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Champion surfer Kelly Slater competes at Margaret River on Friday. Competitors were taken from the break on jet skis on Sunday after a shark was spotted just before 4om local time.

Pro surfers plucked from water after shark scare at Margaret River

Champion surfer Kelly Slater competes at Margaret River on Friday. Competitors were taken from the break on jet skis on Sunday after a shark was spotted just before 4om local time.

Competitors were pulled from the water by jet skis at the Margaret River Pro in, a year after the event was cancelled due to two attacks in the area.

  • by Michael Cox

Man arrested after allegedly firing gun towards another man, woman and infant in Perth

A man in his 30s has been arrested and is assisting police.

A woman, man and infant escaped injury when a gun was allegedly fired towards them in a suburb southeast of Perth on Saturday.

  • by staff writers

Alabanese promotes West Australians in new look Labor frontbench

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese announces his new look Labor frontbench.

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese unveiled a new Labor frontbench on Sunday that includes promotions for two West Australians in the key portfolios of trade and resources.

  • by Nathan Hondros
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Cyclist dies in Perth hospital after he was found lying on the road unconscious

Mr Adwent's wife said she was worried for her life.

A cyclist in his 30s has died in hospital after bystanders found him lying on the road near his bike with a serious head injury in Kelmscott on Saturday.

  • by Emma Young

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They'd been using the same weedkiller for years. They died of the 'same cancer' 

Dot and Bernie Dunn were vigorously healthy. Then both died from the "same cancer, same spot".

  • by Carrie Fellner
Apple is set to announce it will replace iTunes at its annual developer conference, according to reports.

Apple will shut down iTunes, ending the download era, report says

At its peak, iTunes was indispensable for lovers of music, but its 16-year run could come to an end at Apple's annual developer conference.

  • by Randall Roberts
Woolworths shoppers can expect to see fewer weekly discounts on the shelves.

Elderly entrepreneur wins victory against Woolworths in slip and fall legal stoush

An entrepreneur has won another battle in his seven-year court war to make Woolworths pay millions in damages.

  • by Marta Pascual Juanola
Perth is the least affordable city for renters, according to a new study.

Perth is the 'least affordable' city for renters in new study

A new study has found Perth is the nation's "least affordable city" in terms of housing costs for renters.

  • by Kamin Gock
The man was arrested and will face court.

Child, 4, dies in Great Southern vehicle roll over

A four-year-old girl has died after the car she was in crashed and rolled several times west of Newdegate.

  • by Nathan Hondros
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Politics

A death tax meme that went viral on Facebook.

With one click, the Liberals inadvertently unleashed the ultimate election scare campaign

By election eve, for every person typing “retiree tax” into Google there were 30 searching the term “death tax”.

  • by Max Koslowski

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How a tired seaside house was replaced with a luxury holiday property

How a tired seaside house was replaced with a luxury holiday property

In place of a family's traditional vacation escape is now 'a house of little nooks' in a warm, enveloping timber that is a nod to the area's history.

  • by Jenny Brown
Who would live there? Stories of people living in undesirable homes

Who would live there? Stories of people living in undesirable homes

Where do you draw a line when it comes to buying a house? Can you be persuaded to buy a house with no garage, or without a nice outlook?

  • by Melissa Gerke

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ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle at his Adelaide home.
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'I feel like I almost died': ATO whistleblower breaks silence on facing jail

ATO whistleblower breaks his silence as he prepares for a court hearing on Tuesday after being charged with offences totalling 161 years - almost as many as serial killer Ivan Milat.

  • by Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett

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Ex-2GB producer Chris Bowen prepares for lawsuit against Ray Hadley

Lawyers for the former 2GB producer have been making discreet inquiries about star announcer Ray Hadley.

  • by Andrew Hornery
Shona Martyn,right, with her spoof band The Untouchables at the Agouti nightclub, in Montserrat in 1982.
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Rocketman and me: my Caribbean life with Elton John

In the 1980s, Spectrum editor Shona Martyn spent three months in a recording studio with Elton John and his band. She has never written about it until now.

  • by Shona Martyn

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Dual screens, 5G, more power: laptops get exciting again at Computex

Here are some of our favourite developments from the world's biggest computer hardware event.

  • by Krishan Sharma
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This Adelaide distillery created a whole new category of whisky

An Indigenous grain could be the launch of the next big whisky trend.

  • by James Atkinson

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Champion surfer Kelly Slater competes at Margaret River on Friday. Competitors were taken from the break on jet skis on Sunday after a shark was spotted just before 4om local time.

Pro surfers plucked from water after shark scare at Margaret River

Competitors pulled from water by jet skis at the Margaret River Pro in Western Australia, a year after the event was cancelled due to two attacks in the area.

  • by Michael Cox
High drama: Afghanistan’s Hashmatullah Shahidi ducks under a bouncer from Australia’s Mitchell Starc in Bristol on Saturday.

Australia ready to trade bumpers with West Indies

Australia's fast bowlers won't hold back when it comes to Chris Gayle and the West Indies when they meet in Thursday's ODI World Cup clash.

  • by Jon Pierik

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