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Top doc invokes Nazi Germany over McGowan's refusal to open state border
A Perth infectious diseases expert has likened the McGowan government to Nazi Germany over its refusal to lift the state’s hard border, prompting the Premier to call for an apology.
- by Kate Hedley
Done and dusted? WA toasts to normality while eastern states fight COVID-19 spike
Life will get back to the “new normal” from Saturday when West Aussies can drink a beer at a bar, dance in a nightclub, go to a concert and enjoy relaxed venue restrictions.
- by Daile Cross
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ABC makes casual staff permanent amid plans for major restructure
The ABC is offering hundreds of staff permanent roles as it prepares to unveil its five-year strategic plan.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Zoe Samios
WHO chief's stark pandemic warning as 1 million cases come in just eight days
The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has passed nine million, as the World Health Organisation warns yesterday experienced the largest single-day rise in cases.
- by Craig Butt
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'Flight to quality': Perth-born start-up soars to $8.6 billion valuation
Investors continue to pile into Australian graphic design platform Canva, which has continued to grow revenue and users despite the coronavirus pandemic.
- by Cara Waters
Claremont killer trial LIVE: Nights women vanished in defence counsel's sights
The defence is casting doubt on whether the killings were committed by the same person – and who that person was.
- by Heather McNeill
Perth family hopes greed won't be reason for care centre's closure
Australian Red Cross cited “recent challenges" for the closure of the "no longer viable" Lady Lawley Cottage
- by Lauren Pilat
Opinion
Cyber warfare
Why Scott Morrison sounded the cyber alarm
The PM made the announcement not for China's consumption but for Australia's. This country is wide open to aggressive internet takedowns.
- by Peter Hartcher
Seven boss 'blindsided' after presenter's assault charge
Ryan Phelan, who had hosted Seven's recently axed The Daily Edition, will be leaving screens immediately, the network said in a statement.
- by Andrew Hornery and Mary Ward
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Claremont serial killer trial
Evidence proves several men prowled Claremont in mid-90s, defence argues
- by Heather McNeill
If the DNA evidence is not proven, the whole case falls over, defence argues
Defence lawyer Paul Yovich has conceded while Bradley Edwards' convictions place him in a class of people more likely to have murdered the women, without the DNA evidence the judge cannot find him guilty.
- by Heather McNeill
As state's case draws to a close, Claremont defence takes aim at evidence
Prosecutors finished putting forward their case against the accused Claremont serial killer in the Supreme Court of WA on Thursday, with attention now turning to defence counsel Paul Yovich’s closing address.
- by Heather McNeill
Western Australia
Multimillion-dollar deal paves way to loosen Rio's hold on the Pilbara
The sale not only proves a game-changer for a huge new sustainable resource project, but also for a long-stalled port for the state's Pilbara region.
- by Emma Young
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WA's hard border opening on hold as state 'back to normal' with more restrictions eased
Premier Mark McGowan has detailed the next step of the roadmap out of COVID-19 restrictions, with the state moving into phase 4 from Saturday, June 27.
- by Daile Cross
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Courts
Police Commissioner says attack on elderly Perth woman 'indescribable'
Police allege at the man entered the home in the northern suburbs and confronted the woman on Sunday.
- by Daile Cross
Developer left high and dry after state backflips on Freo police station site
An ill-fated block in the heart of Fremantle has been earmarked by the WA government as the potential site for the long-awaited Fremantle police station, but a last-minute change of plans has left a developer thousands out of pocket.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
'Cautious and careful': WA Premier defends hard border as Victoria records case spike
The recent spike in new COVID-19 cases in Victoria will have an impact on when the WA hard border is lifted, says Premier Mark McGowan who is “very concerned” of a potential second wave of infection.
- by Lauren Pilat
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Wage growth tipped to crash as job market struggles
Wage growth could fall towards zero for many workers, ANZ economists fear, as Moody's ratings agency says the global economic recovery will probably be prolonged.
- by Shane Wright
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Chinese company sanctioned by the US hosted by Victorian government
- by Eryk Bagshaw, Anthony Galloway and Nick McKenzie
Business
Woolworths underpayments blow out to $390 million; 1350 jobs to go
Woolworths has revealed the total cost of its worker underpayment scandal has blown out again, cementing it as one of the largest wage incidents in Australian history, as it warned of job losses due to increased automation.
- by Dominic Powell
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David Jones parent runs through options on its Australian businesses
- by Elizabeth Knight
World
NZ beefs up isolation capacity as Kiwis fly home
Government to commandeer seven additional hotels for quarantine to keep up with influx of returning citizens.
- by Thomas Coughlan, Praveen Menon and Renju Jose
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International student drought costs $60 million a month in lost rent
Landlords in Sydney and Melbourne are counting the costs of the international student exodus, losing an estimated $60 million in rental income each month.
- by Melissa Heagney
Old Greenwich sophistication on the Gold Coast waterfront
The owners of this stunning homage to the classic coastal Hamptons style 'broke the budget' building their dream home but say it was worth the end result.
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The Instagram movement raising voices we need to hear
I feel that as a non-Indigenous person, I know less today than I did once, and for now I think that’s just how it’s going to be. My learning, like others’ healing, takes time.
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Netball Australia invites controversy with introduction of two-goal shot
The Super Shot, which awards two goals for a successful shot when taken from the outer portion of the goal circle in the final five minutes of each quarter, was heavily criticised when trialled during an exhibition match at the start of the year.
- by Sarah Keoghan
AFL explores Western Australia 'rolling hub' plan
The AFL is in negotiations with the WA government about a plan that would see two Victorian teams at a time stay and play in a hub, as the league tries to build its fixture beyond round five.
- by Michael Gleeson
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AFL 2020
Bombers ask AFL to consider postponing Carlton game
Essendon has told the AFL of their view that the league's flexible arrangements should allow for postponed games.
- by Jake Niall and Sam McClure
Pies launch investigation into Lumumba allegations
Collingwood have launched a formal investigation into the renewed allegations of racism from premiership player Heritier Lumumba.
- by Daniel Cherny
If the ground is moving, can fairness stand?
Conor McKenna's positive COVID-19 test throws the season into further turmoil for everyone. But for now there is no choice other than to deal with it.
- by Greg Baum
Japan to withdraw from 2023 Women's World Cup race in boost for trans-Tasman bid
Japan has withdrawn from the vote for hosting rights in 2023, leaving Colombia and the trans-Tasman bid as the only options.
- by Dominic Bossi
'It comes a point where we need to get home': Winless Dockers seek hub end date
Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has echoed his West Coast counterpart Adam Simpson by calling for clarity over the end date for the AFL's Queensland quarantine hub.
- by Ed Jackson
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'Uncharted waters': When everything's unfair, nothing is
Conor McKenna's positive COVID-19 test throws the season into further turmoil for everyone. But for now there is no choice other than to deal with it.
