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​Schoolchildren across Western Australia may be exposed to lead contaminated water because the same plumbing materials plaguing Perth Children's Hospital could also be in schools, an expert has warned.

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It took the then 18-year-old took 54 days to complete his challenge, visiting 15 countries along the way.

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Defence is strengthening a range of internal processes to block credit card fraud.

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A foray over US80¢ for the Australian dollar proved to be short-lived, with traders expressing their disappointment in second-quarter GDP data on Wednesday by selling the currency.

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Melbourne supporters must be the most frustrated people in town right now.

• 18 mins ago

Firefighters had to free people from inside the wreckage.

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Blake Ferguson has spoken to Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga about his off-field behaviour during State Of Origin.

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IGA staff member assaulted during an attempted robbery in Isabella Plains overnight.

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The farmers said the industry would not exist without the practice of 'eye-stalk ablation'.

• 38 mins ago

The police officers wore their bulletproof vests as did not know whether they were attending to a shooting or a stabbing.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and United States President Donald Trump discussed the North Korea crisis.

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AGL has issued a further snub to the Turnbull government, insisting it does not plan to sell its ageing Liddell power station.

• ANALYSIS
• 48 mins ago

Expect the McGowan government to "blame" WA's crap share of GST and "inheriting the worst books in history" when it hands down what is looming as a brutal first State Budget.

• 50 mins ago

Geelong coach Chris Scott says the unique nature of the Richmond forward set-up and the prospect of cold and wet conditions will affect the make-up of the Cats team for Friday night's qualifying final.

• 50 mins ago

The Jewish vote has become a battleground in a heated council campaign in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

• 54 mins ago

Kathleen Folbigg said she was "stressed" when she "snapped" and punched a fellow inmate.

• 56 mins ago

Aaron James Holliday was awaiting trial on child sex abuse allegations when he hatched a plot to kidnap witnesses.

• COMMENT
• 1 hr ago

Exactly who is looking after the national interest when it comes to the environment or energy security? Is it Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull or Andy Vesey - the bloke who runs one of the nation's largest energy suppliers, AGL?

• 1 hr ago

German supermarket giant Aldi has found itself in a legal tangle over its Moroccan Argan Oil hair products.

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A neighbour is understood to have called police after hearing the shots outside a home on Northridge Drive at around 10.30pm.

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With 220,000 social media followers, Buchanan is in demand with brands globally - and now locally.

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Woman who caused crash which led to a baby's premature birth and subsequent death has been jailed.

• ANALYSIS
• 1 hr ago

Despite his claims to having a "great heart" and political balls, Trump upended the lives of hundreds of thousands of so-called dreamers in a political manoeuver that revealed neither quality.

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In 2017 libraries are at a digital crossroads. Author Stuart Kells ponders their future.

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The state government has ordered an urgent review of the state's TAFE cyber security systems after hackers accessed the private details of 13,000 students at North Metropolitan TAFE.

• 1 hr ago

The officer was conducting speed enforcement duties in Greenacre when he was struck by a Mazda 3 hatchback.

• 1 hr ago

Twelve ANU PhD students condense hours, days and years of complex research into just three minutes.

• UPDATED
• 1 hr ago

Claims fuel riotous session in State Parliament, with both sides accusing the other of impropriety.

• Live
• 1 hr ago

Shares lurch back from early, Wall St-inspired losses, while ABS GDP data comes in slightly below expectations but stamps 26 years without a formal recession.

• 1 hr ago

More than $50,000 has been recouped in the past several years to repair damage to the Bayswater Bridge caused by overambitious truck drivers.

• 1 hr ago

WA Premier Mark McGowan said Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi is embarrassing herself by vowing to fight her 18-month disqualification from public office for repeatedly failing to disclose gifts and travel.

The University of Sydney vice chancellor has circumvented the staff union by writing to its members directly and asking them to informally vote on an enterprise agreement the union has advised them to reject.

The men were suspected of being members of National Action, a far-right group banned last year that is known for racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic views.

An Australian fugitive businessman holed up in Thailand has been extradited to face charges relating to misconduct at a company now led by financial entrepreneur Mark Bouris.

The month-long toll holiday for motorists on a widened section of Sydney's M4 motorway cost the state government $15 million in compensation payments to the corporation it set up to deliver the WestConnex motorway project.

Brick Lane British Curry House appeared in court after it was alleged the owner underpaid an employee by more than $38,000.

The real estate industry's all important Spring sales season has begun and the biggest listing has just hit the market. It has no rooms, no bathrooms, or parking, and is yours for just $16 million (subject to negotiation).

Cale Hooker is the least likely of Essendon's injured trio to play in Saturday's elimination final against Sydney after failing to train on Wednesday morning.

Admiring someone's work or talent is entirely healthy, but fervid adulation can only lead to disappointment.

The day, which showcased the work of the world's oldest continuous mounted police unit, attracted thousands.

The mining giant's chief Jean-Sebastien Jacques has used a speech at Parliament House to vent against the country's energy policy and call for lower corporate taxes.

Brazilian investigators said politicians and the head of the national Olympic committee arranged a bribe to bring the 2016 games to Rio de Janeiro.

Australia's economy expanded by 0.8 per cent in the June quarter and grew 1.8 per cent over the 12 months to June, official figures show.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has said the settlement is not an admission of liability but saves taxpayers from an expensive trial.

The ACT senator will launch the bus at Parliament House to promote awareness of brain tumour research.

The One Nation senator, who controversially wore a burqa in parliament, believes the Nationals are falling in behind her campaign to ban the garment.

Meat & Livestock Australia has stirred controversy yet again with its latest campaign for lamb.

A Melbourne private school is offering counselling to students after unintentionally directing them to a hardcore pornographic website.

She grew up as a Mormon, is at home on social media and once made plumbers upset. Meet Jacinda Arden, NZ's rising star.