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Police
Student in custody after Perth high school teacher stabbed
WA Police have found a year 8 student who fled Willeton Senior High School after allegedly stabbing a female teacher, who escaped life-threatening harm.
Police searching for Cleo Smith complete extensive highway bin search
Roadside bins from a distance stretching some 600 kilometres along the coastline where Cleo Smith went missing have been scoured by police.
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Coronavirus pandemic
‘I’m really scared’: Stranded WA traveller gets wish to see dying mum
Ethan Carter arrived in Sydney from Los Angeles on one of the first international flights which require no quarantining. After facing an uncertain wait, his G2G Pass got approved late on Monday, so he can travel west to see his ailing mother.
PM points to secret texts as he hits back at French leader over submarine row
Scott Morrison cited the text messages as proof that he gave President Emmanuel Macron fair warning the deal would be dumped.
Opinion
Big four
Westpac was late to home loan party, so now it pays the price
Australia’s second largest bank was too slow to capitalise on the extraordinary housing boom that has taken place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Opinion
Eat and drink Perth
Mama Mia! There’s no more Italian restaurants in Northbridge?
There’s not one Italian family restaurant in Northbridge and only one in the CBD, in a sign the inner-city precincts aren’t family-friendly.
David Prestipino
Producer and writer
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AFL off-field behaviour
De Goey enlists powerful New York law firm, as teammates reach out
Jordan De Goey has enlisted a top defence law firm to help keep him out of jail on a day teammates questioned why the Magpie has again found himself in serious trouble.
‘Chip on my shoulder? I’ve got a wooden house’: Why Moody can never forget
He’s the trainer of Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise but Peter Moody hasn’t forgotten those who prompted him to walk away from the sport he loves because of the cobalt scandal.
Modi, Biden among final leaders to arrive at Glasgow climate talks
India’s Narendra Modi is one of the last leaders to arrive at the climate talks venue with just minutes to go until the opening ceremony.
Santos approves $220m Moomba carbon storage after federal approval of ‘handout’
Gas producer Santos will spend $220 million to store carbon dioxide in South Australia after it was made eligible for carbon credits that have been criticised as a fossil fuel handout.
The very best of TV: everything you should be streaming in November
A mix of old, new, funny and true; our “what to watch” list for this month is guaranteed to offer something for everyone.
Handball ditches bikini rule after global outcry
In July, the Norwegian team were fined $2309 for wearing shorts at the European Beach Handball Championship.
Apple hopes you’ll never have to use its Watch’s cleverest new feature
Building “workout fall detection” into the latest Apple Watch took years, and thousands of people, to develop. Is it worth switching on?
The search for Cleo
‘Lots of leads’ but no suspects as search for driver of mystery car in Cleo Smith case continues
Nearly two weeks since four-year-old Cleo Smith went missing and police say they have plenty of leads to follow up despite having no luck in identifying a car seen near the remote campsite she disappeared from.
High-resolution satellite images could have captured Cleo’s campsite
The AFP has access to high-resolution satellite imagery which could help solve the mystery of who took the four-year-old from a remote campsite in WA’s north.
Western Australia
Opinion
Indigenous justice
‘No jury will convict’: The stirrings of a colonial past live on in JC murder acquittal
Twenty years ago, I studied the killings of Aboriginal people in WA by non-Aboriginals, observing a pattern of discrimination where brutality echoed that of the frontier, writes Associate Professor Hannah McGlade.
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Coronavirus pandemic
NSW to remain extreme risk to stop West Aussies border-hopping to travel overseas: McGowan
Premier Mark McGowan also announced all arrivals into WA from Victoria, NSW and the ACT must be fully vaccinated from Friday, with other states likely to follow suit by the end of the year.
WA jockey in induced coma after horror fall during Kalgoorlie race
Apprentice jockey Hannah Fitzgerald is in an induced coma at Royal Perth Hospital after coming off her horse just after finishing the race.
Analysis
Energy
McGowan should be red-faced after greenwashing Woodside
Woodside’s $1 billion gas plant in Kwinana announcement never used the word gas. It seems gas with a few solar panels is the new smoke and mirrors.
Ex-WA Labor MP Barry Urban to learn his fate for series of lies next month
During Barry Urban’s sentencing hearing on Friday, his lawyer Mark Trowell painted a picture of a broken man who had been living in a van at Leighton Beach.
Politics
‘We didn’t steal an island’: Morrison, Joyce deny Macron’s liar claims
A political storm over the PM’s integrity has been ignited by the French President saying he’d been deceived about the submarine deal.
Business
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Mining
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue faces investor clash on Aboriginal heritage
Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group is coming under mounting pressure from large investors to campaign for serious Aboriginal heritage reforms.
World
Japan to maintain hawkish stance on China as PM wins majority
Early exit polls suggested the LDP would not be able to retain a majority in Sunday’s election following a tumultuous year in which it lost two of its former leaders.
Opinion
PM brings a weak plan to Glasgow that leaves Australia exposed
Frank Jotzo
Professor of environmental economics
Explore
Property bydomain
The city where interstate buyers are fuelling the latest property boom
Such is the demand from cashed-up purchasers from Sydney and Melbourne that prices in some suburbs have shot up by almost 50 per cent in the past year.
There are still tree-change options for less than half a mil
A coronavirus-related city exodus has seen house prices in some regional areas soar by more than 30 per cent, but there are still bargains to be found.
Lifestyle
A Rodarte steal and milliner wizardry: The hurdles of race day fashion
This year’s Fashions on Your Front Lawn entrants encountered unexpected obstacles in their quest for prizes.
Culture
The very best of TV: everything you should be streaming in November
A mix of old, new, funny and true; our “what to watch” list for this month is guaranteed to offer something for everyone.
Sport
Through triumph and tragedy, Damien Oliver is racing’s great survivor
Damien Oliver has seen death, despair, triumph and joy, been banned and derided, rehabilitated and restored. Yet through the decades, he has remained on top.
Expert tips for the Melbourne Cup, top tips for race day and how to bet
Our experts give their tips for the race that stops the nation. Plus, Tim Habel’s five best bets for the day at Flemington and how to place them.
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AFL off-field behaviour
De Goey enlists powerful New York law firm, as teammates reach out
Jordan De Goey has enlisted a top defence law firm to help keep him out of jail on a day teammates questioned why the Magpie has again found himself in serious trouble.
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Bookmakers face $50 million blackout if Incentivise wins Melbourne Cup
Bookmakers are ready to take on the shortest-priced Cup favourite in a decade but are fearful of a record payout should the Peter Moody gelding triumph.
Like father, like son: Why this will be a special Melbourne Cup for the Bakers
Bjorn Baker’s obsession with the race started before he was even a teenager when his father prepared a horse to run fourth. This year they finally have runners in their own right.
Herbert sinks key putts in Bermuda for $1.5m payday, first PGA Tour win
Herbert’s two-under 69 lifted him to 15-under 269 for the event at Port Royal Golf Course, one stroke better than Patrick Reed and New Zealand’s Danny Lee.
Have Your Say
Easy as 1, 2, 3, 4: The Cup class will rise to the top this year (if No.16 doesn’t)
This year’s Melbourne Cup has a long tail, which is why the horses at the top of the weights have a clear edge in an unusual renewal.
