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The rain is set to wash out the weekend in Perth after a deluge on Wednesday morning.

Batten down: wild winds and storms ahead for Perth

The pills used for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).

Not one infection: HIV study of gay couples proves 'revolutionary'

Cara Lee Hall admitting she killed her husband at their Leda home.

Killed Perth husband was known as 'Jake the Muss' to workmates

Melville Mayor Russell Aubrey, South Metropolitan Regional Council chairman Cameron Schuster, East Fremantle Mayor Jim ...

Perth council to send 'bin police' and bin sins could cost you $200

One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts puts questions to Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel during a Senate Estimates hearing at ...

One Nation senator under intense pressure over citizenship

Th awning on a building on Oxford Street in Mount Hawthorn collapsed.

Man injured after awning collapse in Mount Hawthorn

Under-siege Eagles coach Simpson insists he's 'up for the fight'

'Evil 8' dad who raped, pimped out daughter has appeal quashed

WA murder accused allegedly stole tent, camping gear on the run

Neither up nor down: No hike yet, says Reserve Bank chief

Medical emerges as Perth's growing property class

Kawa Sweeney will never recover from her drowning accident.

Toddler Kawa Sweeney left brain dead after near drowning in Bali pool

The ad shows Shane strutting around living rooms as the quintessential 80s star.

Perth comedian's 'hungry eyes' make him a TV ad sensation

The Kerrigan household: Steve (Anthony Simcoe), Darryl (Michael Caton), Sal (Anne Tenney) and, in front, Dale (Stephen ...

Not dreamin': Home from The Castle sells for $40,000 at auction

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Imposters give Perth's real social media influencers a bad name

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AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan fronts the media (again).

Hardie: AFL obsession with press conferences are driving me mad

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Musk and Zuckerberg trade barbs over AI

Simpsons creator Matt Groening in animated form.

The Simpsons' Matt Groening is creating a new Netflix show

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

Trump faces veto dilemma as Russian sanctions ...

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Boris Johnson and Julie Bishop take selfies, ...

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Toddler will never recover after near drowning in ...

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The Federal Court found that Snowdale made false or misleading representations that its eggs were “free range” in ...

False labelling of 'free range' WA eggs costs company more than $1m

Brendan Foster

Shawn Adam Newton charged with murder of Rebecca Jane Gascoigne

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Phil Hickey

WA child rapist 'groomed families' in Esperance for over a decade

Men with rainbow flags stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the legalisation of same-sex marriage in ...

Postal plebiscite would be 'corrosive', 'acrimonious'

Stephanie Peatling

Colin Barnett swamped by "fans' At Elizabeth Quay prior to the March election.

Former WA premier Colin Barnett could quit politics in September

Brendan Foster

Tony Jones disappeared in 1982.

Inquest resumes into WA man who disappeared in Qld

Phil Hickey

Elijah Doughty and his girlfriend Koshanta Smith-Reynolds before his death.

Hundreds protest Elijah Doughty sentence

The 77-year-old will face court after allegedly breaking into a number of homes in Sydney's south.

Man, 77, charged over a string of Sydney burglaries

NSW

Daniel, Brooke and Harley Walker are mourning the death of Willow Walker.

Tributes for 'little angel' who drowned in tank

QLD

The south-west is bracing for wild weather.

Severe weather: ACT braces for damaging winds

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Lara is just 13-years-old.

Mum's anger after vicious schoolgirl fight goes viral

A pay rise on July 1 will push federal MPs' base salary past $200,000 a year. Malcolm Turnbull will earn almost $528,000.

Drain the swamp: Time for a full audit of the eligibility of MPs

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

More MPs could be at risk as crisis threatens to widen

Mark Kenny

One Nation senator under intense pressure over citizenship

Adam Gartrell

Senator Matt Canavan says he became a citizen of Italy without his knowledge.

Mamma mia! Inside the complex process of Italian citizenship

Matthew Knott

Senator Matt Canavan has resigned from the Turnbull ministry after he discovered his mother applied for Italian ...

A major blow for Coalition but where will this fiasco end?

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Refugee Abdul Aziz Muhamat, 25, from Sudan, has been in Papua New Guinea for nearly four years.

UN says immigration officials screened refugees for reunions

David Wroe

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce addresses the media at Parliament House on Wednesday.

Joyce defends 'exemplary' Canavan amid new citizenship questions

Stephanie Peatling

Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra talks to reporters on the last day of a hearing in Bangkok.

Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's first female PM, faces financial ruin

Lindsay Murdoch

Connie Yates and Chris Gard, parents of critically ill baby Charlie, arrive at the High Court in London.

UK judge to decide if baby Charlie Gard dies at home

US President Donald Trump in Vienna, Ohio, on Tuesday.

Russia angered by approved US sanctions

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White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci speaks to members of the media outside the White House in ...

'Fire everybody': Trump's new comms director talks tough

Eagle Mark LeCras has been a great player for the club but is it time to let him go?

It's time to address the elephant in the room: Simpson has to go

COMMENT
Brendan Foster

Illustration: Dionne Gain

The China-India clash that could lead to nuclear war

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

The Eureka flag.The right-wing think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, and the mining union, the CFMEU, are at ...

Hooray! The right wing is embracing the spirit of Eureka

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said the prospect of any wage growth soon was a 'low probability'.

The reality is the RBA has nowhere to move

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Miners helped propel the ASX to solid gains on Wednesday.

Commodity rally propels ASX higher

Patrick Commins

Sigrun Klatte and son Caspar

'So cheap' - how fresh fruit is dragging on the economy

Carol Saffer

An artist's impression of the Olderfleet development on Collins Street in Melbourne by Mirvac.

Mirvac sells half-share in Olderfleet building to Singapore's Suntec

Simon Johanson

Are bankers 'value for money?' - Costello's challenge to sector

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

RBA contradicts government on question of inequality

John Collett

Plucking the goose: Existing home owners get a free ride, again

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

The government's intern plan is just a pathway to poverty

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The house at 3 Dagonet Street was the Kerrigan family home in the famous film The Castle.

Not dreamin': Home from The Castle sells for $40,000 at auction

When census came knocking, more than one in 10 homes was empty.

The real reason one million homes were 'vacant' on census night

More and more Americans are enduring extreme commuting as property prices push people further out from the cities.

Extreme commuting: Enduring four hours a day for a dream home

Angus O'Callaghan, Milk Bar, cnr Roseberrry Street and Nepean Highway, 1969

The shops that are becoming harder to find in our big cities

It's likely that we will see a limit put on cash transactions at $10,000.

Why splashing cash could be the key to saving for a home

Hotel Martinique Banana Leaf Men's Pajamas worn by Hugh Sheridan, exclusively for the Beverly Hills Hotel.

The next thing you'll probably want to steal from a luxury hotel

Men's Style

Anti-fragrances go against everything you thought you knew about colognes.

Would you pay big money to smell like photocopier toner?

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The Australian dollar is riding high against the US dollar.

Windfall for travellers to US who lock-in their money now

John Collett

More than 40 per cent of assets under management is invested through some form of responsible investment strategy

Ethical investing moves further into the mainstream

John Collett

Online Liquor Group and Cracka Wines founder Dean Taylor is turning to crowdfunding to expand into Asia.

Crowdfunding helps winepreneurs crack Asia

Christine D'Mello

Armed and masked special forces troops at the announcement of the government's new policies on military involvement in ...

Are you ready for a terrorist attack?

COMMENT
Alexandra Cain

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The musical life of Dr G Yunupingu

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Matt Groening announces new show

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ACCC launches action against Ford

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'Group here very united': Des Hasler

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 25: Chelsea Pensioners Bill Hunt, 83, (left), and John Kidman, 87, pose wearing VR (virtual ...

World of Photos - July 27, 2017

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

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Just a gentle hair tussle on The Bachelor.

'You're going to see a lot of crazy' on The Bachelor

Karl Quinn
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Lee Cossey in the Australian Ninja Warrior grand finale.

It shouldn't surprise that Ninja Warrior is runaway success

COMMENT
Debi Enker

Dr G Yunupingu.

Tributes flow for 'once in a life' artist G Yunupingu

Sigourney Weaver in A Monster Calls.

Sigourney Weaver wasted on poorly adapted cancer tale

REVIEW
Jake Wilson

Simpsons creator Matt Groening in animated form.

Simpsons creator working on a new show for Netflix

Ashlin Herbert, who recorded the fastest time in the heats, failed to complete all eight obstacles under the strict time ...

Viewers rage after Ninja Warrior fails to crown winner

Rob Moran

The final sendoff sees Johann Ofner pictured fourth from the left, despite Channel Nine saying it would not show him out ...

Dead stuntman's brief Ninja Warrior appearance

Broede Carmody

Portrait of Aboriginal Singer/Songwriter, Gurrumul Yunupingu. picture Justin McManus.

Indigenous musician G Yunupingu dies aged 46

Latika Bourke and Josephine Tovey

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

More than half of Australian adults do not eat the recommended two serves of fruit, and 92 per cent do not eat the ...

The three major lifestyle factors linked with a healthier, longer life

Sarah Berry

Blake Garvey was The Bachelor in 2014

'Being the most hated man got to him' - where is Blake Garvey?

Amy Croffey

Where do we find time to reflect, before the world wakes up and starts with all its noise and chaos?

It's easy to say we're too busy to slow down. But we need to.

Shevonne Hunt

The set-up costs of Peter Dutton's new super ministry will not be small.

Where is our Home Office for domestic violence?

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

Lifestyle factors are the likely cause of men's declining sperm counts.

'Not a crisis yet' - the fertility statistics men can't ignore

Sarah Berry

Sure the non-stretch Reformation Zipper Jeans Reformation is signifcantly cheaper than the Vetements x Levi ...

Here's hoping these bizarre jeans don't become a trend

Regina George

I feel personally victimised by the return of low-rise jeans

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke

Chrissy Teigen has finally been blocked by President Trump.

'No one likes you' - the insult that got Teigen blocked by Trump

Caitlin Gibson

Famous dad Robbie Williams shared a photo of tiny Theodora Rose sleeping on his chest.

The Instagram trend putting babies in danger

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KFC launches finger lickin' good clothing and home decor line

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Smarter people are more likely to fail their driving test first go

Thin and crispy choc-chip bikkies.

Thin and crispy or chunky and chewy? 18 of our best ever chocolate cookie recipes

Aldi's champagne sorbet has been given an icy reception from the European Court of Justice advocate general.

Aldi about to lose the champagne battle in European courts

Victor's Ochazuke.

Top chefs' everyday go-to recipes

Australians hate tipping.

Eleven foreign customs Australians will never understand

Ben Groundwater

The Liver building next to the Port Authority and the Cunard Building on Pier Head, Liverpool.

How a tiny island nation become the biggest empire in the world

Steve McKenna

Il Monastero, Ischia, Italy: This boutique hotel, housed in an erstwhile 16th-century convent postures dramatically on ...

Photos: Twenty-five bargain hotels in spectacular locations

Snopes.com is asking readers to donate money to keep the lights on.

Is Snopes.com in danger of closing down?

An image from Nintendo's recent patent.

What games would be on a Nintendo 64 Mini?

COMMENT

Paint's time as a default Windows Tool is up, but it will still be around if you need it.

MS Paint lives: old app gets a new home after online backlash

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Google WiFi gives your home a wireless overhaul to fix coverage blackspots.

Google WiFi is a great router, with a catch

COMMENT

BMW reveals pricing for more powerful M4

Dom Tripolone

The Australia-only Mini reviewed

Andrew Maclean

How to turn an F1 engine into a road car powerplant

Stephen Ottley

Honda assures customers replacement airbags are safe

Andrew Maclean

Great Wall is developing a tougher ute than the Steed

Great Wall to build Ranger Wildtrak rival

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Haval's big SUV plans

Kez Casey

Adam Simpson has dismissed criticism about his coaching future.

Under-siege Eagles coach Adam Simpson 'up for the fight'

Brendan Foster

Griffin Logue played his best game to date for the Dockers last week.

Dockers rookie learns from Riewoldt trickery

Australia's Curtis Luck

WA golf prodigy Curtis Luck on cusp of PGA card

The price is rising: Dustin Martin has been offered $6 million by the Tigers.

Revised offer: Martin to be Tigers' $6 million man

Jon Pierik

Australian cricket players and administrators are unable to nail a pay deal.

Aussie cricket pay war: don't call them stupid

Greg Baum

Cricket Australia says the opening two days of the first Ashes Test are almost sold out.

Ashes ticket sales 'strong' despite uncertainty

Phil Lutton

Essendon's Cale Hooker will play his 150th match this weekend.

'Hard conversations' provide catalyst for turnaround

Ronny Lerner

Golfer Jarrod Lyle hugs his wife Briony, after playing the Australian Masters in 2013, his return to golf after beating ...

Top Aussie golfer facing a third battle with cancer

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