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WA will finally get a body governing infrastructure proposals.

Politics set to butt out of WA's infrastructure

IN DEPTH

The man was arrested at Galleria.

Woman on the run, man arrested after car chase ends at shopping centre

Lance Williams pictured in August 1998.

Former Claremont serial killer suspect Lance Williams dies

The shark hanging around off the coast on Tuesday morning.

Perth teen recalls encounter with 3.5m great white shark

FILE PHOTO: It is not known what kind of snake bit the heavily pregnant Mid West woman.

Woman, unborn baby die of snake bite in WA's Mid West

Ms Caroline Surtees was orphaned at age six, and this prompted her to begin learning about early childhood development.

Slipping childcare standards in WA 'not surprising'

Workers angry at stop-work order as major builder goes under

Nang express: Potentially deadly gas delivered to your door

ASX loses $56b in worst day since 2015

Lost in translation: Bunnings UK customers split on Aussie invasion

Politics Live: Dastyari's new gig and citizensip saga continues

Forensic officers at the home yesterday.

Two men released without charge after mate's body found in Freo home

PepsiCo CEO's suggestion of developing less-crunchy chips for women has been rubbished.

Women say 'no thanks' to lady-friendly quieter Doritos

The pensioner's winning ticket was bought in Kenwick.

'I'm going to be your winner': Lotto luck for Perth pensioner

Leader: Adam Coleman will skipper the Rebels.

Wallabies lock in ex-Force player Adam Coleman to lead Rebels

A rising star in the opera world, WA soprano Elena Perroni made her Australian debut starring as Mimi in WA Opera's ...

Highs and lows: how Elena became WA's star soprano

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Senators fiery Question Time exchange

Comma Sutra.

Fringe World Perth 2018: Top 10 picks (for cheapskates)

You will not so much see Siren Song as you will hear it.

Siren songs to ring out at dawn and dusk for Perth festival start

Make this year's goal a healthier, money-smart, one.

The cheapskate's guide to being fitter than ever

Boot Camp

Easter Island.

Why 397 famous statues were left abandoned on a far-flung island

Brendan Cox rebukes Australian senator in Britain ...

2:02AM

Trump to review another house memo, this one from ...

1:43AM

Shallow magnitude 6.4 quake strikes Taiwan

1:29AM

Sharon and Anthony.

'They just don't give a damn': The human cost of WA's FIFO economy

IN DEPTH

Perth beaches shut as massive shark roams Perth coast

Man found guilty of Bunbury rape after cold case review DNA match

Jeffery McKinnell is accused of possessing 3,000 child pornographic images.

Perth teacher downloaded over 3000 child porn images

Heather McNeill

Perth's beer war is spreading.

Claremont Hotel joins the great Perth beer war with $5 beers

David Allan-Petale

Chloe was found entangled by her neck, chest and legs in shade cloth attached to the back fence, preventing her from ...

Perth couple banned from owning dogs after cruelty convictions

Staff writers

It's believed a group from Kalgoorlie posted the images featuring the Nazi symbol publicly on Facebook.

Nazi flag flies at Kalgoorlie 'victory' party on Australia Day

Staff writers

Author Clive Hamilton who has written a book on Chinese Communist Party influence.

Controversial China book may get parliamentary protection

EXCLUSIVE
Nick McKenzie & Richard Baker

BrewDog will open a brewery and restaurant at Murarrie

Scottish craft beer giant to set up Brisbane brewery

QLD

Premier Gladys Berejiklian announcing the changes on Tuesday.

Tough new road rules after after horror holiday toll

NSW

Steven Mogg with his home-built aeroplane, now kept at the Canberra Airport.

Canberra man to fly homemade plane to Broome

ACT

Generic ATM's , at the airport, westpac, nab, ANZ, ATM, banks, money, cash, banking, bank. Tuesday 21st June 2011 AFR ...

Landmark inquiry finds Australia's banks are exploiting customers

Eryk Bagshaw

Labor devising Queensland 'rescue' package ahead of Adani decision

Nicole Hasham

Leaked COAG papers reveal new hospital funding deal

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

BOSS MAGAZINE photo Tamara Voninski. Jennifer Westacott is the new CEO of the Business Council of Australia.

Big business rejects Japanese model of wages v tax cuts

Adam Gartrell

New South Wales slammed the Murray-Darling basin plan as 'blunt and simplistic'.

Murray-Darling rescue plan on brink of collapse

Nicole Hasham

Senator Jim Molan addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 6 February ...

The relevancy of irrelevancy: the Senate goes full peculiar

OPINION
Tony Wright

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during question time on Tuesday.

Coalition's feet of clay over big business tax cut

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

An earthquake has hit near Hua-Lien in Taiwan.

Hotel collapses as magnitude 6.4 quake strikes Taiwan

BREAKING
35 mins ago

James Ricketson gestures as he is escorted by prison guards at the Cambodian Supreme Court.

Australian facing spying charge admits flying drone over protest

Lindsay Murdoch

President Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s lawyers want him to refuse Russia inquiry interview

An injured boy receiving treatment at a hospital in Hazeh in eastern Ghouta, the only remaining rebel stronghold near ...

'Chlorine gas used' on Syrian civilians in push against rebel holdouts

Lisa Barrington

President Donald Trump has been highly critical of US intelligence agencies.

The Republican Party's scorched-earth policy

COMMENT
Nicole Hemmer

Peter Fitzsimons.

Ban on sacred symbol is an outrage

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Nurse generic

Housing crisis will deter future teachers, nurses

COMMENT
Kim Timmins

The Australian market is falling in response to sharp declines on Wall Street, which is correcting following a massive ...

Share dump opportunity to make money, say investment gurus

John Collett

'Household incomes are growing slowly': Philip Lowe, RBA Governor.

Rates to stay low for some time yet, says Reserve Bank

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

The S&P/ASX 200 index dropped 192 points, or 3.2 per cent, to 5833 for its worst one-day point fall since September 29, ...

ASX loses $56b in worst day since 2015

Sarah Turner

When investors rejig their expectations, it's unclear how far markets will need to fall.

Investors ponder the end of Goldilocks

COMMENT
Patrick Commins

ClearView sold dodgy insurance to remote indigenous communities

Sarah Danckert

Macquarie plans to reinvest US tax cut windfall as guidance raised

Clancy Yeates

Now is not the time for sharemarket panic selling

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Market rout lops $145b from fortunes of world's richest

Tennis great Pat Rafter.

Pat Rafter sells his $18 million Sunshine Coast home

Clive Palmer has reportedly bought the Needham Street trophy home.

Beleagured Clive Palmer snaps up Brisbane trophy house for a song

17 Kurnell Street, Botany NSW.

New homeowner checklist: What to look for during an inspection

Saying goodbye to the old fridge would be the logical thing to do, but it's complicated.

I can't get rid of my old fridge, and not for the reason you think

Danny Katz

RBA governor Philip Lowe is keeping economists guessing.

Why no one agrees on whether there'll be another rate cut

Apple’s custom anechoic chamber in Cupertino used to develop the beam-forming speaker array and high excursion woofer in ...

First review: There's one big thing Apple HomePod users can't do

Technology
Mark Gambino

Longitude 131° puts you in the heart of Australia's outback.

Eight of the hottest holidays for people who hate people

Lifestyle

Sue White (right) launched Media Bootcamp with fellow journalist Ginger Gorman (left) in mid 2017.

Can you get out of a purchase after you commit to buy?

Megan Blandford

Michael Mylonas, 23, from Perth, says crypto-asset values are in a bubble, but he is not selling.

Believers not fazed by cryptocurrency volatility

John Collett

Craig Laundy says he comes from what was a small big business.

'I like telling stories': how a publican moved into politics

Cara Waters

The ATO looks at a range of factors.

The tax effect of having a business rather than a hobby

COMMENT
Max Newnham

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Infrastructure WA's launch video

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Dramatic video shows car crashing into cemetery

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Dow Jones industrial average plunges

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The killing of an ivory crusader

Illustration: Matt Golding

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Every episode ever of The Office (U.S) - this Thursday on Stan.

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The brand new season of RuPaul's Drag Race: Allstars - this Friday only on Stan.

How to multi-task like a boss

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Why Canada is a must-visit in 2018

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'Store bought': The NSW sisters Jess and Emma admit to having had work done to their faces.

Jess and Emma's 'store bought' looks spice up MKR night

William McInnes

Can Gabrielle and Nasser get past the hair question?

Is this MAFS's most hair-raising revelation yet?

Karl Quinn

Sophie Monk talking to A Current Affair reporter Leila McKinnon.

Monk is making baby plans and denies 'Instagram break-up'

Aja Styles

Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Hamilton in The Cloverfield Paradox.

How Netflix has just changed the movie business - again

Karl Quinn

John Mahoney in 2010 at the premiere of Flipped in Los Angeles.

Frasier actor John Mahoney dies aged 77

William McInnes

Chris Hemsworth and Danny McBride in the Tourism Australia Crocodile Dundee ad.

Chris Hemsworth rules out reviving Crocodile Dundee for real

Karl Quinn

A still from the film The Cloverfield Paradox on Netflix

Super Bowl trailer drop: The hottest movies of 2018

Celebrity Big Brother winner Courtney Act.

Subtlety and calm prove winners for Aussie Big Brother victor

Latika Bourke

Old Young's collection of vodka and gins are well worth seeking out.

Small Bites: Old Young's stands tall in the Swan Valley

David Prestipino

Davey Craddock (centre left) with his band.

One punch: Perth muso tackles street violence in second album

David Allan-Petale

Get the wine right for your BBQ this Australia Day weekend.

Perfect match: Wines to pair with BBQs over the Australia Day weekend

David Prestipino

Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough at Harper's Bazaar Australia's 20th anniversary edition party on Tuesday night at ...

Stefanovic and Yarbrough make engagement public

Amy Croffey

Far from chugging down on avocado taost, "Almost 38 per cent of those who have experienced food insecurity have been ...

Australians now skipping meals to pay their mortgage

Roqayah Chamseddine

"With no disrespect to my kids' school or to parenting in general, most school events are excruciating."

Hands up who's guilty of this parenting fail

Kerri Sackville

Jess and Emma have been cast as the villains in this series of 'My Kitchen Rules'.

Why are women overwhelmingly cast as the villains on reality TV?

ANALYSIS
Melissa Singer

"This is why it's vital to study sex differences in research".

How sexism is hindering medical research

Naomi Chainey

PepsiCo CEO's suggestion of developing less-crunchy chips for women has been rubbished.

Women say 'no thanks' to lady-friendly Doritos

Jenny Noyes

Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantino's <i>Kill Bill</i>.

Tarantino has been normalising violence against women for decades

Clem Bastow
Clem Bastow

Margot Robbie arrives at the 90th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton hotel on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018.

All the dresses from the 2018 Oscars Nominees Luncheon

Photo: Alamy

Heavy school backpacks are hurting our kids

Photo: Shutterstock

11 life lessons from terminally ill kids that all parents need to see

Photo: Shutterstock

Please don't ban junk food from school lunches

One-tray wonder: Baked sweet potato and sausages.

One pan washing up: 24 terrific tray bakes

Attica's Ben Shewry at his kickboxing studio.

Fighting fit: Top chefs share their diet and fitness secrets

Black pepper and kaffir lime beef bowl with coconut rice and salad.

Brilliant bowls: 4 ways to glam up grain salad

Mada'in Saleh, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia.

'Most conservative country on Earth' to start letting in tourists

Josie Ensor

'When you're up there and it's just you and the First Officer, you have to know your stuff', says pilot Steve Parfitt.

Airline captain reveals 10 things you never knew about flying

Hugh Morris

Roller skating at Venice Beach, Los Angeles.

Nine holidays that will make you fitter and healthier

Ben Groundwater

The Echo Plus sounds the best of the three Amazon speakers, but it has an extra trick up its sleeve too.

Echo Plus ties a smart home together

A Telstra drone operates near the telco's 5G Innovation Centre on the Gold Coast.

5G is about a lot more than faster downloads

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Vera Rubin Ridge.

Curiosity shows off five-year journey across Mars

The growth of cyber offences is forcing officials to change the way they measure crime rates,

Cybercrime an 'iceberg' of unseen crimes

Brian Geoffrey rates Kyabram and District Health Services using a HappyOrNot terminal.

If you're happy and you know it push the button

Porsche continues to reveal information about its new Mission E electric car range.

Porsche to invest $9.4b in electrified vehicles

Greg Kable

Peugeot 5008.

Peugeot: Australia more important now

Stephen Ottley

2018 Volkswagen Multivan Kombi 70 special edition.

Volkswagen reveal special edition 'Kombi' van

Dom Tripolone

The Toyota HiLux was again the highest selling vehicle in Australia.

Best selling cars in Australia revealed

Dom Tripolone

2014 Hyundai Genesis.

What large luxury sedan should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Toyota promotes its Tacoma pick-up truck in one of its Super Bowl commercials.

Best 2018 Super Bowl car commercials

Dom Tripolone

Transgender footballer Hannah Mouncey.

AFL set to make new call on Mouncey

Jake Niall

The Eagles are confident that Nic Naitanui will play in round one.

Slowly does it for Naitanui on the road to round one

Grid girls will be replaced at Grands Prix by grid kids.

Formula One to replace grid girls with grid kids

"I personally do not anticipate attending that": Malcolm Jenkins.

Several Eagles players skipping White House visit

Cindy Boren and Des Bieler

England are wary of the threat Billy Stanlake poses.

How to beat him? England size up Billy Stanlake

Champion: Jake Weatherald reacts after reaching three figures in a blistering knock for the Strikers at Adelaide Oval.

Weatherald and Siddle sizzle to secure Big Bash title for Adelaide

James Buckley

Darcy Moore hasn't taken part in match simulation since Christmas.

Collingwood's Moore struggling with Achilles issue

Sam McClure

The moment: As the final pass was ruled incomplete, the Philadelphia Eagles were officially Super Bowl champions.

Philadelphia Eagles soar past Patriots for first Super Bowl crown