

Carrie and Tommy in the 'box seat' to replace Hamish and Andy

Broede Carmody

Meera Reed (Ellie Kendrick) and Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) tough it out in the final season of Game of Thrones.

'Cinema in your living room': new Game of Thrones ups the ante

Benji Wilson

Casting the lovers in a live-action Aladdin has proved difficult for Disney.

Disney's search for Aladdin actor hits a snag

Michael Idato

Utopia season 3.

Australian drama, comedy on ABC: catch it while you can

ANALYSIS
Karl Quinn

From left, Nicole Kidman, Elisabeth Moss, Jane Campion and Gwendoline Christie - whose <i>Top of the Lake: China Girl ...

MIFF program puts Aussie filmmakers front and centre

MIFF
Hannah Francis

JK Rowling has an unpublished manuscript in her closet.

JK Rowling's unpublished manuscript 'hanging in wardrobe'

Rob Moran

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

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

Assuming women need protection from swear words is not respect.

I can handle swearing, but don't call me 'darl'

Jane Caro
9 mins ago

Fred Perry shirts are favoured by 'alt-right' offshoot The Proud Boys, who wear a black shirt with yellow trim as a ...

What happens after the 'alt-right' take a liking to your clothes?

COMMENT
Annie Brown

Instead of putting all the focus on the baby, new mums need support to look after themselves, writes Shevonne Hunt.

'I don't matter now': The message new mums need to ignore

COMMENT
Shevonne Hunt

Roxy Jacenko during a personal training session with Ben Lucas.

What 'shredded' Roxy Jacenko could do next

Jenna Clarke

Turmeric latte to cure your ailments? Not so fast.

Turmeric not the miracle 'super supplement' we thought

Sarah Berry

Jay Z and Beyonce attend the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan ...

JAY-Z says marriage to Beyonce wasn't 'built on truth'

Mary Ward

It's been three years since I swiped right, and it would be nearly impossible for me to imagine my time here without my ...

How Tinder helped me find friends in a new city

Hannah Smith

It's also no great secret that the majority of men's genuine grievances with their place in the world would disappear if ...

The weird new way women are being attacked for their views

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

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One dad's genius date night solution

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Mum arrested after leaving son alone in Lego store

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'No trampolines for under 6s': devastated mum's warning

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The good ol' vanilla slice

Top 10 Australian junk foods - do these match your list?

'Not everything that gives you a buzz is bad for you.'

Coffee drinkers live longer and have lower risk of disease, studies find

Lemon meringue cupcakes.

53 of the best cupcake recipes

Hainan Airlines' debuted its new cabin crew uniform in Paris in 2017.

Unveiled: The most beautiful flight attendant uniforms ever?

Annie Dang
1 hr ago

Front-end passengers can go rogue too.

Going rogue: The worst behaviour by first-class passengers

Gavin Haines
1 hr ago

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Don't go there: Five destinations you shouldn't bother visiting

Ben Groundwater

Ads in Messenger will give companies access to users' eyeballs in a new context.

Get ready for ads in Facebook Messenger

While Fibre technology is progressing in the rest of the world, NBN Co is fighting to find excuses.

NBN's fibre arguments are misleading

COMMENT

While Australian NES pricing is not common knowledge, the Dick Smith ad puts the Deluxe Pack at $450. Adjusting for ...

The NES launched 30 years ago this month in Australia. Or did it?

Dragon

Game of Thrones: all the ways to watch season 7

Lifehacker

Hackers friending you or your friends will not give them access to your computer.

Is Jayden K Smith coming to hack you?

2017 Audi SQ5.

Driven: Audi's new petrol-powered hot SUV

Stephen Ottley
1 hr ago

2018 Audi A8. EMBARGO: 11/7/2017

All-new Audi A8 luxury limousine revealed

Greg Kable

The Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development has put forward carbon-based taxes as an emissions solution.

Turnbull: 'No Decision' on carbon tax for cars

David McCowen

Volvo

Volvo SUV more powerful than Macan Turbo

David McCowen

2017 Mazda CX-3 Akari.

Range-topping Mazda CX-3 reviewed

Daniela Intili and Stephen Ottley

2017 Nissan Qashqai N-Sport Edition.

Nissan cuts price of base Qashqai SUV

Dom Tripolone

Geelong are keen to play GWS on a Monday in the final round.

Cats want Monday night season closer against Giants

The AFL.

Senior staffer's affair causes some discomfort at AFL's head office

COMMENT
Caroline Wilson

Novak Djokovic dismissed Adrian Mannarino in straight-sets.

Djokovic gives Wimbledon organisers a spray

Darren Walton

Returning: Jordan Spieth.

Australian Open locks in No.1 drawcard

Adam Pengilly

Venus Williams beat Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 7-5 on Tuesday.

Venus becomes oldest semi-finalist in 23 years

Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has urged players and Cricket Australia to find a compromise.

Show us the cricket: money men start to fret

Greg Baum

Record transfer: Lacazette's $89 million price tag is the highest at Arsenal.

Arsenal record signing named for Sydney debut

Emma Kemp

The Norm Smith medal won by Luke Hodge, with his premiership medallion.

Hodge and the true mark of a champion