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'The Castle' invoked as 'Palmer Law' set to sail through WA Parliament
Clive Palmer is not mincing words in his latest court clash with the West Australian government: "The act is more akin to the laws of China than Australia."
- by Nathan Hondros
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Crime
Police arrest Perth teen accused of raping underage girls at house parties advertised online
Child Abuse Squad Acting Sergeant Chantal Killen said the parties, which attracted more than 150 people, were advertised on Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram and targeted "ethnic groups".Â
- by Heather McNeill and Marta Pascual Juanola
Government pledges more than $50 million towards new Freo police station
The state government will spend nearly $53 million in a "state-of-the-art" police station in the heart of Fremantle, nearly a decade after asbestos fears pushed officers out of the original station.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Perth woman accused of hiding in truck to sneak into WA from Victoria
A Perth woman accused of sneaking into WA inside a truck to avoid 14 days hotel quarantine will instead spend the next fortnight in jail.
- by Heather McNeill
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'Mercy's antithesis': Nick Cave slams cancel culture as 'bad religion run amuck'
The Australian musician said a refusal to engage with uncomfortable ideas has "an asphyxiating effect on the creative soul of a society".
- by Martin Boulton
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Indigenous
Indigenous leaders, investors urge BHP to halt works at sacred sites
Australia's largest miner is facing a landmark shareholder push to put a moratorium on all activities that threaten significant Aboriginal sites.
- by Nick Toscano and Hamish Hastie
Trump donated money to Kamala Harris' campaigns in California twice
Joe Biden's new running mate said in 2015 that she had forwarded Trump's contributions to charity, amid questions over 'Trump University'.
- by David A. Fahrenthold
Coronavirus updates LIVE: 'Super-spreaders' fuelling COVID-19 cases
Mounting evidence suggests the vast majority of COVID-19 cases may be spread by as little as 10 per cent or fewer of those infected.
- by Henrietta Cook and Kate Rose
China's days as 'world's factory' are over, iPhone maker says
The world's biggest electronics manufacturer says rising trade tensions between the US and China are leading to big changes to how it does business.
- by Debby Wu
Western Australia
Analysis
Mark McGowan
WA Premier's populism makes Palmer a legal pariah, but why?
Premier Mark McGowan had a blunt answer when journalists questioned whether his anti-Clive Palmer legislation had gone too far.
- by Nathan Hondros
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Coronavirus pandemic
Perth Convention Centre booked out as back-up for ATAR exams
The Department of Education has booked out the entire Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre as a back-up location for high school students to sit their November exams if WA suffers a second outbreak.
- by Heather McNeill
Former Perth deputy principal's bid to get job back fails after rape allegation
A former deputy principal who lost his job after being accused of raping a student has failed in his bid to have his employment reinstated.
- by Kate Hedley
'Unacceptable failures': Super funds call Rio Tinto to account over cave blast
A group representing top super funds says an inquiry into the destruction of Aboriginal rock shelters has exposed serious operational failures at Rio Tinto.
- by Nick Toscano
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Clive Palmer
'Extreme risk': McGowan warns WA would break down if Palmer prevails
Mark McGowan: "He is trying to take our money. If he's successful that would mean mass closures of hospitals, of schools, of police stations."
- by Nathan Hondros, Hamish Hastie and Fran Rimrod
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- by Thea van de Mortel and Griffith University
Politics
'Punishment': Backlash over funding changes for failing uni students
Advocates say vulnerable students would be most at risk from a policy to revoke access to government funding for failing too many subjects.
- by Fergus Hunter
Business
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Indigenous
Indigenous leaders, investors urge BHP to halt works at sacred sites
Australia's largest miner is facing a landmark shareholder push to put a moratorium on all activities that threaten significant Aboriginal sites.
- by Nick Toscano and Hamish Hastie
World
Bolsonaro calls 10,000 new Amazon fires this month a 'lie'
Forest fires are up 17 per cent in the first 10 days of August, compared with the same period a year ago, according to official government data.
- by Jake Spring and Maria Carolina Marcello
Opinion
Give low-income parents a school choice: that's the key to equity
Glenn Fahey and Blaise Joseph
Contributor
Jolted into the 21st century, AMP faces its cultural awakening
Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Property bydomain
Where are vendors having to discount their properties to sell?
Across the capital cities, the number of sellers dropping their asking price has risen but by up to four-fold.
- by Sue Williams
The interiors-science behind this common design decision
One must consider form and function equally or risk chairs that never quite tuck neatly under the table. Top interior designers weigh in.
- by Lisa Marie Corso
Life & Culture
Nick Cave slams cancel culture as 'bad religion run amuck'
The Australian musician said a refusal to engage with uncomfortable ideas has "an asphyxiating effect on the creative soul of a society".
- by Martin Boulton
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Sport
Starc adds muscle in effort to get speed gun up
Mitchell Starc remains wary of injuries from bowling too fast but the Australia paceman hopes to push the 160km/h mark in the coming home summer after adding five kilograms to his frame during a long off-season.
Waterhouse focuses on the Up And Coming instead of trials
Gai Waterhouse has a very strong spring team and thinks she has a couple of winners at Randwick on Saturday.
- by Chris Roots
Cats weighing up whether Dangerfield can follow the Lethal model
Patrick Dangerfield remains one of the competition's greatest midfield weapons but the Cats are debating whether he should become more of a permanent forward to help prolong his career.
- by Jon Pierik
Doedee out for season in another Crows blow
Doedee, the stand-in captain in the absence of Rory Sloane, injured his hamstring in the loss to Collingwood earlier this week.
- by Anthony Colangelo
The alarming statistics showing the Waratahs can't back up big wins
If the Waratahs win a game by seven points or more, history shows they're very likely to lose the next.
- by Tom Decent
Win over Perth sets up finals berth for Western United in debut season
Western United have made the finals at the first time of asking, taking care of Perth Glory 2-0 to move past Adelaide United and into the top six.
- by Michael Lynch
Bombers, Suns can't be split
A draw is neither win nor loss but for Essendon, with the side they had in, with the forward line they were missing, with the opportunities the Suns had to win the game at the death, this was a game saved.
- by Michael Gleeson
Have Your Say
Lions interested in Bombers forward Daniher
Though there has been no official correspondence, the Brisbane Lions are interested in rarely sighted Essendon forward Joe Daniher.
