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Western Australia

Windance Wines in Yallingup is one of the wineries that make up the Small Family Vineyards of Margaret River.

Eat and Drink Perth

Margaret River wineries get boost in new exclusive guide

Family-run wineries have banded together to help drive curious connoisseurs their way.

by David Prestipino

Border security

Border Force reveals 25 per cent jump in 'objectionable' material stopped at airports

by Phil Hickey

Detectives investigating the incident are also probing tensions between the Rebels and Comanchero bikie gangs in WA.

Crime

Police probe bikie tension link to Mundijong shooting

by staff writers

Dylan O'Meara was not able to go to the funeral of his son after being charged with manslaughter over the baby's death.

WA

Young dad accused of killing baby son walks free as prosecutors drop charge

by Heather McNeill

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Lithium

Road map to charge up WA's lithium battery sector revealed

by Hamish Hastie

Opinion & Perspectives

Miners back an Aboriginal voice and it's good for business

Paul Cleary

BHP and Rio Tinto are leading industry in calling for an Indigenous voice to Parliament. Their moral argument is sincere, but it will also be better for business.

As Tasmania's bushfires rage, we hope we are spared

Philip Lynch

Today, like yesterday and the day before, we watch the ominous signs and await the word to evacuate.

Alarm bells to waken voters from summer slumber

Shane Wright

No more lazy days, as Morrison and Shorten leave the summer holidays behind for the looming election

Politics

Airbnb

Airbnb to cop 'fair rules' on home sharing, but hotels say it's 'lip service'

Airbnb has said it is open to fair regulation for its users in Western Australia and concedes the current rules are "broken and need to be fixed".

by Nathan Hondros

McDonald's Byford, one of the fast food chains newest stores.

Food & drink

Western McSpansion: $90 million earmarked to supersize Maccas in WA

McDonald's will spend about $90 million in WA over the next three years to open the new restaurants and refurbish ageing ones.

by Hamish Hastie

Premier Mark McGowan and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti say they are still confident there are no security concerns over a $206 million state government contract with Huawei, but have asked the company for assurances it can deliver a public rail communications system.

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Huawei

WA's $206 million Huawei data deal at risk over US indictment fallout

by Nathan Hondros

Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan has been scolded by the Auditor General.

ALP

Auditor General dresses down Alannah MacTiernan for 'unreasonable' redactions

by Hamish Hastie

Wage theft is the systematic and deliberate underpayment of wages and entitlements to a worker.

Employment

WA wage theft inquiry backed by union

by staff writers

Crime & Courts

Police were investigating the gun attack in Beenleigh.

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Crime

Three charged over shooting at Port Kennedy house on Australia Day long weekend

by staff writers

Bradley Pen Dragon on his release from a Thai jail in 2006.

Courts

Serial Perth pedophile jailed again over child porn just days after release

by AAP

Ben Cousins outside court in December last year.

by staff writers

The crocodile skull is believed to have survived in the 1880s.

Crime

Kununurra croc skull back in safe hands after 72-hour search

by Dakshayani Shankar

Crime

Carlisle man admits murdering wife, burying her in backyard

by Heather McNeill & Phil Hickey

by Hannah Barry

Renewables

'Eggshells can be a conduit': Perth researchers crack renewable energy alternative

by Dakshayani Shankar

Education

How identity and culture paved the way for WA's only Jewish school's success

by Dakshayani Shankar

by Lauren Pilat

Healthcare

Three WA adults hospitalised with meningococcal disease

by staff writers

Healthcare

Red Cross makes Christmas appeal for blood donations as huge shortage looms

by Dakshayani Shankar