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Expert background and analysis on key issues and news events.
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Social media
‘A danger to democracy’: Social media giants in firing line after stabbings failure
Furious Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones will force social media companies to answer to government after the spread of misinformation had turned a “horrific week into something diabolical”.
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Domestic violence
‘We have a crisis of male violence’: Attorney-general says men must step up
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus demands men “step up” and educate themselves, as the number of women killed in violent incidents across the nation this year reached 24.
Scarborough rubbish truck driver fined after hitting little boy on scooter
A Perth rubbish truck driver who accidentally ran over a four-year-old who was riding his scooter down a suburban street has been fined $2500.
Review
Mount Lawley
What does the suburban Italian restaurant of tomorrow look (and taste) like? Head to Beaufort Street and see for yourself
A mix of familiar and new-fangled, casual and celebratory, Threecoins & Sons is a blueprint for the more modern neighbourhood family restaurant.
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Tragedy
‘Impossible not to be moved’ by tragic suicide of 10-year-old boy in state care: Richard Marles
The boy had 26 case managers over four years and no cultural safety plan, National Suicide Prevention and Trauma Recovery Project director Megan Krakouer said.
What keeps people in these Perth suburbs where no one wants to leave?
The suburbs in Perth where homes very rarely go up for sale are scattered across the city from the coast to the hills.
Opinion
Defamation
There was no conspiracy, so why pursue Higgins over her payout?
The court decision has made essential findings about what took place, but it is already being used to justify yet another hunt for targets.
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
Lisa Wilkinson won in court, but is this the end of her TV career?
The Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial is finally behind her, so what can one of TV’s highest-paid presenters have to look forward to now?
Exclusive
Supermarket inquiry
‘Explain why Australians are paying more’: Multinationals to face supermarket inquiry
The Senate inquiry into supermarket prices was supposed to have wrapped up this week, but it is now gearing up to potentially put the likes of Nestlé and Coca-Cola through their paces.
Should you wait for interest rate cuts to buy a house?
Once interest rates fall, property prices would likely go up, but buyers could borrow more money, and new analysis shows whether it would be enough.
Opinion
Productivity
The pandemic pumped up productivity. Then the bubble burst
Here’s how we’re tracking now, and why putting in more work isn’t the answer.
Millie Muroi
Business Reporter
‘I was scared to message her’: The Inspired Unemployed comedian on his model girlfriend
“I didn’t know if she felt the same,” says Matt Ford, one half of the comedy duo who recently made headlines for a prank involving three high-profile feminists.
Singapore loses ‘world’s best airport’ title, Melbourne top in Australia
Twelve-time winner Changi has been edged out of top spot, while Melbourne has been ranked far above other Australian airports.
Opinion
AFL 2024
Why Beveridge has to go – and the man who should replace him
Pressure is building on Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge, and despite public denials from both the club and coach, it is clear the relationship is strained and change is needed.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
WADA makes drug testing changes after Bol ‘disaster’
Drug testers will alter how they test for the endurance drug EPO after a World Anti-Doping Agency review.
The Scoop
AFL 2024
What a LIV golfer taught the besieged Bulldogs about goalkicking
He’s billed as the best putter from inside 12 feet. This week the Western Bulldogs called him in for goalkicking advice.
Do you really need to brown meat to ‘seal in’ the juices? Five big kitchen myths, debunked
From searing meat to washing rice before cooking, here are five myths put to the test.
Western Australia
Scarborough rubbish truck driver fined after hitting little boy on scooter
A Perth rubbish truck driver who accidentally ran over a four-year-old who was riding his scooter down a suburban street has been fined $2500.
WA teachers’ strike plan ‘unnecessary’: premier
Teachers across many of the state’s public high schools and primary schools will abandon their posts on Tuesday over a recent “insulting” pay rise offer.
Popular WA tourist destination bans shark fishing
Fisheries Minister Don Punch banned wire trace within 800 metres of the shore along Perth’s metropolitan coastline in 2023. This regional council has weighed in.
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Tragedy
‘Impossible not to be moved’ by tragic suicide of 10-year-old boy in WA state care: Richard Marles
The boy had 26 case managers over four years and no cultural safety plan, National Suicide Prevention and Trauma Recovery Project director Megan Krakouer said.
Embattled Perth developer hit with lawsuits to repossess beachfront mansions
Embattled Perth property tycoon Ricky Dean Hirsch may lose his premium beachfront mansions after being hit with two lawsuits over claims he is liable for more than $5 million in unpaid loans.
Politics
‘Simpler and fairer’: Albanese flags HECS changes in budget relief
The prime minister says he will announce soon a response to a recommended overhaul of HECS as calls come from the crossbench to look at wiping student debt.
Business
Russia sanctions put a rocket under BHP’s copper outlook
Copper is shaping up as a star for the mining giant, as it edges closer to making a final call on its nickel business in West Australia.
World
‘Thousands of lives in one shell’: Gaza’s IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike
When an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s largest fertility clinic in December, it destroyed more than 4000 embryos, plus 1000 more specimens of sperm and unfertilised eggs.
Opinion
Mystery gold buyer is betting on geopolitical and financial mayhem
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The problem isn’t the definition of terrorism, it’s that the label determines our response
Waleed Aly
Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic
US and China’s mounting debts could hurt us all
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Explore
Property
Want to live by the beach in WA for less than $1m? You can – but there’s a catch
Ten West Australian suburbs have made the Property Credit’s national list of affordable seaside homes.
What keeps homeowners in these Perth suburbs where no one wants to leave?
The suburbs in Perth where homes very rarely go up for sale are scattered across the city from the coast to the hills.
Good Food
Lifestyle
‘You’re not such a crazy conspiracy theorist any more’: Preppers go mainstream
In a world hyper-alert to impending catastrophe, the doomsday survivalist business is booming.
Culture
Are smartphones damaging our young people? This book says yes
Jonathan Haidt says parents are overprotective in the real world and underprotective in the virtual world.
Traveller
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Sport
Nathan Murphy retired because of concussion; his mate Will Pucovski is still battling symptoms
Will Pucovski is yet to fully shake off symptoms of his latest concussion, delaying the meeting of a medical panel to help decide on his cricket future.
WADA makes drug testing changes after Bol ‘disaster’
Drug testers will alter how they test for the endurance drug EPO after a World Anti-Doping Agency review prompted by Australian Olympian Peter Bol’s case.
Opinion
AFL 2024
Why Beveridge has to go – and the man who should replace him
Pressure is building on Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge, and despite public denials from both the club and coach, it is clear the relationship is strained and change is needed.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
‘We have to beg for permission’: Why there isn’t more African talent in the Matildas
While African talent is tearing up the A-League Men and reaching the Socceroos, only two women from the continent’s diaspora have represented the Matildas.
De Minaur becomes first Australian to defeat Nadal on clay
There were no post-match histrionics from de Minaur after the victory, fully aware he had toppled a diminished version of the clay-court king.
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Swimming
McKeown breaks 15-year-old Rice record as Winnington stuns Short
Backstroker Kaylee McKeown has set another benchmark in an ominous sign for her Olympic rivals on the path to Paris.
The Scoop
AFL 2024
What a LIV golfer taught the besieged Bulldogs about goalkicking
He’s billed as the best putter from inside 12 feet. This week the Western Bulldogs called him in for goalkicking advice.
Have Your Say
Batters or batsman? Aggers, it’s not a hill to die on
Jonathan Agnew is one of the greats, but he’s fighting a losing battle against the term “batter” in modern cricket at a time when authorities want to get more women and girls playing the game.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
