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The Morning Edition podcast
Get behind the headlines of the most important stories, with Peter Hartcher every Thursday.
Explainers
Expert background and analysis on key issues and news events.
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Crime
The moment an alleged killer realised he was being hunted
At a friend’s house in Newcastle, where Lamarre-Condon asked to use a hose to clean blood from his hire van, the pair read the latest news about Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
Big change coming to WA’s morning coffee routine
Single-use plastic coffee cups and lids that cannot be composted are banned from today and all non-compostable plastic takeaway food trays.
Perth property prices hit another high, Armadale leads the charge
Since the onset of the pandemic, Perth’s median property prices have risen by 53 per cent, or $237,678.
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Media bargaining code
Albanese government’s fury over Meta’s plan to pull out of Facebook news deal
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland accusing Meta of “a dereliction of its commitment to the sustainability of Australian news media”.
‘Concussion and a woke agenda’: Club bosses have their say on the AFL’s big issues
We approached the 36 club CEOs and presidents to take part in an anonymous online poll on key issues facing the sport, with 19 responding.
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Resolve Political Monitor
Voters back drug and alcohol tests for politicians
Only 4 per cent of voters in the Resolve Political Monitor said it was “fine” for politicians to drink at work, while 68 per cent said they should not drink at all when working.
In news vacuum, rumours and concern swirl over Catherine
The Princess of Wales has not been seen in public since Christmas Day. The palace insists all is well and when there are significant news to share, it will.
Opinion
Global economy
The truth about the paradises filled with 100-year-olds
It would be charming if there really were “blue zone” Edens of supercentenarians.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
BMX under the bridge: Perth’s newest bike track opens under Tonkin Highway
The $1 million facility was built as part of the $400 million Tonkin Gap project which is nearing completion.
Lehrmann lawyers allege Higgins showed ‘preparedness to tell lies’
Lawyers for the former political staffer have analysed Brittany Higgins’ account of events when she signed a $2.4 million settlement with the Commonwealth.
Live
Test cricket
New Zealand in shock after shambolic Williamson runout
New Zealand lost 3/12 as their best player and the world’s No. 1 batsman Kane Williamson was run out for a duck. Follow live.
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Trouble brews in Australia’s craft beer industry, with ‘alarming rate’ of closures
More than a dozen independent breweries have been pushed to the brink of insolvency in the past 12 months.
Review
Fremantle
Sunny by name, sunny by nature: Tender-hearted eatery brings Japanese cafe culture to Perth
Drop in to Hinata for nourishing Japanese breakfasts and desserts by day; then book in for a home-style omakase dinner.
Hipsters, food trucks: 10 ways to travel like it’s 2010
If you’re feeling nostalgic for the previous decade, then here are some big trends in 2010s travel – and the places where you can best relive them.
Western Australia
Freo council walks back grand fig’s removal from register
An impassioned response to the City of Fremantle dropping a Moreton Bay fig from its significant tree register has pushed councillors into revoking their decision.
Almost half of WA has burnt over the past 40 years. What has that done to our state?
Australia is no stranger to fire, with some areas burning more frequently and severely than others.
WA parents contribute less in school fees as cost of living bites
Before COVID-19 lockdowns, state public schools were gaining an average income of $357 per student for fees, charges and parent contributions.
Perth teen becomes first in Australia to be jailed for school shooting
The boy was sentenced on Thursday morning after firing three rounds at a school in Perth’s north in May.
Exclusive
ALP
Alannah’s back: MacTiernan registers as lobbyist but isn’t ‘open for business’
The former state Labor minister and federal MP insists she placed herself on the register out of an abundance of caution after starting a new job.
Politics
Exclusive
Superannuation
Pandemic super scheme will cost all taxpayers billions
Today’s 20-year-olds would pay nearly $3000 in additional income tax as a result of the 2020 early withdrawal of super scheme.
Business
Opinion
Productivity
Good news: Our falling productivity is too bad to be true
The productivity of our labour has never fallen by anything like as much as 3.7 per cent, which likely means something funny going on with the figures.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
World
In news vacuum, rumours and concern swirl over Catherine
The Princess of Wales has not been seen in public since Christmas Day. The palace insists all is well and when there are significant news to share, it will.
Opinion
Scott Morrison’s exit sermon was 5482 words. I’m speechless
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
Albanese’s housing ‘fix’ helps a tiny pool of voters. The rest will notice
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
Explore
Property
Armadale leads the charge as Perth property prices hit another high
Since the onset of the pandemic, Perth’s median property prices have risen by 53 per cent, or $237,678.
Interest rates and inflation can’t stop another lift in house values
Consumers are buying fewer goods and services as cost-of-living pressures bite but the value of the nation’s dwellings continues to climb.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Crossed arms and cold shoulders: What can body language really tell us?
If tabloid magazines are to be believed, body language can signal anything from true love to an impending divorce. So what should we be looking out for?
Analysis
Workplace disputes
How to stop difficult colleagues affecting your career – and win them over
Helena Morrissey
Opinion
Gadgets
My step-by-step guide to a happier life? Never read the bloody instructions
Kerri Sackville
Columnist and author
Culture
Kate Winslet’s tyrant will make you laugh, but don’t feel bad about it
Delusional, paranoid and power-crazed, The Regime’s Elena Vernham might just remind you of someone.
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Test cricket
New Zealand v Australia first test, day two LIVE updates: Impressive century from Green keeps Aussies hopes alive in Wellington
Green and Hazlewood return to the crease on Friday morning with the visitors nine wickets down for 279 at stumps on Thursday. Follow all the action live
Patty Mills has been waived by Atlanta. Is it the end of his storied NBA career?
Boomers captain Patty Mills, now on the move having been waived by the Atlanta Hawks, needs to find a new home to ensure his spot at Paris 2024.
‘Concussion and a woke agenda’: Club bosses have their say on the AFL’s big issues
We approached the 36 club CEOs and presidents to take part in an anonymous online poll on key issues facing the sport, with 19 responding.
Green reveals struggle to balance Tests and T20
Cameron Green has revealed his inner struggle to find the right technical balance between Tests and Twenty20, after sculpting a superb century that came partly because he was afforded a rare red ball game to prepare for it
Why Socceroos will play ‘away’ World Cup qualifier in Canberra
For the first time in almost 40 years, Australia will be the designated “away” team in a match on home soil.
What happens in Vegas? Reggie the Rabbit gives away the bride
Step aside, Elvis. When two Souths fans from the Central Coast got married at the Graceland Wedding Chapel this week, there was only one choice to walk the bride down the aisle.
Opinion
International rugby
Why rugby union needs to bring in the biff
Rugby has grown scared of its own core physicality as a concussion lawsuit rumbles through the court system, while the NRL has embraced its physicality.
Daniel Schofield
Have Your Say
‘I could wear a cowboy hat’: Latrell, DCE, Tedesco and Cook open to finishing careers in US
Some of the NRL’s biggest names have revealed they would consider creating more rugby league history by joining a mooted US professional league.
