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Qantas flags up to $150 million virus hit, slashes flights
Qantas will cut capacity across its network in response to the coronavirus crisis, which the airline now expects will deliver a blow of up to $150 million to its profit.
- by Patrick Hatch
Breaking
Bushfires
Scott Morrison to announce royal commission into bushfires
A royal commission into the summer's bushfires will be announced later today.
- by Mike Foley
Analysis
Fremantle
Docker discontent: Is Freo's $2.2 million revenue loss the true cost of failure?
ASIC financial statements for the year ending October 31 2019 reveal a $2.15 million drop in membership revenue was behind the club's operating loss of $1.6m.
- by David Prestipino
Opinion
First-home buyers
The great Australian betrayal (we used to call it the dream)
Decades of systematic policy failure have left too many Australians with no hope of owning their own home.
- by Jessica Irvine
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Welcome to WA, where downsizing still means a three-bedroom house
Our love affair with big homes is as strong as ever and downsizers still can't find much in their neighbourhood, even with a very loose definition of "downsizing".
- by Emma Young
Updated
Tragedy
Mother dies in hospital after car fire kills kids, father
The 31-year-old mother died from her injuries early on Wednesday evening as a result of the Camp Hill family tragedy.
- by Jocelyn Garcia, Matt Dennien, Lydia Lynch and Toby Crockford
Mining titan's son testifies in sibling feud over WA fortune
Julian Wright, the third child of Peter Wright, is suing the estate of his late brother Michael and his sister Angela.
Rage letters and diaries: Beaufort Street bares all
18 free pop-up literary events across six venues will also include some fight club style tips from girls who box.
- by Emma Young
'We won't stop': WA animal rights activist's next move
Narrowly skipping jail, WA animal rights activist James Warden says he's learned a lot through his criminal trial.
- by Michael Genovese
In Other News
Claremont serial killer trial
Court to sit into night for UK witnesses to give evidence
- by Heather McNeill
Claremont trial begins to shed light on detectives' investigative rabbit hole
Today defence lawyer Paul Yovich will continue to cross-examine Pathwest forensic scientist, Aleksander Bagdonavicius, who will take the witness stand for the fifth day.
- by Heather McNeill
Claremont trial: How two nails found in a taxi led lab to re-test Ciara's samples
A Pathwest scientist has been quizzed on the types of DNA testing that had been carried out on Ciara's 11 fingernail samples up to 2003.
- by Heather McNeill
Western Australia
Four cruise ships diverted to Fremantle as virus paves way for unlikely tourism boon
Fremantle Ports welcomed the addition of any cruises to its calendar and said the port had the ability to handle the additional ships.
- by Hamish Hastie
WA Police considers legal action after faulty speed cameras saw motorists wrongly fined
A review of the 11 Jenoptik cameras was prompted in May 2018 when a young mother was falsely accused of going 162km/h on Kwinana Freeway.
- by Hannah Barry
Family dog badly injured in violent Perth home burglary
Armed home invaders hit a two-year-old Staffy-cross-Bull Arab dog, causing a deep laceration to its face.
'It should have never reached the courts': Detective cleared of 'revenge porn' charge
A WA Police detective has been found not guilty of distributing an intimate image without consent.
- by Hannah Barry
'Twiggy' collects $698 million as Fortescue profits surge
A bumper profit result for Fortescue delivers a dividend windfall for Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest.
- by Nick Toscano and Hamish Hastie
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Politics
Pope Gregory may answer the Morrison government's economic prayers
A quirk of the calendar introduced by an Italian pope 438 years ago may be enough to stave off a negative quarter of economic growth.
- by Shane Wright
Business
China expels Australian journalist as media relations sour
Philip Wen is one of three journalists whose credentials were revoked in retaliation for a headline on an essay that ran in the Wall Street Journal earlier this month.
- by Huizhong Wu
World
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Assange saga
Trump offered Assange a pardon if he 'played ball', court hears
Assange's lawyers will describe how a Republican visited him in the Ecuadorian embassy to offer him a deal in 2017.
- by Ellen Milligan
Opinion
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This is where to get a home under the First Home Loan Deposit scheme cap
There's help available from the government to buy your first place, but only up to a certain price point. Here's where you need to look.
- by Jemimah Clegg
The new reason why more Aussies are getting rooftop solar panels
The cost savings of solar are well known: a system that has a 25-year lifespan will pay for itself five times. But there's been an extra driver this summer.
- by Jim Malo
Life & Culture
We're told to eat more dairy: Harvard researchers disagree
Concerns exist about the risks of possible adverse health outcomes from a high dairy intake, study finds.
- by Sarah Berry
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Analysis
Fremantle
Docker discontent: Is Freo's $2.2 million revenue loss the true cost of failure?
ASIC financial statements for the year ending October 31 2019 reveal a $2.15 million drop in membership revenue was behind the club's operating loss of $1.6m.
- by David Prestipino
Ricciardo positive after 'promising' start in new car
Daniel Ricciardo gave his new-look Renault a tentative thumbs-up as testing began ahead of the looming Formula One season.
Ex-Saint looks to secure list spot against old club
Darren Minchington has the chance to help secure his AFL lifeline when he lines up for Hawthorn against his former club at Moorabbin on Thursday night.
- by Daniel Cherny
War brewing over AFL's concussion protocol
AFL football has been declared "unsafe" by a veteran player agent threatening to sue the AFL.
- by Sam McClure
Opinion
NRL 2020
No-brainer: why an old favourite should be the NRL's new franchise
The mighty North Sydney Bears have not been part of the NRL for nigh on two decades now. But doctor, doctor, come quick! I swear, there’s a pulse!
- by Peter FitzSimons
Cricketer denied visa over flight risk concerns
One of the best female cricketers in Botswana has been denied a visa after being invited to Australia to participate in a T20 women's clash in Bowral on Saturday.
- by Sarah Keoghan
Driven to despair: How cricket can affect its players
Former Australian cricketer Stuart Law has seen how the game gets to players, and two sports psychologists share his concerns.
- by Greg Baum
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Driven to despair: How cricket can affect its players
Former Australian cricketer Stuart Law has seen how the game gets to players, and two sports psychologists share his concerns.
