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Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in ...

Julie Bishop in diplomatic brawl with NZ over Joyce

The sinkhole on Canning Highway is 50cm deep.

SINKHOLE! Perth drivers warned to avoid busy road

Ann Sudmalis during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday.

Liberal MP scrambling to confirm UK citizenship status

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola
36 mins ago

Heard

'No one is above the law': Amber Heard has last laugh at Barnaby

construction

RBA warns construction activity could start to fall

1 hr ago

Bob Murphy - then and now.

Dogs skipper Murphy announces retirement in typical rascal style

'Laughable': Hardie hits back after Lyon rumours anger Dockers

'White card': Cashless welfare scheme slammed in WA probe

North Korea puts 'missiles into position for launch'

Domino's shares plunge $1 billion in five minutes

Next police union action could cost WA $100k a day

Pennie Gross (left) and her sister Libby (right).

Woman run over by 'her own car' on Cable Beach was trapped in swag

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 03: Josh Kennedy of the West Coast Eagles in action during the 2015 AFL Grand Final ...

'JK conscious' ... but Kennedy on the verge of AFL greatness

Two-year-old Snowy will most likey be put down after the attack.

'I couldn't get him off': Boy's face mauled by bull-mastiff cross

Stephen Wooldridge at the Athens Veledrome in 2004.

Australian Olympic cycling champion dead at 39

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The rocky outcrop called Shark Tooth or the Witch's Hat overlooking Martins Beach, which has been blocked by billionaire ...

Billionaire who blocked beach learns not to mess with surfers

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Barnaby - the butt of jokes

A friendly match between Joondalup United and Perth Glory at Percy Doyle Reserve has been postponed due to flooding.

PHOTOS: Rain, wind and hail lashes Perth

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Why kids at this Perth daycare nap outside - even in winter

Protesters in North Carolina topple Confederate ...

1:21PM

Liberal MP Ann Sudmalis scrambling to confirm UK ...

1:18PM

On death row, a whisper saved his life. He still ...

12:22PM

High Rocks near Quobba Station is a popular fishing spot (file image).

Search resumes for fisherman washed of rocks on Gascoyne coast

Fran Rimrod

Friends mourn Ben Napier, killed in Northbridge fall

Fran Rimrod

WA's prisoners need more humane treatment: O'Callaghan

The wall collapsed on this car.

Woman rescued after wall collapses on car in North Fremantle

UPDATED
Phil Hickey

The man pleaded guilty today.

Guilty plea over Perth triple-fatal car crash

Keep an umbrella handy if you are out and about today.

Severe weather warning for Perth and southwest WA

Daile Cross

High Rocks near Quobba Station is a popular fishing spot (file image).

Fishermen watch mate disappear into the ocean off High Rocks

Fran Rimrod

The mother and father of a baby who died of brain and spinal injuries in 2014.

'Such a little baby': Father not guilty of newborn's murder

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Queensland on track for largest flu outbreak ever

QLD

The cards quarantine 80 per cent of welfare payments in remote Aboriginal communities.

'White card': Cashless welfare scheme slammed

Jarryd Hayne at a Titans recovery session on Monday.

Titans' Henry hoses down Hayne rift rumour

QLD

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during question time on Monday.

Barnaby Joyce under fresh pressure over citizenship saga

Live
Stephanie Peatling

New Liberal MP scrambling to confirm UK citizenship status

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola
36 mins ago

Joyce fiasco triggers diplomatic brawl between Australia, NZ

Adam Gartrell

"We want an increased investment in the ABC and SBS," Senator Richard Di Natale said.

ABC, SBS funding could unlock media reform

Lucy Battersby

Deputy Prime Minister and dual citizen Barnaby Joyce shows off his sheep socks, during question time in March.

Barnaby, bless his woolly socks, has always been a Kiwi

SKETCH
Tony Wright

FILE PHOTOS: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten at ...

Turnbull accuses Labor of New Zealand 'conspiracy' over Joyce

Adam Gartrell

The Marlow family of Callum, Felicity, Rafi, Sarah and Maude, photographed at the Gayby Exhibition last year.

Medical groups rubbish 'red herring' claims about same-sex parents

A demonstrator shouts into a megaphone during a rally outside of Trump Tower in New York.

Thousands gather to protest Donald Trump's home visit

The flooding and mudslides took place after torrential rain.

Hundreds feared buried alive in Sierra Leone mudslides

Christo Johnson and Umaru Fofana
1 hr ago

A woman carrying a bundle on her head waits in line to cross the border into Colombia through the Simon Bolivar ...

Hungry Venezuelans walk to Colombia for a plate of food

Marcella Kraay, MSF project coordinator on the Aquarius.

Aid groups worry about 'disappearing' refugee boats

Nick Miller

Not every mother will exclusively breastfeed successfully.

Obsession with breast-feeding is hurting not only women

COMMENT
Amy Corderoy

White nationalist groups march through the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Friday.

'It wasn't until my third night that I realised they were racist'

COMMENT
Melanie Cheng

Amanda Vanstone announces her resignation at Adelaide press conference. Thursday 26nd of April 2007. FAIRFAX NEWS ...

For the record, I'll be voting 'yes'

COMMENT
Amanda Vanstone

Home Consortium has outlined plans to target each of its former Masters buildings at one of three retailing categories - ...

Masters stores to reopen as shopping malls by Christmas

Simon Johanson
31 mins ago

Global sharemarkets gained as fears of a blow-up with North Korea ebbed further.

Markets Live: Domino's Pizza smashed

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

NBN Co will pay Telstra about $1 billion a year to use its infrastructure until at least 2046.

Paying $30 for the NBN? Don't expect super speeds

Lucy Battersby
31 mins ago

construction

RBA warns construction activity could start to fall

Eryk Bagshaw
1 hr ago

Merck's leader took a stand. What about the other CEOs?

COMMENT
Andrew Ross Sorkin
47 mins ago

Domino's Don does his dough over wage scandal

Colin Kruger, CBD

ABC, SBS funding could unlock media reform, say Greens

Lucy Battersby

Going down: Aussie dollar continues to fall

Timothy Moore

Craft happily calls Byron Bay home.

Shelley Craft has one simple tip for keeping a home organised

Jeremy Jennings, one of the founders of Jabbrrbox, which sells one and two-person metal privacy boxes designed to ...

The small metal box bringing privacy back to the office

Irregular inspection reports are a sign that property managers don't see value in completing this important task, Clint ...

Five signs you've been lumped with a bad property manager

A three-metre gap in the London suburb of Fitzrovia is being turned into a three-bedroom house.

Skinny mansion in 3m-wide London alleyway gets green light

The Block 2017 Guest bedroom reveals

The Block: The haves and have nots as the judges debate en suites

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Ben Kraus of Bridge Road Brewers thinks that this endeavour will change how we appreciate both beer and wine.

Meet the beer brewer changing the way we drink wine

Fine Drinks
8 mins ago

Henry Wagons rocks a vintage aesthetic of gold jackets and western shirts.

Past lives: The dying art of dressing like a rock star

Men's Style

Australians claim about $23 billion in tax deductions for work-related expenses each year.

The $75 a year reason women need 'their heads read'

Jessica Irvine

Dress for Success helps women get back on their feet by providing professional outfits for job interviews and other ...

The average Australian is six paydays away from being homeless

Melissa Browne

'Every year in Australia, there are high-income earners who use discretionary trusts to park their money in a lower tax ...

Will Labor tax trusts to extinction?

COMMENT
Max Newnham

Small Business Ombudsman Kate Carnell says there is support available for small businesses to export.

How the government can help fund your exports

COMMENT
Kate Carnell

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Sierra Leone mudslides kill hundreds

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Big Ben to fall silent for four years

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Elephants rescue stranded tourists from floods

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Trump denounces white supremacist groups

In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 photo, a lion rescued from a zoo in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo cuddles her ...

World of Photos - August 15, 2017

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

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They're Swedish guys and private eyes, Swedish Dicks - now streaming only on Stan.

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Triple J's Hack program and its host Tom Tilley have come under fire for giving airtime to a white nationalist.

Triple J slammed over white nationalist interview

Broede Carmody
1 hr ago

Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix's The Crown, rumoured to be the most expensive television series ever made.

As Netflix continues to grow is it killing television?

ANALYSIS
Michael Idato

Simon Baker (left), Samson Coulter and Ben Spence in <i>Breath</i>.

Simon Baker's new film runs into ugly dispute

Garry Maddox

"I have it here": Sam Dastyari reminds Abetz of his old anti-LGBTI comments.

Q&A recap: Panel gets heated over 'hurtful' marriage equality debate

Neil McMahon

The Deadpool sequel is currently filming in Canada.

Reynolds' grief as female stunt driver dies on Deadpool 2 set

Matt Preston, right, with Marco Pierre White - before he defected from <i>MasterChef</i> to <i>Hell's Kitchen</i>.

Matt Preston has the last laugh as Hell's Kitchen sinks

Michael Lallo

Cersei has a surprise in store for Jaime.

Cersei still surprises as family truths get revealed on GoT

SPOILERS
Karl Quinn

Katie Underwood knocked back an opportunity to be on The Voice not once, but four times.

Sour note: Why this Popstar rejected The Voice four times

Broede Carmody

Brendan Varis of Feral Brewing, which dominated the Perth Royal Beer Awards.

The sweet brew of success: Feral Brewery dominates beer awards

David Prestipino

There are gourmet options galore in the Swan Valley.

Spend the weekend unlocking WA's secret gourmet wonderland

David Prestipino

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

The Dutchess of Cambridge tries a piece of sushi during the taste of British Columbia event at Mission Hill Winery in ...

The Royals have a banned food list (and so should we)

Melissa Singer

Video footage helped convict Tristan Carlyle-Watson and two other men of raping a teenage girl, but it is rare to have ...

Is video of your sexual assault needed to get justice?

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

James Alex Fields, 20, has been charged over the fatal car crash.

Disabled mother of Charlottesville driver twice called 911

Jack Gillum and James Higdon
1 hr ago

Amber Heard attends the LA Premiere of "The Adderall Diaries" in Los Angeles.

Amber Heard has last laugh at Barnaby Joyce

"I watched home ownership burn while I ate an avocado, coolly, smeared on toast."

I'm a millennial, and I am sorry for killing everything

Alexandra Petri

'It was a definite grab ... a very long grab ... it was intentional,' singer Taylor Swift's said of the groping incident.

Taylor Swift wins groping case

Mary Ward

Koraly Dimitriadis prefers to sleep alone.

Why I don't let men stay the night

COMMENT
Koraly Dimitriadis

Jennifer Lawrence has condemned the Charlottesville violence.

J-Law joins campaign to identify white nationalists

Mary Ward

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Recall: Prams, strollers portacots

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7 questions to ask before holidaying with another family

If your name begins with those three little letters - S.A.M - you get seven $20 Uber rides next week.

Uber is free next week - if you have this name

The Huntley and Palmer fruitcake found under ice in Antarctica.

106-year-old fruitcake found in 'excellent condition'

Spicy stir-fry: Chilli pork sprinkled with extra Sichuan pepper.

Triple the spice: Neil Perry's stir-fried pork with three types of chilli

Heat is on: The realities of work in a busy kitchen deter many would-be chefs.

Chef shortage crisis: 'Even Tetsuya wouldn't get into the country now'

A alleged 'begpacker' in Vietnam in a photo that has gone viral on social media.

Crackdown on 'begpackers' after meditating beggar pic goes viral

Many Xennials were probably travelling in South-East Asia when tubing in Laos was a thing.

Fifteen things travellers who grew up in the '90s have all done

Ben Groundwater

The other grand canyon: Fish River Canyon, Namibia.

The world's other grand canyon should be on your bucket list

Daniel Scott

Apple's iPhone could soon be charged by simply placing it flat on a charging pad.

Will 'Apple day' make wireless charging cool?

The Nest Cam Indoor and Outdoor give you eyes and ears at home while you're out and about.

Hands on: Nest indoor, outdoor security cams

COMMENT

Fans of the prank didn't take kindly to an attempt at its removal.

Attempt to remove one of web's oldest jokes ends up enshrining it

Oh the terrible irony.

What 'manifesto' really said about tech industry

COMMENT

Amazon could eventually offer pre-prepared foods that don't need to be frozen or refrigerated for shipping.

Amazon eyes new food tech for home delivery

The new Golf GTI Original arrives in 2018.

VW reveals cut-price Golf R, GTI

David McCowen

ABF has warned importers of classic cars about asbestos.

Enthusiasts warned of asbestos in imported vehicles

David McCowen

Ford Focus Trend.

What is th best Ford Focus?

Stephen Ottley

2018 BMW X2.

BMW teases new X2

Dom Tripolone

2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country.

Volvo's new anti-SUV reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Infiniti Prototype 9 concept.

Is this the coolest Infiniti yet?

Stephen Ottley

Calling time: Bob Murphy.

Farewell Bob: Bulldogs skipper joins 2017 champion retirees

Ronny Lerner

ARU chairman Cameron Clyne (left) and ARU chief Bill Pulver

Force players say fight is not over after RugbyWA wins injunction

UPDATED
Tom Decent

Josh Kennedy has kicked West Coast to victory several times this season.

Three-peat: Eagles spearhead close to joining AFL greats

Toby Greene incident

Greene escapes ban for kick, Bulldogs lose spearhead

UPDATED
Sam McClure

Josh Gibson with the 2015 premiership cup.

Hawk Josh Gibson announces retirement

Jon Pierik
1 hr ago

Brad Hardie has fired back at his critics.

Brad Hardie fires back at 'laughable' Lyon claims

Phil Hickey

Defining innings: Handscomb still played his shots despite the tightness of the final day.

Handscomb happy to keep in Bangladesh

Daniel Cherny

Roger Federer.

Federer decision causes change at the top