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WA coronavirus LIVE: State government unlikely to budge on restrictions despite low case numbers
After being the WA government's biggest headache for weeks, the virus-riddled Artania has finally departed Fremantle.
- by Hannah Barry and Lauren Pilat
Explainer
How conspiracy theories about COVID-19 went viral
Why do epidemics breed conspiracy theories? And what do scientists say?
- by Sherryn Groch, Chris Zappone and Felicity Lewis
Exclusive
MPs refuse to download official COVID-19 app and demand privacy guarantees
The government wants to convince Australians to voluntarily download the app, seeking to assuage data privacy concerns.
- by Fergus Hunter and Michael Koziol
WA billionaires to transform East Perth power station into 'gateway to the CBD'
The state government has struck a deal with two of Australia's wealthiest billionaires to transform the neglected East Perth Power Station into the 'eastern gateway of the CBD'.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
'Poacher and gamekeeper': Australia wants global inquiry independent of WHO
Foreign Minister Marise Payne will push for an independent body to launch a global inquiry into the coronavirus.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
'Selfish, irresponsible': Premier blasts Rio Tinto contractor who tested positive after Bali holiday
Premier Mark McGowan has called a Rio Tinto contractor who recently travelled to Bali and has now tested positive to COVID-19 "selfish and irresponsible".
- by Daile Cross and Hamish Hastie
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Coronavirus pandemic
Artania cruise ship finally sets sail from WA after COVID-19 outbreak
The ship departed just after 1pm on Saturday, en route for a planned stop in Indonesia before reaching its final destination: Germany.
- by Daile Cross
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Two men die in what has becomes biggest NSW cluster after Ruby Princess
Anglicare Newmarch House is now the second biggest cluster of coronavirus cases in NSW after the Ruby Princess.
- by Alexandra Smith and Anna Patty
World slowly waking from pandemic lockdown
The scaling back of lockdowns in hot-bed nations, many still fighting wholesale death, may offer Australians glimmers of hope.
- by Zach Hope
Lockdown causes strong reduction in air pollution
Researchers believe the reduction in air pollution from a one-year lockdown could prevent 780,000 premature deaths globally.
- by Miki Perkins
How Australia bypassed WHO's China problem
On February 1, Australia decided to move ahead of WHO and never look back. Now it must help find a way to keep the world body out of Beijing's grip.
- by Anthony Galloway
Opinion
Watches
Why that smart watch is not such a clever idea
I’ve become particularly snooty about smart watches and the people who wear them. They irked me pre-coronavirus. Now, they make me very cranky.
- by Jo Stanley
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Western Australia
WA property industry concerned about Quigley's 'hammer'
The protections include a six-month ban on evictions; rent freezes; landlords charging interest on unpaid rent or drawing on bank guarantees or tenant security deposits.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Police
Man charged with double murder of brother and sister in Victoria Park
Maree Collins, 66, and her 62-year-old brother Wayne Johnson were found dead in a unit on Leonard Street after police were called there at about 4pm on Easter Sunday.
Teacher concerns need 'urgent' consideration before schools return, union says
Temperature checks and COVID-19 tests should be considered before schools return for term 2, according to the State School Teachers’ Union of WA.
- by Lauren Pilat
WA schools stay open in term 2, but parents can keep kids home to learn from afar
All West Australian students will be able to return to their school for face-to-face lessons from term 2 or continue learning remotely if their parents and carers prefer.
- by Lauren Pilat
From pay cuts to care packages: What local councils across Perth are doing
The message from the state government to councils across WA has been clear: it is time to step up and lessen the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on household budgets.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
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'Disturbing, even beautiful': A world silenced by coronavirus
- by Gabriella Coslovich
'We thought we were the safest place on earth': how Tassie's outbreak unfolded
The Tasmanian government faces calls for an official probe into an outbreak in the state's north-west, which forced the closure of two hospitals in Burnie.
- by Dana McCauley
Forget going to MCG, concerts or overseas travel until 2021: health chief
Victorians should forget about going to football, cricket or travelling overseas for 'some time', says state's health chief.
- by Noel Towell
Politics
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Liberal Party conservatives want 'immediate' expulsion of Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull’s memoir has yet to be released, but that hasn’t stopped an outbreak of Liberal Party infighting over the weekend.
- by Kylar Loussikian
Business
'Everybody is paying': ANZ Bank chairman David Gonski
ANZ Bank chairman David Gonski has vowed the lender will not act solely in the short-term interests of shareholders during the pandemic.
- by Clancy Yeates and Emma Koehn
World
Encouraged by Trump, protesters pressure governors over lockdowns
Governors eager to rescue their economies and feeling heat from President Donald Trump are moving to ease restrictions despite warnings.
- by Paul Weber
Opinion
Babies now on board in Julian Assange's mammoth US extradition tussle
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Amazing renovations: How $200k transformed this home
A flair for fashion, a top builder and just $200,000 have transformed a shabby 1920s cottage into the kind of chic paradise that quarantine dreams are made of.
- by Sarah Webb
Why investors could be regretting negative gearing right now
Most landlords are already losing money on their investment which may explain the hesitance to cut rents for struggling tenants, experts say.
- by Jim Malo
Life & Culture
Opinion
Watches
Why that smart watch is not such a clever idea, especially during COVID-19
I’ve become particularly snooty about smart watches and the people who wear them. They irked me pre-coronavirus. Now, they make me very cranky.
- by Jo Stanley
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Cricket World Cup
'Players will be next': Mark Taylor predicts pay cuts for cricketers
The former Test captain said there is "no doubt" players will take a cut as a pay war brews with Cricket Australia.
- by Rob Forsaith
Sports fear exodus of COVID-19 kids
Closing more than 1000 public pools, 2400 soccer clubs and 608 gymnastics centres has helped flatten the curve, but may fatten a generation of COVID kids.
- by Chip Le Grand
Peter V'landys, one of the most influential figures in Australian sport
Some of the fiercest battles of our sporting landscape take place far from the football field – they’re in the boardroom.
- by Adrian Proszenko
AFL planning a long-term overhaul of the game
The AFL is planning a long-term overhaul of the game, and not just for the next two seasons, to deal with “the new economy”.
- by Michael Gleeson
Play on: Swans chairman reverses opposition to playing during crisis
Andrew Pridham, who questioned the AFL's decision to play round one, has backed the concept of quarantine hubs to restart the season.
- by Caroline Wilson
WNBA 'virtual' draft takes centre stage, NBA, AFL could follow it
The WNBA draft will go virtual on Saturday (AEST), the NFL will follow next week and if public gathering restrictions continue this year, it could be how the NBA draft and even the AFL draft are conducted.
- by Roy Ward
The Fitz Files
Sport
Postman Pat delivers for cricket-mad lad chasing baggy green dream
Thanks to Pat Cummins, an eight-year-old Sydney boy is even more enthusiastic about batting and bowling against imaginary opponents until well after the sun goes down.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Have Your Say
Why the 1970 grand final and not 1989 matters most
The most important game of Australian football was the 1970 grand final, which changed the game, Carlton, the Pies, and the lives of individuals.
