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Fewer than 50 drivers have been charged with one of the most common road offences

Fewer than 50 drivers have been charged with one of the most common road offences

Get out of their way. These drivers are the type who believe getting to their destination a bit quicker is more important than your safety.  

  • by Phil Hickey

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AFL to introduce mid-season rookie draft in 2019
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AFL to introduce mid-season rookie draft in 2019

The AFL is set to introduce a mid-season rookie draft in 2019 with able to replace injured players in the pre-season.

  • by Michael Gleeson & Peter Ryan
Eye in the sky planned for Rotto swim after shark scare

Eye in the sky planned for Rotto swim after shark scare

A shark up to four metres long was spotted during February's event, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of swimmers. 

  • by Hamish Hastie
WA cops urged to be careful as bikie tensions grow

WA cops urged to be careful as bikie tensions grow

There have been warnings to WA Police officers as tensions rise between the Rebels and Comancheros bikie gangs. 

  • by AAP
Purple panic: The jacaranda obsession needs to end
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Purple panic: The jacaranda obsession needs to end

They're stunning for two weeks of the year, but jacarandas are stealing the thunder of more deserving native plants. 

  • by Hamish Hastie
Perth's most hospitable restaurants as voted by you

Perth's most hospitable restaurants as voted by you

We wrote about the importance of not just food but service when out to dinner. We asked you where you’d found it. 

  • by Emma Young
Police search for missing 14-year-old girl

Police search for missing 14-year-old girl

Kaya Zdencanovic has been missing for nearly two months after leaving her home in Manjimup.

  • by staff writers
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Dear Christine Blasey Ford: I, too, was sexually assaulted

I have kept my dirty little secret to myself. Silence for five decades. The molester was our trusted family doctor.

Connie Chung

    I loved the 1990s but I wouldn't want to be stuck there

    I spent most of 1994 decked out in a fluro yellow and purple windcheater, listening to Boyz II Men and watching Heartbreak High. Life was good. But it got even better - for most of us.

    Jessica Irvine
      Jessica Irvine

      Latest Harry Potter controversy reveals truth about JK Rowling

      A five-second clip from the trailer for the latest film in the Harry Potter franchise has critics up in arms. But Rowling's effort to explain it has only made things worse.

      Mili Mitra
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        'Horror and delight': The house inspired by Alice in Wonderland

        'Horror and delight': The house inspired by Alice in Wonderland

        Curiouser and curiouser is perhaps the most fitting way to describe this eccentric, bizarre themed home a sci-fi fan and his pink-loving partner created.

        • by Allison Worrall
        The business helping farmers when they need it most

        The business helping farmers when they need it most

        When Judy stumbled across an article about "Tinder for Farming", she found the lifeline her family urgently needed.

        • by Melinda Rollinson
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        Nicki Minaj reveals she was in an abusive relationship

        Nicki Minaj reveals she was in an abusive relationship

        "I was scared to get in the studio."

        • by Cydney Henderson
        Jones, Hadley see radio ratings surge on back of Turnbull spill

        Jones, Hadley see radio ratings surge on back of Turnbull spill

        The controversial pair have again cemented their spots atop Sydney's radio ratings.

        • by Robert Moran

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        New Cricket Australia chief Kevin Roberts wants better relationship with players

        New Cricket Australia chief Kevin Roberts wants better relationship with players

        A year after he fell out with players during the pay war, Kevin Roberts has taken charge of Cricket Australia.

        • by Jon Pierik
        Coleman says pain of letting down supporters motivating Wallabies

        Coleman says pain of letting down supporters motivating Wallabies

        Wallabies second-rower Adam Coleman says the Australians are using their surprise home defeat to Argentina as motivation.

        • by Tom Decent

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