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Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin to bust: World’s biggest Ponzi scheme could cause heartache for Australians
Thousands of Australians will be under scrutiny as liquidators look to claw back money “won” in the Ponzi scheme that burned more than $2 billion in investment.
Fran planned to retire on a never-ending cruise. Now she is couch-surfing
Marketed as “the cruise that never ends”, Miray Cruises’ Life at Sea voyage will never set sail. And passengers are still out hundreds of thousands of dollars.
‘The change coming is significant’: ABC radio set for shake-up
He’s only been in the job for three months, but already Ben Latimer has taken strides to address ABC radio’s ratings woes.
Opinion
Political leadership
Voters aren’t listening: Tough advice from PM’s inner circle
Labor’s national secretary told it straight to the prime minister and party officials on Friday: the government’s messages aren’t reaching households.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
‘Hissy fit’: Is Britain’s PM about to lose his Marbles?
A visit by the Greek prime minister to London this week has reignited a 200-year-old feud over the fate of the 2500-year-old Parthenon sculptures.
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Courts
Former real estate agent sentenced for ‘terrifying’ break-in to teen’s bedroom
A 16-year-old girl was listening to music in her bedroom when she heard someone approaching from the hallway. Her parents didn’t believe her – until they saw the CCTV.
Australia routed 5-0 against reigning Olympic gold medallists
An experimental Matildas side took 73 minutes to take a single shot on goal in trying circumstances at Starlight Stadium on Saturday.
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COP28 Dubai
King Charles urges end to ‘frightening experiment’ in climate change
The Albanese government has joined more than 100 countries at the COP28 climate conference to push for an acceleration in the use of renewables.
Whirlwind rise of Matildas star blew the world away
Clare Hunt had hardly left Australia at the start of the year. Now she’s a regular for the national team and plays in Europe for one of the world’s biggest clubs.
‘I am just sad a lot of the time’: A former Star Trek captain on his life on earth
From Shakespeare to Star Trek and beyond, Patrick Stewart has come a long way from his tough Yorkshire childhood – but a melancholy still remains.
Couch surfer in his 30s. Oscar winner in his 40s. Why whole world wants Taika
One of New Zealand’s most original creative exports, filmmaker and actor Taika Waititi is the king of the oddball.
More Australians take up private health insurance despite cost-of-living squeeze
Poor perceptions about the public health system and surgery waitlists are helping drive the trend.
Yoga ‘guru’ who promised enlightenment arrested for sexual abuse
To his followers across Europe, he was a guide to a higher state of consciousness. He was also a master manipulator.
Analysis
Defamation
Chaos and a whiff of Hunger Games: Lehrmann case shines light on lives of young political staffers
In the febrile pre-election atmosphere of March 2019, the paths of two young Liberal staffers converged in a fateful way.
Opinion
Parenting
I track my daughters with an app. Good parenting or weird?
Is surveilling our children healthy for them or us? I am starting to doubt it.
Kerri Sackville
Columnist and author
Recipe collection
Snacks
Five fun popcorn mixes to make this weekend (featuring Adam Liaw’s Hawaiian recipe)
DIY snacks for your next movie night or binge-watching session on the couch.
Opinion
Spending
If we cut our costs this Christmas, we can save our mortgages in 2024
A champagne Christmas on a beer budget this year could stop a big interest hangover next year.
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Money contributor
Western Australia
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Crime
Perth teacher arrested at school, charged with child exploitation
Detectives will allege the man used various online sites to have sexually explicit conversations, with someone he believed was a young boy.
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City of Perth
State rejects Zempilas’ version of Perth safe night space talks
Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas laid bare details of a conversation with former premier Mark McGowan about the women’s safe space, but the government says he’s wrong.
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Juvenile justice
Indigenous teen’s funeral goes ahead after crisis talks
The funeral of Cleveland Dodd, who died after self-harming while in custody inside a WA prison, went ahead after authorities reached a last-minute agreement regarding his father.
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City life
Pop superstar Robbie Williams brings traffic to a standstill for Perth winery concert
More than 14,000 people bought tickets to see the ‘Let Me Entertain You’ singer, but were not entertained by queueing for hours to reach the Middle Swan venue.
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Mining
WA loses key cog in overloaded resource project approval system
A senior bureaucrat will be shifted to temporarily plug a gap in WA’s system for approving new projects for the state’s $246 billion a year resource sector.
Politics
Drones and AI to be used to help counter China
Defence Minister Richard Marles said the Chinese navy’s unsafe use of sonar pulses against Australian divers highlighted the importance of the AUKUS pact.
Business
Opinion
Electric vehicles
Elon Musk launches Tesla’s Cybertruck, but does anyone want it?
As usual, Elon Musk has made a big splash with a new product. Now the big question is whether it will sell.
Liam Denning
World
‘To hell with this place’: Republican George Santos expelled from US House of Representatives
The New York congressman’s brief career has been mired in controversy.
Opinion
Treat gap years as invaluable, not something to be shunned
Caterina Hrysomallis
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Property
The school catchments behind Perth’s most in-demand suburbs
Domain data reveals the main school catchments people are searching for when looking to buy a house, and the results are more varied than you might think.
Inside the $16m Cottesloe penthouse drawing deep-pocketed buyers
A penthouse sporting panoramic views of Cottesloe beach, a plunge pool, and floor-to-ceiling windows is tipped to fetch a whopping $16 million after drawing interest from local and expat buyers.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Opinion
Careers
Three things your boss wants you to stop doing at work
Figuring out what your boss wants can be a challenge, so it’s often easier to start by working out what they don’t want.
Shelley Johnson
Careers contributor
Culture
Greyer, older and a little less arrogant, but still our Robbie
More than three decades into his music career, Robbie Williams still knows how to work a crowd – as Perth found out on Thursday night.
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Sport
Seven World Cup-winning Australians look to cash in big at IPL auction
Pat Cummins is among a group of Australia’s World Cup champions seeking to make a splash at this month’s Indian Premier League “mini auction”.
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Australian cricket
Cup hero opens up on Test dream, staying loyal, and that golf cart incident
In an exclusive interview, Glenn Maxwell explains why he’s spurned further T20 riches and is desperate to wear the baggy green again. He also opens up on his freak golf course accident.
Grundy ready to ruck in Sydney
After a difficult year with Melbourne, Brodie Grundy is ready to reclaim his reputation as one of the game’s premier ruckmen in Sydney.
Australian Open 2023 LIVE updates
The second round will kick off at both The Lakes and The Australian.
Matildas stand with netballers after winning Don
Matildas veteran Kyah Simon can empathise with netball colleagues.
Analysis
Pakistan
Making sense of Pakistan cricket’s latest crisis
Welcome to the chaos that is Pakistan cricket.
The 16-year-old schoolgirl who stunned the Open
Rachel Lee skipped classes to play in the Australian Open this week.
Have Your Say
Golf’s chance to really mix it up and give us a truly open Open
With its world-first dual-gender event, the Australian Open promised something really radical. Only it didn’t quite go far enough.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
