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WA man cops hefty fine for selling recreationally caught lobsters
Peter Paul Joseph Hernberger, 63, appeared in Moora Magistrates Cort on December 20 last year in relation to the 2015 and 2016 charges.
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Roads
Where is the hardest place to pass your driving test in Perth?
Figures provided to WAtoday indicate 82,809 people sat the test throughout metropolitan Perth in 2018, and 55.1 per cent of drivers failed their practical driving assessments.
- by Hannah Barry
State steps in to stop City of South Perth setting tower height limits
The WAPC has previously intervened to force higher density targets in Nedlands and Subiaco and has now turned its attention to South Perth.
- by Emma Young
'No country for old men': The two WA towns where the elderly are a rarity
A Perth community and Pilbara mining town both have populations with less than 0.0 per cent of people aged above 85.
- by Heather McNeill
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'Extraordinary, freakish event': Mother of roof rack ride child fronts media
Extraordinary and a freakish event is how a family spokesman has described the incident on Friday which saw a four-and-a-half year old boy sitting on the roof of a moving car.
- by Phil Hickey
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Crime
Teenager hurt after steel cable stretched across road
Two people were seen running across Burrendah Park wearing grey jumpers.
- by staff writers
Wanted WA man hands himself into police
Michael Wayne Yates, 51, was wanted over an alleged shooting in Pinjarra.
Perth cricketer on trial in UK for rape
Alex Hepburn is alleged to have attacked the woman in a dark bedroom.
- by Matthew Cooper
Mercanti's strict bail conditions revealed
The supervision order bans Mr Mercanti from drinking alcohol or entering a bar.
- by Heather McNeill
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Opinion & Perspectives
Politics
Consumer sentiment as fragile as the Australian top order
Australian shoppers start the year in a downbeat mood while exporters make gains.
- by Shane Wright
Fraser Anning billed taxpayers thousands for more far-right events
- by Max Koslowski & Michael Koziol
World
Property bydomain
Three ways to transform a small balcony into an outdoor haven
With apartment living on the rise and home sizes getting smaller, a clever design can morph even the smallest of balconies into an outdoor haven.
- by Lisa Buckingham
'You wake up to birdsong': An off-the-grid holiday escape
Utilising breathtaking modular design and featuring a vegetable garden and outdoor bath, this isn't your typical holiday home.
- by Zara McDonald
Business
Analysis
Bitcoin
Ten years of bitcoin is about more than boom, bubble and bust
The future of bitcoin is cloudy, but at least one part of it will leave a permanent legacy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Small business
Entertainment
Christian Bale's Golden Globes speech draws ire from Liz Cheney
The daughter of Dick Cheney, who Bale portrayed in Vice, was not pleased with the comparisons to the prince of darkness.
Kendall Jenner faces another PR fail after 'raw', personal story turns out to be paid promotion
The Kardashian scion had teased a moving, personal story - but her 27 million Twitter followers were left feeling shortchanged.
- by Bethonie Butler
Lifestyle
Opinion
Gender equality
There is hope for equality, you see it in the under 8s soccer team
- by Annabel Stafford
Smarter living
LG's rollable OLED television rises to the occasion
LG is wowing crowds at CES with a rollable OLED screen which rises up from a soundbar.
- by Adam Turner
This is how you smash a personal fitness best in 2019
A little outside help could be all you need to reach that elusive PB on the track.
- by Laura Hill
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Cars bydrive
Sport
Samantha Stosur claims hard-fought win in front of home crowd
The Australian pro beat Slovakia's Dominika Cibulková, who sits 44 places above her in the rankings.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Socceroo Rogic played out Jordan defeat with broken bone in hand
Tom Rogic broke a bone in his hand in Australia's 1-0 defeat to Jordan, with the team yet to confirm if he'll be fit to face Palestine.
- by Vince Rugari
