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'Three months, half a million bucks': How we're paying the price for a punt
In the space of three months, Peter says he’s lost half a million dollars by online gambling, but the rope is about to get tighter around the big players in Australia.
- by Nick Toscano
Analysis
Federal election
Weekend Washup: Is WA ready to elect a reformed drug dealer to the Senate?
Once upon a time he was dealing two and a half kilos of meth a day. Now WA's 2018 Local Hero wants to run for parliament.
- by Nathan Hondros
‘I can’t give up on him’: Mum's brave fight for son ravaged by addiction to ice
Cheryll Ellison loves her son, but she has installed double locks on her bedroom door to stop him from sneaking in while she’s sleeping.
- by Cydonee Mardon
Former vice-captain David Warner walks off field after sledge during Sydney match
Banned Australian star David Warner has briefly left the field after he was sledged during a Sydney grade cricket match.
- by Roger Vaughan
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'I never got over what happened to me': Todd Reid was more than a tennis prodigy
A Davis Cup pick and on the cusp of the world's 100 by 18, Reid had few other complaints - just a lingering sense of what might have been.
- by Darren Walton
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Cox Plate
Winx wins unprecedented fourth Cox Plate
Winx has cemented her place as one of the greatest Australian thoroughbreds.
- by Chris Roots
'Unclear warnings' saw plane fault unnoticed before flight
An investigation into the incident has shed light on how the tear was missed.
- by Jake Dietsch
Mums clamour for Aussie breastfeeding probiotic
Sales of the probiotic have increased by 500 per cent in the last year.
- by Cara Waters
WA man charged over string of lewd acts at Perth cafes
Police claim the man committed several indecent acts across Perth suburbs.
- by staff writers
Featured
Who is Cesar Altieri Sayoc? What we know about suspected mail bomber
- by Cleve R. Wootson Jr & Matt Zapotosky
Opinion & Perspectives
The average super fund member could be $400,000 better off
Australians' super nest eggs would have grown more if the money, instead of being actively managed, had been simply invested in passive benchmark indexes.
Jessica Irvine
The future holds good news for the poor, bad news for the environment
In 50 years we are predicted to have doubled our use of metals, fossil fuels and other materials. Gosh.
Ross Gittins
Political parties locked in death spiral
The Wentworth result was a clarion call for independents. The times will suit them. The people want problems solved. Not political parlour games.
Peter Hartcher
Perth
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Missing person
Missing man found safe and well after belongings on beach spark search
- by staff writers
Western Australia
National
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Crime
Police officer who taught cyber safety in schools charged with child sex offences
- by Lucy Cormack
Politics
NDIS funds to be 'repurposed' for drought relief under Morrison plan
Disability advocates have slammed PM's decision to "repurpose" $3.9 billion originally set aside for the NDIS.
- by Dana McCauley
World
Japan is China’s partner and no longer its aid donor, says Abe
- by Steven Lee Myers and Motoko Rich
Chaos descends on Sri Lanka as president ousts prime minister
- by Maria Abi-Habib and Dharisha Bastians
Property bydomain
All five Block apartments 'unlikely' to sell in soft market
With auction clearance rates at their lowest level in years, experts say it's likely that at least one of the apartments will pass in.
- by Allison Worrall
'Rest in peace': The interior details to leave behind in 2019
Fare thee well; your time to depart has finally come. Here's a toast to all the elements that can be safely be tucked back in a cupboard.
- by Darren Palmer
Business
Opinion
Sharemarket
How I learned to love a big stock market downturn
Market declines create opportunities. If the price of milk or a car or an Apple iPad dropped 10 per cent, would you sneer? Or would you run out and buy it?
- by Thomas Heath
Small business
Entertainment
Meghan and Harry's entourage a 'right royal pain'
With a personal entourage of 10, things were bound to get a little cramped around the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
- by Andrew Hornery
'He was weird': Ayda Williams on the rocky start to her relationship with Robbie
After cutting her acting teeth on the American soap Days of Our Lives, Ayda Williams is now proving more than a match for her famous husband, Robbie.
- by Nick Curtis
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Eco friendly? When going vegan isn't always the best idea
Just like sugar free doesn't always mean healthy, vegan products can still have environmental impact.
- by Damien Woolnough
Amazing images capture what children around the world eat in a week
The project aims to examine the infiltration of westernised junk food into the diets of kids around the world.
- by Suzi Catchpole
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Sport
David Warner 'removes himself' from game after sledge in Sydney grade
Banned Australian star David Warner has briefly left the field after he was sledged during a Sydney grade cricket match.
- by Roger Vaughan
Aussie skipper fumes after staggering umpire blunder
A T20 umpiring blunder has left Australian skipper Aaron Finch livid.
- by Michael Ramsey
