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Crime
‘Big night out’ ends with gunshot wound after alleged break-in
A man who was shot when he allegedly broke into a home in Perth’s southern suburbs on Sunday morning claims he was drunk and accidentally stumbled into the wrong house.
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Sharks
Woman on sea lion tour attacked by shark off Jurien Bay
The woman in her 40s has been airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital after being bitten while in waist deep water off Sandland Island.
WA Liberals want probe into Burke’s links to $22.3m grants program
The opposition has called for an audit of grants handed out to the live entertainment industry during the pandemic.
Grieving WA mother speaks out after crash claims twin daughters’ lives
Rachel van Oyen said she wished Macey and Riley could see how much of an impact they had made on so many hearts.
WA daycare fined after unsupervised kids bite, scratch two-year-old
Educators at Kids HQ Jacaranda left a group of children unsupervised when a fight broke out, leaving a two-year-old was with injuries to their hands and face.
Push to deny visa for Palestinian hijacker who praised Hamas terrorists
Leila Khaled, who appears holding an AK-47 in famous murals in the West Bank, is a member of a hard-line Marxist group that shocked the world with airline hijackings and bombings.
Police divers leave dam site, triple-zero call made from Luke Davies’ phone
Police sent a car searching for the source of the triple-zero call, but because it was registered to Davies’ home in Waterloo, patrolled Paddington without specific information to go on.
‘Greedy’: Perth council hikes rates on vacant blocks to deter land banking
A Perth council is hiking rates by 30 per cent on vacant blocks and will use the extra money to boost urban infill.
Andrew Forrest calls Coalition nuclear plan ‘bulldust’
The mining billionaire says nuclear energy is too expensive compared to wind and solar power.
Meangirling, catfishing: Perth parents sound alarm on hurtful social media ‘trends’
WA parents have said their children have been the victims of cyberbullying trends. How can it be stopped?
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Paris Agreement
Australia ‘ain’t seen nothing yet’: Dire climate warning
Top UN climate official Simon Stiell says Australia will be “front and centre in resettling entire national populations” if climate targets are not met.
Hard Solo and Gen Z are driving a new wave of lemon drinks, says Endeavour boss
Lemon-flavoured drinks are in, says the CEO of Dan Murphy’s and BWS’ parent company, and spritzers are about to make a comeback.
The pain behind Lyon’s call to end two-Test series
Nathan Lyon has implored cricket authorities to mandate a minimum of three-match Test series, fuelled by the unresolved pain of his very first meeting with New Zealand.
Are meat alternatives actually healthier than the real thing?
Plenty of us could do with less meat in our diets, but should we really be swapping it for plant-based products?
Opinion
Taxis
Fare’s fair? How a Swiftie surge turned a taxi rank into The Hunger Games
Between middle fingers and near bashings, the taxi rank outside Central’s Grand Concourse was not exactly a love story following Friday’s Taylor Swift concert.
Anthony Segaert
Reporter
Western Australia
Qantas FIFO subsidiary pilots to resume strike over pay row
More than 200 Network Aviation and QantasLink pilots in Western Australia say they will walk off the job for three days on Wednesday over a long-running pay dispute.
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Gas
WA gas shortage looms as ‘tricky’ companies game state gas policy
WA faces an “imminent and potentially severe gas supply shortfall” from “tricky” exporters trying to avoid the spirit of their agreements to supply the local market.
Welcome rain for WA as Lincoln heads south
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln could bring heavy rain and strong winds to Western Australia’s interior as it moves southeast on Sunday.
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Crime
Dead body washes up in East Perth
Police said the body of a man was located alongside the waters edge.
Rottnest Channel Swim abandoned due to dangerous weather
Swimmers were pulled from the water about 10am after organisers received advice it was unsafe for participants to continue.
Politics
Analysis
Pacific diplomacy
Australia relieved by new Tuvalu PM, hopeful landmark treaty will hold
The Albanese government is confident Tuvalu will continue with a landmark climate and security pact struck with Australia last year, after electing a new leader.
Business
‘Difficult decision’: Kogan.com bumps up prices on loyalty members despite triple profit
Kogan.com founder Ruslan Kogan has increased the price of its subscription program made up of its most loyal and repeat customers despite the e-commerce company’s profit of $10.2 million in the first half of the financial year.
World
Amid coup probe, Bolsonaro calls on supporters to show strength
Thousands turned out to see the former Brazilian president, who is under investigation for a coup attempt.
Opinion
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Property
Even a modest home is out of reach for first home buyers now
Young people who lower their expectations to an unassuming home in their second-choice location still could not comfortably afford the loan repayments.
The proportion of West Australians who own their own home is shrinking
Australia’s property market is one of the most expensive in the world, with the time taken for first home buyers to purchase a home rising in Perth.
Good Food
Lifestyle
The French dining tradition that we’ve all overindulged in
This sort of dining is an institution on almost all cruise ships, as is the tendency to wildly overindulge.
Culture
Zoe Coombs Marr thought her life was boring. Until she remembered that smell
The comedian was feeling at ‘odds with her existence’, so she took a personal stocktake of her life. “It matters and it doesn’t matter at all.”
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Sport
The pain behind Lyon’s call to end two-Test series
Nathan Lyon has implored cricket authorities to mandate a minimum of three-match Test series, fuelled by the unresolved pain of his very first meeting with New Zealand.
AFL briefing
AFL 2024
Harley Reid quiet in first West Coast outing
Harley Reid’s maiden outing for West Coast did not live up to the hype.
Sivo headshot rocks Eels: Every big name missing for round one
A second heavy headshot in a year will sideline the flying Fijian, who joins a host of big names, internationals and star recruits on the sidelines for round one.
Opinion
Super Rugby
Why it’s time rugby joined the entertainment game
The game is going backwards economically because, aside from episodic scintillating moments like the first half of France-South Africa in the recent World Cup, it’s become lousy entertainment.
John Wylie
Analysis
Matildas
The Matildas don’t need Sam Kerr to win. But they do need a striker
The unexpected re-emergence of Michelle Heyman has given Tony Gustavsson a selection headache as he considers his 18-player Olympic squad with qualification all but secured.
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AFL 2024
Hardwick on why he left Tigers, feeling reinvigorated and the Sun with potential to be ‘special’
After more than a decade at Richmond, Damien Hardwick has begun a new chapter at Gold Coast. He talks to Michael Gleeson about being reinvigorated by his new club.
Aussies sweep series, but Smith’s failures put his World Cup spot at risk
While others enhanced their hopes of playing at the T20I World Cup, Steve Smith’s performances in New Zealand have had the opposite effect.
Have Your Say
A boring product trapped by pedantic rules: Why it’s time rugby joined the entertainment game
The game is going backwards economically because, aside from episodic scintillating moments like the first half of France-South Africa in the recent World Cup, it’s become lousy entertainment. Here’s how to fix it.
