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Advocates call for change as Perth sex workers go cold on condom use
A sex worker plying his or her trade in a brothel exclusively was more likely to use condoms more often than those working privately.
- by Kate Hedley
WA harvest records set to be broken, but not the big one
Drought-driven demand from the east coast and a timely burst of rain in October will result in plenty of grain records by WA grain farmers this season.
- by Hamish Hastie
Bottles, rocks thrown at police while breaking up out-of-control Palmyra party
Bottles were hurled at police before the officers deemed the party an out-of-control gathering on Friday night and moved to break it up.
- by staff writers
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G20 Summit
'You've done a fantastic job': Trump praises Morrison in G20 meeting
The US President wanted to know how Malcolm Turnbull had been removed from office.
- by David Crowe
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Country kids and crayfishers: inside the lives of Perth's luxury boat owners
At the Riviera Swan river raft-up event, luxury yacht owners told WAtoday how they went from growing up poor to swanning around Dunsborough.
- by Dakshayani Shankar
Och, me, a terrorist? Scottish grandfather gives very wrong answer to US visa question
A Scottish grandfather said he had made an honest mistake, but it might ruin his plans to fly to New York City on Monday.
- by Palko Karasz
'Better man' Jeff Horn retires Anthony Mundine with left hook in 90-second bout
The 43-year-old looked tentative, timid even, from the moment he stepped in the ring against Jeff Horn on Friday.
- by Phil Lutton
Australian scientists spot a cosmic vampire stripping a star — and watch it explode
In a galaxy far, far away, a white dwarf star was wobbling under its own weight when the strain became all too much.
- by Liam Mannix
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Road safety
The common driver gesture that ended in tragedy on Stirling Highway
Jane’s view was obscured. Another driver indicated the way was clear and waved her through. What happened next changed two lives forever.
- by Heather McNeill
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Wheatbelt town goes against the grain to join billion-dollar battery market
- by Hamish Hastie
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Mining
Rio Tinto approves $3.5b iron ore mine in the Pilbara
- by Cole Latimer, Hamish Hastie & Nathan Hondros
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Defence
Police investigate Ben Roberts-Smith over alleged war crimes
- by Nick McKenzie & Chris Masters
Politics
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G20 Summit
Donald Trump quizzes PM on Liberal leadership spill during G20 meeting
The US President wanted to know how Malcolm Turnbull had been removed from office.
- by David Crowe
World
'Something to do with Palestine': Paid protesters rally against embassy move
- by James Massola & Karuni Rompies
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Investors rush to buy property ahead of mooted negative gearing reforms
Real estate observers say some investors are planning their next purchase, to take advantage of grandfathering provisions.
- by Allison Worrall
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The tiny twin residences that deserve a gold stamp for practicality
Modestly scaled in a back street of Sydney are identical twin residences that cover a bunch of different agendas.
- by Jenny Brown
Business
Opinion
Banking royal commission
Curtain has come down far too soon on banking inquiry
The Royal Commission into banking has completed its hearings. Did it go far enough?
- by Adele Ferguson
How Ken Henry opened up a corporate can of worms
- by Clancy Yeates & Sarah Danckert
Luxury retailers jostle for prime space in city hotspots
- by Carolyn Cummins & Simon Johanson
Small business
Entertainment
'Fortress Hemsworth': Actor's Byron Bay bush compound makes waves
With an annual pay packet most recently estimated by Forbes magazine at $US64.5 million ($88.1 million), it's clearly good to be the God of Thunder.
- by Andrew Hornery
Peter Jackson says Harvey Weinstein 'should face the consequences'
The filmmaker had a "tense, horrible, nasty" showdown of his own with Weinstein.
- by Garry Maddox
Lifestyle
Smarter living
How a dad's smoking habit could stop him becoming a grandfather
Men - here's another good reason to kick the habit.
- by Ariane Beeston
10 of the coolest drinks to pack the esky with this summer
Make your esky the talking point of the party with drinks that aren't your usual BBQ fare.
- by James Atkinson
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Sport
Boomers can become a force on the world stage: Simmons
Australian basketball star Ben Simmons believes the Boomers now have “the right pieces” to eventually become a force on the world stage.
- by Ronny Lerner
Use it, don't lose it: Champion duo's message to Kyrgios
First it was John McEnroe, and now Australian tennis greats John Newcombe and Lleyton Hewitt are giving Nick Kyrgios the hurry up.