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PM queries WA Anzac Day event limits while Optus Stadium returns to full capacity
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has questioned the thought process behind allowing as many as 55,000 people to attend Friday’s AFL match but only 10,000 at the upcoming Anzac Day ceremony at Kings Park.
Perth rent prices highest in six years as vacancies keep falling
A pocket of suburbs south of the river experienced the biggest increase in rent with Manning rental prices increasing by more than $100 a week compared to the same time last year.
Woodside chairman calls for changes to AGM rules after ‘university student’ activists dominate meeting
Richard Goyder says “real shareholders” are missing out on face time with company directors because of the actions of activists at annual general meetings.
‘Not going to happen again’: Peter Dutton on navy dance
Defence Minister Peter Dutton says he has spoken to the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan after a twerking performance at the launch of a new ship.
Opinion
Peter Dutton
What’s wrong with twerking at the launch of a navy ship?
The outcry raises an uncomfortable question about the type of dance we value as a society and are willing to accept as part of our national identity.
Rhys Ryan
Overseas travel back on the agenda for Australians
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has canvassed options for allowing Australians to travel overseas for funerals or business before opening the door to mass travel.
Police will treat probe into baby’s death in car ‘with sensitivity’
The 11-month-old girl was found unresponsive in a car by her mother at a school in the Perth suburb of Darch, where she was picking up another child.
New Chinese consul-general appointed in Perth a year after former envoy’s abrupt exit
Long Dingbin was China’s consul-general in Lahore, Pakistan, where he was involved in delivering several projects under the trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative.
‘A form of torture’: Brazilian COVID patients intubated without sedatives
The scenes playing out across Brazil, one of the nations hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, are placing growing international pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro.
Google misled customers about use of location data, court rules
In a decision touted by the consumer watchdog as a world-first, the Federal Court ruled digital giant Google had misled some users about how the company was collecting and using location data.
Updated
Vaccination
Authorities probe NSW woman’s death after COVID-19 vaccine
Federal health authorities are investigating the woman’s death reportedly from a blood clot after she received a coronavirus vaccination.
Daisy Turnbull: I didn’t realise how depressed dad was
Daisy Turnbull is focused on teaching resilience. But, as a daughter, she didn’t know how her father, Malcolm, struggled until she read his book.
Tiny guest list, Land Rover hearse, tense reunion: a royal funeral like no other
The longest-serving consort in British history will be remembered in the smallest royal funeral of modern times.
Analysis
AFL 2021
Naitanui vs Grundy: Battle of the big men could decide win
The battle of the big men will go a long way towards deciding Friday night’s West Coast-Collingwood match.
Western Australia
Kristina Keneally books own ticket to Christmas Island to see Tamil family after Dutton drops private flight
Opposition home affairs spokeswoman Kristina Keneally has booked her own flight to Christmas Island to visit a Tamil family held in immigration detention.
Nova hails back-to-back survey success as new Perth player Triple M homes in on key market
Nova 93.7 has maintained its No.1 position in the Perth radio market for the second survey in a row, while Radio 6PR further solidified its position as the talkback station of choice.
Updated
Tragedy
Police continue probe into 11-month-old’s ‘tragic’ death at Perth school
A criminal investigation into the infant’s death is ongoing and officers have spoken to her mother, who has since been allowed to leave.
Updated
Perth
Fringe artists, activists protest Woodside AGM at Perth headquarters
A throng of activists and artists accompanied by an eight-metre long inflatable whale will gather to protest Woodside ahead of its annual AGM in Perth on Thursday.
WA MP’s stark warning on danger of local far-right extremists
Federal Labor MP Anne Aly warns the likelihood of a local terror attack carried out by a far-right extremist is a matter of “when, not if”.
Politics
‘Not going to happen again’: Peter Dutton on navy dance
Defence Minister Peter Dutton says he has spoken to the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan after a twerking performance at the launch of a new ship.
Business
Wunderkind’s alleged $970 million fraud jolts Singapore
At 33, Ng Yu Zhi had all the trappings of a wildly successful trader with rich clients, a luxury home and a $US5 million car. Prosecutors allege Ng also had a dark secret: His lavish lifestyle, they say, was built on lies.
World
Pfizer CEO says third COVID-19 jab may be needed, plus annual booster
The requirement of a third dose, which experts believe is likely, would put even greater strain on the global supply of COVID-19 vaccines.
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
In new worry, India shifts from mass vaccine exporter to importer
Krishna N. Das and Neha Arora
Opinion
If the PM wants the states to drive mass vaccination, he should pay up
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
Yes, Minister, you can entice our best and brightest into teaching. You will have to pay them more
Julie Sonnemann and Jordana Hunt
Explore
Property bydomain
The sunny tourist hotspots where demand has skyrocketed
With demand for prestige homes rapidly increasing, it's the holiday hotspots that are noticing the highest demand - and not just for their location.
Tones and I buys second home on the same street for $7.08m
Singer-songwriter Tones and I has splashed $7.08m on a spectacular mansion, just a few doors down from the $5.1m property she purchased a year earlier.
Life & Culture
Artist turns amateur sleuth as public recruited to help find photographs’ owners
It all started when Mayu Kanamori found more than 300 hand-printed photographs of a Japanese family at a market.
Sport
Analysis
AFL 2021
Five questions: Can the Magpies pull off another Optus Stadium miracle?
It would seemingly take a minor miracle for the Pies to win, but this club - as far back as that 2002 qualifying against Port Adelaide - have made a habit of winning against the odds.
Smith on fire with career-low 62 to lead RBC Heritage
The Australian’s bogey-free round featured five birdies on the front and four on the back.
Analysis
AFL 2021
‘We won’t drop Brad Hill’: Speedster emblematic of St Kilda’s problems
Brett Ratten left himself with no wriggle room when asked whether St Kilda would consider axing their most under-fire player this week.
Johnny Warren, Les Murray’s ‘The World Game’ brand shut down by SBS
The World Game began in 2001 as a six-hour live television program on Sunday afternoons - but it will now be consigned to history.
Riewoldt bags five as ruthless Tigers crush dismal Saints
Damien Hardwick said during the week that premierships aren’t won in April and at least in the men’s domain, he was right. Richmond made a statement of their own, shouting from an industrial-sized megaphone: “We haven’t gone anywhere.”
Bombers set to blood another prized top 10 pick
Essendon’s list regeneration will take another big step forward on the weekend when Zach Reid becomes the third top 10 pick from 2020 to debut for the club.
‘Not getting any younger’: Why Mick Fanning is coming out of retirement at 39
Fanning will make his return to competitive surfing on Friday at the World Surf League Narrabeen Classic, a 10-day event at which 50 of the world’s best surfers will gather on Sydney’s northern beaches.
Have Your Say
Fiji’s Super entry has the ingredients for a runaway success
Australia should throw open its arms to a new Super team from rugby-mad Fiji, who have proven they enrich the game on both sides of the fence.
