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‘Street like a river’: Perth residents retreat as others hit the kayak
While some residents took shelter in their homes others took to the streets as heavy rain in Perth’s north caused flash flooding.
Perth Uber drivers start five-day strike with Friday airport blockade
Friday night could be chaotic for many as about 4000 ride-share drivers plan to stay home with another 500 of them intending to blockade Perth’s airport.
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Weather
Perth flash floods trap drivers in cars
Cars are underwater, and several people have had to be rescued after an extreme downpour hit Perth’s northern suburbs. See the gallery here.
Last-ditch bid to stop $100 million Perth surf park
The Jandakot facility plans include a 2.2 hectare open-water lagoon for up to 84 surfers at a time and would be the biggest of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
Perth aid worker shot at during food delivery to Gaza
Tess Ingram worked for WAtoday before taking a job with the UN. She was in a vehicle waiting to deliver aid when bullets began to fly.
‘Slave-like’: Solar panels may be great for the environment but at what human cost?
Modern-day abolitionist Grace Forrest is now at the same level as Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai, Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Her cause is to curb forced and child labour while there’s time.
Karaoke kid kicked out: Lehrmann ‘evicted’ from Sydney house
The avowed party animal has been given his marching orders from the $4.1 million North Sydney home where he had been staying before complaints from neighbours.
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Cryptocurrencies
Up to $150 million at risk as two Australian bitcoin schemes go bust
Hundreds of local investors are chasing their investments in two separate schemes, including one run by a man who says he’s a former NASA scientist.
No business case needed to honour veterans, Joyce says
Opposition veterans’ affairs spokesman Barnaby Joyce says a $550 million upgrade for the Australian War Memorial should not be dependent on a business case.
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Andrew Forrest
Andrew Forrest’s Facebook court fight collapses
Andrew Forrest’s legal battle to hold Meta to account over scam ads bearing his likeness has been dealt a huge blow.
Billionaire Stokes family wins support to take over Australia’s largest concrete maker
Boral’s independent directors have caved in to Seven Group’s hardball takeover bid.
FMG’s Pilbara actions ‘like kicking a dog when it’s down’, court hears
A remote Aboriginal community’s long and poisonous battle with Fortescue Metals Group over its iron ore-rich Pilbara land has reached the Federal Court.
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Courts
AFL great Carl Ditterich charged with string of child sex offences
Australian Football Hall of Famer Carl Ditterich has been charged with a string of child sex offences for allegedly assaulting a girl who was under his care in 1985.
‘We all cried’: Australia overcome injury blow with huge Paris ramifications
Australia have overcome a heartbreaking setback on the eve of their Billie Jean King Cup tie, with the extent of a star’s injury woes revealed.
‘Hey girl, you maybe wanna share?’ This time Nina Kennedy wants the gold medal to herself
It was a moment of sportsmanship and sacrifice that went around the world. Would Australia’s pole vault world champion do it again in Paris?
Garth had been dead for 38 years. Ethne fell in love anyway
Diaries and love letters scribbled in cursive by soldiers at the front can be difficult to decipher. To the rescue: this 91-year-old – and others like her.
Review
Fremantle
The new Fremantle bar and kitchen that wants to party like it’s 1989
Smoked fish party pies. Prawn cocktails. Garlic bread: this new Freo bar from the Manuka Woodfire Kitchen team revels in the nostalgic tastes of yesteryear.
Western Australia
‘Knowingly aiding criminals’: Forrest lashes Facebook over scam ads on eve of court hearings
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has launched another blistering tirade in his war with Facebook, accusing the social media giant of turning a blind eye to scam ads ahead of two major hearings.
A new era for Perth’s ‘white elephant’? Yagan Square readies for revamp reveal
The $14 million revamp the state hopes will help the embattled Yagan Square hospitality precinct shed its reputation as Perth’s “white elephant” is nearing completion. But will it work?
Bail granted for Bunbury man accused of leaving teenager with broken jaw in random attack
Christopher Isaako appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday, charged with grievous bodily harm, possessing a controlled weapon and fighting in public to cause fear.
Unit 18 ‘inhumane’ and a ‘war zone’ before Perth teen’s death
A nurse who tried to save an Indigenous teen who harmed himself in the youth wing of an adult prison has told an inquest the unit was like a war zone and conditions were inhumane.
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Police
Dog shot dead by police at Trigg Beach
A dog was fatally shot by police on Tuesday night following an incident at Trigg Beach.
Politics
PM warned against ‘slippery slope’ of picking business winners with taxpayer billions
Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood said the government’s push to subsidise manufacturing risks creating businesses that rely on handouts. And her predecessors agree.
Business
Billionaire Stokes family wins support for takeover of Australia’s largest concrete maker
Boral’s independent directors have caved in to Seven Group’s hardball takeover bid.
World
Real estate tycoon sentenced to death in $19.1b fraud case
The court found Truong My Lan ran an orchestrated criminal enterprise that had serious consequences, with no possibility of the money being recovered.
Opinion
Suffer the little children. It is ever the way, from Rwanda to Gaza
Tony Wright
Associate editor and special writer
Why is Trump Bible bashing? Because even his religious faithful are about to be shocked
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
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Property
Analysis
Renting
What can a landlord get away with? In the court of public opinion, it’s changing
Gemma Toogood paid $875 a week in rent for a mould-riddled, rat-infested cottage. Do we still think that’s reasonable?
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Renting
Never-ending run of rises pushes Perth rents to new high
Perth’s rental crisis has worsened as unit and house rents reach fresh highs off the back of a record-low vacancy rate.
Good Food
Lifestyle
‘My boyfriend maintains he never Googled me’: Olympian Cate Campbell on love, life and sport
“I made a decision to not date athletes, having dated a few prior to meeting Adam, because I didn’t want to become gossip fodder,” says the gold-medal winning swimmer.
Opinion
Health and nutrition
Making sense of health headlines shouldn’t be so difficult – or dangerous
Sarah Berry
Lifestyle Health Editor
Culture
Does Alex Garland’s Civil War predict America’s future, or incite it?
The author of The Beach and director of Ex Machina has made a film about the collapse of democracy. It’s a harrowing vision but, he says, it needn’t come true.
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Courts
AFL great Carl Ditterich charged over alleged historical indecent assault of underage girl
Australian Football Hall of Famer Carl Ditterich has been charged with a string of child sex offences for allegedly assaulting a girl who was under his care in 1985.
‘We all cried’: Australia overcome injury blow with huge Paris ramifications
Australia have overcome a heartbreaking setback on the eve of their Billie Jean King Cup tie, with the extent of a star’s injury woes revealed.
Smith hangs tough to keep Masters dream alive, DeChambeau leads after opening round
Former British Open champion Cameron Smith was “absolutely chuffed” to have ground out a first-round 71 after spending almost a week battling food poisoning.
Lion taunts Melbourne forward with ‘crybaby face’ in spiteful exchange
Two years after being left in tears by a sledge from Lion Dayne Zorko, Melbourne’s Harrison Petty has been targeted with a ‘crybaby’ gesture by another Lion.
AFL round five teams and tips: Tigers lose Taranto to injury
Our experts have entered their tips for the eight games of round five. See which way they’re predicting each match will turn out as the season kicks into gear.
Dusty-like Harley Reid firmly on Tigers’ radar
Reid shrugged a total of seven Swans opponents, including one in a passage of play that led to his first senior goal with a classy snap in the opening term.
How an EPL powerhouse kept Gulden at the Swans and ‘out of the Melbourne bubble’
At age 21, Errol Gulden was faced with the biggest decision of his career: whether to stay at the club he grew up in or seek riches elsewhere. He stayed.
Have Your Say
South Africa will be back if they can’t make Europe pay off
Move to Europe and the cash will flow, they said. Well, it hasn’t for South African teams just yet. If it doesn’t, they might be back in Super Rugby given the extraordinary cost of keeping up with the giants of European rugby.
Paul Cully
Rugby columnist
