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ALP candidate and donor Simon Zhou with controversial Chinese political donor Huang Xiangmo.

ALP star quits amid calls for China donations inquiry

EXCLUSIVE

Artist impressions of the new school near Subiaco Oval.

The future of Subi oval revealed as Perth Modern move scrapped

UPDATED

Dimple Thomas outside court in November.

'Nervous driver' pleads guilty to crash that killed unborn child

Four people employed by the WA Substance Users Association were charged with drug offences.

Drug support group boss avoids jail sentence for WA heroin supply

The girl has been taken to RPH.

Girl hit by car in Canning Vale rushed to Royal Perth Hospital

Alfaxan is a steroid and anasthetic for animals.

Burglars target Perth veterinary clinics to steal drugs

Who's in the right? Dashcam crash footage divides public opinion

Truck hits bridge bringing traffic to a standstill

'Report crime, don't post it on Facebook': WA cops warn residents

Shotgun seized as cops called to Perth eatery over 'dine-and-dash'

Dockers star has been battling 'chest injury' for several weeks

US President Donald Trump.

Covfefe as law: All of Trump's tweets can be used against him

ANALYSIS

Tomi Juric, Aziz Behich and Aaron Mooy congratulate Tom Rogic after he scored the winner in the 2018 FIFA World Cup ...

Live: Socceroos take on Brazil

Live

Roxane Gay described the Mamamia podcast as "a shit show".

'Cruel and humiliating': Feminist author slams Mamamia

Elle Macpherson and husband Jeffrey Soffer in May 2015.

Elle Macpherson 'splits' from husband Jeff Soffer, reports

Aaron Sandilands will play on at the Dockers in 2018.

Dockers giant re-signs, youngster offered two-year extension

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Ivanka Trump not expecting 'viciousness' of Washington

The SOS sign spotted by a pilot in the Kimberley.

Stalked by crocodiles: WA survival story solves SOS mystery

A Perth father has lost his bid to have the word 'God' removed from his daughter's 30-year-old school creed.

Perth dad loses legal battle to remove God from school creed

Jeff Sessions denies he colluded with Russia

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US 'not winning' in Afghanistan, says Defense ...

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Gonski Review panellist Greiner joins push for ...

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The dragonfly done by AJ.

Perth tattoo artist offers to help hide self-harm scars

Hannah Barry

Who's in the right? Midland dash cam footage divides opinion

Hannah Barry

Burglars target Perth veterinary clinics to steal drugs

David Allan-Petale

Four people employed by the WA Substance Users Association were charged with drug offences.

WA drug support group boss avoids jail over supplying heroin

Large debris was left scattered across the centre lanes.

Truck crash brings Mitchell Freeway to a standstill

Hannah Barry

Residents in Wanneroo have been urged to report crimes to police, not post them on social media.

'Report crime, don't post it on Facebook': Police warn residents

Hannah Barry

Police allegedly found a gun, ammunition and a balaclava.

Shotgun, ammo and balaclava seized after police called

Phil Hickey

Police caught up with the alleged kidnapper almost 400km from Sydney.

Teen in terrifying ordeal after alleged kidnapping

NSW

A Woodridge man has been arrested over the 2015 death of a two-year-old boy found unconscious in a Logan home.

Police arrest man over death of two-year-old boy

UPDATED

Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd.

Five-point plan to get public servants to show up

ACT

Brisbane was forecast to receive about 50 millimetres of rain on Tuesday, with heavier falls expected on the Gold Coast.

Heavy rain, winds close in on south-east Queensland

QLD

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 27: Australian Greens Leader, Dr Richard Di Natale speaks to the media at Federation Square ...

Medicinal cannabis rules loosened after Senate gangs up on government

Adam Gartrell

Federal government debt surges past half-a-trillion dollars

Eryk Bagshaw

Income inequality, the new handbrake on growth

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

One of the two new Australian Joint Strike Fighters at the Avalon Airshow

Australia's next generation fighter jets starve pilots of oxygen

Adam Gartrell

Senator Pauline Hanson will pay the ABC's legal costs after dropping a case against the broadcaster.

Hanson drops case against ABC, forced to pay broadcaster's costs

The Coalition held a special meeting on climate change policy on Tuesday.

Government to hold crunch party room meeting on climate

Malcolm Turnbull joined the chorus of outrage after this week's terror attack in Brighton.

As it happened: the day in Canberra politics

Israel withdrew its ambassador from New Zealand in December.

Israel returns ambassador to NZ, ending diplomatic rift

Tammy Davis-Charles is in a Phnom Penh jail awaiting trial.

Nurse angrily denies Cambodia surrogacy allegations

Craig Skehan

US President Donald Trump.

Covfefe as law: Anything Trump tweets can be used against him

ANALYSIS

Five-year-old Mohannad Ali lies on a hospital bed in Abs, Yemen, in December. His two-year-old cousin died of hunger.

Senate opposition to Saudi arms deal grows

The government will conduct a review of its Health Star Rating System on food products.

'Hopeless': five star food rating system has to go

Weekday Fitz
Peter FitzSimons

The share of payments made in cash, by number, has fallen below 40 per cent.

We're drifting away from cash, and that's good economic news

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Illustration: Dionne Gain

Why Albanese benefits from the UK election result

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

The Australian dollar remains stubbornly high.

The RBA theory that isn't working

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

ANZ is predicted to receive a 1.5 per cent boost to profits from Friday's rate hike.

Big Four rivals tipped to follow ANZ's mortgage rate hike

Clancy Yeates

Network Ten is looking at refinancing options.

Thursday is D-day for Ten

Lucy Battersby

The a2 Milk Company has avoided the carnage felt at rival Bellamy's.

Bellamy's reveals new startegy

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Colin Kruger, CBD
30 mins ago

'Low point': retail spending to pick up

Madeleine Heffernan

Ten Network scrambles to escape corporate undertaker

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

ASX has best day in seven months

Myriam Robin

Salad days no more: SumoSalad battles Westfield

Madeleine Heffernan

Photo: Whiting Architects

Interior design 101: What they do and how much they cost

Architectural trends have inspired a resurgence of colour in home furnishings.

The bidet is back: Hot trends from an international design fair

Tara Dennis is a Better Homes and Gardens presenter.

TV designer Tara Dennis didn't always have a perfect house look

Lisa and Josefine from Scandilove Gift Co.

Stylists answer the questions you've always wanted to ask

Selling your home? A study suggests that painting the bathroom blue will put more money in your pocket.

Selling your home? This colour bathroom adds the most value

The new Lexus coupe will come in a hybrid (pictured) and V8 version.

The fuel-saving $200k sports car buyers don't want

Cars

The bridge is the latest must-have detail.

Make sure your next pair of sunnies has this one feature

Accessories

Running the economy is like being a pilot in a modern aircraft: there are lots of gauges and controls.

Turbulent times for Reserve Bank, but no reason for crash landing

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Capital losses can offset capital gains.

Why June is a bloody month for under-performing stocks

Marcus Padley

Tomcar co-founder David Brim in Melbourne.

Australia's last car maker is taking their lead from Tesla

Cara Waters

Running a bed and breakfast didn't turn out to be as lucrative for this reader.

'We never got close to making the GST threshold'

Max Newnham

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Man clings to skyscraper 100m above street

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Parcel bomb explodes at South Korean university

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Network Ten in trading halt

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US basketballer Rodman expected in North Korea

Illustration: Ron Tandberg

Best of Fairfax cartoons June 14

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

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So close and yet so far: Bryan Zhu's smile will not fill MasterChef's kitchen again despite his mastering food.

Damn, we almost welcomed back Bryan to MasterChef

Aja Styles

Sandra Sully is rumoured to host a national bulletin on Ten.

News cuts could backfire on Channel Ten

COMMENT
Michael Lallo

An artist's impression of the Sydney Modern project.

Art Gallery of NSW gets $244m for 'global museum of the future'

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

Alison Brie says she was asked to go topless during an Entourage audition.

Alison Brie told to 'take your top off' during audition

Rob Moran

Season four of The Bachelor spinoff 'Bachelor in Paradise' has been suspended indefinitely.

Bachelor spinoff's future in doubt

Broede Carmody

Taylor Swift's lazy year has seen her fall down Forbes' richest celebrities list.

Taylor Swift free-falls from top of Celebrity Rich List

Rob Moran

Monday night's Q&A focused on energy policy.

A carbon tax by any other name would smell as sweet: Q&A;

Neil McMahon

Laura Dreyfuss and Ben Platt in the Pasek and Paul musical Dear Evan Hansen at the Second Stage Theatre in New York.

The Tonys have decided what theatre Australia will be watching

ANALYSIS
Nathanael Cooper

Dianne Laurance poses in front of the 'Chick on a Stick' at her former winery.

'Chick on a Stick' to stay as new wineries open at famous Margs landmark

David Prestipino

Is Elmar's taking the mickey with this mountain of cheese?

'Something has gone wrong here': Elmar's adds cheese to nachos

Watts' irreverent humour was a staple on many sports program in the early 80s.

Vale John K Watts: the best ever... but could he play football?

Simon Beaumont

Roxane Gay described the Mamamia podcast as "a shit show".

'Cruel and humiliating': author Roxane Gay on treatment by Mamamia

Jenny Noyes

There are more and more people embracing polyamory with the enthusiasm that I reserve for napping, writes Kerri Sackville.

The rise of polyamory sure isn't convincing me to try it

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Bella Hadid doing her bit to make tiny glasses happen.

Alert: small glasses are back in fashion, RIP your peripheral vision

Mary Ward

"The cards never lie, and they never let me lie."

I have autism and tarot cards help me make sense of the world

Madeleine Ryan

Elle Macpherson and husband Jeffrey Soffer in May 2015.

Elle Macpherson 'splits' from husband Jeff Soffer, reports

Amy Croffey

A video made by the Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia went viral in April after demonstrating how a husband could use a ...

Explainer: What Islam actually says about domestic violence

Nada Ibrahim

Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial.

Bill Cosby trial shocker: Defence rests after just 6 minutes

Serena shared a picture of her growing baby bump on Snapchat.

Hell yes to Serena's candid documentation of her pregnancy

Mary Ward

Too much sugar, regardless of the type, is a problem.

Fructose is not the worst type of sugar

Sarah Berry

Taking the first step can result in a ripple effect.

Using the 'ripple effect' to achieve health goals

Evelyn Lewin

Addictive or just enjoyable?

Cheese: is it addictive? This doctor thinks so

Paula Goodyer

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Baby, it's cold outside: 6 challenges of having a winter bub

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Attention dads: why you need to read Facebook posts when your partner tags you

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Primary school excludes 10-year-old girl with her period

Andhraiites typically eat fiery hot food, but this prawn curry packs a lot of flavours too!

Curry in a hurry: Whip up these easy curries in 30 minutes

Right first dine: Scrambled eggs on toasted wholegrain bread.

Chefs reveal how they tweak their scrambled eggs to perfection

Crispy skin barra with mint peas and brussels with bacon peas mint and brussels at Three Blue Ducks in Sydney.

Lemon butter barramundi: The trick to cooking perfect crispy skin

The new 'World Class' ship from MSC Cruises promises to be the world's biggest.

6850 passengers: New cruise giant will be world's biggest

Could Ben Groundwater been Japan's new Mr Sparkle? It's possible.

I was just being a tourist, then a local film crew showed up

Ben Groundwater

Abandoned ferris wheel in amusement park in Pripyat, Chernobyl.

Hostel opens in the most radioactive place on the planet

Hugh Morris

The upcoming PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man game closed Sony's pre-E3 conference.

PlayStation showcase is all games at E3

Details offered in search results include price, airline, duration and stopovers.

Google targets travel market with Flights

Beyond Good and Evil 2 was finally confirmed at the event, to great applause.

Ubisoft confirms its own Mario game and Beyond Good and Evil 2

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Sprint Telco fined for pretending to be Telstra

Gizmodo

Despite Monday's fall in price, bitcoin still was up more 170 per cent so far this year.

Digital currency frenzy crashes Coinbase trade

2013 Mazda CX-5

What is the best used SUV?

Cameron McGavin

2017 Nissan Navara ST dual-cab 4x4 diesel auto.

Tradie review: New Nissan Navara

Mark Short

2018 Hyundai Kona.

Hyundai's new SUV revealed

Toby Hagon

Opel badge

Opel CEO quits amid PSA deal

Andreas Cremer

Porsche's new GT2 RS features in Forza Motorsport 7.

Revealed: Porsche's fastest 911 yet

David McCowen

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: Asia Pacific managing director George Biggs poses for a photo at the launch of / the ...

McLaren 720S arrives in Australia

Drive

Essendon skipper Dyson Heppell.

Why Essendon tick all the boxes for the finals

Midfielder Rory Sloane is a genuine Brownlow Medal chance.

AFL mid-year report card: Lethal attack has Crows flying

Ronny Lerner

On a mission: Maroons captain Cameron Smith.

Smith says Maroons must rise to new benchmark

Phil Lutton

Leading from the front: Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed steered his side to victory.

England beware: rival can't bat, can't field but can bowl

Scyld Berry

Alastair Clarkson wouldn't comment on 'disgraceful umpiring', he said during the press conference after Saturday's loss.

Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson fined $20,000 for umpire remarks

Leigh Montagna and his coach Alan Richardson have hit back at Dermott Brereton.

Richardson lashes Brereton over Montagna criticism

Cameron Pedersen, Jack Watts and Clayton Oliver of the Demons sing the song in the rooms after a wonderful win.

Fire and ice, but the Demons survive

Greg Baum

Cousins Maurice Rioli Jnr and Daniel Rioli pictured in August 2016 at Tigerland.

Son of a gun: Could another Rioli join the Tigers?

Jon Pierik