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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says WA's share of GST wouldn't pass the pub test.

'Utter waffle': PM slams WA Labor's GST proposal

The man escorted off the plane by police in Perth

'Taser, Taser, Taser!': 'drunk' man pulled from plane in Perth

1 hr ago

Elijah Doughty.

'No sign of swerving or braking' where Kalgoorlie teen died

54 mins ago

A forensic officer enters the Oaks on Market.

Buck's party death: woman found in hotel room was from WA

Police officer Mohamed Noor has been named as the one who fired at Justine Damond.

Fireworks link to shooting of Justine, cops 'refusing to talk'

More than 64,000 people are believed to have over stayed visas in Australia

More than 64,000 people overstaying visas in Australia

Vickery unwittingly pays for horses, his own wedding gifts

EXCLUSIVE

Bodies of Swiss couple found on glacier 75 yrs after they went missing

Rise of STI 'super-superbug' detected across Australia

WA winner sitting on whopping $16.6m ticket after huge Lotto draw

'Blood, sweat, tears' to build - now Good Guys stores sell

Shawn Newton

'Got to man up': Brother of wanted WA man urges him to hand himself in

6 mins ago

Joe Slade and a very smiley Kaelan with Andrew Gaff's video.

West Coast Eagle records video to boost bullied Pinjarra boy

Matera and McGovern

Freo need to poach stars from under West Coast's nose: Hardie

A shark, top right, breached during competition at J-Bay.

Shark scare halts surfing comp at same site of Mick Fanning attack

Australia's Michael Matthews, left, crosses the finish line to win the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France.

'He grabbed me by the neck': Aussie accuses rival in Tour sprint

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California fire burns through 8000 hectares

The large whale almost smashed into one of the dinghies.

WA man captures close call with whale off Exmouth

The map lists Perth as one of the world's most dangerous places.

Look out, Perth! We are one of the world's most dangerous cities

'Please Shawn, as your brother I beg you.' Shawn ...

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Jakarta's sidelined pedestrians are reclaiming ...

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Thousands of Australian apartment blocks 'at risk ...

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Shawn Newton and Rebecca Jane Gascoigne.

Manhunt for Shawn Newton continues as new details emerge

Phil Hickey

Bunbury gets its groove back: Exit nightclub to reopen

Kaylee Meerton

Rottnest 'eco tent' plans open for public comment

David Allan-Petale

The fire took nearly three hours to put out.

Second man charged over $10m Welshpool fire

David Allan-Petale

Elijah Doughty

Vision of teen's crash scene upsets family in Kalgoorlie death trial

The man will face court next week.

Police charge man over indecent assault of woman near Mandurah

Phil Hickey

Perth madam Shirley Finn was found shot dead in her car in 1975.

Shirley Finn's daughter pleads for public help for inquest funding

Northbound tolls on the Sydney Harbour Bridge would help pay for the two new tunnels.

Harbour Bridge tolls set to soar to pay for new tunnel

NSW

New technology will be trialled in Brisbane as part of a crackdown on shoplifting.

New tech trial takes aim at shoplifters

QLD

Asbestos taskforce head Andrew Kefford: A special case was made for an inner south Fluffy property because of the need ...

Special deal for inner south Fluffy owners

ACT

Shawn Newton and Rebecca Jane Gascoigne.

Police manhunt searches bushland in Perth's north

Grenfell Tower - this could happen here.

Thousands of Australian apartment blocks 'at risk of Grenfell-type fire'

Eryk Bagshaw
24 mins ago

Greens leader says senators should not pay back $3 million in salaries

Amy Remeikis

MPs scramble as question marks hover over more than 20

Amy Remeikis

Former WA Liberal MP Michael Sutherland.

'Bunch of cockroaches': Liberal's attack on local activists

Peter Dutton

Doubts over Turnbull's new home affairs ministry

David Wroe

Australia following in the UK's footsteps: Mr Turnbull said the changes were largely modelled on Britain's Home Office ...

The rise and rise of Peter Dutton, our new security tsar

ANALYSIS
James Massola
1 hr ago

Forced to resign: Larissa Waters left Canada before she had even turned one.

The absurd rule that forced the shock resignation of two Greens

ANALYSIS

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Peter Dutton will become the Minister for Home Affairs.

UK Home Office a curious model for Australia's super-ministry

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

People walk past a TV screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday.

Project to map locations of North Korean mass killings

President Donald Trump

Trump, Putin had second, undisclosed discussion at G20

UPDATED

Emmanuel Macron and France have displaced the US at the top of the soft power index.

Macron trumps Trump in new soft power index

Nick Miller

Illustration: Dionne Gain

No rest in peace: China's net censorship erases dead heroes

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Sex with the boss: why it will never end well

COMMENT
Jenna Price

illustration: Joe Benke.

Why I love a Big Australia, and you should too

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Super funds added $140 billion to the national nest egg, with an average 10.4 per cent performance for balanced options.

Sharemarket rebound adds $140b to nation's super funds

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Investors eye the 'unquestionably strong' requirements.

Markets Live: Banks in $14b relief rally

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Jens Meyer
12 mins ago

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This Audi ad likened women to used cars. It didn't go well.

Amy B Wang
1 hr ago

Banks will need to re-engineer their IT systems to become more software controlled and data driven.

New rules no 'excuse to hit customers', ScoMo tells banks

Clancy Yeates

Pharma Bro vowed to make fund manager's family homeless

1 hr ago

Who is going to inherit 7-Eleven after death of recluse?

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

BHP lifts iron ore output, books hefty charge for mine strike

Darren Gray

Sydney street where shops pay $20,000 just to rent a metre

Carolyn Cummins

The Reserve Bank has been positive on the economy and at the same time wary of the risks to financial stability posed by ...

Get ready for Australia's dark days of mortgage stress

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

Having a baby in the house means all the time management plans in the world are undermined.

'Never sleep, just panic': What I learnt working from home with baby

Andrew P Street

The glass cubicles in the Global Harbour mall in Shanghai have gaming consoles that keep husbands entertained while ...

Chinese mall installs 'husband storage' pods so wives can shop

Jaw-dropping: 57 Castile Street, Indooroopilly, has been renovated to the tune of $2 million.

No expense spared: This is what a $2 million renovation looks like

From the Breton strip to the chandelier, here are the six great things the French gave home lovers.

Best of France at home: Six influential French designs

Being serious about weightloss means make a commitment to get moving.

10 of the easiest exercises to help you lose weight (and keep it off)

Boot Camp

Mercedes-Benz X-Class is targetting everyone from tradies to grey nomads.

Mercedes-Benz targets the tradie dollar with new luxury ute

Cars

Australian near the top in global rankings of retiree wellbeing

Australia near top in global retiree wellbeing

John Collett
57 mins ago

Super funds added $140 billion to the national nest egg, with an average 10.4 per cent performance for balanced options.

Sharemarket rebound adds $140b to super funds

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Energy price rises have put small businesses into a precarious position, says Kate Carnell.

Small business gouged and hung out to dry in Australia's energy crisis

COMMENT
Kate Carnell

Ashley Newland is the creator of the Scrubba stealth pack.

What Ashley did next

Alexandra Cain

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Pig's head dropped outside Muslim school

1 hr ago

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Man removed from plane

Perth

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Sexist Audi ad draws ire

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Grenfell warning for Australia

Federal Politics
16 mins ago

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JULY 17: Yukiko Inui of Japan competes during the Synchronised Swimming Solo Free, preliminary round ...

World of Photos - July 19, 2017

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

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

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Foxtel was given $30 million over four years in this year's federal budget to promote underrepresented sports on television.

Foxtel's $30 million government handout questioned

Broede Carmody
24 mins ago

Tom Hardy as Spitfire pilot Farrier in Dunkirk.

Dunkirk is an assault on the senses (and Harry Styles fares OK)

Jake Wilson

Sunday Night has re-examined one of Australia's most baffling crimes, but the boss of arch-rival 60 Minutes isn't happy ...

60 Minutes boss lashes out at arch-rival Sunday Night

Broede Carmody

Delta Goodrem's Apple ad breaches community standards, the ASB has found.

Delta Goodrem's Apple ad banned by Standards Bureau

Rob Moran

Utopia

Politics is the television gift that keeps giving

COMMENT
Melinda Houston

<i>Australian Ninja Warrior </i>has continued to smash TV ratings.

Ninja Warriors weren't screened for 'drug enhancements'

EXCLUSIVE
Broede Carmody

Netflix shows like Stranger Things have become must-watch viewing for a global audience.

Netflix officially goes global as non-US subscriptions take over

Michael Idato

MasterChef Australia 2017's final five.

Elimination: A dark horse has emerged on MasterChef

COMMENT
Aja Styles

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

Zoe Foster Blake and her husband, Hamish Blake, last year.

Zoe Foster Blake and Hamish welcome baby girl

Jenna Clarke
48 mins ago

Justine Damond (left) with friend Eloise King. The pair ran mentoring workshops together through Soul Sessions in Sydney.

We only met twice, but Justine Damond changed my life

Jacinta Tynan

Madonna performs during the Women's March on Washington, Saturday, January 21, 2017, in Washington.

Court stops auction of Madonna's Tupac break-up letter, underpants

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 17: Singer R. Kelly attends the Brooklyn Nets vs the Atlanta Hawks at The Barclays Center on ...

What you need to know about the R. Kelly 'cult' allegations

The problem with start-ups in Australia and elsewhere is this: Bro culture.

There's a major problem for women in start-up culture: Bros

Kasey Edwards

'When we talk about size we shouldn't be using terms such as plus size' ... model Stefania Ferrario, one of the faces of ...

Face of fashion week: 'Don't call me plus-size. I'm a size 12'

Melissa Singer

We shouldn't let the government chip away at our rights, writes Elizabeth Duck-Chong.

For women like me Turnbull's attack on privacy is matter of urgency

Elizabeth Duck-Chong

Jodie Whittaker will replace Peter Capaldi as the Doctor in the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special.

I too used to think the Doctor had to be a man

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

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Face-to-face bullying still more common than online bullying

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Could a dusty house be making you fat?

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It's time to recognise how cool girls really are

Pork menchi katsu with apple katsu sauce.

Pork menchi katsu (Japanese pork schnitty anyone?)

Adam Liaw

Mushroom and pea risotto.

35 non-boring rice recipes that will become your go-to dishes

53 mins ago

Steaks at Hawksmoor.

In search of the perfect steak

Flying rules were a little more relaxed in the 1980s, when comedy classic Flying High was released.

Smoking or non-smoking? What flying was really like in the '80s

St. Petersburg, FL, USA - April 6, 2016: The exterior of the Salvador Dali Museum viewed from Tampa Bay. The museum ...

Ten unpopular US cities with a single incredible attraction

David Whitley

Travel writer

'F*** off to Afghanistan': Why people hate travel writers so much

Ben Groundwater

Glass 2.0

The much-ridiculed Google Glass is back

Stairs proved to be the K5's nemesis.

How the security robot ended up in a fountain

Designer Benjamin Geskin visualises the Galaxy Note 8 based on the latest leaks.

Is releasing a new Samsung Galaxy Note playing with fire?

Hub

RIP USB: these are the ports you need in 2017

Lifehacker

The upcoming Atari box is modeled on the iconic Atari VCS, complete with a wood grain front.

Atari shows off a new 'modern' games console

2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class.

New Mercedes X-Class to be Oz's most powerful dual-cab

Drive Staff

All grunt, and Italian styling. "I am convinced a customer of Ferrari buys a Ferrari because he wants to drive," says ...

Meet Ferrari's Dr No

Tony Davis

2017 Holden Astra sedan.

Holden's South-Korean sourced Astra sedan reviewed

Daniela Intili and David McCowen
1 hr ago

A leaked image of the 2018 Buick Regal GS, which will share its V6 engine with the new Holden Commodore.

First look: Range-topping Holden Commodore

Stephen Ottley

Porsche may phase out diesel in favour of EV and hybrid models.

Porsche weighing up whether to ditch diesel

Reuters

Everty founder Carola Jonas.

Sydney startup aims to be AirBnB of electric cars

David McCowen

Michael Matthews celebrates on the podium after the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France.

Tour: Aussie accuses rival of being 'unsportsmanlike'

Rupert Guinness

Tyrone Vickery with his wife, tennis player Arina Rodianova, at Fat Monkey.

Vickery unwittingly pays for horses, his own wedding gifts

EXCLUSIVE
Cameron Houston

Roger Federer tasted Wimbledon success at age 35, but can't yet match Serena Williams for longevity.

Comparing the careers of tennis greats by age

Conal Hanna

A shark, top right, breached during competition at J-Bay.

Shark scare forces J-Bay off for the day

England's Anya Shrubsole (left) and Jenny Gunn celebrate the winning runs.

England into Cup final with last-over win over South Africa

Difficult year: Jason Day.

Day, Scott can still lift the Claret jug, says Norman

Michael Cundy

The Big V in action in 2008.

Scuttled: $10,000 bonus for AFL State of Origin

Jon Pierik

Jack Sinclair has re-signed with the Saints.

Saints re-sign Sinclair for two more years