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Analysis
Big Perth
State clocks $7 million and 10 years on abandoned plan for Perth’s future
WA has spent years paying staff and consultants to write the plan, then quietly shelved it. Now the powerful property lobby is calling for action.
Bars, clubs, restaurants return to ‘pre-COVID’ limits in Western Australia
Premier Mark McGowan said WA venues would be able to go back to ‘pre-COVID’ normal, and despite the COVID cluster in New South Wales growing to nine over the weekend, he was confident the time was right.
NSW COVID-19 cases continue to grow as restrictions implemented across Sydney
An infectious disease expert says if people don’t come forward for testing, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will have “no choice” but to increase coronavirus restrictions.
Emergency national cabinet meeting to discuss vaccine roll-out
The slow roll-out of COVID vaccines will be discussed by State and Territory leaders at an emergency National Cabinet meeting today.
Scott Morrison’s secret G7 side trip to explore his family history
Scott Morrison’s office spent weeks planning a secret G7 side trip for the Prime Minister to explore his convict family roots.
Exclusive
Unfair dismissal
‘Harrowing’: SBS journalist sues network after allegedly being bullied then sacked
Former SBS journalist Pallavi Jain launches legal action against the multicultural public broadcaster to get her job back after an independent investigation found she suffered workplace harassment.
Joyce circles McCormack as Nationals MPs consider switch
The Nationals leader has vowed to fight off any potential challenge when the 21-member junior Coalition partner returns to Canberra on Monday for the final parliamentary sitting week before the winter break.
When did the cost of buying gifts become so exorbitant?
It’s no longer uncommon for people to spend a huge amount on gifts, ranging from weekends away to designer handbags. Candles and hand lotion don’t quite cut the mustard.
Do teeth-whitening treatments actually work?
Some of the latest technologies adopted by oral hygienists use a high-octane brightening gel and LED technology. Here’s what you can expect.
Hanging up his apron: Why Manu Feildel is giving up on restaurants
With My Kitchen Rules axed, his contract with Channel Seven set to expire at the end of the month and another failed restaurant under his belt, the celebrity chef has a plan for the future.
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Western Australia
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
A never-ending state of emergency or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the app
There is a blurry middle ground between herd immunity and when Australians might get back lost personal freedoms and privacy.
Peter de Kruijff
Journalist
New Perth bikie gang’s clubhouse firebombed amid turf war
Fears of a WA bikie war erupting were heightened on Thursday after a New Zealand gang trying to establish a chapter in Perth had their clubhouse firebombed.
Murdoch Uni digs deeper into debt in the pursuit of new ‘attractive’ buildings over staff
An ambitious timber building, estimated at $134 million before COVID-19 and the price of timber hiked up an average 20 to 50 per cent, along with more selective staff promotions continues.
Analysis
University
‘Netflix’ degrees and robot teachers: How big tech could shape WA universities
Welcome to Western Australia’s campuses of the future, if American communications giant Cisco and dwindling Commonwealth funding has anything to do with it.
Decision on ‘anti-Clive Palmer’ law to be revealed on Tuesday
A decision on mining magnate’s bid to have WA’s ‘anti-Palmer’ legislation thrown out — opening the door for the state government to be liable for $28 billion in damages — will soon be revealed.
Politics
Exclusive
Australians abroad
‘I am innocent’: Urgent pleas to release Australian-Iranian citizen held in Tehran prison
An Australian grandfather has been held in a notorious Iranian prison for 18 months, with authorities denying him medication and specialised healthcare.
Business
Judo Bank’s valuation hits $1.9b, says float ‘an option’
Challenger lender Judo Bank has wrapped up a quick-fire $124 million equity raising to help fund its aggressive growth in the small business market.
World
Australians in France stuck without pensions call for help
Australia has reciprocal social security agreements with 31 foreign governments, but citizens in other countries are left without financial support.
Opinion
Want to be part of the fashionable set? Don’t join the ‘freethinkers’
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
Family-work balance: the sensitive issue football needs to talk about
Caroline Wilson
Football columnist for The Age
Explore
Property bydomain
This is how long it takes Perth first-home buyers to save for a house
Perth has the quickest savings time for a deposit in the country, and the marginal increase in the time it took to save was much less than other capital cities.
The tips and tricks to sell your home in winter
The weather is bleak, but that doesn't mean you can't sell your home. Here's how to style your property to warm buyers' hearts and appeal to all their senses.
Life & Culture
‘Choking on sanctimony’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pens essay scorching social media generation
The novelist said social media had created a cohort of young people terrified of having the wrong opinions and robbed of the opportunity to think.
Sport
‘We’re in a real pit’: Teague says disconnected Blues have lots to work on
The Blues placed finals on the public agenda this year but after 14 rounds their season is shot, with only 0.2 per cent separating them from the bottom four.
Analysis
Formula 1
Ricciardo missing a gear in battle with his McLaren
Australian Daniel Ricciardo’s three-race bid to save his Formula One season starts in France on Sunday.
Max delivers unexpected with pole in France
Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen snatched a comfortable French Grand Prix pole for Red Bull at a track that had until now been a happy hunting ground for rivals Mercedes.
Updated
European Championships
Germany find form, France held by Hungary
Germany finally clicked into gear at the European Championship as France needed a second-half equaliser from Antoine Griezmann to avoid the biggest upset of the tournament.
Updated
Match review
Selwood fined after two incidents against Bulldogs
Geelong skipper has escaped with a fine for making unnecessary contact to the face of Western Bulldogs opponent Bailey Dale, and for rough conduct when his boot made contact with Taylor Duryea’s leg.
‘Goosebumps’ for Hughes with maiden major in reach
It was “goosebumps” for 30-year-old Canadian Mackenzie Hughes, who rocketed up the leaderboard at the US Open on Sunday and will play in the final group of a major for the first time in his career.
Storm 66 Tigers 16
NRL 2021
Shell-shocked Tigers hit rock bottom as Storm run riot
To regain the competition lead from Penrith, Melbourne needed to improve their for-and-against by 18 points. The feat was achieved after just 10 minutes.
Have Your Say
High crimes and low misdemeanours: Why NRL’s crackdown misses target
The NRL’s drive to stamp out high contact fails to acknowledge that the tackler is nearly twice as likely to undergo a HIA than the ball-carrier.
